This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at U Mass Amherst chapter.
1. Chocolate Coconut Matzo Bark
Ingredients:
- 6 sheets of salted matzo
- 2 cups of semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 cups of sweetened coconuts flakes
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Place sheets of matzo on a baking sheet lined with tin foil
- Sprinkle chocolate chips over each piece
- Bake until chocolate begins to melt (Average: 3 minutes)
- With a knife or spatula, spread melting chocolate over sheets
- Immediately sprinkle with coconut flakes
- Wait for chocolate to set
- Break sheets into freeform pieces
2. White Chocolate-Dipped Festive Oreos
Ingredients:
- Oreos
- Peppermint candies
- White chocolate chips
- Sprinkles
Directions:
- Follow the melting directions on the back of your bag of white chocolate chips
- Heat them up until you have a bowl of melted white chocolate
- Crush the peppermint candies into tiny bits
- Dip your Oreos into the melted chocolate
- Top the melted chocolate with sprinkles and peppermint before it sets
- Place on top of foil and wait for it to harden
Ingredients:
- Bag of square pretzels
- Bag of Hershey kisses
- Bag of plain M&Ms
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F
- Place pretzels on wax paper on a cookie sheet
- Unwrap Hershey kisses and place one on each pretzel square
- Place in oven for 3-4 minutes or until chocolate is soft
- Watch close or it will melt completely!
- Remove from oven and place one M&M in each center
- Put in fridge to harden
4. Chocolate Peppermint Pudding Cookies
Makes approximately 12 cookies
Ingredients:
- ½ Cup of butter, softened
- ½ Cup of sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
- ½ packet instant chocolate pudding mix
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 8 peppermints candies, crushed
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix butter and sugar until well combined
- Add egg, vanilla and peppermint extract to butter mixture
- In separate bowl, combine pudding mixture, flour, and baking soda
- Pour pudding mixture into butter mixture and mix well
- Fold in peppermint candy pieces
- Drop scoops of dough onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment
- Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups finely chopped pecans
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Powdered sugar
Directions:
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F
- Combine all ingredients except powdered sugar in large bowl
- Beat at low spead, scraping bowl occasionally, until well mixed
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls
- Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets
- Bake 18-25 minutes or until lightly browned
- Cool for 5 minutes
- Roll in powdered sugar while still warm again after they have fully cooled
Bring something delicious to the table this holiday season. Enjoy, Collegiettes!