Who wants some?

While visiting in NH, Ethan acquired all manner of wonderful, new playthings from his doting grandparents, aunts and uncles. One of the gifts he received from Grandma Murray was the game Candy Land, a Winnie the Pooh version. Today I decided to see if Ethan has what it takes to master such a game. He did pretty well with turn taking, moving his piece to the correct color and generally following directions. While trying to keep my enthusiasm for our never-ending quest to join Pooh and friends at his birthday picnic (the winner gets to sit with the Pooh friends on their "blanket"), I began to stifle my yawns while stealing furtive glances at the nearest reading material. This turned out to be the game manual. Of course, at the same time, I was feeling, as always, ravenously hungry.

It was in this state of mind that my eye happened to fall upon a recipe on the back of the manual for POOH HUNNY TRUFFLES. My first glance at the ingredients gave me some pause because I just could not imagine the final form they would take but, blame it on extreme Candy Land boredom. I decided to try it. Besides, how can you go wrong with peanut butter, honey, confectioners'sugar and milk chocolate morsels?

So, with some trepidation I mixed up a batch of Pooh's truffles. They had to chill in the fridge for 2 hours but after about an hour and a half we just HAD to sample them. Keith said, "Well, they taste good for the first few seconds..." Really, too much of a good thing does become a Very Bad Thing indeed. Sickly sweet. And their appearance alone is enough to banish even my appetite. Judge for yourself...and never trust Winnie the Pooh.