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!
I can’t wait to eat some cheesecake… my mom’s of course!
Pecan pie!
every year my mom makes homemade mounds candy. it’s the best!!
Apricot twists…they are delish!!!
Nutmeg logs! My grandmother’s signature cookie, loved by our entire family. Like eggnog in cookie form! Yum!
i love my mother’s fruit cake!!! i cant wait to taste in this holidays.
my mom makes these wonderful russian wedding cookies, but ONLY AT CHRISTMAS!!!! can’t wait!!!!
ohh, please, please, please..i would love one.:)
Peppermint bark!
Puppy Chow!!! Last year, I was 8 months pregnant and made about a dozen batches. Love!
I can’t wait to eat toffee, with chocolate on top! Yum, my fave, and we only make it at Christmas.
I can’t wait for my Grandmother’s Polish Kolachky cookies! I enjoy them year round, but there’s just something about eating them during the Christmas season!!
pecan pie yum yum yum!!!
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.
I can’t wait to eat some iced sugar cookies! YUM!
I love making cut out cookies with my daughter…she can barely wait to decorate them before she gets to eat them!
Lefse! Lefse! Lefse! Ok, I’m Norweigian and we make it other times of the year, but the holidays make it seem much more sweet!
Homemade Egg Nog!!! Gotta love it…
Every year my Mom buys a tin of almond chocolate covered toffee – from Crate & Barrel or Fannie May’s. Any toffee is yummy to me. I eat a lot of it on Christmas :)
I have never attempted to make it, but I have seen recipes for it.
I think you should make some and feature it on your blog!
Pumpkin Pie :)
I have always wanted to make red velvet cake and I see that your cake pops use that quite a lot and I think I will give it a try this Christmas holiday. Of course, I will be indulging in other holiday favorites like Sugar Cookies! Happy Holidays to you all!
I can’t wait to eat my over the top Chocolate Chunk Cookies :)
Love butter cutout cookies with icing!
My all time favorite holiday treat is my Mama’s Cranberry-Raspberry Pie. She made it for Thanksgiving, and like the good broke 20-something that I am, I stole half of it to bring home with me. =D
Second favorite is her Holiday Indulgence Bars – shortbread bottom, raspberry jam, chocolate chips, and shortbread crumble on top. Addicting!
I love frosting filled thumbprint cookies!
Homemade CaRMEls… mmm! A very close family friend would make these things every year, ToNS of them. And the funny thing is growing up I hated them but one day I ate one and instintly loved them. She passed away a few years ago and I make them during Christmas time. I almost have it perfect but it will never be hers. :)
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Wow, to only pick one is hard! I would have to say Candy cane cookies. It’s a tradition started by my mom and now passed down to my daughters. It’s a sentimental favorite.
Peanut butter fudge!
I can’t wait to make a bazillion Sprinz Cookies. These are our family favorites – they are so buttery and delicious! Just thinking about them is making me hungry – ummm.
Gingerbread Cookies!
I’m looking forward to my mom’s fudge.
Would love to try making some cake pops of course!
I can’t wait to eat the peppermint Jo-Jo’s from Trader Joe’s! But if we’re talking homemade goodies, I love gingerbread cookies!
I’m looking forward to fudge!
I can’t wait to bake chocolate coconut macaroons! So yummy!
I love my mom’s fudge!! Yum!!
My Dad’s fudge and my sugar cookies. They’re the one thing that I brag on myself!
I cant wait to eat my moms famous Biscochitos. My fave cookie ever!
I love your book. I can’t wait to try to make the ladybug cakepops. You inspire me.
Sugar cookies! It’s so easy to make, but mine are not that tasty =(
I can’t wait to make my mother-in-law’s family shortbread recipe!
Only pick one? That’s too hard! I LOVE holiday desserts. The. best. My mother’s Death by Chocolate is by far my favorite holiday time treat. Definitely deadly! – and only eaten once a year! ;-)
I missed thanksgiving this year…so i’m looking forward to turkey and all that savory jazz. but who can resist apple pie around the holidays?!
My grandmother’s homemade turkey noodles. She has to make ten pounds just to feed our whole family! Though for desserts, everyone LOVES and RAVES about my Pumpkin Cheesecake or my Eggnog Cheesecake. Who knows!
I love butterscotch haystacks…YUM!
I can’t wait to eat my cousin Molly’s sweet potato casserole. It’s light and fluffy like a souffle. Delish!
Hmmm…so many treats, it is hard to decide! But if I had to narrow it down to one, I would say homemade Sweet Potato Pie! So yummy to my tummy :)
I am beyond excited for Pink Icing Cake!!!! It’s a Graham crust with a creamy coconut layer and then a delicious pink fluffy icing. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. My grandma made it every Christmas, then my mom, and now I make it. My bubbie is chomping at the bit for me to start baking.
Shortbread! And any Christmas recipes that bloggies will post (:
I can’t wait to eat my moms home made “polvorones” cookies. Very yummy!
But what I’m really looking forward to this year is trying the melted snowman cookie I saw someone post on your Shutterfly share site! Too cute!
toffee! i plan to make batches as gifts…and eat the scraps while i’m doing it!
I can’t wait to have sweet potato pie. I get to go home for Christmas and Mom will have sweet potato pie. :)
I can’t wait to eat Chocolate Delight. It’s so yummy.
sugar cookies! <3
I can’t wait to eat Christmas fudge!
Gingerbread cookies! I love decorating them with the family.
Fudge!!!!!!!!!!!
oh!!! all i want for christmas is a cake pop book, santa!!!
I cant wait to eat Aebleksiver, which is a Scandinavian dessert resembling doughnut holes, although they taste more like round pancakes. They are sooo tasty. They remind me of being a kid.
My favorite holiday treat is Almond Roca bar cookies. Yum!
Toll House Pie! It’s like chocolate chip cookie in a pie crust. Delicious!
I can’t wait for my old fashion sour cream cookies frosted by my nieces and nephews
Red Velvet Whoopie pies!!! My sister makes everything from scratch; I’m drooling just thinking about them!
I’ve been reading your blog for ages, but I don’t think I’ve commented on anything yet… but I couldn’t pass up a chance to win your book!
My fiancé makes amazing sugar cookies for Christmas every year. The cookies themselves are pretty basic, but then they get decorated with an incredible almond flavored icing. LOVE!
You’re the best, Bakerella! Keep up the great blog!!!
Can’t wait to have my grandmother’s homemade caramels!
Gingersnaps! Thanks bakerella!
Peppermint ice cream! Boy I wish that stuff was available all year round! Mmm… put a scoop on top of a big fudgy brownie and it’s even better!
I’m not sure if you have them in the States, but my nanna always makes apricot/coconut balls.
It’s not Christmas without them!
White Chocolate Peppermint Bark! Mmmmm. Be still my soul.
Toffee my mothers is like nothing you can buy in a store. Melts in your mouth amazing!! She taught me how to make it this year the torch has been passed.
This year I am looking forward to making whatever my kids decide on. They are 4 & 2 and this is the first year that they are both going to be involved. I am hoping to try out some cake pops, but we’ll see :o)
Happy Holidays to everyone & good luck!!!
I make peanut butter caramel corn for the holidays and I love it!
I’ll be making some truffles as gifts for the first time (I hope they work), but I always look forward to lots of BAKING!!! Cookies, cakes, anything sweet!
Normally I hate candy canes, but Ghirardelli makes this peppermint bark that I cannot live without! If I see it I have to eat it!
This year I’m trying a new type of cookie which will be blueberry cream sugar cookies. Should be tasty! But, my favorite go-to holiday dessert is FUDGE! yum!
I love fruitcake cookies….strange I know, LOL
I live in Australia, so the festive treats are a little different here, but since discovering Peanut Butter Balls last year it definately has to be them…. can’t wait! oh oh and if i can be greedy.. . Sticky Cinnamon Scrolls, devoured on Christmas Morning… mmm mmm mmm
Very busy month, looking forward to making a different cake pop each week . Sunday, I’ll be making the boy babies for a shower. My son wants christmas trees for his christmas party at church and the reindeer to share with his cousins. My eighteen year old insists on the santa hats for a school party.
My aunts sugar cookies<3 i"ve been having then since i was 4!
Pumpkin Spice Lattes, Eggnog milkshakes and Peppermint Bark!!!
I can’t wait to eat the spritz cookies my husband and children make! Love, love, love them!
Fruit. Mince. Pies. YUM!
White Chocolate Covered Pretzels – yum!
Looking forward to eating lots of cookies! My latest favorite EW molasses cookies!
fudge….I’m a chocolate girl, what can I say!!!
Peppermint bark….Mmmmmmmmmm!
Gingerbread. Hands down.
I think I need to go buy some stretchy pants so my waste can get through the holidays. :)
homemade sugar cookies. love them!
pepermint bark and monkey bread!!!
i’m a simple lady who likes chocolates & cakes….& i hv an ambition this yr – to bake my own chocolate cake in a shape of christmas tree to gv away as a christmas present to my superior. if i win the cake pops bk – it will be my best present in my life!! … m praying hard for it :))
Rice pudding on Christmas eve and then cream puffs at my Nana’s on Christmas morning!
Chocolate chip applesauce cookies. Pure heaven with strong hints of cinnamon and cloves and nutmeg. I can eat the whole batch.
Mexican Wedding Cookies!!! They are my favorite holiday cookie of all time!
Every Christmas season we make monster cookies. My family looks forward to these every year.
chocolate covered cherries are my favorite…especially my grandmother’s homemade ones. One day I will be able to do it myself! Merry Christmas everyone!
I can’t wait for the fudge! My grandmother and I make it together every year and it is always so much fun :)
I can’t wait to eat my homemade grand marnier buttercream buche de Noel!!
Cannot wait to eat my Mimmie’s pecan log roll, I just can’t seem to make it the way she can!
Ginger spice cookies, yum!
Plus they smell amazing when baking, how festive : )
Frosted sugar cookies!
I can’t wait to eat some truffles!
I made your fudgy pecan brownie pie for Thanksgiving and can’t wait for Christmas to make it again!!!
SORRY! Comment 3895 was me…I got so excited I forgot to put my name!
***I have two holiday staples: gingerbread men and stollen (german christmas bread/cake). I refuse to bake them until after Thanksgiving…better get started!
I can’t wait to eat the sugar cookies our family will make, decorate, and give to friends!
the homemade rolled out cookies, of course!
I have two holiday staples: gingerbread men and stollen (german christmas bread/cake). I refuse to bake them until after Thanksgiving…better get started!
Little Debbie Christmas trees, it’s the only time of the year you can get them
Tiger fudge!!
As much as I’m still craving pumpkin pie.. I really would like my old roommate’s mom’s gingerbread cookies. Those were just… amazing!
I can’t wait to enjoy some delicious scripelle! An Italian Christmas tradition, they are like long donuts. mmmmmm donuts…..
I can’t wait to make Buckeyes and Christmas Cookies! I send a batch to my family every year! Maybe I will even try Cake Pops this time! :-)
Mini brownies….can’t resist them, so I only make them at Christmas and Valentine’s Day.
Actually, what I enjoy far more than the holiday meals – are the holiday leftovers! I love Turkey-Cheese-Crouton casserole and a great Everything But the Kitchen Sink Day After Thanksgiving Sandwich. :) The book would be great too! :) Thanks!
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Good ol’ fashioned Christmas cut-out cookies! (Made with mah babies, of course!)
Toffee triangle cookies! I always remembered eating them when I was little and my mom recently rediscovered the recipe in my grandmother’s handwriting! My absolute favorite Christmas cookie recipe.
I tried to make it to a signing but school came in the way :/ would love a signed copy!
I love the Oreo truffles. So good!
I love to eat my mother’s lemon meringue pie.
Toss up between pumpkin roll and Oreo truffles.
Christmas themed brownies! I love, love, love brownies! :)
I just rolled some pignoli cookies – one of the selections that go in my cookie box for friends every year – and stuck them in the freezer for safekeeping. I only make them during this season, and I can’t wait to bake them next week. Someone once told me that I put too many nuts on them. I say, “there are never too many pignoli!”
Chocolate mousse. It’s not a time-honored family tradition, but I’ve been craving it, and gosh darn it, I’m going to make some this year.
My great grandmothers chocolate chip cookies! yummm!
Christmas cookies! Any kind! And stuffed dates covered in fondant! Did you say just one thing?
Even though I’m a dessert lover, the one holiday food I can’t wait to eat is homemade pierogies. My mom makes them like no other. The dough is so difficult to work with because its stretchy and you have to roll it out really thin otherwise it tastes like rubber. We have them on Christmas Eve and have been since I can remember… (30 some years!) (my record is eating 14, from back when I was a teen and didn’t mind stuffing myself!)
I love a good pumpkin roll! Nothing says the holidays like pumpkin with cream cheese frosting!
Snickerdoodles! Thanks for the chance!
Home made carmels, yummy!
I can’t wait to make our gingerbread men and the annual gingerbread houses! I love all the ideas you put up here…my daughter has plans to make Christmas cake pops!
I love that peanut butter fudge. The one with the colourful marshmellows. That stuff rocks!
Nothing says Christmas like Gingerbread men and women of course :) soft baked perfect gingerbread yum…always a tradition in our home.
Oh pick me pick me! I can’t have holiday treats until I figure out what’s wrong with my gallbladder…isn’t that sad? Doesn’t that make random generator want to pick me, pick me?
I can’t wait for Peppermint bark! :) Yummy!
All these pics are like looking through friend’s pictures. You have no idea who these people are but they look like they are having a blast!
I look forward to dark rich fruit cake, simply love it during the christmas season; it makes the holidays seem so much more fun … yummmm!!!
Peppermint bark!
My dad’s sand tarts – yummy and they remind me of my grandma!
I always look forward to pecan pie for the holidays…the one in your previous post looks yummy! Will have to try that one.
gingersnap cookies are my favorite holiday treat!!!
I can’t wait to eat pizzelles! I’ll probably make almond (my fave), chocolate, vanilla bean & the traditional anise flavored ones!
How can I pick just one? We make TONS of bake goods every year and give them as gifts. Such an awesome time of fun with our 3 kids! To pick on-I would have to say the rocky road we make. To DIE for!
I can’t wait to eat cookies of all kinds! Sugar…snickerdoodle…gingerbread…snowball cookies…I can’t choose one kind!
I cannot wait to make the oreo balls for all of the holiday gatherings! Also my oldest son that is in the Army requested these when he comes in for Christmas.
I want to be you! You are so creative, and I love all of your ideas. I’m giving the cowboy cookies in a jar away this year to my neighbors/friends. Very cute idea!! I want one of your cookbooks!!
Merry Christmas!!
My grandma’s empire cookies! Definitely my favourite Christmas cookie!
I have my eye on salted caramels. Not your typical Christmas treat but they look so yummy. I just might make some for myself 0.o
My grandma’s fudge! It’s legendary in our family!
Mmmmm… Divinity…mmmm nom nom nom!!!
I’m looking forward in baking our holdiay sugar cookies to be shared with friends and relatives.
Sugar cookies with icing! I eat way too many of them every year.
Texas trash!!
Peanut butter balls!
Stollen – German Christmas Bread. My grandma used to always make it and now my mom does.
My mom’s homemade cheese cake!!
even more pumpkin pie!
Cake Balls of course– I’m actually hosting a girls crafternoon this weekend where I’m showing 10 of my friends how to make cake balls and if we are adventurous perhaps some cake pops.
Iced & decorated sugar cookies – family tradition with all the kids. Can’t wait!
PUMPKIN PIE!!!!!
Cookie bars. They are so good.
I can’t wait to make homemade lefsa with my mom, sisters, grandma, aunt, and cousin. We start off the day making a huge batch of lefsa. After finishing that we then will make spritz, krumkake, and rosettes. The great Norwegian tradition. Something unique that our family does to celebrate the holidays. Great family memories.
I can’t wait to eat our families Yule Log….rice krispies, karo syrup, chocolate, peanut butter….I can feel the weight coming on already but so worth it!
My mom’s pecan pie… yum!
Oh my gosh, 3,825 comments before me! I am so excited to try your cake pops for Christmas with my 10 year old daughter. Maybe some gingerbread cookies. Definitely iced sugar cookies. Definitely NOT fruitcake!
I LOVE my mom’s English Toffee. Last year I made it and ate MOST of it…still trying to lose those extra 7 lbs!
i LOVE soft gingerbread :) nothing reminds me of being a kid more than gingerbread my family used to make!
Oreo Bombs!
Pralines. I use my mother’s recipe and they are by far the creamiest most delicious pralines ever!!!
Pecan Pie!
Shortbread cookies!! Yummy!!
This is the first thing on my Christmas list!! My husband has no idea what I am talking about though, so I will have to get it for myself!
When my girls were young, I found a recipe in one of those Christmas cookie magazines for Meringue Turtle Doves. They are both in their 20’s and married now, and I can still get a wide-eyed surprise from them if I bake them for Christmas. One of them bakes cupcakes for a living and she has made your cake-pops. But she doesn’t have your book YET! What a nice surprise that would be for her for Christmas!
I’m so excited to make soft gingerbread cookies and cake! I love gingerbread, but it never tastes as good as it does during the holidays
My dad makes the best oatmeal white chocolate chip cranberry cookies. He only makes them for Christmas, and even though I’ve tried making them myself in the past, they are never as good as when he makes them. Takes me back to my childhood every time :) I can’t wait
I hate making them, but love eating buckeyes! They’re kind of like a cake pop and I may mix them up a bit. I would love your book – actually asked for it for Christmas but wouldn’t mind an early copy :)
I can’t make it through Christmas without sugar cookies and plain ole buttercream frosting . . . nothing fancy, but I could probably eat the whole batch myself for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Thick, soft, homemade, iced ginger bread cookies! Yummy!
Holiday treat? Hmmm…..I make these chocolate espresso cookies from a Cooking Light holiday cookie magazine of years ago……they are amazzing….not sure why I don’t make them more often :)
Maple Cookies!
I can’t wait to eat Peanut Butter Kiss cookies, they are my absolute FAVORITE!! :)
homemade salted caramels!
homemade cinnamon rolls!yummie
Can’t wait to eat the white chocolate orange cookies!!! :D
I’m looking forward to homemade fudge! Yum!
oh oh oh ……… the whipped shortbread cookies that my mom made every year – only at Christmas. Since she passed away, it has become my fun job to make them! Not quite the same as hers, and I don’t know why – but they are still darn good!
I’m going to be in India for the holiday season, and I’m so sad to be missing out on the spirit that is everywhere here in the States! I’m going to be making simple but cheery things like lots of hot chocolate, candy cane green tea, and peppermint bark. :)
i can’t wait to eat some roast Lamb. Yummy!
I love gingerbread men, so cute and so tasty! Can’t wait to decorate and eat some.
Pumpkin pie, nothing says holidays more to me than pumpkin pie. Of couse it has to have a ton of whipped cream on it too.
It’s a toss up between Mamo’s homemade peanut butter cups and the pumpkin crunch cake recipe I snagged from my mom. Hubby’s already asked me to make the pumpkin stuff so I’m sure I’ll get to have both. Yummy!
Wow! I would Love to own one!
I would dearly love to have one of your cookbooks and of course I want it signed, you’re the famous Bakerella!!! LOL Love your blog!
Candy cane! Cherry flavored candy cane!!
Do I have to pick just one?! Peppermint bark, cookies of all varieties (love cookie exchanges!), more delicious fudgy pecan pie (it turned out amazing!), peanut butter balls, cake balls. The list goes on!!!
hope to win 1 of your books coz i’m so… far away – Malaysia.
Homemade cinnamon rolls…yummy!
I cannot wait for my mom’s Cocoa Coffee Krinkles and Italian White Cookies!
Can’t wait for the candied almonds. :) Happy Holidays!
My very favorite is my mom’s coffee snowballs. They only come out at Christmas and they are fantastic!
cookies, cookies, and lots more cookies.
Chocolate Chip Cookies! Just need to get my mom to make some!