All I want for Christmas is…

SWEETS! And even more and more and more! “Don’t want a doll! No dinky tinker toy!”* I want chocolate, cakes, brownies, fudge, and the like! Oh, I’d also really enjoy it more if I did not gain any weight too!

Well, the first part of that “want” is relatively easy … the second part is a no.can.do as I gain just looking at these marvelous creations. So without wasting any more of your time, and because I’m starving (wanting to lick spoons and bowls really bad) I’ve listed some favorites I’ve run across that you can share with friends/family and even make as gifts this holiday. Enjoy *drool*

5 Minute Fudge Wreath [photo: TidyMom]Five Minute Fudge Wreath from Tidy Mom is delicious and easy to make! “I MADE IT” and normally I’m great at baking/cooking; however, my fudge skills just never worked out until I tried this. Plus, it makes a great homemade gift which automatically helps as I’d rather make something and package it up as opposed to shopping (don’t you want to be my friend *lol*).
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For the Nutella lovers out there, I have to give you the Nutella Fudge recipe from Chef in Training which looks delicious with those flecks of sea salt (I’m just not a Nutella fan … I know I know). Let me know how it is if you make it!
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The Chewy Gluten-Free (chocolate chip cookie) from Food Network: Alton Brown well, they’re fantabulous! Nobody will believe they’re #glutenfree! They’re “that.good”. Make sure you chill the dough! That’s very very very important!
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For another wonderful gluten-free AND divine chocolate chip cookie try Divine Gluten-Free chocolate cookie from Food52 *oh.em.gee* [think of these as more of a fudgy cookie and have some fun by adding in pecans or chili powder maybe cayenne – so many possibilities] They’re another “you have to be kidding me … these cannot be gluten-free” cookie recipe! Uhm, yes, seriously ~ they are!
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The BEST TASTING Christmas Sugar Cookies and the BEST TASTING Sugar Cookie Icing that has only four (4) ingredients! and is made in five (5) minutes! ~ smooth/shiny like royal only not as brittle [and wayyyy better] that is explained in such a very simple way, including consistency for fill/outline from The Slow Roasted Italian. It truly IS: “the BEST TASTING cookie and icing” recipes I’ve run across! These are great as homemade gifts too. Want to freeze them? Go ahead! I want them everyday; and the icing – I want to just put it in a squeeze bottle and use it on everything! Maybe then I would eat broccoli *haha*
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Candy Cane Pretzel Bark from Inside BruCrew Life is simple/easy to make ~ which means you get to taste it in no time (or a piece for you and two for me). Plus it just looks festive and again: makes a great homemade gift or looks purdy sitting on the table when you have family/friends over. It’s that sweet and salty with just enough peppermint that makes me want to find an iced over pond and skate [nah, just look out the window and blow my breath so I can doodle *giggle*]
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Hot Cocoa Cookies from Glorious Treats ~ just look at them … it’s like they’re saying: “come and sit by the fire with eggnog or cocoa, with a blanket thrown over your legs – put some music on …”, and your loved ones staring at you incredulously because you’re not sharing! That’s right!!! I got all that from the picture *haha*
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Chocolate Pomegranate Bread Twist from Style Sweet CA gets in here because a) it has chocolate; b) it’s yummy; and c) it has chocolate … for those that want to make something that they could eat anytime of the day but isn’t too sweet or would like to do something that is just as beautiful as a fruit cake only edible *snort* This girl got me hooked on this [and I can’t even pronounce pomegranate … let alone spell it *lol*]
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A great alternative is apple, cranberry & pistachio bread from Tutti Dolci which has an apple-cinnamon glaze *salivating* ~ it’s the epitome of Christmas in both taste and presentation (it is sooooooooooo good)!!! While you’re there check out all their sweets *visions.of.all.sweets.dancing.in.my.head* I’m going to warn you in advance: “the pictures are premiere – just top notch and you may find yourself close to the screen: do not lick” If you really wanted to do that, please let me know as I was so close I could almost smell it!
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Cappuccino Eggnog from BHG.com has me giddy writing this or maybe that’s just the ‘Captain’ in me *aye.matey.drink.up* Pour it in some festive glassware or just swill it out from the large pint you’re [errr … I mean “I’m”] holding. Better yet if you live in the south like I do, well those red solo cups say “Happy Christmas” all over them! Just use your Sharpie and write your own *hohoho* for your gathering, shindig or next bonfire *rofl*
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Adult Candy Cane Milkshake from The Taylor House is super simple to make and I’m sure if your kids want one that bad you can make it child-friendly aka “no Peppermint Schnapps”!
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This is just a small sampling of a few items. I’m going to be doing a LOT of baking and cooking this weekend and upcoming week. So look for new posts in the next day or two on just cookies (perhaps we’ll split them up so we have the regular/gluten-free et al) to make reading/perusing easier. We’ll do the same on cakes too! I am about to go cuckoo over wanting to share some really delicious and beautiful cakes for the holidays with y’all! Of course more fudge, more brownies, and just more more and more! And y’all probably thought I only liked tech [and to eat] *surprise* Make sure you either release your button/zipper before reading these posts or wear sweats like really comfortable and broken in sweats. Have fun trying out these and other recipes and let us know what some of your favorites are!

Click on the name of the recipe to go straight to the recipe page. Click on the name of the site the recipe came from to go to their main page and look around (social media is self-explanatory unless you’ve had too much eggnog or even chocolate under certain circumstances) *giggle*

*”Don’t want a doll! No dinky tinker toy!” excerpt taken from “I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” and if you haven’t heard it now’s your chance: https://bit.ly/1Atfhto

 

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