I’ll start with the signings.
King of Prussia, PA. Short Hills, NJ and New York City, NY.
Three cities in three days…
… and full of fun.
… and meeting lots of great people.
This is Esther. … I love putting faces with the people that I’ve emailed with. She makes the cutest little wire whisk necklaces.
You must check them out.
… King of Prussia had lots of little cutie pies in the store.
Lots of them.
Including these charmers. So cute in their matching tees.
Even the Williams-Sonoma folks joined in on the fun. This is Brian and Mandy. Loved them.
Then in Short Hills, I met more wonderful people. These folks welcomed me with smiling faces.
And cute cupcakes. The lovely young lady in the pink scarf above made these. We may or may not have shared a cry.
This is Melanie. She’s a Pop Star of the Star Wars variety. Check em out.
Look at these two. Stylish. Both of them.
And these two. Smiling and having a great time, despite getting in a little car accident on the way to the signing.
So glad no one was hurt.
I love these photos. Trying to get everyone to look at the same camera at the same time is easier than it sounds.
Side wave.
Bye New Jersey.
Hello New York.
Again… everyone was so fun.
Including their sweetly painted fingernails.
Families came out together.
And young bakers did, too. This is Kaira. Another Pop Star.
And here’s Nora. If you remember seeing the Cupcake Kabobs all over the web… well, she started that.
Laughter all around.
And look – it’s Rachel from Cupcakes Take The Cake. I was so glad to finally meet her. If you love cupcakes and you don’t know about this site, or you’ve been under a rock, let me introduce you.
New York was a fantastic way to end the Book tour – or so I thought.
There will be one more recap and then that’s it.
I hear a bunch of you cheering because that finally means more baking … right?! YAY! YAY! YAY!
Anyway… Toronto is coming up this weekend. And it turns out I’ll be at two locations.
If you’re in Toronto, and can’t make the Williams-Sonoma signing on Saturday, I’ll also be at Teatro Verde at 4:30 pm on Friday. Hope to meet you guys.
And as usual… if you attended a signing and see your photo in one of the slideshows below, feel free to use it. Thanks again for making the tour so much fun.
Okay, okay … that was the signings.
Now for the books.
I’m giving away ten of them. Ten Cake Pops books. And signed if you like.
- To enter for a chance to win one, just leave a comment on this blog post and tell me what holiday treat you can’t wait to eat.
- Deadline to enter is Wednesday, December 1st at 5:00 pm ET. Sorry, Time’s Up! Winners will be announced below.
- Ten (10) winners will be chosen at random and announced by the end of the week.
Good luck guys!
Okay – Here they are. Here are the 10 Cake Pops Book Winners. Yay!
835 – Betty-Ann – …any one of my husband’s authentic, hazelnutty, German Christmas cookies…love, love, love them!
3987 – Leigh McGilvray – I can’t wait to eat mincemeat pies this holiday season! My mum just sent me the recipe so I can make them for the first time : ) I know the smell will remind me of home.
738 – trifitmom – pecan bars i make, yummmmmmmmm
5084 – Paula – I can’t wait for … mmmm flan!
4748 – Ashley M. – I’m looking forward to cheesecake!
2180 – Nadia – I love making (and eating) beautifully decorated sugar cookies at christmas time too! … but first I’m making cake pops for my hubby’s workplace charity fundraiser on Thursday!!! Welcome to T.O. this weekend!
4718 – Stephanie – Broken glass torte…made by my grandma!
5721 – Rachel R – baking, eating and decorating some sugar cookies with my lil one.
54 – Chelsea A – I love French Silk Pie this time of year! It’s an annual treat that I limit myself to making only for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s almost the same recipe as PW! Also, I love all the pictures and stories you share from your signing. I am amazed you remember all the details!
2750 – Julie – Banana split cake!
Congratulations everyone!
Yum, peppermint bark!
Raspberry jam thumprint cookies…mmmm… I can’t wait!
everything with Lindor by Lindt :)
Love Peppermint Bark and Almond Roca. Seem to eat them only at the holidays.
Gingersnaps…my grandma’s recipe was the perfect balance between crisp and soft, rolled in sugar so that the top crackles and is sparkly. Yummy and nostalgic.
Peanut Butter Fudge!!!
I love the smell of holiday spices baking in the kitchen during this time of the year — fresh homemade gingerbread is always my favorite :-9
Almond bark covered pretzels!
My grandmother’s lemon meringue pie!! She always has to make a couple because we all love them!
Homemade caramels. Mmmmm.
chocolate chess pie, homemade whipped cream, pumpkin bars, frosted sugar cookies, apple pie…anything and everything:-) i always offer to make dessert so i don’t feel bad eating so much of it!! Yay!
I just LOVE to make and eat fudge..of any sort, but especially peanut butter!!! YUM-O!! However, my iced and decorated sugar cookies are a close second!
So hard to choose! I like every treat! Chocolate chip pumpkin bread!
Pecan pie! yum :D
Similar to Cake Balls/Pops, something called “Oreo Truffles.” Yum. Addictive. Only appear at Christmas. ‘Nuff Said.
Well,this year is a bit different for me…I am now gluten free so I have to experiment with anything I will eat-but for the rest of the gang it has to be chocolate! I also make my famous Biscotti (several kinds) everyone expects them!
And what would the holiday be without cake pops!
Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake….so sinful, so delicious!! :o)
Ive just found a new recipe for pear crumble. Ill be making that in a couple of weeks for a dinner. Yumm.
I cannot wait to eat my ribbon cookies this year. They’re a delicious mix of chocolate, vanilla, and cherry bars all in one cookie. I love them!
Grandma’s chocolate pie!
Christmas sugar cookies with icing
I can’t wait for more pumpkin cheesecake! It’s my weakness!!
Chocolate! Lots and lots of chocolate! any kind really…just lots!
I’m from Ohio, so naturally I can’t wait to eat some buckeyes! Yum! :)
sugar cookies!!!
EGG NOG!!
Pouding chômeur! (literally pudding of the unemployed) It’s a traditional cake made here, in Québec. It’s like a vanilla cake with a maple syrup sauce…so good, so rich and yummy!
warm gooey cinnamon buns on xmas morning!
chocolate chip cookies!
i can’t wait to eat my mom’s turkey!!!! and my fruit cake!!
Peppermint Bark…you can never have too much!
i can’t wait to make and eat some oreo balls!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m in week 8 of a very successful diet that includes NO sugar or flour…translation…no sweets. We are taking Christmas Eve and Christmas day off…so I’m looking forward to ANY and ALL samplings that are available.
I cannot wait to eat/bake spritz cookies!!!
I can’t wait to eat tembleque which is a puertorrican/carribbean dessert made with cocconut milk among other things… delicious!
Gingerbread cookies. I can’t wait to make them and then eat them.
Homemade Nougat!
My grandmother’s Kahlua trifle is at the top of the list. That is the most heavenly dessert I have ever eaten, and she always makes it for Christmas!
I can’t wait to have some peppermint hot chocolate!
Buckeyes! I want some now, but I’ll be good and wait until Christmas Eve.
More turkey! ;) and sugar cookies with frosting mmmm
I cannot wait to make (and eat!) Mexican wedding cookies. They’re a staple in my family!
Making Gingerbread houses with the kids.
Decorated sugar cookies….mmmmmmm!
My grandmother makes a cinnamon ring for Christmas morning, and even though we live many states away now, she still makes one and mails it to us. Yum!
I can’t wait to make my Great Grandma’s Butter Cookies. Just plain butter cookies with sprinkles and such, but oh so good. I would love to get a signed copy of your book since I was not close to any of your signings.
sweet potato pie!!!
My favorite holiday treat (and one I only consume once a year) is homemade eggnog. So good.
Chocolate peanut butter balls! YUM!!!
I love my grandma’s old school recipe for kuchen. Nut roll kuchen with a powder sugar icing. UMMM, mouth watering as I think about it.
I can’t wait to eat homemade sugar cookies!!!!
Pfeffernusse. Oh, delicious pfeffernusse! I like to pretend I’m eating delicious little snowballs :)
I can’t wait to eat my mom’s buckeye cookies! Chocolate and Peanut butter…can’t go wrong…hey, I could make them into ‘pops” :)
Lace cookies!
I can’t wait for my grandma’s homemade rolls. We only get them at Thanksgiving, Christmas & Easter!
I can’t wait for all of the sweets I make every year, but I love to try all the new ones from parties and friends.
Can’t wait to eat peppermint ice cream and all the homemade cookies.
The one treat i can not wait to eat is Kahlua cream chesse pie. my dad always buys one just for me since i spend most of the days before making stuff for everyone else.
i can’t wait for cake balls! i made them for the first time last year, and my family is begging for them again this christmas! such a treat!
Any treat I get to make with my mom and niece – I hope we have time to bake together this year!
I can’t wait to have homemade fudge at Christmas.
peanut butter blossoms.
sigh.
heck, i might go make some tonight!
I looooove pumpkin cheesecake!!!!
I just found the yummiest white chocolate covered carmel apples…I need to make some.
Cool! I love all the holiday treats our family makes, but one not to common treat is my mom’s anise candy . She makes it in red and green, and I think it’s delicious!
latkes!!!
PEPPERMINT BARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOOO!
My Mom’s home made apple pie!
I love gingerbread cookies. My mom, sister, and I all decorate cookies and it is always a wonderful time together. Sweet treat!
A dear friend of mine makes homemade hard candies for the holidays each year. She makes red drops flavored with cinnamon, green drops flavored with mint, and gold drops flavored with clove. I look forward to my allotment of clove drops each year and have to resist the urge to hoard them for myself!
My mom’s chocolate and toffee bark. I loooooooove it so much and since I only eat it once a year, it’s the thing I look the most forward to eating. And this year I’m going to try and make it for the first time, so let’s hope it’s just as good! (Although, I doubt it will be….nothing is as good as when Mom makes it.)
Christmas treats..there are so many. My favorites would have to be:
Lemon Bread
Short Breads
Chocolate pecan pie and
Chocolate mint Fudge
Ooh, I’d love a book!
I can’t wait to eat my mom’s pecan pie with chocolate chip crust. Yum!
It’s not a dessert per se but I can’t wait to have my Dad’s enchiladas. However, they are sweet because he makes a hybrid sauce that is like a mole and enchilada sauce combo. We make Mexican for Christmas day every year despite not having a lick of latino blood in our family. It’s become a random tradition in our not-so traditional household. My mom and I even tackle making tamales some years. She’s mastered the masa.
I can’t wait to eat peppermint bark!
I’m going crazy with candy this year: Brittle, truffles, burnt sugar almonds, fudge. Can’t wait!
PEEPS! I know its nothing exciting but I love them! :)
Squeeeeee, books! I can’t wait to eat chocolate crinkles and gingerbread men.
Gingerbread cookies or Russian nut balls…..
Can’t wait to eat some Sugar cookies, my all time favorite :O)
This year we’re trying to make my grandmother’s Romanian cozonac, a sweet bread with fruit, nuts, and rum flavoring. None of us have been able to make it quite as well as she did, but maybe this will be the year!
I can’t wait to eat homemade chocolate peppermint sandwich cookies! I try to make them only during this time of year as a treat.
I can’t wait to make (and eat) caramel squares. Mmmm!
Cookies! Of all kinds! They are consuming my mind right now. I think I need to start the bake-a-thon soon!
Every year I make homemade fudge and caramels and pretend I did it to give to my neighbors….don’t worry there’s always plenty of leftovers for me!!
I can’t wait to eat my aunt’s sugar cookies. I don’t know what it is about them that makes them so mouth watering but I could eat a whole batch! That wouldn’t help the waistline though would it ;)
Favorite Christmas cookie is ALL of them! I seriously can’t decide! I especially love anything with almond in it!!!
I can’t wait to have my mom’s snowmen sugar cookies ;)
Christmas Cookies. Any kind :)
I can’t wait to eat all the cookies that my sister and me bake every year :)
Gingerbread! And my grandmother’s special spice cookies (that I have now taken on making since she passed away).
I’m looking forward to the pecan tarts (tassies for those of you in the south) that my mother in law and I make together every year – yummy!
I’m looking forward to making your pecan (brownie) pie! I’m going to go for the fudgey looking one for sure!!
Red Velvet Cake! I love a from scratch true red velvet cake. Not the chocolate look alikes!
I love to eat sugar cookies with frosting. I also love to make and eat peppermint bark. So good. :)
i know it isnt exactly something you eat, but i cant wait to have eggnog. eggnog has to be my favorite holiday treat ever!
My mother’s brownies!
My nana used to make this thing called White Christmas, which has coconut oil, Rice Krispies, green and red cherries and white chocolate.
Mmmm. It’s a must-make.
Cookies!! Specifically, russian tea cakes and chocolate crinkles. Also looking forward to hot spiced wine! ;)
Can’t wait to eat champurrado (mexican chocolate based atole) with the family!!!!
aunt Sandy’s decorated sugar cookies…grandma’s date pinwheels…mom’s peanut brittle…sis’s cheese ball…there’re too many to list…
I was waiting for my delish fudge to set but I just saw the recipe for brownie pecan pie so I think that’s going to have to be a must too!
english toffee….oh, and homemade caramels!
I can’t wait to have red velvet cake balls! They’ve become a family favorite and a tradition the past several years. Also made the Christmas Crunch from your blog last year and will definitely make it again this year, too.
I can’t wait for fudge! And holiday mint M&Ms.
I can’t wait for my mom’s rum balls. She only makes them during Christmas and it makes my holiday when she makes them
anything with sugar!!!
sugar cookies! yummmmm… :~)
My grandmother makes the most incredible desserts every Christmas (for my wedding, she gave me all her recipes but its just not the same when I make them!). My absolute fav is what our family call mice – rice krispies & peanut butter dipped in chocolate!!! Yummy!!!
my mom’s yam pie!!
Last year I made peanut butter chocolate kiss cookies to share with friends. I cant wait to make my own batch to eat at home!
I would love to win one!!! I am looking forward to eating turkey, ham and of course pies!!!
I love the ginger snaps my mom makes every Christmas. Can’t wait to eat a couple, or many…
i just made your pillow cookie recipe for thanksgiving as a test… and im not going to lie… i cant wait to make em again for christmas! sooooo yummmmy!
It is a toss up between peanut butter blossoms and gingerbread men
I can’t wait to make and eat fruitcakes with my Granny!
Where do I begin?
Pumpkin Logs…can’t wait to make them!
All the candy we make…fudge, peanut butter roll, pull cream candy…
And the non-sweet “treats” – the broccoli casserole, pea salad, and the roast –
Can’t wait for Christmas food!
And I’d love a copy of your book! :) Cake pops are fun!
Fantastic! I would love a signed copy of your book! The one thing I can’t wait to eat is our Christmas traditional Sweet Potato Souffle topped with Marshmallow. It is my absolute favorite holiday dish!
My sister in laws sugar cookies. I cannot make them like her! My favorite every Christmas!
Buckeyes! My grandma makes buckeyes (which are peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate) and they are delicious. It’s my favorite holiday candy.
I attempted them one year, and it was not a success. Maybe I’ll have to try again sometime. :)
I love pumpkin cheesecake. Always look forward to it during the holidays.
My dad LOVES pecan pie and chocolate pie so I can’t wait to make my grandmothers pecan pie and my great grandmothers chocolate pie recipe for him… it’s a tradition… although, i may have to change the pecan pie up a bit and make your brownie pecan pie and get the best of both worlds :)
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My birthday is on Christmas and every year my mom bakes me a cake in the shape of a Christmas tree. Even though it can be a drag to share my birthday with everyone, seeing (and eating!) that cake makes my day!
my mother’s ginger snaps!! YUMMY!
Pumpkin cheesecake!
Love what my family called nut balls from my grandmother’s recipe with ground pecans! I’ve also seen them called Russian Tea Cakes or Snowballs. BTW have you seen the knitted cupcake caps at Fred Flare? too cute!
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Drunk hot cocoa (cocoa with peppermint schnapps)! Yum!
My mom’s chocolate covered peanut butter balls. Yum.
Turkey!!! Can’t wait…
My mom’s sourcream cutout cookies! they are the best
Spanish Christmas sweets!!
I can’t wait to start making my peppermint chocolate chip cookies… so addictive.
Sugar cookies! And fudge! I can’t wait! I would LOVE to win a signed copy of your cookbook.
I can’t wait for toffee and fudge!
Sugar cookies! and peppermint bark. It’s a tie!
snickerdoodles and pumpkin pie =)
I can’t wait to make/eat Panettone Eggnog Bread Pudding… so yummmmmm
Penuche… for sure. My Grandma usually makes it around the holidays. It is so much work (like at least an hour or so of 2 people taking turns because it is hard work) but the result is just heavenly!!
panetonne is the BEST
My Mom’s candy! She makes chocolates with toasted coconut in them and they are soooo good!! We have been making them as long as I can remember so they always bring me back to my childhood!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE pumpkin pie. I can never get enough during the holidays!
I’ll try out PB&J cupcake kabobs ;)
I love making homemade gingerbread houses with my kids and stealing their candy off of it when they aren’t looking! I love the smells of all the yummy treats this time of the year.
cheese balls are the best
apple pie – with a perfect crust!
I love gingerbread men!
My favorite is my mom’s best friend’s gingerbread cookies. She makes them like Martha Stewart does, all beautifully iced and decorated, plus they are soooo yummy!
I can’t wait for homemade caramels!
My mom makes the most wonderful treats shaped like strawberries. They are made with loads of sugar and some coconut and all sorts of other yummy stuff that I can’t figure out. Now, I hate coconut, but these bad boys are delicious!
Chocolate Peanut butter cookies!!. two of my favorite things. Both my son and husband love them as well.
Sugar cookies, decorated with love!
Hands down – can’t wait to eat some Peanut Butter fudge!!
Hmm…I can’t wait to eat…mint chocolate chip snowballs! Mmmm buttery goodness :-)
I can’t wait to try to make the best sweet and fluffy cinnamon rolls. It is very important that they are fluffy and not tough and breadlike.
I’m going to make your brownie/pecan pie and I can’t wait to eat it!
Sugar cookies.
I’m going to attempt to bake my grandmother’s kolachi. Hope it turns out, her’s were wonderful!
Of course signed!!!
I am looking forward to making some carmel marshmallow rice krispie treats, it is a new recipe I have been waiting to make!
Can’t wait for the mini cheesecakes my brother took over making. Usually it’s strawberry, blueberry, or cherry topping. Mmmmm.
Homemade coffee toffee
Peanut Butter Balls, aka Peanut Butter Porcupines, aka Chocolate Buckeyes
My family’s method is:
Peanut Butter + Butter + 10x Sugar
Mix in Crisped Rice
Roll into balls
Dip in chocolate
Gotta have at least one sugar cookie with sprinkles!
Mint M&Ms!
RUM BALLS :)
FUDGE! Nut-free, thank you very much.
For sure English Toffee!!!! My friend makes the best every year
Hot Chocolate and cinnamon rolls on christmas morning!!!
I can’t wait to eat my sister-in-law’s Peanut Butter Balls this holiday season!
rum balls!!
I can’t wait to eat the Buckeyes my mom always makes at Christmas!! Peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate…who could ask for more??
homemade pecan rolls,,,,so good!
root beer carmels…i love to make them!
Homemade Chex mix, so easy and so yummy!
I’m looking forward to my mother-in-law’s Christmas cookies!
Mmmmm sugar cookies with frosting!
I have a new recipe for white chocolate peppermint fudge that I’m dying to try. But I don’t need it in my house yet, so I’ve had to restrain. :)
Cookies with Christmas M&M’s!
Kringla, made by my mom and her granddaughters.
The chocolate orange cookies and cream desserts me and my mum always make for Boxing Day pud :D
My homemade fudge! It’s absolutely heavenly!! =]
I can’t wait to eat peanut brittle! Or as we call it in our house “crunchy butter”
I can’t wait til the kids are off school and we make our annual candy cane cookies.
I recently had a marionberry pie and it is so delicious!
peanut butter balls!
i cant wait to eat some spritz cookies!!
I love trader joe’s pannetonne and Williams Sonomas peppermint bark!!
I can’t wait to have some of my grandmother’s special jam thumbprint cookies, and her peanut butter fudge, of course.
I can’t wait for christmas cookies! My husband and I bake sugar cookies and decorate them, it’s suck a fun tradition and the cookies taste really yummy!
I cant wait to eat my Aunts Special Cinnamon Bun Christmas Tree! Its a tradition she makes it every year for us, and we eat it Christmas morning before opening presents!!!!
Sugar cookies!
Christmas morning breakfast is probably the highlight for me! And baking cookies and candy with my little boy, too!
I can’t wait to eat ice box fruitcake. Yum!
I am most excited to make and eat our families traditional chocolate fudge! we have been making it for the last 42 years and it is the best!
Christmas Cookies! :)
The holiday treat that I can’t wait to eat is peppermint ice cream!
Cake Pops and Cupcakes and Pies, Oh My! Any excuse to eat dessert is a good one in my book.
I can’t wait to eat strufoli!!! They are these little balls of heaven covered in honey..delish!!!
My tastes are simple… I am longing for those delicious peanut butter cookies with the Hershey kisses on top!
Chocolate Silk Pie
Mexican wedding cookies! OMG, the pecans and the shortbread make me think of Christmas. Cannot wait to start baking the batches and batches of them!