These chocolate-covered cones are a stylish addition to a New Year's celebration, serving as both festive decorations and a sweet topping for a scoop of ice cream.

Ingredients

• Sugar cones
• Ice cream
• Chocolate chips (one 12-ounce bag for 10 to 12 cones)

• Icing
• Fruit strips or shoestring licorice (we used Kellogg's Fruit Streamers)
• Nonpareils

Instructions

1. Spread melted chocolate chips over each sugar cone with a small spatula. Let the chocolate harden for about 1 hour (or 20 minutes in the refrigerator).

2. For chinstraps, use icing to attach the ends of a fruit strip or a length of shoestring licorice to the inside of each cone.

3. Use icing to decorate the hats and attach nonpareils.

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• December/January 2007 |
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