Party pleasers

No-bake power balls and peanut butter balls along with walnuts make great party goodies.

Many people are planning to attend parties during the holidays and will be looking for easy-to-make goodies to take with them. The no-bake power balls we recommended in our October 12 column in the Daily News would be great to take to any party, at least if the amount of each ingredient were printed in the article.

It appears that they were eliminated in the editing process after we sent it to the Daily News. This blog site has the proper amounts of ingredients listed, but for those that only read this in the Daily News we will list the recipe again.

The ingredients include:

1/4 cup margarine

1/2 cup honey

1/2 cup carob powder or cocoa powder

1/2 cup chopped walnuts or other nuts

3/4 cup soy milk powder or regular milk powder

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 tablespoon flax seeds or sesame seeds, optional

These ingredients are mixed together in a bowl. Then we form the mix into balls and roll them in unsweetened coconut flakes, granola or more chopped nuts. The recipe we use for granola was in our June 29 blog.

The power balls can be eaten as soon as they are made or stored in the refrigerator for later use.

Another no-bake favorite goodie we like to make is a peanut butter ball.

The ingredients include:

3/4 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup honey

1 teaspoon vanilla

3/4 cup powdered milk

1 cup oatmeal

1/8 cup sesame seeds

1/8 cup flax seeds

2 tablespoons hot water

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Form them into balls and roll them in chopped walnuts. We like to use the red walnuts as they add a bit of color.

Store balls in refrigerator until ready to use.

Other goodies we like to take to parties are flavored nuts, both candied and seasoned mixes. Our favorite recipes were posted on Friday, April 20 on this blog.

We welcome our readers to post their favorite party recipes below for others to enjoy.