Fun and Easy to Make Holiday Treats

by Mikey Favis

‘Tis the season to feel and share everyone’s love by making and sharing delicious treats. These sweets are very easy to prepare and would REALLY satisfy your cravings for holiday treats!!!

Eggnog

Eggnog is a really delicious treat for everyone. It’s a sweet dairy-based drink that is loved by all ages, made up of beaten eggs, sugar, milk, and liquor. Yes, liquor. Bourbon and vodka are the most common used liquor for eggnog. And it is usually garnished by nutmeg or cinnamon before serving.

This eggnog recipe would not include liquor since the children might also want to drink lots of it. So here is the eggnog recipe that is very easy to make, you’ll have it prepared in no time. It serves 8 people at most.

Eggnog Recipe Ingredients

   1. 6 eggs
   2. 3 cups milk
   3. 8 tablespoons sugar
   4. 3 teaspoon vanilla essence
   5. 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, ground


Eggnog Recipe Directions

* In a large bowl, beat the eggs using an electric beater (if available).
* By turn, add milk & sugar.
* Continue beating until mixture thickens slightly.
* Add in the vanilla essence & ground nutmeg.
* Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled (at least 3 hours)


Chocolate Rum Balls

Rum balls are yummy truffle-like treats that can be prepared easily. No baking needed, can’t you believe that. This easy to prepare treat is made of chocolate and rum. Yes, rum indeed. And because it does not need to be baked, the alcohol isn’t lost when it is prepared. It is usually coated in chocolate sprinkles or powdered cocoa.

Here is a very easy to follow recipe for chocolate rum balls. It doesn’t require baking so it would be done in no time. It makes 24 rum balls at most.

Chocolate Rum Balls Recipe Ingredients:

  1. 1 cup ground pecans
  2. 2 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs
  3. 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  4. 1/3 cup rum
  5. 3 tablespoons corn syrup
  6. 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  7. 3/4 cup chocolate sprinkles


Chocolate Rum Balls Recipe Directions:

* In bowl, mix cookie crumbs, pecans, sugar, rum and corn syrup.
* Shape into 1 inch balls measuring about 1 Tablespoon of mixture.
* Line a tray with wax paper. Place balls on a tray and refrigerate until cold.
* In a double boiler (if available) using hot but not boiling water, melt chocolate; let cool slightly.
* Dip balls into melted chocolate with only a thin coat. Roll in chocolate sprinkles.
* Place balls on the waxed paper lined tray until chocolate is set.


No-bake Oatmeal Cookies

Oatmeal cookies are yummy cookie treats that are made with oats and a large variety of ingredients. Coconut flakes, raisins, walnuts, almonds, and chocolate chips are only some of the ingredients that could be mixed with oats to create a mouth-watering oatmeal cookie.

Here is a very easy to do recipe of no-bake oatmeal cookies. No baking again so the cookies can be prepared in no time, serving depends on preferred size.

No-bake Oatmeal Cookies Recipe Ingredients
 
   1. 3 cups quick cooking oats
   2. 1 cup flaked coconut
   3. 3 tbsp. cocoa
   4. 1/2 cup nuts
   5. 2 cups sugar
   6. 1/2 cup milk
   7. 1 stick butter
   8. 1 tsp. vanilla


No-bake Oatmeal Cookies Recipe Directions

* Cook sugar, milk and butter.
* Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute.
* Add the vanilla.
* Pour over all other ingredients and stir until well mixed.
* Drop by preferred size onto waxed paper to cool.

RESORTS WORLD MANILA

Where you at? # 1


By: Norman Barracoso

“It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Ev'rywhere you go take a look in the five-and-ten, glistening once again with candy canes and silver lanes aglow” … Tunes of joy and melodies of happiness are again felt during this time of the year. Bells are ringing and people are playing to the beat of Christmas here and there to greet us another season of love. At last, it has arrived. It’s that time of the year again, folks, time for us to celebrate Jesus’ birth, and for some, time to buy those expensive and luxurious gifts. It’s the time where everything’s on sale, and people feel like spending money. Yes, it’s okay to enjoy and spend a little of “that” during Christmas but looking deeper through the meaning of Christmas, is it just really about giving gifts and buying stuff? Well for us, Christmas time means family time and nothing can ever replace Christmas gatherings spent with family.

And here in DTF, we present you our ideal hangout place, perfect for the family: Resorts World Manila, which is located right at the center of Newport City, Philippines. By perfect, we mean that it’s suitable for all ages, from kids to grown-ups. It’s family time, and we don’t want anyone in our family to be deprived of Christmas.

Their tagline “shop, dine, watch, and play” says it all. In Resorts World, families can indulge themselves to fancy yet affordable restaurants. Another thing we like about this place is the flexibility of the restaurants.  Diners can choose from a wide array of restaurants, inspired by different genres of food across the globe. You can enjoy traditional Filipino food in Crisostomo, or feel the Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, or have a good night at the Bar 360. These are just some of the highlights where families can sit down and relax and really feel the company of their loved ones. 

Dinner celebrations are usually the highlight of Christmas for the family. But for the teens, shopping is. Well, Resorts World is there to cater for our needs. From local brands like Bench, to branded items like Lacoste, RW definitely knows what each family would buy.

Yes, we already have food and shopping, but how about those little ones who just want to watch theatre plays or catch movies from the annual Metro Manila Film Festival? Aren’t they part of our tradition as well? Most certainly they are. Here in RW, local and international performers like the cast of Sound of Music play every month depending on availability of the place. Especially now that it’s Christmas season, theatre plays are even more advertised.

Finally, the part where most of our parents or usually our lolo’s and lola’s would want to be in during the holidays: THE CASINO! It’s the perfect place for grown-ups to relax and take a day off from work and just have the time of their life. RW’s casino gives a Venetian feel that will give you goose bumps, making you feel like you’re in Las Vegas. Their casino is arguably the best looking casino in the Philippines, from unique sets of tables, to fancy cafés scattered all around the casino area.

But wait, there’s more.. After a long day of shopping, eating, and of course playing at the casino, Resorts World Manila has their hotel right on top of the mall. It’s a 6-star casino hotel that caters to everyone. It’s the package you’ve all been waiting for. From shopping to high-end hotels, I guess you can never go wrong with this place.

Let us welcome this Christmas season with our family. After all, they’re the ones that’ll be there for us, no matter what.

Merry Christmas again, and we wish you all the best.

C/Krismusmos: Reason for the Season

by Iking Corpus

 Last December 10 and 11, amidst the hustle and bustle of the metropolis we know of as Metro Manila, a small organization from the Ateneo de Manila University was able to do something a little different. Musmos, an accredited organization from the Ateneo Loyola Schools put aside the heavy demands of their studies whilst sacrificing their own personal time to hold a Christmas party, C/Krismusmos. C/Krismusmos, or as the Christmas party is called, is held for more or less  250 street children. The organization Musmos is known throughout the Ateneo for holding what they call ‘Areas’ or ‘Area Insertions’ every Saturday. Basically what the members from Musmos do in these ‘areas’ is to simply teach and have fun; as their motto goes: ‘Where there are kids smiling, there is hope’. Their areas are split into two general locations namely: the Cubao area and the Katipunan area.




C/Krismusmos is an annual Christmas party that the organization holds for their kids. It is basically a whole day event that is dedicated solely to the happiness and growth of the children. This year, the Christmas party was able to hold numerous games and performances prepared by the organization’s members. There were a lot of prizes given away provided by the sponsors of this event; some of which were Cadbury.  

        I had the privilege of attending this once-in-a-year event and I could attest to the fact that it was normal sight to see a kid smiling and, in every sense of the word, becoming a KID. The Musmos organization prepared well, long, and hard for this event and it surely paid off. Sometimes, people can take for granted the celebration of Christmas. And who can blame them? It has been a tradition embedded deeply into the tradition of Christians and it is easy to take this day for granted. But the same cannot be said for the members of this organization. Giving time and effort to hold a successful event for these kids, Musmos was able to bring Christmas to them and by doing so teaching the kids the reason for the season. Jesus Christ was born to give life and the same could be said for Musmos’ members who sacrificed so much to give life to these kids. For these kids, the reason for the season can be as simple as well, giving.