Hardly a snack food but a great party item.  Besides, in these times, we need to save where we can.

Here is a good recipe for a home brew Kahlua that I think is pretty good and a bunch cheaper than the real McCoy. It goes as follows:

4 cups water

3 - 3/4 cups sugar

 3/4 cup instant coffee crystals

1 fifth of vodka

1 real vanilla bean or 1/2 t. vinailla extract

Bring water to rolling boil & add sugar. Continue to boil for 5 minutes.

Stir in coffee crystals, a spoonful at a time

Bring back to boil

Take off the heat and cool for tem minutes.  Stir in vodka and pour into glass 1/2 gallon wine bottle or glass jug. Split the vanilla bean and add to the jug.  Cork the jug and put in a cool place or in the frig for two weeks. Shake jug every few days. Enjoy in a glass or pour over vanilla ice cream. YUM-YUM.