YODEL BûCHE DE NOëL

Yodel Bûche de Noël image

Provided by Judy Moy

Yield Makes 1 bûche de Noël, serving 1

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 Yodel snack cakes
1/4 cup purchased or homemade chocolate frosting
Assorted decorations such as cloth leaves (available at floral shops and craft stores), chopped maraschino cherries, Red Hots, M&M's and other candies, colored sugars, shredded coconut, confectioner's sugar, and cocoa powder
Special Equipment
Toothpicks, small offset spatula or butter knife

Steps:

Place Yodels in freezer 5 minutes to firm up chocolate coating, then peel off and discard (or eat!) coating.
Using small sharp knife, cut thin slice off each end of Yodels. Cut 1 Yodel in half crosswise on angle and discard (or eat!) 1 half.
Using toothpick, attach other half of cut Yodel to whole Yodel to form "branch." Using small offset spatula or butter knife, cover Yodels with frosting, drawing spatula in long strokes down length of "log" to give appearance of bark and leaving ends of "logs" uncovered to show spiral pattern. Once branch is secured with frosting, gently remove toothpick.
Decorate as desired with leaves, chopped cherries or red candies for berries, brown candies and/or cocoa powder for earth, and shredded coconut or confectioner's sugar for snow.