Christmas Lollies

Aliantha · 12-04-2006, 07:18 PM

Do you make them?

What sort?

Got any great recipies to share?

I made chocolate fudge and white christmas yesterday, along with the christmas cake. Today I made coconut ice.

Soon I'll make the rum balls...Mmmmm...rum ballllssssss....

DanaC · 12-04-2006, 07:19 PM

Christmas lollies? Never heard of 'em. They do sound nice though!

Aliantha · 12-04-2006, 07:22 PM

Never heard of Christmas lollies? OMG!!! What planet have you been living on Dana??? lol

when I was little - actually right up till she passed away - my Mum used to make what we called Christmas Lollies. Mostly consisting of the things I mentioned in my first post, but also chocolate treats and other christmas trimmings for the table and to offer the inveritable unexpected guests who always call in at this time of year.

DanaC · 12-04-2006, 07:23 PM

Planet Brit! That sounds like a fabulous tradition.

Aliantha · 12-04-2006, 07:24 PM

It's fabulous in every way except that now I'm the one who makes the lollies, and my waistline suffers.

DanaC · 12-04-2006, 07:28 PM

hahahah

JayMcGee · 12-04-2006, 07:37 PM

Are rum balls anything like rum-babas? Or is it something that afflicts Ozzie men....

Aliantha · 12-04-2006, 08:00 PM

rum balls are dried fruit and biscuit crumbs and condensed milk (and rum) and coconut all mixed up together, then rolled into little balls, then rolled in more coconut.

Very delicious...specially with lots of rum.

JayMcGee · 12-04-2006, 08:23 PM

eeeegh! condensed milk! The rest I can live with, but ..... condensed milk...

urgh... just urgh

Aliantha · 12-04-2006, 08:26 PM

Well it's very yummy in this recipie Jay. If you like sweets, and you like chocolate and you like rum, you're almost guaranteed to like this one. Oh, I forgot to say it's got cocoa in it also.

JayMcGee · 12-04-2006, 08:41 PM

wow...... that sounds incredibly rich.

and, oh yes, I do like rum...... (raises glass of rum'n'coke to toast ali) ... how else d'ya think I can cope with this board?

dar512 · 12-04-2006, 08:42 PM

We only made Christmas cookies -- except for that one year Mom made those incredible fruitcakes. I never understood why fruitcake was dissed so much until I had a taste of commercial fruitcake.

In any case, we never made fudge, and I don't even know what White Christmas is. What is it?

Aliantha · 12-04-2006, 08:43 PM

Rumballs are very rich Jay. Almost an aphrodesiac in my books.

Aliantha · 12-04-2006, 08:45 PM

White Christmas is mostly rice bubbles, with mixed dried fruit, glace cherries, icing sugar and coconut, all melded together with copha (I think you have a different name for that in the US).

I put it in patty pans (little cupcake papers) and the kids really love it.

JayMcGee · 12-04-2006, 08:46 PM

mmmm..... checks lastminute.com for cheap flights to Oz.....

12-04-2006, 07:18 PM	#1
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Christmas Lollies Do you make them? What sort? Got any great recipies to share? I made chocolate fudge and white christmas yesterday, along with the christmas cake. Today I made coconut ice. Soon I'll make the rum balls...Mmmmm...rum ballllssssss.... __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-04-2006, 07:22 PM	#3
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Never heard of Christmas lollies? OMG!!! What planet have you been living on Dana??? lol when I was little - actually right up till she passed away - my Mum used to make what we called Christmas Lollies. Mostly consisting of the things I mentioned in my first post, but also chocolate treats and other christmas trimmings for the table and to offer the inveritable unexpected guests who always call in at this time of year. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-04-2006, 07:24 PM	#5
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It's fabulous in every way except that now I'm the one who makes the lollies, and my waistline suffers. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-04-2006, 07:37 PM	#7
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	Are rum balls anything like rum-babas? Or is it something that afflicts Ozzie men.... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

12-04-2006, 08:00 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	rum balls are dried fruit and biscuit crumbs and condensed milk (and rum) and coconut all mixed up together, then rolled into little balls, then rolled in more coconut. Very delicious...specially with lots of rum. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-04-2006, 07:19 PM	#2
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Christmas lollies? Never heard of 'em. They do sound nice though!

12-04-2006, 07:23 PM	#4
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Planet Brit! That sounds like a fabulous tradition.

12-04-2006, 07:28 PM	#6
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	hahahah

12-04-2006, 08:23 PM	#9
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	eeeegh! condensed milk! The rest I can live with, but ..... condensed milk... urgh... just urgh __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

12-04-2006, 08:26 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well it's very yummy in this recipie Jay. If you like sweets, and you like chocolate and you like rum, you're almost guaranteed to like this one. Oh, I forgot to say it's got cocoa in it also. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-04-2006, 08:41 PM	#11
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	wow...... that sounds incredibly rich. and, oh yes, I do like rum...... (raises glass of rum'n'coke to toast ali) ... how else d'ya think I can cope with this board? __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

12-04-2006, 08:42 PM	#12
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	We only made Christmas cookies -- except for that one year Mom made those incredible fruitcakes. I never understood why fruitcake was dissed so much until I had a taste of commercial fruitcake. In any case, we never made fudge, and I don't even know what White Christmas is. What is it? __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

12-04-2006, 08:43 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Rumballs are very rich Jay. Almost an aphrodesiac in my books. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-04-2006, 08:45 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	White Christmas is mostly rice bubbles, with mixed dried fruit, glace cherries, icing sugar and coconut, all melded together with copha (I think you have a different name for that in the US). I put it in patty pans (little cupcake papers) and the kids really love it. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-04-2006, 08:46 PM	#15
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	mmmm..... checks lastminute.com for cheap flights to Oz..... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

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