Guadalupe Tea, Shopping List

To complete the entire "Tea in Honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe," you would need:

Boxes, Cans, and Jars:

Hot chocolate ("Aztec Chocolate")
Mini marshmallows ("Aztec Chocolate")
Pringles potato chips ("Hats")
olives (optional for "Hands" and/or "Hats")
Mustard or Thousand Island Dressing (for "Tilmas")
Dora the Explorer Cinnamon Star Cereal (or white chocolate chips or star-shaped sprinkles) ("Stars")
One or two cans of mild, beanless Hormel Chili ("Sun")
Tortilla chips ("Sun")
Vanilla extract (church)
Sugar (church)

Sweets:

Gummy Worms ("serpents")
Stella D'oro angel wings ("angels")
Stella D'oro anisette sponge ("crescents")
Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers ("church")
Sugar cones or Oreo Chocolate Cones ("church")
Other possibilities for decorating churches: Red jelly bells, pretzels, Pepperidge Farm Chantilly Cookies

Bread:

Large flour tortillas ("Tilma")
Dark firm sandwich bread ("Hands")

Dairy:

String cheese ("Hats")
two or three packages cream cheese (for "Sun" and "Hands")
Shredded Cheddar ("Sun")
Whipping Cream ("church")

Deli:

Black Forest Ham or other pinkish cold cut ("Tilma")
Guacamole or Potato Salad ("Hill")

Optional Punch Ingredients:

Seltzer (plain or flavored)
Packaged Berry Punch or other red juice
Frozen berries
Rasperry or other pink sherbet

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This list does not include ingredients for the Bishop's Miter cookies or tea sandwiches, listed as an optional menu item.

In naming the ingredients, I made parenthetical notes of the specific treat intended. This way, if you are abbreviating or adapting the menu, it will be easy to cross off anything you do not need.

Happy Feast Day tomorrow!

Comments

[Maria]

WOW!

[Alice Gunther]

Wow, is right, Maria. It is a large list, but I think, when done as a potluck, it would work well! I am looking forward to seeing if any groups out there try it in January.

[Jeannine]

Alice, you are astonishing in your creativity and generosity. How amazingly thorough! Thank you for sharing!

[Marybeth]

We didn't do the punch plus I couldn't find gummy worms..other than that...we had a great time. Lots of love and fun filled our time together..we had dinner together and had a taco feast! Wonderful idea, Alice. We loved it!!