Homemade Christmas Almond Joy and Mounds Bars plus A Bonus Story

[@cathylongstreth5405]

Our stockings were made of felt, by my Mom, each with decorations that were special and different. We always had a handful of nuts in the toe of the sock (shaped more like a boot), an orange, some golden coins (chocolate candies shaped like coins), and a small gift; as we aged into being able to read independently, these became a book. My mom was no dummy...this kept us quiet for a good long while as we settled into the couch or back into our beds with a piece of candy and a book to read. Wonderful memories! Thanks!

[@beckagore5312]

That's a beautiful memory of the stockings! I grew up with getting an apple, orange, nuts, and a little of my favorite candy. I'd sometimes get a book, and when I was a teenager my Mom would put a music cassette of a favorite band. I still have my one & only stocking, and I'm 49 lol. Giving your siblings that gift of a sweet memory is truly beautiful! I told my husband that we need stuff to make Almond Joys & Mounds now. He said "are you really making those?!?! Yay!!!" Apparently, he loves those! ❤

[@BerniceTaylor-q7s]

I'm Canadian & I also remember stockings filled with apples, oranges. If we were lucky some years grapes, a few candy canes and cookies. Yeah, simpler times for sure and really when your think about it happier. Brought a tear to my eye, thank your for jolting the old memory. Thank you as well for a great recipe for almond joy my favorite candy bar. Merry Christmas

[@darlenemylifewithparkinsons]

My parents always used a new pair of socks for our stocking so we had new socks to wear Christmas morning. We always got 2 pieces of candy and an orange. We also waited anxiously to see what plant momma had chosen to start and nature just for us. I was born in 1957 and times were much simpler. Every year she chose what plant she wanted us each to get and we treasured that. My favorite year I got a Christmas cactus and it bloomed for Easter! Special memories indeed.

[@helenwhitehurst7188]

Yes my parents did the same thing . DaDs Sox and fruit and candy in them was had five kids in our family but also did you have the Sox that was red meash with hard candies in them good old days

[@AuntVickiesCraftCorner]

My husband was looking for the red mesh stockings the other day

[@LindaSpillman]

I remember these days Vickie and I passed it down to my daughter then her grandchildren as time went in as the kids hit much older I would add a little toy or fun game but yes I too was born in 1961 and they were 3 brothers and there were 4 girls but times were hard as we were poor but I can remember there were times my mother would pop a big metal tub full of pop corn to make garland and paper garland from craft paper we got from school some times we colored just a brown paper bag to make the garland for the tree plus we would eat in it fun memories

[@kimtuddy4612]

We never got stockings as a child. We got to go to our local American Legion and see Santa, then they would give us a paper bag with Apples, Oranges, peanuts in the shell and peppermint sticks. It was always such a joy to receive. I can still remember opening the bag and how fragrant the orange would be,. How something so simple brought a smile of Thanksgiving.

[@reneegranger284]

WE used our knee socks and got nuts, fruits and new underwear and socks. Daddy loved the soft peppermint sticks and we got those in our socks. The orange and apple would stretch our sock down long due to the weight. I was born in 1961.

[@AuntVickiesCraftCorner]

Those were the days!

[@rhondacribbs5727]

I am seven years older than you and those were the best Christmas memories ever!!

[@patbuegeler7770]

I love mounds and Almond Joy. Very easy recipe. Looks delicious. Good luck with your party. ❤❤❤❤

[@JuneMcDavitt]

Wonderful candy recipes!! I was born 1952… my dad put the same things as your dad in our stockings.. also the tube socks..that was continued until I was probably 10 . It brought tears to my eyes to hear you speak of the stockings and brought back such wonderful memories. We are in Ky

[@lazarusgirl1]

I was born in 1958 in Michigan. We used our own socks. We'd go in our drawer and find the biggest sock we could find. Mine was usually a knee sock. We usually got a popcorn ball and candy and a few dime store toys like a jump rope, jacks, yoyo, slinky and crayons. Those were the good days.☺

[@AuntVickiesCraftCorner]

Those were definitely the good old days!

[@maureenhaggerty60]

Had socks for Christmas well actually felt ones that looked like Santa's boot. These were made by my mom and grandma. I was born in 1949 and I looked forward to that boot every Christmas. Ours had an apple, tangerine, orange, walnuts and the mostt thin and delicate ribbon candy that had a flavor of lifesavers, cherry, orange etc. etc.. it also had a little wrapped up package of the two Christmas cookies you got to have for breakfast. I miss that smell of Christmas. The fruits and fresh made cookies on Christmas morning. Also, I am so going to make the candy bars tomorrow as I have everything here. Thank you for a great recipe Aunt Vickie and an easy one too.❤

[@AuntVickiesCraftCorner]

Those kinds of memories are the kind that I hold near and dear to my heart. Wishing you a very merry Christmas

[@Caringspirit]

I remember mom would also unclude apple , orange and mixed nurs and peppermint srix.. we did buy fufts because we were broke as a joke,and that was ok... My dad taught me at a very young age what. Christmas was really about.. that meant everything to me.. i grew up in Reliance Tennessee a. Ery small community as well.. i miss those days.💚💚

[@kerriwagner99]

Yes. Mom and Dad did that for me, little brother and little sister. Mom and Dad stopped putting socks for us when I was about 12.

[@angel196989]

2 brothers and me. As the only girl I usually got like a girly type of toy in my stocking, like a little doll or something and a small bottle of perfume along with a LifeSaver book of LifeSavers (OMG my fave) we usually got oranges (found out later, I'm allergic to all citrus fruits) and candy canes (I hate candy canes) too. I also remember we were allowed to open one gift on Christmas Eve and the rest had to be opened on Christmas morning, no exceptions Stockings were for Christmas morning too Those candies look so good. I'm going to add them to my goodies I make for my sons' dialysis nurses next year. Already got everything for their goodies this year

[@PennyWilson-l9f]

We bib. Dad's wool work socks 😊. All the same items in there. A couple of times we would get a coloring book and crayons. Miss those days

[@conniephillips8217]

WONDERFUL MEMORIES!! Our stockings always had some walnuts, Ribbon candies , a candy cane and a piece of fruit. We had such beautiful Christmas. 😊

[@beckystone7994]

Thanks Vickie for the recipe and for sharing your Christmas memory !! I grew up on a farm and we were pretty poor ! We never got stockings of any kind but what we did get was every year momma would sit us down with the Sears catalog turned to the page or pages she could afford to buy off of and each of us 4 kids would get to choose 1 gift in the price range usually $2-$3 items to choose from and that would be our only Christmas gift under the tree on Christmas morning !! But we were always very happy with our gift and growing up in Florida we always had oranges snd grapefruit so momma would make a big fruit salad in a gallon jar to enjoy for several days and she would bake a chicken and make mashed potatoes and either corn or green beans and cornbread or biscuits for our Christmas meal and she would have made a pie or a cake of some kind !!

[@trobinson89]

I bought the ingredients to make the cracker candy that you showed in a previous video. I plan to give them to my coworkers. Now I plan to try these candies as well! My granddaddy and grandmommy used to give all the grandkids the same thing for Christmas. It wasn't in a stocking (they just used those plastic produce bags from the market). But we always got an orange, a red apple, a mixture of nuts (pecan, almond, salnut and hazelnut), butterscotch candy, and peppermints. Wow, you brought back a fond memory from my childhood. Thank you for that trip down memory lane. 🙂 Merry (early) Christmas Auntie Vickie and family! 🎄

[@AuntVickiesCraftCorner]

Merry Christmas to you and a very blessed New Year

[@janemartin229]

Whole almonds would work better--that's what you get in an Almond Joy. They are usually coated in milk chocolate and Mounds have dark chocolate. I love them both!

[@aimee2234]

👍LIKE please👍 I love Mounds and Almond Joy bars, Vickie! Looks divine. I loved your stockings story. We always had LifeSavers books at Christmas. My two sisters and me do stockings for our kids every year and my husband and me do one for my mom who we care for as well. Thank you and be blessed, dear friend! xoxo

[@dancieteague6854]

Yes we run to Daddy's room and raid his sock drawer. He joke to us as adults years later. He always got new socks for Christmas. We got candy . Walnuts and apple and orange. Than next to it underwear and one outfit, that usually my mom made. She was a seamstress. Great memories. Thanks

[@AuntVickiesCraftCorner]

Aren’t those memories just the best kind?

[@donnawheeler6283]

Aunt Vickie, your bowls for this video are festive! 🎅🤶🧑‍🎄🎄 My favorite memory was Mom making holiday candy. My favorite was Divinity. Yum! My grandmother would knit little decorations, meant for a tree, and put them on our gifts instead of bows. How I wish I still had mine!

[@Doodle-B-k18]

Hi Aunt Vickie Looks delicious Tahnks for sharing 😊

[@nolasurmanek7693]

They look huge on screen! More chocolate than store brand! Mmmm….

[@susielisle922]

Love you said mid way, let's double it! TY& Brooke for her encouraging you to do this. Love ya, both & wish I was part of your fam. I'm 53 and really have no relatives left, I have 2 kids & 3/4 grandchildren. Confusing story for another time, but she is the most generous soul, love her ! Can you adopt me, lol. Ty both so much for sharing your lives. OH Emily too, can't wait to see more for you all!

[@AuntVickiesCraftCorner]

Aww that's so sweet of you to say!

[@susielisle922]

@AuntVickiesCraftCorner its just the truth, what I wouldn't do for a support system like you have in each other. Please dont ever take it for granted. The love you show each other is honest, real & a wonderful example of how family's should be! Mad respect to you all. BTW, still up for adoption at 53, LOL 😉

[@bettyknight7707]

Those look really good ❤thanks for sharing with us ❤️

[@asnunez]

These are really yummy with chopped cherries added as well ❤

[@nicolelynn9027]

I was born in the '80s. My stocking was made by my great grandma with my name on it. It would always have an apple,orange, chocolate and some nuts with a lil gift.

[@robbinmorgan9859]

We always got an orange at the bottom in the toe. We got a jar of dry roasted peanuts all our own. A life saver book. A candy cane. (I just found a life saver book today and got myself one)

[@jenniferbanks2241]

I was born in the 70’s and I grew up getting apples, oranges, nuts and a little candy, sometimes a small gift. We had actual stockings but my step father wore those tube socks

[@nancyanne1402]

Born in 65. I know we hung stockings on the electric fireplace (lol! It hung on the wall and plugged in next to it. The cord ALWAYS showed!). I can honestly say I do NOT recall a stuffed stocking. Now we did get those meshed stockings with the candy in them. They hung on the tree, right above our “from Santa gift” he only brought one, and it was unwrapped. The rest of the gifts were from mom and dad.

[@FrancesLetner]

I had a treat bag in it was a apple orange and nuts and hard candy 😊

[@nicolelynn9027]

One year i made almond joys and mounds bars. they came out so good.

[@FrancesLetner]

Looks delicious 😊

[@Shettikka-s9v]

Delicious 😋 and blessings 🫶🏾🙏🏾

[@mariannwolf4889]

The candy looks delicious. Thank you. We would get orange, walnuts, those little packet of Cottlets candy, a candy cane homemade candy in saran wrap and a new toothbrush lol.

[@kimberbrown2858]

Ain't Vickie, I jumped back to tell you I made those mounds bars . Ha success! 😂 I've never tried making any candy before ..I'm a happy girl...thanks for going at my speed

[@alijah8013]

We had shoe boxes with the very same items in them... Boy !!!!! Were we HAPPY...😂THANKS FOR SHARING... I do remember 🥳

[@rbsamar]

U had me on this one.

[@happyheart2414]

Ours was filled the same way every year and it was one of the best gifts we could get I did the same when I had my children but what sadness me the most is my daughter has gotten away from that with her son no Santa clause photos an not present under the tree from him either but we always had tradition but no more!

[@teritempel4774]

We had stocking and got the exact same things in ours as you did

[@darlenemylifewithparkinsons]

Love your stories

[@LeeGA2925]

I was born in 70 we also got nuts, fruit peppermint in a regular red and white stocking

[@kimberbrown2858]

Miss Vickie, did you just use Almond bark? No shortening?

[@sarahhewlett3639]

Sounds like what my family did they were 11 of us they use brown bags

[@AuntVickiesCraftCorner]

Wow that was a house full and I’m sure full of happiness, lots of love and blessings.

[@debbiemcdowell849]

I've made these for 50 years you really need to use milk chocolate for the almond joys and dark chocolate for the mounds. This is what makes this recipe Not that fake chocolate.

[@joycelocklear223]

We didn't have stockings. We just had fruit,nuts and candy . That supposedly that Santa left.

[@lindagullage3077]

We got the same items as you in nylons

[@jeannetaylor2217]

Couldn’t see a thing you were doing as to how you shaped the mixture or how much you used. All I saw was your tummy