Candy Trains Great For Kids Recipes

CANDY TRAIN

Steps:

• Glue the roll of Lifesavers candy to the pack or gum.
• Glue the peppermint candies on each side to make the wheels.
• Glue the Hershey's Kiss on the top-end of the Lifesavers to make the train smokestack.
• On the other end of the train glue a Rollo candy to make the engineer's room - glue a small candy on top for the roof (use a Starburst candy or mini chocolate bar).
• Take your mini Hershey's bar and run a glue the entire length and place on back end of the Candy Train.

CANDY TRAINS (GREAT FOR KIDS)

Steps:

• Get one lifesaver roll pkg and tape 4 peppermints to it as if they were the wheels (double-sided tape works great).
• Then for the engineer box use a Hershey's nugget and tape on top of the lifesaver roll.
• For the steam stack use a Hershey's kiss, tape that on top of the lifesaver roll on the opposite end.
• That simple.

CANDY CHRISTMAS TRAIN

Steps:

• Start with cardboard cut into 5" wide by 18" long. Wrap it with foil and tape foil to the back.
• Set a yardstick down the middle and mark it with a pen along each long side for the full length.
• Pipe the 2 lines with canned frosting.
• Take 5 of the unwrapped candybars and use frosting to glue on the green and red M&Ms as wheels.
• 1" from the end, place the orange slice, gluing it down with some frosting. This will be the cow catcher.
• Place 1 of the candy bars with "wheels" (and some frosting for glue underneath it)butting it up next to the orange slice. Push down slightly for frosting to hold.
• Take off wrapper from lifesavers, and open 1 end and remove some candies so that it is the same length as the candy bar. Cut off the excess wrapper leaving enough foil to fold over.
• Pipe a line of frosting down center of 1st candy bar and then press down foil covered lifesavers (make sure that cut end is facing away from the orange slice.).
• Put frosting on end of lifesavers foil(above orange slice, cow catcher)press on the yellow m&m as a light.
• Pipe some frosting directly on foil base behind 1st candy bar and on the end (away from orange slice)and now press the foil santa's feet into the frosting on the base and his belly onto the back of the candy bar & lifesafers.
• Leave about 1.5 inches and put down the next candy car and then 1.5" space then the next and so forth until all 5 candy bar "cars" have been placed and look centered on the foil base.
• On the second car, frost the top and then place 3 tootsie roll midgees to look like logs, using frosting to hold them.
• On third car, frost the top and then stick the 2 lollipops into it with them both facing forward.
• On the forth car, frost the top and then stick on the starbrite candies on their sides facing each other with a dap of frosting between them to help them stand up.
• on the fifth car, frost the top and then push down the foil wrapped candies.

HOLIDAY CANDY TRAINS

Steps:

• For cars of each train, glue end of 1 ribbon onto wide side of 1 gum package, 1 raisin package, 2 more gum packages and 1 more raisin package, spacing cars about 1/2 inch apart. For wheels, glue 4 peppermint candies onto sides of gum packages and 2 candies onto sides of raisin packages.
• For engine, glue roll of ring-shaped candies onto first ribbon-topped gum package. Glue 2 foil-wrapped candies onto top of engine.
• Glue additional candies, candy canes and raisin packages to train cars.
• Repeat to make remaining 3 trains.
• *Would not let me enter in the ribbon so here is how much and what kind and or color:.
• 4 sixteen-inch lengths 3/8-inch-wide red or green ribbon.

CANDY TRAIN

Steps:

• For each engine, attach candy bar miniature to top of fun-size candy bar with frosting. Attach bite-sized cookie halves to sides as wheels. To form smokestack, attach 1 candy, wide end up, to top with toothpick.
• For coal car or log car, with frosting, attach crackers to fun-size bar. With frosting, attach candies for cargo or pretzel sticks for logs. Let stand until frosting is set.

HOLIDAY CANDY TRAINS

Steps:

• For cars of each train, glue end of 1 ribbon onto wide side of 1 gum package, 1 raisin package, 2 more gum packages and 1 more raisin package, spacing cars about 1/2 inch apart. For wheels, glue 4 peppermint candies onto sides of gum packages and 2 candies onto sides of raisin packages.
• For engine, glue roll of ring-shaped candies onto first ribbon-topped gum package. Glue 2 foil-wrapped milk chocolate candies onto top of engine.
• Glue additional candies, candy canes and raisin packages to train cars as shown in photo or as desired.
• Repeat to make remaining 3 trains.