Kiss me under the... Kissletoe!?

HERSHEY'S Chocolate Kisses and Mistletoe = Kissletoe!

What better way to make Mistletoe than with Hershey’s Chocolate Kisses?! Make a few and hang them for your celebration, then let guests take them home as favors after the party!

The image above was taken at Hershey’s Holiday Cookie Baking Party on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at Robert Verdi’s Luxe Laboratory here in New York City.

Hershey’s Kisses Chocolate Kissletoe

Materials Needed:
• Three-inch Styrofoam balls
• Wired ribbon
• Hershey’s Kisses Chocolates
• Glue (non-toxic craft glue, glue stick, or confectioners’ glue)

Assembly:
1. Using a pen or pencil, push through each ball to make a hole through the center of the ball (from end to end).

2. Feed the ribbon through the first ball and tie a knot at the bottom.

3. Leave a couple of inches of ribbon above the first ball and tie another knot. Then feed the ribbon through the second ball setting it on the second knot. Finally, leave several inches of ribbon and then tie a bow at the top.

4. Using a hot glue gun, glue Hershey’s Kisses Chocolate on each ball. Once dry, you can hang your Kissletoe by the bow end.


HERSHEY'S KISSES Chocolates Sweet Menorah

Materials Needed:
• One 9 x 1-inch foam disc
• 2 yards (1 inch wide) blue ribbon
• Two 10-inch silver foil doilies
• Glue (low heat gun, glue stick or confectioners' glue)
• One 4 x 2-inch foam disc
• Aluminum foil
• 10 bamboo skewers
• 2 bags (13 oz each) HERSHEY'S KISSES Chocolates wrapped in silver foil
• 9 (1-inch diameter) silver foil candy cups
• 3 sheets blue construction paper
• 18 HERSHEY KISSES Brand Chocolates, wrapped in red foil

Assembly:
1. To create base of Menorah, cut 9 x 1-inch foam disk in half. Glue blue ribbon along the curved outsized edges of each half disk. Cover the flat side of each half disk by folding one silver doily over each half, lining up the curved edges; secure with glue.

2. Cover 4x2-inch disk with foil; glue blue ribbon around outside edge.

3. To assemble Menorah, place one half disk flat on surface, curved side facing forward. Put 4x2-inch disk, flat side down, in center of half disk. Secure with glue. Place other half disk, curved side down, in center of 4x2-inch disk. Secure with 3 skewers and glue, piercing through all three pieces. (See illustration.) Decorate by gluing chocolates to base.

4. Add candle holders by gluing 9 silver candy cups along the top edge of base.

5. To make candles, cut blue construction paper into 8 pieces (4x4-inch each) and 1piece 5x4-inch for the center candle. Roll each piece into a 3/4-inch diameter cylinder; secure with glue. Cut 5 skewers in half; glue each skewer to inside of candle; insert the excess length of each skewer into each candy cup.

6. Each flame is created with two red foil-wrapped chocolates glued to each other at the flat base. Using 18 chocolates, make 9 flames. Each night of celebration, drop in one chocolate flame to light a candle.

Interested in more ways to make your home sparkle with Hershey holiday crafts? Visit http://www.hersheys.com/holidays/crafts/