Christmas treats
December 8th, 2007 by 
Alica
Well, the holiday treats are starting to roll into the office, both commercial and homemade. It’s hard to resist the chocolate, cakes and other goodies.
For the past few years, I haven’t done much Christmas baking in December. Seems like there is so much food for the taking that I don’t make anything to keep at home. I’d just eat it.
Trouble is, come January, I remember my favorite Christmas recipes and then decide to make them, if I didn’t get them in December. Many’s a January I gained 10 pounds. Yikes!
Among my favorites are a Velveeta cheese fudge and about anything dipped in white chocolate. Hmm … maybe this year I will dip the fudge in the white chocolate. Never did that before.
What are some of your favorite Christmas goodies? Have you made any of them yet? Will you drop off some at my house?
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December 8th, 2007 at 7:03 am
Chislic. That is all that needs to be said. Wild Turkey is a good one too.
December 8th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Hey Alica, what is Velveeta cheese fudge? I’ve never heard of it. Anyway, my favorite Christmas treat is chocolate star peanut butter cookies and grandma’s popcorn balls. Yum!
December 9th, 2007 at 1:48 am
Velveeta Cheese Fudge
Melt together:
1/2 lb. Velveeta cheese
1/2 lb. butter or margarine
Stir in:
1 tsp. vanilla
Pour over:
2 lb. powdered sugar
1/2 c. cocoa powder
Stir together until smooth. Add nuts (I like pecans) if desired. Spread into an 8×8-inch or 9×9-inch pan. Serve chilled.
Sounds weird. Tastes great. Easy to make, too.
December 10th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Snowballs. I have also heard them called Mexican Wedding Cookies and Russion Tea Cookies. I have a recipe for Peppermint Snowballs that I will try this year, and I am perfecting my candy cane cookies, to look & taste like my Great-Aunt’s. I try to make enough to give as gifts, so Alica, heads-up!!
December 10th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
When I was a kid, my mother used to make a treat that had marshmallows and walnuts held together with chocolate. She’d roll the mixture into a log and then into coconut. She’d wrap the whole thing in foil and store it in the freezer, slicing it bit by bit during the holidays.
Sometimes I would sneak a slice. It was great stuff. I don’t remember what she called it, though. I have the recipe, but I’ve rarely made it because my daughter won’t eat nuts and my son won’t eat coconut.
I’ve seen the same thing made with colored marshmallows, but I like the flavor of the original white marshmallows better in this recipe. When it’s made with colored marshmallows, though, it looks sort of like stained glass windows, which is pretty cool.
December 10th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
To #4 Anonymous: I know those cookies you are talking about. They are little balls tossed in powdered sugar, right? I love those.
December 10th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
(I don’t know why I came up anonymous)Yes — with walnuts or pecans. My baking day is scheduled for this Friday…
December 10th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Am I there, yet??
(sorry to steal the thread)
December 11th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Oh, “Snowballs” are my favorite too. Like most treats, I happen to have on hand
I can’t stop at one on these either.
December 13th, 2007 at 9:52 am
Alica, Melt 1 bar (4 oz) German chocolate with 4 Tb butter. Remove from heat. Add 1 beaten egg and 1 c powdered sugar. Stir and add colored marshmellows. Spread coconut on wax paper. form 2 logs on the coconut moving the coconut around to cover them. Wrap and keep in the freezer. Cut and serve.
December 15th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
I made the velveeta fudge–very good, but you need to be strong to stir in all of that powdered sugar.
December 15th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
This week I made the fudge, let it chill in the fridge and then I rolled it into little balls. I chilled them again, then I pushed a pretzel stick into each ball and dipped it in white chocolate. Rich and sweet, I know, but each one was just a little bite.
They were good.