Christmas Holiday Recipes

[Anna Michele]

mmmmmmm that looks delish

[Yurika]

Want to try something different this year. I am still thinking

[redfrog1]

ya ,looks soooooooooo delicious

[Anna Michele]

This would make a great gift.... for me lol

[Anna Michele]

Cupcake Pudding Shooters

Ingredients:
Chocolate cups

• 6 oz. chocolate, melted

Pudding shooter

• 1 3.9oz Instant Vanilla Pudding
• ¾ cup milk, cold
• 1/2 cup Pinnacle Cake Vodka
• 1/3 cup Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
• 8oz Cool Whip
• 1 tablespoon nonpareil sprinkles

Instructions:
To make chocolate shells:
1. Melt chocolate. Using a small paint brush, cover the walls of form* and chill for 5 minutes. Remove and apply a second coat and chill once more. The chocolate cups can be made 3 days in advance and kept at room temperature or stored in the refrigerator.
To make mudslide pudding mix:
1. Place pudding mix and milk in a bowl and whisk to combine. Add in Pinnacle Cake Vodka and Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur and vigorously whisk to combine. Fold in Cool Whip until no streaks remain.
Assembly:
1. Fill a pastry bag with pudding mix and fit with preferred tip. Pipe into chocolate shells.
2. Top with sprinkles.
Notes:

• Make sure to buy instant pudding. Do not cook and serve pudding.
• The pudding shots can be made a day in advance. To avoid having the sprinkles bleed, do not place them on the pudding shooters until the day of.
• *The mold used for this recipe can be found here.

[Anna Michele]

thats cute

[Anna Michele]

not a recipe but a great way to recycle those comics for kids at christmas

[gourmetsue]

This is what my FIL does! He wraps presents in news print with articles that he thinks are pertinent to the recipient. It's cute!

[Chantel]

(Posting this in another thread as well) This is a neat, cheap gift idea that looks really dressy! I'm making some for my dad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRl6Ut69mw8

I'm buying some inexpensive small cans of nuts from walmart or bulk barn and doing this recipe, and then taking a glass canister from the dollar store and filling 'er up. A great hostess gift or dad gift or office party bring-along.

[Natalka]

This would be cool to try - gumdrops

http://www.bakerella.com/goodie-goodie/

[Anna Michele]

i think this would be good any time of the year

• Preparation time: 12 minutes
• Total time : 2 hours
• Portion size: 25 pieces

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Nutritional Info
Per piece: about	-
cal	216
pro	5 g
total fat	13 g
sat. fat	6 g
carb	23 g
dietary fibre	2 g
sugar	18 g
chol	12 mg
sodium	112 mg
potassium	176 mg
% RDI:	-
calcium	5
iron	5
vit A	3
vit C	2
folate	6

These squares are loaded with banana chips and peanuts for crunch. Breaking the banana chips into small chunks makes it easier to cut the bars later on. For a twist, replace the peanuts with cashews or even toasted unsweetened coconut.
Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups (375 mL) chocolate cookie crumbs, (such as Oreo)
• 1/3 cup (75 mL) butter, melted
• 1-1/2 cups (375 mL) banana chips, broken in pieces
• 1 cup (250 mL) semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup (250 mL) salted roasted peanuts
• 3/4 cup (175 mL) peanut butter chips
• 1 can (300 mL) sweetened condensed milk

Preparation

In bowl, stir chocolate wafer crumbs with butter until moistened; press into parchment paper–lined 9-inch (2.5 L) square cake pan.

Sprinkle with banana chips, chocolate chips, peanuts and peanut butter chips; pour condensed milk over top.

Bake in 350°F (180°C) oven until set in centre, about 30 minutes. Let cool in pan on rack for 30 minutes. Cover and refrigerate to cool completely, about 1 hour. (Make-ahead: Wrap and refrigerate for up to 5 days or overwrap in foil and freeze for up to 1 month.) Cut into squares.
Source : Canadian Living: Holiday 2012

[super807]

Anna Michele, are you on Pinterest? You are using this thread like a Pinterest board.

I pinned several recipes last year and tried out several, with success. I pinned that squash recipe vegangoat posted, as it looks so good.

[super807]

Here is one I tried last year.

Mint chocolate delight cookies

[super807]

And for a different take on some gingerbread cookies,

Butterscotch Gingerbread cookies

[Anna Michele]