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Candy Strawberries

Rated as 4.33 out of 5 Stars
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Ingredients

servings 111 cals
Original recipe yields 24 servings (2 dozen)

Directions

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  1. Combine gelatin, pecans, and coconut. Stir in milk and vanilla; mix well. Chill one hour.
  2. Shape into strawberries. Roll in red sugar; tint sliced almonds with green food coloring and insert in top of "berries" to form leaves.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 111 calories; 4.7 g fat; 16.1 g carbohydrates; 2 g protein; 3 mg cholesterol; 50 mg sodium. Full nutrition

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Thank you so much for posting this recipe. When I was a child, my neighbor use to always make these around the holidays. I've wanted the recipes for years, but never knew how to find it. Thes...

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These candy strawberries tasted terrible. They were a mouthful of sugar. They looked pretty and that's about it.

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Thank you so much for posting this recipe. When I was a child, my neighbor use to always make these around the holidays. I've wanted the recipes for years, but never knew how to find it. Thes...

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GORGEOUS! If you are even curious about these, then you MUST make them. They are so adorable and delicious. I made these along with several other candies for a small Christmas get together an...

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We made hundreds of these for my wedding reception (a tradition in my husband's family). Everyone loves them. You can also use orange gelatin and shape them into oranges.

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Thank you for posting this recipe. I love this one. It makes a great accent to any cookie tray and they taste great too! You can modify this by leaving out the ground pecans and almonds. ...

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I love this recipe my grandmother had it in one of her old Utility Company cookbooks, we made them every year together. They always look so pretty!! Update! This year I used different flavored ...

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These candy strawberries tasted terrible. They were a mouthful of sugar. They looked pretty and that's about it.

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I love this recipe. I have been making it for years. I found it in an old candy cookbook. They are definitely sweet, but it's candy, what do you expect. And make sure you use sweetened condensed...

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My Great Aunt Bert always made these so I have continued the tradition every Christmas. I shape mine into strawberry shapes, roll the bottom in red sugar and then dip the top in green. Very fe...

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They look like real strawberries! Tasty flavor make these a great addition to any event!!!

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