Santa's Sleigh Favors

Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

Show: Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra LeeEpisode: Holiday Cocktail Party

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (19)

RECIPE
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Prep Time:
45 min
Level:
Difficult
Yield:
1 sleigh

Times:

Prep: 45 min
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Total:: 45 min

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Ingredients

Graham crackers
White royal icing
Red royal icing
Chewy fruit candy squares (recommended: Starbursts)
Sugar wafers
Red fruit sheets (recommended: Fruit Roll-ups)
Miniature bear-shaped cookies (recommended: Teddy Grahams)
Twisted red candy sticks (recommended: Twizzlers)
Candy canes
Shredded coconut
Chocolate Santa, foil wrapped

Directions

Sleigh bottom #1: Coat 1 side of a graham cracker cookie completely with white royal icing. Place 2 candy canes on top, keeping the hooks pointing upward, holding them in place for a few seconds to let set. Sprinkle coconut over the whole cracker and candy canes and set aside to let dry.

Sleigh bottom #2: Coat 1 side of another graham cracker completely with red royal icing and set aside to dry.

Presents: Pipe ribbons with white royal icing on fruit candies. Set aside to let dry.

Santa's seat: Take 2 sugar wafer bars (attached) and completely wrap with a fruit roll-up. Take another pair of wafers and do the same. Place seam side down to keep from them unfolding. Set aside.

To assemble: Pipe a thin line of white royal icing over the length of the candy canes that are attached to sleigh bottom #1. Place sleigh bottom #2 (red graham cracker) on top of candy canes (red side up)and hold for a few seconds to let set. Make a seat out of the fruit rollup covered sugar wafers by making an "L" shape on top of red cracker. Use 1 as the seat and the other as the back of the seat.

On 1 side of the seat stack a few candy gifts and on the other side, place the chocolate Santa. Spread out 1 fruit rollup and place a few gifts in the middle and make a pouch, tying the ends of the rollup together with a twizzler, like a beggar's purse. Place gift pouch behind Santa's seat.

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recipe Santa's Sleigh Favors
Bryan Statesville, NC 12-15-2009
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Plain & simple
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

i brought this up a notch by adding reindeer pulling the sleigh Don't know why people would say it is hard to fallow i did... it from the photo came out great Read more
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Donna Lancaster, SC 12-09-2009
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Substitutions????
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

After reading all the comments and the snags, I think I may opt for substitutions on a few of the items....maybe pre-colored... fondant for the sheet roll-ups? And just use sugar cubes for gifts.....licorice laces instead of Twizzlers? It's such a darling idea and looks relatively easy...oh, and graham cracker 4th's (the way some are pre-cut) to stack for the sleigh seat? I still think it's an excellent idea. And easily incorporated into gingerbread, too! Read more
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Anonymous 12-25-2007
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Some parts tough, some parts easy
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Most of the favor was easy to do except for 2 things. There were no instructions on how to make the bench. And it wasn't as... easy as you'd think to make one. The icing wouldn't hold the licorice together at all! I had to put a TON on and they ended up looking messy. Another problem was finding the fruit roll up for the sack. Sandra used a plain, large, round roll-up. I couldn't find those anywhere! The only ones I could find were the small, square fruit roll-up and they all have designs on them these days. I had to combine 2 of the square ones and they still didn't look good because of the kid designs on them. The rest was pretty easy.Read more
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Amy Hingham, MA 12-23-2007
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Excellent - What Fun!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made the santa with my 5 year old daughter. We did not use Royal icing, but bought red and white icing in the store. We... had so much fun doing this, and presented it to my mother-in-law from my daughter. Tomorrow (Christmas Eve) several of my nieces are coming over for an edible craft party, this is what we are going to make! I can't wait.Read more
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Carla Loveland, CO 12-22-2007
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Needs more detailed instructions
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

If I hadn't seen a picture and watched it on tv I would have never been able to follow these instructions. I couldn't find... Royal frosting so used Pillsbury Wipped Surpreme white frosting. I added food coloring for the red. I used fruit roll-up but on the show it showed round ones and I could only find square ones. I made them round by cutting off the corners. I made 7 of them and they turned out great.Read more
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Anonymous 12-17-2007
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N/G
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Tried making these but everything kept falling off the sleds. I had only made about 4 so I decided to throw all the candies... into a candy dish and make gingerbread cookies instead. Made the house smell really nice.Read more