What is Your Favorite "Hip" Holiday Recipe/Treat?
With the Hip2Save Holiday Challenge in full swing, I have received quite a few emails from readers who are interested in learning more about favorite Holiday recipes, treats, snacks etc. Check out the email below from reader, LeeAnn…
With the upcoming holiday season upon us, and your frugal holiday ideas post yesterday, I would LOVE to see a post where everyone can submit their favorite yummy cookie/candy/treat recipe. I’m making gift baskets and would love to hear traditions other people create/bake during the holiday season. Thanks!
So….What are some of YOUR favorite holiday recipes? What fun treats do you make to bring to holiday parties and/or school events?
I make white chocolate popcorn. Just pop 3 bags of natural microwave popcorn and cover with 2 cups of melted white candy discs. So easy and a big hit at parties!
Oh that stuff is amazing!
To make it even better, add some M&Ms and honey roasted peanuts to the mixture – holiday red and green M&Ms and some great color! This popcorn really is a BIG hit!
Love this recipe from “Our Best Bites” cooking blog! They have tons of wonderful goodies! 🙂
You can also melt the white almond bark, add chopped up candy canes (flavor of your choice), poor on waxed paper (on cookie sheet) and cool for some yummy candy!
I found an easy, fantastic chocolate cookie recipe last year that I made MANY batches of to give as gifts to teachers, friends, etc! They were very popular and I was asked for the recipe from nearly everyone I gave them too! The recipe was featured on Paula Deen’s Cookie Swap special on the Food Network and here’s a link to it (in case anyone wants to try it)!
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/top-secret-chocolate-cookies-recipe/index.html
BTW – I used Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa in place of the “dutch process cocoa powder” and regular granulated sugar in place of the “white sanding sugar”.
My husband taught me this. To save a few bucks is mom woudl double the chocolate chip cookie dough recipe but not the chocolate chips. I do this and the kids never know.
I’ve always done this. I like the taste of the cookie, and it’s overpowered by all the chocolate.
I totally agree!! I LOVE cookies, but not all the chocolate
Ha! I do the opposite, double the chocolate chips….so good.
Me too…I take out a batch of cookies 2 minutes before they are cooked and add 5-10 chips per cookie and then put the pan back into the oven for the final two minutes or less. I LOVE extra chocolate chips in cookies! I use the Nestle freezer packs of frozen dough when I add in the extra chips, as I often don’t bake cookies from scratch. I also under bake these freezer cookies by a minute so they are moist and chewy. So yummy!
ever since my 3 kids were very little i have made homemade christmas cookies using my husband gma’s recipe. we make an octo batch and i also make all colors of homemade buttercream frosting and put them in bags for the kids. it is a tradition for us and now that my kids are 17, 15,and 14 it is nice to have help with every aspect including the cleanup!
my favorite cookie is a chocolate with white chocolate chip cookie, they are awesome!
Care to share the recipies? Thanks
I always make these every year for friends and family.
Chocolate Fudge Cookies
1 C Marg Softened
2 C Sugar
2 Eggs
2 tsps Vanilla
2 C Flour
3/4 C Cocoa
1tsp. Salt
1 tsp Baking Soda
Cream Marg and Sugar. Add eggs and vanilla, blend well. Combine Flour, Cocoa, soda and salt. Blend into creamed mixture. Roll into balls, roll ball in powdered Sugar and bake 11-13 mins at 350.
If you want dough for the freezer. Rolls into balls and place on cookie sheet in freezer. When frozen put the balls in ziploc bag. Then when you want a cookie you can just let them defrost on the counter for a few minutes, roll in powdered Sugar and bake.
Hands down its my Rocky Road. I would be literally sent home if I didn’t bring them!
2 bags of chocolate chips (semi)
2 bags of butterscotch chips
1 c. peanut butter
3 c. peanuts (salted)
1 bag of mini-marshmallows
Melt the chips, add the pbutter and mix well, then toss in the peanuts and marshmallows-drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper, then chill-I prefer them frozen, so these are NOT something you can stick in the freezer so you don’t eat them and gain 10 pounds!!!
I am writing this one down right now ~ thank you for sharing…I’m loving all of the recipes and ideas.
This has been a family favorite forever. We don’t even make fudge anymore. One year I made a batch with cashews instead of peanuts and then I made a batch with almonds! YUM.
My favorite dessert to make at Christmas time is Banket. It’s a Dutch dessert my grandma used to make for me. It’s made with almond paste, which is pricey, however it wouldn’t be Christmas for me without it!! Reminds me of my grandma.
we make bunket every year also we always get together all the girls and make it with my grandma i love that stuff 🙂
I always include fudge in my goody bags. everyone loves it and I have a super yummy super easy recipe!
Thank you guys so much for the recipes. As a new mom (17 months) I love to bake with the baby (he adds in the ingredients). Thank you, keep them coming and also add the degree in which the oven needs to be set (I always mess this up). THX
I smash up some candy canes and mix it into melted white candy coating. Then I spread it on cookie sheet covered in wax paper and put in fridge to harden. Then I just break it up into different sized pieces and either put on a mixed cookie tray or individual small gift bags/boxes.
I did this last year and was shocked by how happy it made everyone. I did put a melted dark chocolate layer down first, let it harden, then the white chocolate/peppermint mixture. So easy, but it looks like the bark they sell at Williams Sonoma! Yum…
I never thought to add two layers. That definitely makes this recipe even better!
I’ve done this for many years. My local cake decorating place sells the chocolate discs and also bags of peppermint already broken up. It’s so much easier and less messy!
We love to make fudge, red and green cream cheese mints (a recipe we also use for weddings, showers, etc. making them in pastel colors), white and chocolate covered pretzel rods dipped in different confectionary sprinkles or nuts, and love to decorate gingerbread cookies together! The holidays are the perfect excuse for baking and candy making 🙂
I love making spiced pecans! So good and great to bring to a party or give as a gift!
Love these too! 🙂
About 10 years ago, one of my coupon “steals” was Butter Flavored Crisco. I scored a couple packages for, I think, 20 cents each. This recipe was included in the package and my children and I FELL IN LOVE. Use Butter Flavored Crisco – it is so YUMMY! We make them and decorate them together every Christmas. Santa comes back year after year for an Ultimate Sugar Cookie.
The Ultimate Sugar Cookie
3/4 cup Golden Crisco or Butter-flavored Crisco (shortening)
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
Coloured decorations or icing
Cream Crisco, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large mixer bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until light and creamy. Cmbine flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture, mixing on low speed until well blended. Cover dough and chill 1 hour, if desired, for easy rolling. Preheat oven to 375°F. Roll half of dough at a time. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Using a cookie cutter, cut in desired shapes. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Roll leftover pieces. Sprinkle with coloured decorations or leave plain to decorate when cool. Bake at 375°F for 8 to 10 minutes, or until edges are light brown. (Time will vary with cookie size.) Cool slightly, then remove to cooling rack.
Yum- I’ve been looking for a great roll-out sugar cookie recipe, Thank you~
I have so many to choose from… I always make sausage balls and I love this wreath recipe.
Party Cheese Wreath
2 8oz cream cheese
1 8oz sharp cheddar, shredded
1 tablespoon chopped red bell pepper (I also use a little green)
1 tablespoon chopped onion
1 teaspoon lemon juice
dash ground red pepper
Mix cream cheese and cheddar cheese together with an electric mixer until well blended. Blend in remaining ingredients and refrigerate for several hours, until firm. Place a drinking glass in the center of a serving platter. Drop round tablespoons of cheese mix around the glass just touching the outer edge of the glass to form a ring. Smooth with a spatula then remove the glass. Garnish with fresh parsley and additional red bell pepper. Serve with crackers. Mini cheese balls – shape mix into 1” balls, roll in light rye or dark pumpernickel bread crumbs.
Another thing I do with cookies is buy the pillsbury or toll house ready to bake cookies, bake as directed then while they are hot place a peanut butter cup or hersheys kiss in the center. I like my cookies soft so I bake for the shortest amount of time and I use a baking stone. These taste like I worked hard doing them homemade!
it wouldn’t be Christmas at our house without sausage balls! yum!
That’s what we have for breakfast on Christmas morning 🙂
I love sausage balls, too, but then I found a recipe for sausage muffins that I like even better and them are great for breakfast. The muffins along with hashbrown casserole are super easy and makes a wonderful breakfast or brunch, especially for the holidays. It is my daughter’s favorite.
Sausage Muffins
1 lb hot sausage
2 cups extra sharp shredded cheese
2 cups Bisquick
1 stick melted butter
1 cup milk
Brown sausage and drain. Mix all ingredients together. Spray muffin tins with non-stick spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Makes 12-18 muffins. You can use mini-muffin tins and bake for about 15 minutes.
Oh I have to try this recipe–as I have a stockpile of cheese to use! Sounds yummy! 🙂
Oreo Bon-Bons! They are so fun to make and everyone loves them. Take a whole package of oreos, put them in a food processor and grind them to crumbs. Mix with a pkg of cream cheese. It will be very very stiff but make sure it is mixed well. Take the mixture and roll into balls. I make them about the size of a bouncy ball from the quarter machines. Freeze them, then dip the frozen balls using a toothpic into melted candy discs. I usually dip them in white discs. Make sure they are completely covered. Let them cool and remove the toothpics. After they are cooled I usually drizzle some melted chocolate or colored discs (red or green) over them or sprinkle some colored sugar on them. Keep them refrigerated so they don’t melt. I put these in gift tins for Christmas!!
I make these too and they are always a big hit at gatherings!
omigosh this sounds SO AMAZING! I must try it.
I make these too!! They are so yummy-Everyone who tries them LOVES them!
I wonder how these would be with chips ahoy (I have a stockpile of those).
I make these with Mint Oreos and they are wonderful
Sounds awesome and pretty easy to make – I am definately going to try these – THANX! 🙂
We make these too!!!!! They are to DIE for!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I make git basket “goodie grabs” I call them for my kids daycare teachers and for all my co-workers. Over the year I collect all the smaller size “goodies” (nail polish, lotion, mens razors, post-its, candy, coffee, etc.) I take 2 ro 3 items and tie them together with curling ribbon. Then I use an empty baby wipes (without the lid) container covered with red tissue paper to put groups of “goodie grabs” into and wrap the whole thing in clear wrap. These are so popular. Ever teacher/co-workers get to pick what he or she wants and I spend next to nothing to gift about 30 people.
Oh my lord! This is so clever! I haven’t yet generated alot of stuff yet to make these kinds of gifts, but what a lovely way to present all the freebies in a gift for everyone! 🙂
I LOVE MAKING HOLLAND COOKIES! ;0
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies! They are a recipe passed down from my grandma. 🙂
How about a recipe?! They sound gooooood!
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 29 oz can pumpkin
3 tsp baking soda
6 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 tsp cinnamon
6 cups flour
3 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 tbsp milk
1 cup oil
3 tsp vanilla
12 oz chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups nuts (optional – I never use them)
Mix together and drop by teaspoonfuls on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for
14 minutes at 350*.
Thanks for the yummy recipe!! I’ll make some for my daughter’s teachers. She has 3 teachers in her classroom, so it’s really great idea!!
Something easy and quick that the kids can help make are Caramel Delights. Place small pretzels on a cookie sheet. Top each pretzel with one ROLO candy. Put in a warm 225 degree oven for about 5 minutes until the candy is soft. Top each treat with a pecan half. Let cool! These are delicious and oh so easy!!!! You can make so many of them quickly!
Similar to this, we put a hershey kiss on the pretzel instead of a rollo, then top with an m&m (red and green only of course) – kids love it!
Yummmy! That sounds like a good one!
I make an big assortment of cookies, candies, other treats and take big platters to the office of each school my children attend. Chocolate covered pretzels are an easy treat and can be dressed up with crushed candy canes, sprinkles, etc. I keep an eye out for cheap/free pretzels this time of year.
SCOTCHEROOS!!!! Seriously good, and super easy!
https://www.recipetips.com/recipe-cards/t–3404/scotcheroos.asp
I agree….always a big hit every year!
Every year around this time, my family goes apple picking. It’s become a tradition in my house to bake apple hermit cookies after a fun day of apple picking. The spiced apple smell is amazing!
Here’s the link for the cookies (I switch out the raisins for craisins & walnuts for pecans) –
https://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Apple-Hermits/Detail.aspx
I love making cut out sugar cookies with my kids. They love cutting them out with the holiday cookie cutters and putting sugar and sprinkles on top. I also make Peanut blossom cookies. They are peanut butter cookes rolled in sugar in a ball and cooked in the oven. When you take them out put a hershey kiss on top and push down. Put back in oven for a couple minutes. So yummy!!!
We make moose poop! It’s crispix cereal with a chocolate/peanut butter melted topping, with powered sugar. It’s so addictive and pretty!
lol yes, we make this too, but here it’s called “puppy chow” yum!
Cynthia,
We call it puppy show too! Are you from PA by chance?? I don’t know many people who call it that who aren’t from PA!
I meant Puppy Chow! LOL
I’m in Illinois and it’s definitely referred to as Puppy chow throughout the Chicagoland area………….in high school we were the “Huskies” and people used to make it up and serve it in actual dog bowls for any sports/school related parties because of the name!
My absolute favorite is Frangos. I make them every year for gifts and everyone loves them.
Frangos
2 cups chocolate chips
Melt and set aside to cool.
Beat 1/2 cup butter and 1 1/8 cup powdered sugar.
Beat 2 eggs and add to sugar mixture.
Add 1 tsp. vanilla to chocolate chips, and 1/2 tsp. flavoring of choice (I like mint).
Drop by spoonfuls into candy cups.
Home made turtles with a crunch. small knot pretzels, rolo candies & pecan halves from the bulk bin. On a parchment covered cookie sheet place pretzels in rows. On top of each pretzel, place an unwrapped rolo candy. Put into an oven preheated to 350 for about 3-4 minutes until they are melty but not dripping through. Remove from the oven and immediately place a pecan half on top of the rolo and gently press down. Let cool. these were a hit last Christmas.
I like to make the traditional brussel sprout casserole – its an old family recipe with brussel sprouts, crawfish and frog legs. Its absolutely delicious and reminds me of my childhood. I sometimes bring it as my dish during the Holidays and people just love it and ask for more.
Are you pulling our leg??! Well, to each his own. I guess I shouldn’t judge it if I haven’t tried it*. 😉
*Good ol’ southern manners.
No, goodness, I am not pulling your leg. This recipe goes back in my family for generations. Where I’m from we need to live off the land and crawfish and frogs are readily available. It is a delicacy down here. If you want me to send you some send me your address. My mama and I make gallons of this during the Holiday Season
I love making Pepermint bark. It is really easy it is just rice crispies, chocolate chips and crushed pepermint candies on top. Melt the chocolate chips stir in some rice crispies, spread it out on wax paper, sprinkle candies on top. After it cools break it into smaller pieces. Very simple!
I had a great aunt in Alabama who used to buy a can of the crispy chinese noodles (the ones that people put on salads sometimes) and coat them in butterscotch. I believe she also dropped in peanuts for crunch. It was REALLY good and simple. Not sure what the name was though.
Also there is a thing in the south called “white trash” that I always liked and is similar…
https://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,169,145174-247199,00.html
Those are called birds nests……..they’re awesome! My daughter made them at a cooking class–they actually did them for Easter and placed some of the “robins eggs” malted milk balls on top of them.
Last year, I decided to can apple pie filling in the fall. When the holidays came around, I made some crumble topping and put it in matching canning jars. I then printed up some cute recipe cards with the directions on how to combine the apples and the topping to make into a YUMMY apple crumble! It was so cute and easy!
I love to make no bake cookies
So good and there are some that do not use peanut butter for those who have peanut allergies.
Thank you, Collin for posting my idea!! I hope everyone enjoys posting, reading and baking!
Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Dip pretzels in chocolate bark and drizzled them with red and green chocolate. We also did pretzel rods and put sprinkles, etc. on them.
Dipped Ritz Crackers
Spread peanut butter in between two Ritz crackers, and then dipped them in melted chocolate almond bark. My sister loves those!
Microwave Peanut Brittle
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 cup roasted, salted peanuts
1 tsp margarine or butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
Butter cookie sheet. In 1 1/2 Qt. microwave safe casserole, combine sugar & corn syrup. Microwave on high 4 minutes. Stir in peanuts. Microwave on high for 3 – 5 minutes or till light brown. Stir in margarine & vanilla; blend well. Microwave on high for 1 – 2 minutes (peanuts should be lightly browned). Add baking soda & stir gently till light & foamy. Pour onto buttered cookie sheet. Let cool 30 minutes. Break into pieces to serve.
7 Layer Magic Cookie Bars
Graham Cracker Crust
1 Cup Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Butterscotch Morsels
1 Cup Coconut
1 Cup Chopped Pecans
1 Cup White Karo Syrup
1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
Use a 9X 13 buttered pan. Layer with grahm cracker crust, then the rest of the ingredients. It is important to use them in the order listed. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Run a spatula around the edge of the pan while it is still hot or it will stick. Let cool then cut into small squares.
No Bake Cookies
1/2 Cup Milk
1 Stick butter
2 Cups Sugar
1/2 cup Cocoa
1 Tsp. Salt
1 Cup peanut butter
1 Tsp. Vanilla
3 Cups Oatmeal
Boil Milk, butter, sugar and cocoa, salt together for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter Vanilla and oatmeal. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper till set.
Yummy mix
1 cup m&m’s
1 cup peanuts
1 cup pretzel sticks
1 cup Crispix cereal
1 cup rice chex
1 cup wheat chex
1 bag white chocolate chips
Melt choc chips in bowl in microwave – stir in stuff and mix well. Drop by teaspoon-fulls on wax paper or even just spread it out and let it harden. Break into pieces and you’re done!
Oh I love peanut brittle! My granny used to make it for me and I haven’t had any in ages. Thanks for the recipe.
We make something similar to your “Yummy mix”. We mix m&ms (red and green for Christmas), Crispix cereal, Cheerios, peanuts, and pretzel sticks with the melted white chocolate and let it harden on wax paper. It is always a favorite a Christmas parties!
What an awesome idea! Thanks LeeAnn & Collin 🙂 I am going thru ALL of the comments right now and copying and pasting the recipes I want into an email that I’m sending myself so I will have them all saved.
Peppermint White Chocolate Chip Cookies
I use the tollhouse chocolate chip recipes, add a cup of white chocolate chips and a cup of crushed peppermint candy. (you can crush candy canes to save money or buy some from williams-sonoma already crushed.)
They are my favorite cookies to give and eat.
I know its really simple, but I always make chex muddy buddies every year for my familys christmas eve get together! It makes a great treat for everyone, and who can say no to chocolate, peanut butter and powdered sugar!
Off topic — but did anyone else get an email from Target.com that the LeapFrog Junior Pal is cancelled due to a pricing error? I’m kind of disappointed that Target reneged.
Yes, I got the same e-mail.
same here. they said they put wrong price. thier fault not ours.
Out of all of the treats I bake over the holidays, the kids’ absolute favorite are lemon cake mix cookies! They are soooo incredibly easy to make and a HUGE hit at my house!
Preheat oven to 350. Combine 1 box lemon cake mix, 1 egg, 1 8 oz container of whipped cream, and 1 tbl of lemon juice. Drop tsp size into powdered sugar and form into balls. Place on lightly greased baking sheet for 10-12 minutes, maybe a little longer.
And a big thanks for all the great recipe ideas! 🙂
These sound so good! Do you use real homemade whipped cream or do you use the stuff in a tub or a canister? Thanks so much!
I just use a tub of cool whip. 🙂
I make those, too and just use a simple glaze recipe with powdered sugar/milk. They’re also really good with the orange cake mix!
Everyone knows me for my cheeseballs. I roll them in parsley and top them off with a cherry for a festive look. (green & red!)
One of my most famous dessert is Chunky Pecan Fudge Bars. Baked on 13 by 9 pan so I can feed tons of guest. I won local cooking contest by using the recipe several years ago!
I make “traditional” dessert, also I like make “not-so-common” dessert as well. Here are just a few ; Tofu pumpkin cheesecake, Asian streamed cake etc. I would like to try Buche de Noel this year because my daughter loves to cook with me. It will be such a fun mommy-daughter time!! 🙂
Seriously you posted something so yummy without a recipe? I so want some Chunky Pecan Fudge Bars 🙂 Will you post the recipe pretty please.
I agree!!!
~~~Chunky Pecan Fudge Bars~~~
**Crust**
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
1/4 packed brown sugar
**Filling**
3 large eggs
3/4 cup corn syrup
3/4 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups (12 oz. package) chocolate chunks
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
For crust… Beat the ingredients in bowl until crumbly. Press into greased 13 by 9 pan. Bake at 350 for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly brown. Set aside.
For filling… Beat eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter and vanilla in bowl. Stir in Chocolate and
pecans. Pour evenly over baked crust. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes or until set. Cut bars after cool. Keep in refrigerator until you serve.
I usually bake a day (or at least half day) ahead. Serving warm by microwave a bit is the best way for this super yummy recipe. Never failed this dessert at any occasions and never seen any left over at all so far!! I hope you will enjoy this as much as I do!! 🙂
Thank you!!
How about a recipe for the Asian steamed cake? My daughter speaks Japanese and we eat alot of fusion dinners in our house. We recently went gaga over the steamed pork buns that Costco sells. So yummy! My daughter wants to locate moon cakes around the New Years time too! Oishii!!!
I have some different recipes of Asian steamed cake and this is one of them.
~~~Steamed cake Asian version~~~
5 eggs
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup evaporated milk
5 drops vanilla extract
1/2 cup melted butter
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
Beat eggs and sugar until thick. Add evaporated milk, vanilla, butter and baking soda, beat well.
Shift flour and baking powder then fold into egg mixture.
Line the 9 by 13 baking pan with wax paper. Pour the batter and place it in a steamer. Steam for 30 minutes or the batter is no longer comes out when you poke with toothpick.
Hopefully you and your daughter will enjoy of this. I have commercial size of steamer which is 3 layers and not very common household! Haha. I also have Roasted pork buns recipe as well. It takes quite time to make but it’s totally worth every bite!! Yum!! Your daughter can speaks Japanese?! Sounds wonderful!! I also like Moon Cake as well but not easy to make at all so I just buy at Asian grocery store. BTW, I like your tag, cute sushi! Arigato~ 🙂
Forgot to tell you, also you can divides the batter to 2 of 9 by 5 baking loaf pans or use some smaller baking pans instead. Individual cups are nice as well. 🙂
I was lucky enough to marry into a family known for their sugar cookies – so I now have the secret recipe. (use almond extract, and make them really thick)
My husband’s family tradition for fall/ Thanksgiving is Pumpkin cookies. They are cake like cookies and you can either frost them with vanilla frosting or cream cheese frosting. I also enjoy making Peanut Butter Fudge- the recipe is on the back of the jiffy marshmallow cream jars. My mom makes this amazing squash casserole thing that taste just like pumpkin pie! I’ll have to post later to let you know what it is.
While I didn’t submit a recipe this time, I just snagged three of your recipes here……with things so tough this year, THANK YOU — I will make gifts that will make smiles…….
My mom has the best recipe we have made every year since I was little, MICROWAVE peanut britlle. Sounds bazaar but it ALWAYS comes out right and you never need a thermometer or to worry about crystally grainy brittle. My new fav is potato candy, tastes like a giant junior mint or peppermint patty. Chocolate dipped ruffles are also a big hit, and last year I started making flavored vodka and rum.
Reindeer Chow Cookies
1 cup peanut butter
6 oz butterscotch chip (or use milk chocolate chips)
1 large can chow mein noodles
Melt butterscotch chips and peanut butter together in a small saucepan over med/low heat, or microwave. After melted pour over chow mein noodles and mix well. Drop by teaspoon onto wax paper. Freeze for 1-2 hours then keep in a loosely sealed container so long as it’s not warm out, otherwise store in fridge.
I always have this chocolate peanut butter balls which are amazing, and this stuff called “white trash” it is pretzel and chex and more covered in almond bark, the other thing we make is my mom’s pecan pie it does not have any karo syrup or anything like that it so good and different than any other recipe christmas parties that is what i am asked to bring
I love to bake gingerbread men and “punch” a hole in the top before baking. Then decorate and thread a ribbon through the hole and wrap the cookie in cellophane. You can hang the cookies on your tree and give them out to friends who stop by during the holidays or give them out as gifts for others to hang on their tree.
Cute! Love this idea, thanks!
Try out Reese’s Quiches!!
https://lollyjaneboutique.blogspot.com/2010/09/reeses-quiches_14.html
I found the recipe a couple months ago and they are DIVINE! They are so easy to make and cute too!!
I’v made these but instead of making the cookie dough I’ve used Pillsbury rolled cookie dough, chocolate chip or peanut butter are the best.
I make these too. I have to make 5 dozen for my husband before I can get around to baking for anyone else. LOL
These ARE great! Cute & absolutely delish. Nice on a cookie tray too!
Totally off topic but did everyone else get their target orders cancelled for the leaprog tag junior?? I just got a cancellation notice.. I’m SO bummed!!!
I ordered through Amazon and got it a few days ago. Sorry they canceled! 🙁
yeah! mine got cancelled. i hope no one started ordering books to go with the pen. pretty lame of target. oh well.
I didn’t order the Jr, but I received the Tag today from Target with no problems!
Anybody that has received their order want to share their order number so I can call and complain? This was going to be my daughters Christmas.. and I was so counting on it!
I am SOOOOOOOO bummed. I just checked my email and my order was cancelled too! 🙁
I LOVE getting fudge for Christmas, so just recently I tried making fudge for the first time (It was a little soft, but I will get better at it!) 🙂 This recipe tastes like no-bake cookies without the oats!
Found it at allrecipes: https://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chocolate-Peanut-Butter-Fudge/Detail.aspx (and used 1 cup crunchy pb)
I am drooling over these recipes and my derriere is going to be as big as a barn if I don’t chain myself to my treadmill.
easy peasy lemon squeezy tarts…pie crust, roll it out cut shapes with large cookie cutter that doesn’t have too much detail
a spoonful of pillsbury cheesecake mix, or make your own with all the free cream cheese we’ve been getting
a spoonful of lemon curd
egg white wash, cover in raw sugar
bake til golden brown