‘Tis the season for cozy nights by the fire place, singing Christmas carols on full blast and wrapping presents to put under the Christmas tree. These holiday activities make winter worthwhile, despite the wind and snow outside. But what truly warms your spirit, especially after spending a day making snowmen and snow angels outside? Hot chocolate, warm cookies and everything else that’s sugary sweet. If you want to hear about some new, exciting twists on holiday classic treats, then please keep reading.
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1. Peppermint bark pudding cookies
Peppermint candy always brings a refreshing twist to a classic chocolate cookie. In Something Swanky’s recipe, a decadent chocolate cookie gets revamped by not only adding peppermint chunks but pudding as well. The crunchy and smooth textures add fun to each bite, elevating this delicious treat.
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2. Christmas tree sugar cookies
A timeless sugar cookie altered to fit the holiday timeline: the Christmas tree cookie. Gather your tree-shaped cookie cutters, green sprinkles and buckets of frosting for some festive decorating fun. This Better Homes and Gardens recipe maximizes the sweet, butteriness of the sugar cookie, adding tips and tricks to create the cutest tree that Santa can’t help but snack on during Christmas Eve.
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To fill your fully-decorated icing and gumdrop gingerbread house, try adding some sweet, snappy gingerbread men cookies from Something Swanky! The spiced molasses, ginger and cinammon add intense flavors that somehow do not overpower the tongue and compliment the soft, chew bite of the cookie. Decorate accordingly with buttons, a bowtie and a smile to dress your dream gingerbread man.
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4. Mint chocolate brownie brittle bark
A new interpretation of peppermint bark, Life, Love & Sugar’s mint chocolate brownie brittle bark maximizes the crunch from a special brownie-cookie mix. Instead of waiting for chocolate to harden then sprinkling crushed peppermints on top, this recipe’s homemade “frosting” makes for a thicker, mintier topping for the delicious brownie brittle that closer resembles bark and packs a better crunch in every bite.
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5. Rice Krispies holiday wreaths
For a tasteful decoration that is literally good enough to eat, try making a holiday wreath from Rice Krispies cereal. The recipe incorporates marshmallows, green dye and crafty hands to shape the circular treats. Decorate accordingly with red hots, frosting and after letting it cool in the fridge for a few hours, every guest will be honored to have their own personalized wreath to bring home.