Creme de Menthe Sugar Cookie Bark

Here’s another easy treat idea if you’re needing one for a neighbor gift or party potluck and not only is it easy to make but it is so tasty too! 1 pouch sugar cookie mix 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 egg 1 bag Wilton white candy melts 1/3 cup Andes Creme de Menthe baking chips … Continue reading

Christmas Ornament Cupcakes

Here’s another popular Christmas treat idea floating around on Pinterest.  If you need an easy Christmas treat, these fit the bill, they would be fun to make with kids too.  Just whip up a batch of your favorite cupcakes (straight from the cake mix box being the easiest option), frost with a batch of your … Continue reading

Mini Eggnog Cupcakes

My husband and son love eggnog so I gave these a try for neighbor gifts and got the thumb’s up from both of them so if you like eggnog, these would be a yummy and easy treat idea for Christmas. cupcakes 1 white cake mix 1 1/4 cup eggnog 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 … Continue reading

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

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