Ready to start your holiday baking? With the holidays almost upon us, early December is a great time to make holiday treats your family will enjoy and that will be just right for guests to drop by or to give away as thoughtful, homemade gifts. Using recipes that incorporate bulk candy is an interesting way to provide extra zest to traditional flavors.
Make Merry With Your Recipes
First, consider candy-centered upgrades to year-round classics that most people also make for Christmas or Hanukkah, such as chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal cookies. By using red and green M&Ms instead of semisweet chocolate pieces, you can add Christmasy color and additional crunch with. Preparing for Hanukkah? Blue M&Ms can incorporate the right color. Regardless of what holiday you are cooking for, if you are making M&M Cookies, make sure to make enough to comedy your family’s pre-holiday sweet tooth.
Peanut Blossoms are a tasty upgrade to the delicious peanut butter cookies you make all year round. Decorated with a Hershey’s kiss in the middle and some holiday sprinkles, these cookies blend a cakey base with delicious chocolate, a combination everyone loves. (Think Reese’s Peanut Buttercups.) No reason this popular cookie couldn’t make an appearance year-round.
Oatmeal cookies are considered a somewhat healthier option than some other cookie types, but for Christmas continue splurging on Snickers Oatmeal Cookies that combine America’s favorite candy with the chewy texture of oatmeal cookies. Ever hear of somebody disappointed after selecting what they thought was a chocolate chip cookie off a plate because they mistook a raisin for a chip? We bet the same people won’t be disappointed at tasting a mouthful of peanuts and caramel when they select on (or two or …) from the holiday cookie tray.
Holiday Favorites With Candy
Once You make the basics, consider Orange Slice Candy Cookies. Since the dough is similar to chocolate chip cookie dough, you can make them chewy by baking them for 12 to 15 minutes or crispy for 15 to 20 minutes. When you taste them, you will get a mouthful of delicious juicy orange candy with every bite. You can dress them up even more for Christmas by drizzling chocolate atop each one and/or putting an orange slice on top of each one. For variety, you can use different flavors of fruit slices.
Since peppermint is a popular holiday flavor, Candy Cane Cookies made with Hershey’s Cane Cane Kisses are similar in concept to Peanut Blossoms as they have a kiss on top. Covered with sprinkles, they look great on the plate at holiday time. You can even make a version with chocolate dough if you prefer that flavor or mix it up with the plain dough. As there is no peppermint in the batter, you can even use Hershey Cherry Cordial Kisses for a tasty alternative flavor,
When doing your holiday baking, look for festive bulk candy ingredients from Sweet Services, and don’t forget to buy enough to snack on.
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