Craft . . . Holiday Candy Trains

• 4 (16-inch) lengths 3/8-inch wide red or green ribbon
• glue gun and glue sticks
• 12 pkg. gum (5 sticks each)
• 80 hard peppermint candies
• 12 rolls ring-shaped hard candies
• 4 foil-wrapped milk chocolate kisses
• 4 vanilla caramels
• assorted candies (mini candy canes, mini candy bars or raisins)

1. For each train, glue end of 1 ribbon onto wide side of 1 gum package.
2. Glue 4 peppermint candies onto side of gum package to make wheels.
3. Glue roll of ring-shaped candies onto ribbon-topped gum package to make engine.
4. Glue 1 chocolate kiss and 1 caramel onto engine.
5. Glue peppermint candies onto sides of 2 rolls of ring-shaped candies and 2 gum packages to make train cars.
6. Glue remaining ribbon onto top of gum and candy train cars, spacing cars about 1/2-inch apart.
7. Glue assorted candies onto top of ribbon on gum and candy train cars.
8. Makes 4 candy trains.

glue gun, peppermint candies, rolls ringshaped, milk chocolate kisses, vanilla caramels, canes

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=343956 (may not work)