These adorable mice are made of candy and perched atop a cookie. The head is an unwrapped Hershey's kiss and the body is a chocolate-dipped maraschino cherry with the cherry stem serving as the tail. Pretty easy! Just dip the cherries and assemble with slivered almonds stuck in for the ears. You can use dots of frosting for the eyes. So cute! … [Read more...]
Chocolate Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
Imagine a dark chocolate cookie looking soft and chewy. You take a bite and are swept away with chunks of chocolate mint hidden inside. Oh, my. These cookies are an experience. Our family's best amateur chef made these wonderfully chocolate cookies for Thanksgiving and I haven't been able to get them out of my mind since. They have an intense … [Read more...]
Black Cat Cookies and Pumpkin Pie Dip
I love the way these black cats look! They are made of pie crust, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. True, they are easy to cut out from refrigerated pie pastry, but pastry is easily broken after baking, especially while trying to frost these "cookies." It's just as easy to use refrigerated prepared cookie dough that won't break so … [Read more...]
Christmas Eve Mice Candy Cookies
This little Christmas Eve Mouse sits on half of an Oreo cookie. Make as many of these as you like using a Hershey's kiss as the head of each one. Very cute.Click title for link at TasteOfHome. … [Read more...]
No Chill Gingerbread Men and Cut Out Cookies
You can make these with your family on a Sat. for lots of holiday fun. You don't have to chill the dough before cutting out the cookies like with some gingerbread cookie recipes. These cookies make the house smell like Christmas! They don't take much money to make, but they do take time to cut out & bake. It's best to set aside a whole day … [Read more...]
Decorated Amaretti (Italian Coconut Macaroons)
I love coconut macaroons! If these are not decadent enough for you just press a whole almond in the center of some and/or drizzle some melted chocolate chips on each. They also look nice with a candied cherry pressed on each (can be red and green ones for Christmas). A tray/box of an assortment of these decorated ameretti would be a nice hostess … [Read more...]