Favorite Holiday Treats

I really love to bake. I am not very good at it, but I enjoy the challenge. I don’t bake very often because, to be honest, I don’t really have anyone to bake for and I’ll just eat it all.

 

But I do like to do some baking around the holidays. You have to load up on the sweet treats! There are so many delicious and adorable treats. So I indulge this time of year.

 

Today I am sharing a few of my holiday treats. Some of these are ones I make, and some of them are ones I am wanting / planning on making, so I can’t guarantee that they are amazing.

 

 

I make this red velvet layer cake with peppermint cream cheese frosting every year for Christmas. It is AMAZING and a family favorite. It is a little time consuming, but I promise it is worth it. Instead of 3 mini layers, I do 2 larger layers.

 

 

This frozen peppermint cheesecake is another favorite at our house. Can you tell we really like peppermint? This might be Charlie’s favorite. Side note – it calls for chocolate wafers and they were nowhere to be found. It resulted in Charlie coming home with 4 different types of cookies and they were all wrong – one was a weird breakfast bar. I highly recommend using Oreos for the crust. It is delicious and they are easier to find.

 

One other thing – the recipe calls for heavy cream, whipped. No matter what I do, I cannot get heavy cream to be whipped. I’ve tried many times and it never works. So if you are like me, or you are shorter on time, I strongly suggest you get Cool Whip.

 

 

I have had these peppermint sugar cookies with cream cheese frosting pinned for a while, but I am thinking this needs to be the year I finally make them! You can’t have too much peppermint, right?

 

 

These peppermint marshmallow hot chocolate cookies sounds amazing. This is another one I can’t wait to try. How could it be bad??

 

 

These candy cane cookies are so cute and fun. It also helps that they too are peppermint flavored.

 

So now your turn – what are some of your favorite holiday treats? Is there anything you make every year?

 

Want more holiday content? Check out my holiday gift guide, festive fashion picks, Christmas decor on a budget and a buffalo check holiday outfit.