12 Days Of The Best Holiday Recipes
Day 3 – Holiday Cupcakes

The Best Christmas Cupcakes

Day 3 in 12 Days of The Best Holiday Recipes is all about cupcakes!   I never cease to be amazed at how talented and creative cake and cupcake decorators are.  I’m really only good at throwing sprinkles onto my cakes and cupcakes, so I am always humbled by their talents.  So today we will take a look at some of the great holiday cupcakes that are out there. My contribution to this collection is my Christmas Cupcake Cones.  I love, {Read More}

Jell-O Hot Cocoa Pudding Mugs & A Jell-O Giveaway

Jell-O Hot Cocoa Pudding Mugs at Love From The Oven

Ready for a really cute winter treat that is surprisingly easy to make?   Let me introduce you to Hot Cocoa Pudding Mugs… This recipe is from Jell-O, and while they look a bit challenging to create, I promise you they are super simple.   These would be so fun to serve at a party. Jell-O even gives you a recipe option to create an “adult” version of these using some creme de cocoa or peppermint schnapps. I had photos of the {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking – Quick & Easy Peeps S’mores Treat Bags & Free Treat Bag Topper Printables

peeps tree smores

Sometimes you just need a quick and cute holiday treat that you can throw together quickly, right before walking out the door.   Or am I the only one who always seems to throw things together as I’m walking out the door???   Either way, I have a super quick and easy holiday sweet treat for you today, and free printables to go with it. Peeps S’mores Treat Bags.   I made these for Halloween also, and in that post I go in {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking Free Printables

free christmas printables from Anders Ruff

The darling “From The Kitchen Of” Free Printables that I used in today’s cupcake pop post are designed by amazingly talented ladies at Anders Ruff. Absolutely LOVE these!  I love them so much that I made sure to make some cupcake pops that matched them perfectly.  So cute!  Head over to Anders

12 Days Of Holiday Baking Day 8 – Oreo & Gingerbread Cupcake Pops

peppermint cake pops

I’ve been making cupcake pops with the My Little Cupcake mold for about a year now.   I love the Oreo and cream cheese recipe that My Little Cupcake recommends, it’s ridiculously delicious, and I love the cupcake look that the mold creates.    A box of Candy Cane Joe Joe’s in my pantry was calling to me to make – they needed to be made into cupcake pops.   YUM. Here’s a cute little cupcake pop in the green and pink {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking Day 7 – Christmas & Hanukkah Cupcakes

green-cupcake--500x500

To go along with today’s great Babycakes Cupcake Prize Package Giveaway, I thought I would share a few cupcake recipes as well as some simple packaging ideas. I made these Green Velvet Cupcakes for St. Patrick’s Day, but they would be perfect for Christmas!   This yummy recipe came from Bakerella. Super decadent Triple Chocolate Mousse Cupcakes.  These were amazing. These Pink Velvet Cupcakes could be colored any color, and would look darling in blue for Hanukkah. 

12 Days Of Holiday Baking – Day 4 – Kupcake Konz Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Christmas Cupcake Cones

A few weeks ago I shared the great Kupcake Konz pans that I had found, and it seemed that everyone loved them as much as I did.   I have made these almost once a week since receiving my pans from Kupcake Konz.   They are great!   Make sure to check out my full how to and review post. My daughter had an ice cream social to go to, and with a nut allergy that can be a hard type of dessert {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking – Free Printables – Day 3

Push Pop Peeps With Labels

Two of the cute printables that I used in today’s Push Pop Desserts were by Shindig Parties To go. The “Yum” tag is part of her Candy Christmas Printables Collection – which is a HUGE set of amazing printables.  While the overwhelming majority of the printables I feature here are free, this collection is currently on sale (60% off!) for $9.   With over 20 great pages, it would be awesome for a party – especially one with a Hot Cocoa {Read More}

12 Days Of Holiday Baking – Day 3 – Push Pop Desserts

Winter Holiday Push Pops

Push pop desserts have become one of the fun new trends over the past year or so.   My favorite way to use push pop containers is with cupcakes, frosting, sprinkles and Peeps, especially for the holidays.  I’ve made them for Easter, The 4th of July and Halloween.  They are so simple to make and kids LOVE them.   They are fun and novel and different – and always get attention! For detailed instructions on how to make these, you can check {Read More}

Giveaway Is Now Closed. 12 Days Of Holiday Baking – Day 3 Giveaways – Cupkate’s Event Design & Peeps

Winter Holiday Push Pops

Would you like to whip up some fun Push Pop desserts, such as the Push Pop Peeps I shared in today’s recipe idea?  I have two two giveaway items to give to one lucky reader, who will be all set to make their own Push Pop Peeps for the holidays. Today’s giveaway includes a $25 Gift Certificate to CupKate’s Event Design – which is where I get all of my push pop containers from.   But she has more than just {Read More}