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Winter is soon upon us and you know what that means – hot chocolate season! These Hot Cocoa Macarons are delicious and almost too beautiful to eat! The filling is made of a homemade marshmallow fluff that will have your friends and family craving more!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas with these Mini Cranberry Curd Tarts! These are the perfect pandemic-friendly dessert with individual servings, and very easy to make! At this point I’ve made so many tarts recently that the pastry crust comes out easily, but this was my first time trying out a cranberry curd. …
The weather outside might be frightful, but your kitchen will be so delightful with these Gingerbread Cupcakes! Made with some classic ginger spice and topped with white and green-dyed cream cheese frosting, these cupcakes incorporate the most classic holiday flavors. I’ve decorated mine with little gingerbread men and reindeer from Michaels, and used red M&Ms …
Alexa, play All I Want for Christmas Is You! These fudgy, decadent Christmas Light Nutella Brownies are a guaranteed hit for any holiday party this season. They’re packed with Nutella, which gives the brownies a fudgy, rich texture and just a hint of chocolate-hazelnut flavor, and decorated with a simple buttercream frosting and mini M&Ms. If …
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch! These Grinch-themed cocktails are the perfect drink for this holiday season, and super easy to whip up for any holiday gatherings.. Made of Midori and Triple Sec and topped off with 7 Up, the cocktails have a delicious, fruity flavor – you can also substitute the triple sec for …
It’s National Cookie Day! The holiday season is in full swing and these chocolate crinkle cookies are the perfect treat for sharing with your friends and family! Crinkle cookies look a lot more difficult to make, but are actually incredibly easy – the batter is actually very similar to a brownie batter, which is what …
If PSL is the iconic fall drink, Peppermint Mocha is the beverage of winter! This is a dupe of the classic Starbucks peppermint mocha, complete with homemade whipped cream and chopped candy canes. It’s incredibly simple to make using store-bought peppermint syrup (you can purchase a bottle at your local Starbucks), or you can make …
How cute are these Grinch cookies? I’ve been seeing these everywhere and they seemed really easy to whip up. Just use your favorite sugar cookie (or you can use my fave), add some green gel food coloring, and top with a red heart sprinkle. The sprinkles were the hardest part for me to find, but …
What the fudge, it’s almost Christmas! Anyone else feel like this year has simultaneously taken forever and flown by? I for one am definitely not sad to see 2020 go. Like most Americans my holidays look pretty different this year, but one way to keep up the Christmas spirit is by making holiday foods and …
Ginger molasses cookies are a Christmas must-have! Growing up just a few minutes away from King Arthur Baking Co. meant that I was surrounded by the smells and tastes of holiday recipes pretty consistently – and ginger is an iconic holiday ingredient. These cookies are delightfully soft and chewy with the perfect amount of spice. …