Total self-promotion, but if you’re looking for easy decorated Christmas cookies (and this is the place to look for such a thing, after all), check out the collection I created for Reader’s Digest, including Rudolph, candy canes, stockings, trees and more. Find the collection with how-tos HERE. Also, please note, my original title of edible crafts editor at Craft Gossip … Read More ...
Candy Cookie Mix
For a pretty handmade gift, find a recipe for candy cookie mix HERE at Skip to my Lou, including a free download for this cute label.
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Peppermint Carnation Centerpiece
As found via Gordon Gossip, find tips on creating a peppermint themed party HERE at bliss tree, like this peppermint carnation sundae.
[tags]flowers, cupcakes, peppermints, party, Christmas, candy[/tags]… Read More ...
Christmas Goodies
Check out this cute slideshow of Christmas goodies from All You, including how-tos for making these Christmas cupcakes from store-bought candy.
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Chocolate Bacon House
Now here’s a unique twist on a classic: a chocolate bacon “NOT gingerbread” cake house (with a salami door!) Find the instructions HERE at Almost Bourdain.
We love Bacon here at Craftgossip, in face we actually created a Pinterest board just for Bacon. THE WORLDS BEST BACON RECIPES.
Crazy about bacon? So I was looking around for new Bacon recipes… Read More ...
How to Ship Homemade Baked Goods Without Them Arriving as Crumbs

There is nothing more heartbreaking than spending an afternoon baking for someone you love, wrapping everything up carefully… and then finding out the parcel arrived as a sad box of crumbs. Ask me how I know.
If you’ve ever wanted to post Christmas cookies, slices, cakes, or homemade treats to family and friends, you absolutely can — you just need … Read More ...
Meringue Roundup…
… at the kitchn. Find five ideas for using meringue HERE, like these peppermint meringues from Martha and these snowflakes from bhg. 
[tags]Christmas, sweets, meringue, peppermints, snowflakes[/tags]… Read More ...
Tiny Gingerbread Houses for the Rim of Your Mug
This brilliant idea from not martha awes me completely: tiny gingerbread houses that perch on the rim of your mug. I mean really. Can anyone in existence think of anything cuter than this? Find the how-tos, tips, and a pdf of a pattern HERE.
Looking for Christmas themed Cookie Cutters, then check these out.… Read More ...
How To Make a Igloo Penguin Party Cake
Brrr… Learn how to make this igloo cake with marzipan penguins HERE at Martha.
[tags]winter, igloo, snow, penguins, cake decorating, Martha Stewart[/tags]… Read More ...
Homemade Candy Canes
I’ve never even thought to make my own candy canes, but now I definitely want to. Learn how to make them HERE at CafeMom.
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Snowman Cupcake
There are tons of snowman cupcakes out there in the world, but I found this little guy to just be so dang darling. Find the how-tos and recipe HERE at Alice and the Mock Turtle.
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Cheesy Snowman
Check out this snowman—made entirely of cheese (and some varying edible adornments). Find the how-tos HERE at Fahrenheit 350 (with a “degree” symbol, but I very lamely can’t find the degree symbol on my computer).
[tags]cheese, appetizers, Winter, snowman[/tags]… Read More ...
How to Make a Christmas Holiday Snowman Cake
So simple. So cute. Hence why Family Fun is one of my favorite sites for foodie ideas. Find the how-tos HERE.
Pepperidge Farm’s Cookie House Contest (a BIG Prize and a BIG Donation)
I have a special fondness and weakness for all things Pepperidge Farm. I grew up on their Goldfish, as is my 2-year old currently, and I have distinct memories of my grandmother always having milano and chessmen cookies in the cupboard. Oh, and don’t get me started on how much I rely on the puff pastry.
But on to infinitely … Read More ...
Jelly Doughnut Roundup
Serious Eats has dissected the perfect jelly doughnut for us. And here are some jelly doughnut recipes from around the web:
1. Sufganiot from about.com.
2. From Martha, of course.
3. One from My Jewish Learning (with a gorgeous photo I might add).
[tags]jelly doughnut, sufganiot, Hanukkah[/tags]


