I was going through my grandmothers precious recipe file the other day. She was an amazing cook, and it's one really special thing I have of hers.
I'd sat down to look for old-fashioned recipes, but going through the box, I realized how much that woman just adored trying new recipes. Classic is great, but new is fun too. Here are 31 modern holiday treats I just know she'd be clipping for her recipe box!
1. Gingerbread Truffles
Embrace the festive flavors of the season with our delectable Gingerbread Truffles. Crafted from crushed gingersnap cookies and cream cheese, these bite-sized treats are generously coated in almond bark, delivering a delightful combination of spice and sweetness in every bite.
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2. Christmas Pretzels: Easy, Fast, and Fun
Christmas Pretzels are a deliciously simple answer to holiday snacking and gifting. This is an easy, fast and fun activity for the whole family!
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3. Christmas Mitten Sugar Cookies
These Christmas mitten sugar cookies are both beautiful and tasty! They’re guaranteed to bring a smile to all your recipients or stand out on the holiday party table.
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4. Oreo Truffle Balls
Oreo Truffle Balls are the most decadent chocolate two-bite dessert you've ever put into your mouth! The best part? No baking required.
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5. Christmas Peanut Butter Blossoms
Christmas Peanut Butter Blossoms – Soft, homemade peanut butter blossoms with chocolate kisses decorated like Christmas trees. They’re the perfect addition to your holiday cookie tray.
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6. Melted Snowman Cookies
These adorable little snowmen are quick and easy to make, and they're a fun project for baking with the kids. You can even cheat and use store bought cookie dough for these!
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7. Paleo (Peanut-Free) Buckeyes
These delicious little Buckeyes are easy to make, and best of all, they're made without peanuts or other common allergens.
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8. Stained Glass Cookies
Stained Glass Cookies are Christmas cookie showstoppers! Gorgeous and eye catching, the buttery sugar cookies are filled with a thin layer of edible candy "stained glass" making ornament-worthy treats that everyone will love.
9. Gluten-Free Cherry Pie Cookies
These festive gluten-free cherry pie cookies give you all the flavor of a cherry pie in bite-size cookie form. A tender melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookie topped with sweet cherry pie filling - these cookies are so easy to make!
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10. Christmas Tree Cookies
These adorable Christmas tree cookies are easy to make, and a lot of fun to decorate! If you want to make special holiday 3-D cookies this year, give these Christmas Tree Cookies a try.
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11. Maple Turtle Candies
These delicious turtle candies are made even more special with the festive flavor of maple. Make more than you need, because these disappear faster than you can imagine!
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12. Mocha Hot Chocolate Bombs
This simple and delicious recipe for the best hot cocoa bombs will keep you warm and cozy all winter long!
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13. Vegan Gingerbread Cheesecake
This delicious vegan gingerbread cheesecake is the perfect festive dessert for your holiday table. A creamy gingerbread filling on top of a no-bake ginger cookie crust. Best served with homemade vegan gingerbread cookies!
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14. Chocolate and Ginger Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate and ginger create a simple but special sweet: fragrant, aromatic, delicate. They are simple, economical, and delicious treats, and they have chocolate!
These are the cookies I'm adding to my must-make list this year. Get the recipe here.
15. Classic Linzer Cookies
These delicious little jam cookies are a traditional favorite. These are another great choice for baking day with the kids, because cutting out those tiny shapes and assembling sandwich cookies is just plain fun.
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16. Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups
This Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups recipe is absolutely the cutest thing. Chocolate cookie cups with candy cane handles are filled with peppermint ganache. The whole precious little concoction is then topped with crushed candy canes and mini marshmallows, for the perfect effect.
If I were judging the cookie swap, these would take home the blue ribbon. Just sayin'
17. Baileys Chocolate Frosted Cheesecake Bars
Here’s a nice change from an ordinary cheesecake bar. Not only are these loaded with chocolate chips, they have a wonderful thick ganache frosting on top. A winner for sure with anyone who loves cheesecake and chocolate.
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18. Dark Chocolate Orange and Almond Bark
This easy and festive chocolate bark is wonderfully gift-able. It's also a hit on a holiday dessert board!
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19. Vegan Gingerbread Cheesecake
This delicious vegan gingerbread cheesecake is the perfect festive dessert for your holiday table. A creamy gingerbread filling on top of a no-bake ginger cookie crust. Best served with homemade vegan gingerbread cookies!
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20. Christmas Tree Thumbprint Cookies
These Christmas Tree Thumbprint Cookies are a fun holiday cookie that everyone will love.
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21. Gingerbread Cheesecake Jars
Anyone who loves the distinctive and classic flavour of gingerbread, with its warm spices and wonderful sweetness, will love these gingerbread cheesecake jars. They are unusual desserts which blend a ginger cookie crust with a creamy, spiced filling, along with your choice of whole spices, cookies, whipped cream, and so on for the garnish.
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22. Christmas Oreos
These Christmas Oreos dipped in Belgian Chocolate are adorable! Everyone will fall in love with all the whimsical details of these cookies!
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23. Christmas Candy Cane Macarons (Vegan)
These vegan candy cane macarons are perfect for Christmas! Filled with peppermint buttercream and decorated with crushed candy cane pieces, these are a delicious allergy-friendly dessert that can be enjoyed by all.
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24. Homemade Torrone Italian Nut Nougat
This Italian Christmas candy with roasted nuts is sweet, chewy and delicious.
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25. Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bark
An easy homemade chocolate candy treat made with homemade salted caramel, salty pretzels, and creamy milk and semi-sweet chocolate. The perfect salty sweet combination!
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26. Peppermint Cheesecake
Peppermint Cheesecake will turn your holiday dessert table into a winter wonderland. Infused with crushed candy canes and a kiss of peppermint extract, the creamy cheesecake filling is complimented by an Oreo cookie crust and a pretty-in-pink ganache.
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27. Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies
For all your hot chocolate lovers out there, these peppermint hot cocoa cookies will automatically become your new favorite Christmas cookie!
After all, nothing is better than a mug of warm peppermint hot chocolate on a cold winter day!
28. Biscoff Linzer Cookies
Move over generic sugar cookies, and make way for these Biscoff linzer cookies! The combination of the spiced cookie butter spread and buttery and tender almond cookies is so delicious!
These minimalist Rudolph cookies are super cute but simple and easy to make, and perfect for Christmas!
29. Gingerbread Macarons
These Christmas macarons taste just like traditional gingerbread, but in a form of a macaron! Crispy, ginger-flavored shells are filled ginger buttercream, then topped with white chocolate drizzle and festive sprinkles.
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30. Christmas Rocky Road Candy
This simple to prepare recipe is a favorite no-bake dessert for chocolate lovers. A delicious dark and milk chocolate base is filled with marshmallows, cherries, coconut and pistachios.
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31. Cookie Dough Bark
This Cookie Dough Bark is a classic dark chocolate bark covered with safe-to-eat sugar cookie dough cut-outs and festive sprinkles!
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