Category Archives: Recipes

DAY 26: Chocolate Melting Snowman Cookies 1/2 cup  shortening 1/2 cup  peanut butter 1/2 cup  granulated sugar 1/2 cup  packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon  baking powder 1/4 teaspoon  salt 1/8 teaspoon  baking soda 1 egg 3 tablespoons  milk 1/2 teaspoon  vanilla 1/4 cup  unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 cups  all-purpose flour 1 pound  vanilla-flavored candy coating, coarsely chopped 20 bite-size chocolate-covered peanut butter cups, … Continue reading →

DAY 30:  COLORFUL SPIRAL COOKIES (photo picture and recipe credit: Sprinkle Bakes) I made these last year and they’re really good, but also just so colorful and pretty and they dress up a plate of cookies to give friends and family so well! How festive! You could easily put the … Continue reading →

Day 31: Nutter Butter Peanut Butter Fudge! Ok, my mom makes the best peanut butter fudge on planet earth. Having said that, when I saw this recipe, it looks pretty darned good too. I may try a batch this year and see how it compares 🙂 The peanut butter chips … Continue reading →

Day 32:  Christmas Pretzels Small Pretzels Hershey’s Kisses (unwrapped) M&Ms Directions: Top each pretzel with a Hershey’s Kiss, and place in a preheated 200ºF oven for 10 minutes. Remove and immediately press an m&m into the top of each kiss. Let cool completely! (If you don’t eat them all immediately, … Continue reading →

DAY 33:  Chocolate Pie (Cocoa Cream Pie) This sure sounds like the recipe to my mom’s chocolate pie to me. I sure hope it is! My mom has always made this without measuring anything and for YEARS my sister and I have been trying to get it down right and … Continue reading →