Nutella Acorns

For those of you who are still readers of this blog, thank you for hanging with me during my long hiatus. It feels good to be blogging again and not packing, unpacking, organizing, sorting, etc. It was a huge move, definitely the most challenging we have ever done. We are happy to be back in the U.S, but even happier to be settled again. And we're not moving for a very long time...I hope.

Now, for the acorns. My mom is my source for these scrumptious little acorns. I love how easy they are to make, not to mention really good and the perfect size for little fingers. I made one change to these and that was that I used Nutella instead of canned frosting. I can't stand canned frosting and I especially don't like it for my kids (it has trans fat in it). Yuck! I was going to just make my own chocolate frosting and then I remembered that I had Nutella in my pantry. Of course, Nutella is a staple in our house and is almost better than frosting anyway! Also, much faster and less clean up since I didn't have to actually make any frosting. Here's what you need:

Nutella Acorns
Box of mini Nilla wafers
Bag of Hershey kisses
Bag of pretzels broken into little pieces (perfect job for the little ones)
Nutella

Spread a small amount of Nutella onto the backside of the Nilla wafer. Then, place a Hershey kiss on top. Next, place a dot of Nutella on the other side of the wafer and stick a broken piece of pretzel on top of it. There is your acorn! Cute, right?