Sorry for my absence y'all, things have been a little hectic around our place since Thanksgiving!
It's officially December, which means Christmas/Holiday parties are starting up! My in-laws always have a holiday party around the first of December, so I'm currently getting things together to cook and help out with that. I thought today, since I am getting ready to spend A LOT of time in the kitchen for the next couple days, I'd do a couple of my favorites from past Christmas parties!
Sorry about the poor quality of the photo, this is from a couple years ago! This was my first "crafty" food project! I was hosting my friends for Christmas and decided to make a meal and so I needed a Christmas dessert! I was worried they wouldn't turn out, but I have to say they were very easy to make!
I used a boxed mix for the cupcakes (I know, I know, this would've been better if it were homemade...) and made it according to the package.
I let them cool then used chocolate frosting (again, from the store) to ice the tops.
I put the Nilla Wafers on, trying not to put them directly in the middle.
I used white chocolate chips for the eyes, and just flipped them onto the flat side and pushed the "pointy" side into the frosting.
The antlers were a little harder, I had to make sure I found whole pieces of pretzels, and those things break so easily in the bags!
I bought a little tube of black gel icing to dot the eyes, then used chocolate frosting to "glue" on the m&m noses.
Simple enough right? They were great for the party, however, there were only 4 of us so there was way too many! Ha!
Now, onto to my favorite dish from last year's Christmas party!
When I initially saw these snowmen cheese balls on Pinterest, I really had no interest in doing it. The year before I'd made a cheese ball that hadn't gone over well, so I wasn't planning to repeat it. All the recipes I'd found called for nuts in or on the cheese ball, and I was pretty sure that's what kept people from really enjoying the last one I'd made. But, my husband reminded me (as he often does) that you don't necessarily HAVE to stick with a recipe. So I used the recipe I'd used the year before, simply omitting the pecans on the outside of it!
Here is a link to the recipe I used, on
Kraft's site.
To make the snowman, I just separated the mixture into two balls, one a little smaller than the other. Once they were on the plate, I got Craisins (because I'm just not a fan of raisins) and made the eyes, mouth, and buttons, and used a baby carrot for the nose!
It was almost completely gone after the party ended, so obviously omitting the pecans was a good call!
Do y'all have any Christmas themed recipes you like to make for the holiday season?
Hopefully things have slowed down a little and I'll be back on here more often and have more posts for y'all!
See you soon!
XOXO.
