You will need a bag of Hershey Kisses.
A box of Bite Sized Vanilla Wafers.
Pretzel Sticks.
About a cup of milk chocolate chips.
It usually works out that a bag of Hershey Kisses will be an adequate "batch" to make. Start by unwrapping all of the Hershey Kisses. This is labor intensive and messy.
I recommend turning up the radio, and enjoying a glass of wine. Should you need to taste test the freshness of your Kisses, it pairs nicely with a glass of red anything!
Once your chocolates are unwrapped, lay out some vanilla wafers - bottom side up - and heat your chocolate chips in the microwave. In a microwavable safe dish, make sure to stir the chips every 15-30 seconds to allow everything to melt evenly.
Once you have your chips melted you are ready to assemble!
Place a semi-generous amount of melted chocolate on the bottom side of each Kiss and adhere them to the bottom side of the vanilla wafers.
Great activity for the little ones as well.
Set aside to allow the chocolate to cool and harden.
While they set, break the pretzel sticks into small pieces - about a half inch in length.
Next you will attach the stems to your acorns. Dip one end of the tiny pretzel pieces into the chocolate and adhere to the center of the other side of the vanilla wafer. You may need to be a little generous with the chocolate to get it to stick.
Note: don't use super hot chocolate for this step. Your pretzels will keep falling over on you. The melted chips should not need reheated. But if you got distracted while the first step was cooling, you may need to reheat the chocolate a bit.You want a thicker consistency rather than smooth melted chocolate.
Once you start assembling the stems, place finished acorns on a cookie sheet to harden completely. I would let them set for about an hour.
They are then ready to place into a container, little festive treat bags or directly into your mouth!
Enjoy!
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