At Edible Crafts, we always recommend playing with your food! Here is a cute idea for the kids to craft, play with, and then eat. A great idea when the weather outside is frightful, or you need to keep them busy while you finish your holiday baking. Maybe even a treat the whole family can make after dinner. If you … Read More ...
Eggnog Cheesecake Bars
It is not the holidays, till the eggnog is poured. I don’t even need the alcohol, just straight from the bottle eggnog. This cheesecake bar does have 2 tablespoons of rum in it, but you could probably reduce or skip that step. Maybe Santa would enjoy one of these bite size delights along with the sugar cookies, while putting presents … Read More ...
Chocolate Hanukkah Cupcake Bites (gluten-free)
Although these cute little cupcake bites were made for Hanukkah, they could be used as a winter cupcake too. Lisa Stander Horel at Gluten free Canteen describes these cupcakes as Hanukkah gelt in a cupcake liner. Not only are these gluten-free, but they are also dairy free. Mini cupcakes to cure your sweet tooth without too much guilt.
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Microwave Rum, Raisin, and Walnut Fudge
Oh fudge! This is a great alternative to baked goods as holiday gifts for friends and family. Plus, it is microwaved so you aren’t a slave to the oven. Which is helpful in the warm weather areas and if you and your oven have love hate relationship. Currently, me and my oven when trying to make things for others.
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Sugar Cone Santa Hats
Did you know you can bend sugar cones? Beth at Hungry Happenings did and she shows you how to create these cute treats. This would be a really fun treat to make with the kids. How cute would these be at your holiday party. The bonus is you can create them a few weeks ahead of time and keep them … Read More ...
Jack Frost Christmas Cocktail
For some of us, the holidays mean having a few drinks with friends and family. These Jack Frost cocktail may be blue, but it will feel like the tropics after the first sip. Which is where you want to be after never-ending snow storms. I think I’ll save this cocktail for January and February, when I’m feeling blue. As always … Read More ...
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles
Thank goodness someone created egg free cookie dough. The only downfall, is we eat a lot of it! These truffles are perfect gifts for the holidays. Plus, you can freeze the dough ahead of time and then dip them in chocolate when you are baking your other holiday treats. A great easy gift to make with the kids.
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Chocolate Chai Cut-out Cookies
Move over sugar cookies, something yummier has come along. Although we will still make our traditional sugar cookies, I am definitely going to make these too. I watched a baking show and they made chocolate sugar cookies for a night time theme for the holidays. Is that not a cool idea? I wish I was creative in the kitchen.
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Snowy Gingerbread Christmas Trees
Do you prefer homemade gifts or store bought? I prefer homemade because someone put their heart and time into it. Sometimes their blood and tears too. If you’ve ever worked with a glue gun or forgot to put on oven mitts or tried sewing by hand, then you know what I’m talking about. Maybe I’m the only one that does … Read More ...
Red Velvet Cookie Cupcake
Who knew you could have your cookie and cupcake in one. This is a great recipe for when you don’t have a lot of time to spend baking. Petro the Seaman Mom decided to bake two items in one using the Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie mix. I’m all for semi-homemade, because during the holidays time is precious. It looks like … Read More ...
Cornbread Christmas Tree
Want to add some holiday life to your stews or chili? Make some cornbread with red and green bell peppers baked in a Christmas tree pan. This would be great for a brunch, holiday party or week night meal during the holiday season. Now I need to find a Christmas tree pan.
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Making Homemade salt dough Christmas Star Ornaments
This really isn’t something to eat, but you can use ingredients from your kitchen to make the ornaments. I never made salt dough ornaments growing up, but it seems a lot of people have. I also found a site that has homemade clay for ornaments. The second one seems more like a plaster. This might be a new tradition in … Read More ...
Puppy Chow (Muddy Buddy) Cookies
If you like muddy buddy mix, puppy chow or anything with chocolate and peanut butter, you might want to give these cookies a try. You can make them for the cookie swap or save the recipe for any time of the year. These might replace the all-time favorite chocolate chip request in our house.
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3-Ingredient Microwave Hot Cocoa
It is a hot cocoa kind of day! Actually this time of year, it is always a hot cocoa day. I’ll have to give this recipe a try. It is refined sugar free and made in the microwave. A good recipe if you aren’t ready for your kids to use the stove when you aren’t home. Plus, healthier than those … Read More ...
Rudolph Reindeer Cookies
One of my other favorite holiday movie is Rudolph. I can relate being a misfit and there is nothing wrong with it. These are easy cookies that you and the family could make together. They would make a great addition to your cookie swap. If you need other ideas, Lizzy from Your Cup of Cake has additional links after this … Read More ...