Oreo Snowman Pops

I’m sure you’ve seen these all over Pinterest so I’m not exactly sure where the original idea came from to give credit to but they are cute and pretty easy to make.  We had a neighborhood Breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning that myself and a couple of friends were in charge of so we … Continue reading

Peppermint Chocolate Cake

And the last recipe from Christmas, another dessert, it was good but not great, nothing earth shattering, just chocolate cake with mint chocolate on top, could have used another layer, like a ganache layer and then the candy on top but then you know me, the only thing better than chocolate, is more chocolate!  The … Continue reading

Gingerbread Cakes

I love to shop the day after Christmas sales when everything is marked down 50 – 75%.  I always find fun stuff like these Christmas tree shaped baking pans and also this Nordic Ware baking pan in the shape of two little houses: This gingerbread cake recipe came with the Nordic Ware pan.  It said … Continue reading

Christmas Sugar Cookie Tree

Yesterday’s creation for my good friend Jason as a thank you for taking our family picture for our Christmas card this year.  I used the Wilton Cookie Tree Kit: The kit isn’t too expensive, like $10, although last year around this time I got it on sale for $5.  It wasn’t all that hard to … Continue reading

Peppermint Crumble Bars

And finally, the last post of Christmas goodies for this year.  These were really surprisingly good, so good in fact, that I did not take them to the neighbors as planned!  They come from a blog called “Something Swanky”. 2 cups flour 1 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 2 cups white chocolate peppermint candy, … Continue reading

Orange Fluff Jello Salad

OK, this is one of those recipes that is classified as a salad but could just as easily be a dessert which is just the way I like to eat my salad, especially around the holidays.  It comes from the “Six Sisters’ Stuff” and it is yummy and it makes a ton so it would … Continue reading

Symphony Bar Toffee Almond Fudge

Alright, I’m warning you now, this might be the best fudge that you’ve ever had in your whole life, in fact, in might just be the best thing that you’ve ever tasted in your whole life!  It is amazingly delicious!  This was Courtney’s Christmas Eve gift and fortunately for me it made a ton so … Continue reading

Chocolate Dipped Oreos

I’ve made a lot of goodies the past few days and am finally finding some time to sit down and blog about them.  For Christmas Eve I decided to make everyone a homemade candy to open that night instead of the usual pjs.  Bob loves Oreos so I dipped some holiday red filled Oreos for … Continue reading

Christmas Tree Cake Pops

I wanted to make some treats for the Young Women at church to go with their Christmas gift so I pulled out some cake pop molds which I bought from Amazon a little while ago because I remembered the tree and snowman shaped molds: As you can see, in addition to the tree and snowman, … Continue reading

Red and Green Velvet Christmas Cupcakes

Yesterday I spent the better part of the day on Christmas projects – wrapping presents, making these Christmas cupcakes and also Christmas Tree Cake Pops (post to follow) and so it was a fun day!  I think these cupcakes came out so cute!  I started with a Duncan Hines Holiday Velvets Cake Mix: It contains … Continue reading