My friend Cupcake Julie had her Christmas party this past weekend.
You may remember her gorgeous sugar-themed decorations.
Stuff like this.
(Here’s the post from last year if you want to see visions of sugar plums dancing in your head for the next few days. Make sure you check out the kids play bakery, too. It’s incredible.)
It’s hard to imagine, but this year was even more beautiful than last.
Colonel Cupcake was there again this year.
And so was this guy.
And this one.
And this little one. These guys were all over the place.
You may also remember seeing them from the Toronto Book Signing Post.
Teatro Verde is the only store I’ve actually seen them sold in. It made me happy to see them on display.
Anyway, I love ’em. So festive and sweet.
As a surprise for Julie, I made a few cake pops inspired by them to bring to the party.
Wanna see?
Cupcake Nutcracker guys.
She squealed. I smiled.
They’re double decker cake pops, too. Tricky and a little over the top, but I couldn’t resist.
I also made some Christmas Tree cake pops.
Much easier. But instead of doing them in green, I kept them in her holiday color scheme.
I really like them like this.
Speaking of trees, Julie’s party decorations this year also included two new ones.
This cheerful pink one covered in snowmen.
And this whimsical upside down tree.
Amazing, huh.
But that’s Julie.
Here’s her dessert table. Filled with tons of treats.
Cookies and candy.
Cake Pops, of course.
Mini cupcakes from Crumb in New York.
Macarons and much, much more.
Completely lovely. I wish you could have been there with me.
But since you weren’t … how about a couple of cute guys to keep you company?
I just so happen to know of two that are about ten inches tall.
I thought I’d part with these to share them with one of you.
Enter for a chance to win these two sweet soldiers.
- Simply leave a comment on this post and tell me your favorite thing to eat on Christmas. Real food this time. Something non-sweet. I was on sugar overload this weekend and I need some ideas. I know you guys will have some great ones.
- Deadline to enter is Tuesday, December 21 at 7:00 pm ET. TIME’S UP. Winner announced below.
- One winner will be chosen at random and announced sometime Tuesday evening.
P.S. – If you know another store that sells them too, I’d love to hear.
Good Luck!
And the winner is………
YAY Amanda V! Hope you will enjoy them.
Looking forward to reading more. Great article . Really looking forward to read more. Really Cool
Our traditional brunch was roasted homemade smoked sausages with cheese and German pastries made by my mom. Yum.
My grandma is from Croatia and though it may seem weird, my favorite thing to eat on Christmas is lamb. The oils and garlic and spices taste so yummy! I cannot wait for Christmas! My favorite time of the year!
This is exactly how my heaven looks like
OMG!!!! I wish I had friends like you and Julie.I think she is my Ghandi!LOL.I am AMAZED at her talent and incredible design skills wish I had her in my flower shop.Is that what she does as her career..a proffessional display designer.She is unreal.Did she make all the paper mache figures herself? I loved the big ceramic cupcake.Believe it or not I had a ceramic shop years ago and still have all those cupcake molds!!! I have always wanted to decorate in a candy – gingerbread theme and now Iam.Thank you so much for sharing you are so lucky to be surrounded by such incredible people.You both have inspired me .
love all the decorations- its so beautiful!
Where can I get the big gingerbread man?…there adorable
Oh my gosh I’m 13 years old and I would love to have my own bakery someday I really love to bake and do all that stuff. The reason I love this wedsite is because I get a lot of ideas so when i have the time, I could bake something. And I’m also telling a lot of people about this website, and my cousin is having her 15 year old party and her theme is CandyLand so I would like to tell her about all the amazing things.
We always have my Crab Dip. It’s made with cream cheese and Cream of mushrooms and lots of other stuff. Chilled overnight and served with crackers or garlic rubbed toast rounds. My kids love it so much…
I would have to say my favorite thing is almost anything my mom made. She was the most amazing cook. Of course I was never allowed in the kitchen because I was a chatter box. She passed away in 1996 along with her recipes. She never measured or wrote anything down and needless to say I would do anything just to taste anything that was like hers. Christmas Eve was always Gumbo, potato salad and homemade rolls with honey. I always go to your website when I need to make something special. You are my recipes that I never got. I hope you all have a merry chirstmas and remember write your recipes down for your loved ones so they will always be reminded of you and traditions.
Oh I am so excited! This is my favorite Christmas house ever! Your friend Julie is amazing! And your nutcracker cakepops rock! So cute!!! My favorite….is my mom’s mac and cheese!!!! Total comfort food. The crunchy cheese on top is the best part!!!! I love Christmas ;)
Candied Sweet Potatoes Yum!!!!
Our Christmas tradition is spaghetti and homemade meatballs with fresh garlic and parsley simmered all day in marenara sauce with fresh mushrooms. We also have an Italian salad with a zesty homemade dressing made with vinegar and oil and then lots of fresh french bread slathered in butter to go with it. This is pure comfort food, it is an awesome meal.
My mom makes smoked salmon from scratch using either brandy or vodka. It takes a week of turning the thing and splashing it with the alcohol. Then we have it on thin toasted bread with parsley and minced onions. Yum! We have it every year.
I trade Christmas dinner with my sister, I love to cook so when it is my turn I plan a different menu every time. Over the years I have to say my very favorite is cornish hens. I buy one small hen per quest and rub them down with olive oil and sprinkle with my favorite spices. I stuff each hen with my favorite herb stuffing and cook. I decorate each plate with a beautiful hen and Christmas greens. Make plenty of colorful veggies to add to your table, I try to have as many greens, reds yellows and orange veggies as possible, think out of the box try pattypan squash and butternut squash they pair up beautifully with asparagus and spinach!
Dear Bakerella,
What are the white things for the eyes? I am a really big fan a this will be my very first time do you have any tips? I bought one of your books. It is very cute.
this is awesome i would love to know how to make some of those sweets it looks super good and awesome please tell me how to make them it looks delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How absolutely fantastic!!!
Je ne me lasse pas de regarder vos merveilleuses décorations de Noël, vos cup cakes et vos pop cakes tous plus attendrissants, envoutants, amusants les uns que les autres …
Votre amie est une parfaite mère noël, ou peut être une fée.
Merci.
antonella. nina.
Wow, those cake pops are amazing! i am not really good at putting it together. I wish i was like you!
OMG, could you please ask your friend where she got her beautiful cupcake stand from?
I know it’s way past the deadline for the give away but I just wanted to share my favorite food with you anyway. You’re amazing in every way. My favorite Christmas food in the whole wide world is my mom’s recipe for home made manicotti with homemade sauce (of course). Believe it or not, I have never tasted store bought manicotti. (Spoiled, I guess) My mom always made them from scratch and now I make them for my family.
My favorite Christmas food in the whole wide world is my mom’s recipe for home made manicotti with homemade sauce (of course). Believe it or not, I have never tasted store bought manicotti. (Spoiled, I guess) My mom always made them from scratch and now I make them for my family.
Where did she get the cool Christmas Tree glass jars/stands?
Wow Wow! This photos are incredible. Everything looks so yummy!
The white tree cake pops are so elegant!
I love ganache. If I make it to use for something and I don’t do it right away I wind up eating the whole bowl. The better the chocolate you use the better it tastes. OMG. Like heaven in a bowl. I love the milkshake cupcakes. they are so cute.
Those straws and the ice cream cupcakes are so cute like all your things! I vote that the pink one is the shortest.
hiii….what is the best recipe for the macarons????
*plz answer back!!!1
I made my first batch of cake balls last weekend which were delicious and a HUGE success. My hubby ate a ton, as did both of our co-workers! The only real trouble I had was getting the chocolate coating on the outside of the cakeballs so smooth, like all of yours. I froze my cakeballs and made sure my chocolate was totally melted, but the spoon messed the coating and it never looked smooth. What can I do to make mine look more like yours?
this is the prettiest little party i have seen in a while! i love it all ~ it’s so cheery! looks like tons of fun :)
Meat meat meat espicially pork
We have a late-morning Christmas breakfast – cheese grits, ham, eggs, buttermilk biscuits and fresh-squeezed orange juice! Yummy!!! Think I’ll head to the kitchen now for some more OJ!
Congrats to the winner. And while shopping online to add to my candy/cake decoration collection, I found this site with some candy soldiers! http://www.shelleybhomeandholiday.com/raz-peppermint-kisses-large-nutcracker-pair.html
Just in case no one else has told you about it, and you wanted to find another place to buy them :D
was rather hoping to see a new picture of the BIG outside soldiers finished
My favorite non-sweet Christmas food would have to be my sweet potatoe casserole with apples…there is something about them which can’t be duplicated…I’ve tried!
wow!! I love this! it inspired me to sketch this (:
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I FINALLY got your book as a Christmas present from my parents! Love the owls!
My favorite part of Christmas morning is the dessert spread, seeing all of the wonderful treats my grandmothers and mother have made over the days before with so much care and their incredible, one-of-a-kind touches, makes the season unforgettable. I miss those times now that both Grans have passed, and I hope my daughter has the same experience of wonder I did as a girl. Thank you for giving me some great new ideas to keep the traditions alive! =)
OMG so pretty. Prettiest dessert table ever! :)
I hope you have a Happy Holiday season : ) Thank you for having such a wonderful Blog & teaching us all how to make such yummy things : )
My favorite Christmas treat is the Cream Centers my husband makes, they are his Mom’s recipe & they are sooooo good!
what an amazing party! my fav food is ham and cheese chowder….yum
Colonel cupcake and cupcake nutcrackers – truly genius! And our favorite Christmas dinner is vegan tofurky wiht all the fixins’! Thank you for sharing!
– Ashley with Dress My Cupcake (www.dressmycupcake.com)
love love love this post bakerella! merry christmas everyone!
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i wish you a merry christmas!!!
have a beautiful day!
xoxo, pink lady ?
My family has a running joke about our Christmas Eve tradition where we dine on delish apps such as shrimp and cocktail sauce and cheese and crackers. Although most importantly my favorite part is the Port Wine Cheese Log which we so fondly call the “Nut cheese log” as the cheese is shaped into a log and rolled in sliced almonds. I have no idea what this cheese is made out of but I swear it’s the most addictive thing ever!
Happy Festivus from NY!
I love ham and mushroom gougere with tomatos prepared in a large iron skillet. It is completely unique, elegant, and unbelievably yummy. Love your work:)
I’m really looking forward to the Christmas ham this year! Haven’t had one in years and it sounds so good and perfect this year!
Oh and if there is any way you could share with me what type of camera you use? I LOVE taking pics and yours are just amazing!!! lol:)
Email me if you get time please! Happy Holidays!!
ajoebloe(at)gmail(dot)com
I have followed you for quite some time..Congrats on the book! Saw it in Barnes and noble today:)
FANTASTIC and beautiful, whimsical decorations/trees and I love the pops of course!
People were mentioning you and your pops in general at a twitter party last night and some people had never heard of you(gasps! lol) so I directed them here to your site:) Thanks for inspiring me and I LOVE your bog!!
Joey from South Carolina
traditionally we have for our Christmas day dinner : Red ,yellow, orange, and green peppers sauted in olive oil with tomoatoes and parsley and onions over pene pasta. Its so colorful and its delious.
Buon Natali!!
my favorite dish is my mothers pumpkin roll because after all the turkey and dressing have been eaten this is what everyone looks forward to eating. Even the pecan pie is passed over for this treat.
Did anyone mention if they knew where these might be available to purchase?
Thanks!
I don’t have a favorite holiday food … it’s being with my family that makes it magic. Though I am partial to my sugar cookies! :)
I love proper English roast dinner, with rich Christmas pudding afterwards – here we still have the puddings where you have to find the sixpence in the middle! All very Victorian and indulgent!
For Christmas Eve we start the day with brunch and my mom makes homemade biscuits and sauage gravy…mmmmm.
Tamales they are sooo good to eat.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
ok ilove these, my daughter is in the nutcracker this year these will be so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Christmas Eve we have cheese fondue – SO good!
On Christmas I love eating semi-sweet stew (It’s a Russian recipe). It just warms me up. :)
I absolutely look forward to making a ham, the trimmings and so much more for Christmas Dinner. I look forward the most to brocolli casserole which is something I never even considered eating until I was an adult. I guess they were right about veggies. Oh, but of course, FRESH green beans…YUMMO!
It’s not Christmas unless I’m snackin on my mom’s Chocolate Mint Layer bars….yum!!
Oh I missed it! I have been going bananas getting ready for Christmas and doing things on/for Sweetopia.
I’m not entering the contest (obviously ;-) but just wanted to say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE your nutcracker cake pops – they are so darling!
Cupcake Julie is awesome too! Your post last year inspired me to do a Candy Christmas this year!
Thanks again for another inspiring, lovely post and for this adorable giveaway! (I bought the nutcracker on the left at Teatro – could NOT resist).
Non-sweet food; I’m loving fettucine alfredo right now. Mmm mmm mmm.
Merry Christmas Angie!
We always have a huge ham…and I love it. A ham is too big to cook for one family but for 12, it’s perfect so it’s one of the only times I eat it during the year.
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas Day is fresh green beans with a little olive oil and lemon. yummmmmmmy! :)
Pancakes after all the gifts are open!
I love dips – any kind of dip!
Oh my goodness! I almost (ALMOST) forgot about how much I loved the pictures from this party last year. It looks so funtabulous!
My mother makes a mean green bean casserole. It’s cheesey and awesome and she ONLY makes it for Christmas. It’s one of the things I look forward to the most every year!
Oh, I hope I’m not too late to enter! One of my favorite things to eat on Christmas is my mom’s delicious Philipino eggrolls! I love them!
I’d love to try macaroons… Coz I’ve never tried any before… I saw the post you put on earlier about the macaroon classes, and I’ve been dying to try some ever since. Hopefully this Christmas, I can try some!!
Love,
Kim Hee Chul Lover
My favorite non-sweet Christmas treat is the Clementine orange that my mom puts in our stockings each year. It makes me smile to dump everything out, and the Clementine is always the last thing to fall out. I also love turkey and mashed potatoes with gravy. Mmmmm….. I’m looking forward to it!
My daughter makes the best ham. She cooks it in the crock pot with apple cider!!! It is so delicious.
For me it has to be rolls with just a touch of butter :)
I love eating all the snacks & sweets on Christmas eve.
well my favourite food would be our traditional Aussie Christmas lunch ..roast chicken, pork, turkey, ham, pickled pork, roast potatoes, pumpkin, fresh beans, carrots, broccoli & cauliflower, then to top it of my mothers home made steamed christmas pudding and custard ..mmmm
Tamales! One year everyone got their hands in them, even the men! That was a great christmas.
Rice Balls stuffed with a piece of cheese and fried. Hot or cold with or without sauce you can’t eat just one…….
My grandma’s cornbread dressing! Look forward to it every year!
Cornbread stuffing – the homemade kind. Mmm!
I think I am too late for the giveaway..but I came here specifically hoping that you would have more pics of Julie’s house! lol
I love to eat Chinese food on Christmas day.
Cheesy Carrots casserole! mmmm
I love eating roasted potatoes =) ooh how I love carbs
frozen yogurt! Like, literally.
i love mussels for christmas as a starter, cooked in a white wine sauce.
oooh and also a good, hearty clam chowder. i live in maryland next to the chesapeake bay, so the seafood’s always delicious.
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Love them! so cute!
Shrimp scampi is one of my favorite Christmas foods. Yum!
We have an appetizer dinner with beef tenderloin sandwhiches, oysters rockerfeller and many other great goodies!
I love love love mashed potatoes with Swiss Chalet gravy (really yummy Canadaian Restaurant!!!
My grandma’s mush is my favorite way to start Christmas morning!
I love my sister’s special Turkey Stuffing! It tastes amazing! :)
My favorite, non-sweet thing to eat on Christmas day is Dressing. Growing up in Pennsylvania we had stuffing and it’s great stuff. I married a Texan and was introduced to dressing and I have not looked back since. I sneak in stuffing randomly for dinner here and there, but dressing is only during the holidays.
I love the decorations. What a beautiful party! My favorite holiday dish….mashed potatoes…made with cream and lots of butter. They are good even without the gravy! YUMMMM.
we all meet for breakfast at a siblings house and have a mix of different dishes. One of my favorites are the tamales with fried rice with home made salsa. Yumm!
I love roasted potatoes and turkey!
twice baked potatoes!
For Christmas dinner we must have “potato boats” as my boys call them… twice-baked potatoes with mushrooms and parmesan.
We have fondue all day long – cheese, wine/chicken broth for the meat and potatoes and then chocolate later in the day. A fun tradition that we love.
My family is Hispanic so we have a very tradional hispanic dinner. We have pork, rice, beans, sweet and fried plantatins and verything in between. My favorite food to eat is my grandmother rice and beans. She makes her rice with bacon fat and its amazing. Her beans, I do not know what she puts in them but they are to die for. We can normally have these types of foods everyday but for Christmas dinner is different and very special.
My favorite holiday dish is my Dad’s broccoli casserole. Rice, broccoli, cheese and tons of mushrooms, yum!
My nana’s green beans. Even though she is no longer with us, we still make her famous green beans. We are southern gals so we boil them with ham chips until all the water is cooked out and the salty goodness is still left to flavor the beans! Happy eating!
My mother-in-law Betty’s meat pie ~ yummy!!
My favorite is a leftover sandwich. Turkey, mashed potatoes and a little gravy and stuffing on bread and toasted on a griddle, grilled cheese style…….not low fat:)
This year, we are trying something we can make before hand (instead of a huge roast or something). We are going to make a couple kinds of soup and fresh bread. Mmmm!
WOW is all I can say. My favorite non -sweet would be good ole dinner rolls.
we always have pizza on Christmas Day. Merry Christmas!!
I love my Dad’s smoked turkey. It’s almost moist and yummy!
My favorite Christmas snack would have to be the delicious cheese balls I make and some crackers :)
Wow, I’m in awe of people who throw amazing holiday parties like that. Everything looked so beautiful and festive!
I love ham for Christmas. I also love “arroz con gandules” from back in Puerto Rico (rice with pigeon peas) a classic and family favorite.
Hummm….my favorite thing to eat is turkey AND ham…yum, yum, yum :)
What a “sweet” beautiful post!
Favorite thing to eat for Christmas? Probably the roast beef.
favorite christmas holiday food— the yummy filipino food at my side of the family’s late night get together! mmmm!!!
My old time favorite has got to be good old mashed potatoes with a hint of cream cheese to give it a tang. Oh YUM! I’m going to make some for Christmas dinner!
btw…love your Nutcracker guys!
Carolynn from Ottawa
I LOVE to have my grandmothers homemade stuffing. It’s just not christmas without it.
My favorite is always sweet potato souffle!!! We have it every year!!! Oh and of course I love Christmas ham. My mom always covers it in sauce she makes with applesauce with red hots melted in it!!!
I can’t have a christmas without Grandpa’s ham!! He didn’t make it a couple years ago and I was so disappointed.
i love my grandmas parmesan roles!!!
My dad’s heavenly pasta! It’s the best thing I have ever tasted!
I’d say anyhing my Mom cooks in Sweden. Brown cabbage. Potatoe casserole. Meat balls. Mini-dogs. The potatoes are probably my all time favo.
Definitely Ham!
Mashed potatoes!!! Mmmmm :)
During Christmas time we usually make our favorite filipino dishes… mine is a noodle dish called Palabok. It has this amazing sauce that my husband makes with finely shredded pork with a bunch of condiments (like fried chopped garlic, green onions, ground up pork rinds, fresh lemon to squeeze on top)… so it’s kinda like ‘build your own noodle’ . We have the sauce then other yummy condiments in little bowls, so you can put on whatever you like on it!
Bakerella, I am vacationing in the Carolinas for Christmas and they treated me to an old Southern Recipe that I think would be devine on Christmas morning, called Shrimp and Grits. It is so colorful and flavorful, and adds a gourmet touch with minimal labor for a very special holiday. If you have not tried this, please treat yourself (even if I don’t win, *smile).
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is my mom’s meatballs! I can’t wait to get some!
I LOVE my mom’s vegetable medley. How can you go wrong with vegetables, cheeze whiz and croutons!!!
I love to eat prime rib and asparagus. I love your website!
My favorite is Pennsylvania Dutch potato filling, made with sauteed carrots, celery, & onions. Melted butter on top makes a nice crunchy crust!
Your double decker cake pops are Adorable! Love the sweet nutcrackers!
We have a traditional Polish Christmas and my favorites are my mom’s pierogi. If I could only master the recipe…..
Yorkshire pudding! Happy Holidays!
Actually, we usually do pulled pork on Christmas, at least since it’s just been my husband and I. I go all out at Thanksgiving, but with 2 small children and the craziness of gifts and Santa, I need something easy! Pulled pork sandwiches, sweet potato fries, and some honey glazed carrots. Yum!
I have an unnatural love of potato salad. And I eat tons of it during the holidays.
It’s not quite a tradition, but more years than not, I’ve made Hot German Potato Salad for Christmas or New Years dinner. Whether an ode to our Bavarian ancestry or an alternative to mashed potatoes, I’m definitely looking forward to it this year…
Merry Christmas!
O Christmas day I make finger foods, i.e. sausage balls, ham delights, cocktail wienies, that kind of thing and we snack on them all day :)
My family always makes prime rib. That with some mashed potatoes is enough to help combat the sugar overload from all the fudge, sugar cookies, and homemade peppermint bark we consume.
Have a Merry Christmas!
My mom always makes these amazing cheese & sausage balls and a yummy cheesy dip to go with them. They always make me happy at Christmas time : )
We make a cheesy potato casserole to go with the ham my parents serve for dinner. They go soooooo well together. LOVE IT!! Your nutcracker pops are over the top, yes, but oh, so very cute!! The trees rock too!
I always make a hearty egg casserole for breakfast to balance out the sweets we’ll eat later in the day. We eat it while going through our stockings.
Christmas eve we make Christmas pizzas shaped and decorated like Christmas trees with pepperoni ornaments and green pepper garland. We use all kinds of toppings for the decorations. Santa even gets left a slice!
My mom’s tamales! Can’t have a Christmas without these.
My favorite thing to eat at christmas would have to be my grandfather’s menudo. It is delicious and a Christmas dinner staple.
My favorite thing is the Santa cake we make every year. It is a fun family tradition and tasty too!
Hmm… my mom makes a fantastic dip (cream cheese, chili in a can, cheddar cheese) that just reminds me of being a kid and devouring it with my family at the holidays!
my moms dressing
I love my mom’s homemade dressing. Nothing better.
My grandma always gets the best rolls. We eat them with Bear Lake Raspberry jam. Delightful!
Christmas Eve dinner has always been my favorite. Why? Because it was the only night of the year that everyone got to pick what they wanted to eat. If that meant everyone ate something different, it didn’t matter. If it cost $50, it didn’t matter. Christmas Eve was all about our wants, not our needs. My usual choice as a child was lasagna. As an adult and parent, I plan on continuing the tradition with my family. My kids usually choose corn dogs or mac and cheese… but they’re only 4 & 2 :)
Happy Holidays & good luck to everyone!!!
Ham and sour cream potatoes….so delicious! That’s what I will probably eat every Christmas Eve for the rest of my life…and I’m only 25 so let’s hope that’s a while! :)
I love home made turtles candies at Christmas!
My family doesn’t really have a traditional Christmas meal. I’ll be spending it at my in-laws this year, and they usually have spaghetti!
We usually do Mexican (or TexMex to you non-Texans) at my in-laws’ house for Christmas. I love cheese and onion enchiladas, queso and chips, and basically anything smothered in lots and lots of cheese.
I love love love prime rib during Christmas dinner….marinated and coated with black pepper, wine and chuncks of the best sea salt…melts in your mouth, literally (with a side of garlic mashed potatoes)
I would so love to win these beauties….My fav has to be the Ham and the MAC and CHEESE that my mom makes!
Merry Christmas!
Lori
This sounds crazy but it was so good the day after Thanksgiving that we’re making it for Christmas Eve dinner.
Ham wraps. Baked ham, potato salad, coleslaw, and baked beans, all wrapped up in a soft tortilla. Makes a simple tasty dinner.
The best meal is prime rib roast, garlic mashed potatoes, Julia’s horseradish sauce, a vegetable and fresh yeast rolls. That’s the perfect Christmas meal. Oh. And wine.
I love to eat lamb on Christmas, it isn’t exactly traditional but it’s delicious nonetheless :)
Prime Rib with Horseradish and Cranberry sauce for Christmas dinner.
I love having my mom’s turkey noodle soup. Usually we have a turkey at Christmas and then make soup with the leftovers. It’s great for when the weather’s cold or fickle as Texas weather goes!
Fresh green beans with bacon and onions…yumm!!
On Christmas eve almost all of my family comes over including my cousins from georgia this year! we all have fun reminiscing while my uncle and dad disappear to get…Chinese Food! yep we eat chinese on christmas eve. Traditional dinner every year!
My favorite thing to eat is my mother’s cheesy hash brown potatoes. She mixes soup, cream cheese, shredded cheese, salt and pepper to taste, and hash browns all together and then bakes it. Paired with ham and crescent rolls, it is my favorite Christmas meal by far! I’ve had different variations of the cheesy hash brown potatoes, but nothing comes close to Mom’s. But then again, I might just be biased. : )
Happy Holidays!
This is so amazing! I love cupcakes and this place looks like a dream come true!
OK! My favorite Christmas treat is pancakes in the morning. Or is it cookies in the afternoon? I think I’ll go with pan cakes. ;) I would LOVE that nutcracker!
It’s so simple, but I LOVE mashed potatoes. My first plate of food at Christmas Day dinner is usually just three or four scoops of the stuff! Yummm.
French Meat Stuffing, mincemeat pie, honey ham, and baked apples. Mmm, I’m getting hungry already.
My favorite Christmas food item is my aunt’s “secret-recipe” crab cakes. We make mini ones every year… about 10 dozen.
A little spicy and oh! so-yummy
Being a southern girl, my favorite is my mom’s cornbread dressing. Yum! No one makes it like mom! :-)
Cheesy potatoes with corn flakes on top! I introduced them to my husband’s family at Christmas two years ago, and now they are a must there too.
My absolute favorite thing to eat at Christmas time (and I only get it at Christmas time) is sweet potato casserole made with bananas & topped with walnuts & brown sugar… YUMM! Already looking forward to it! :D
Last night my husband made Flat Iron Steak with Chimichira Sauce…. amazing…..
I love deep fried turkey! I live in the south and it’s the only way to eat turkey. It stays so moist and juicy.
i think my favourite non sweet to have at christmas would be my mum salmon and mushroom dip! it’s so delicious and she makes me a special take home bowl every year! christmas in australia would be very different to what you guys have over there, but i love our traditions! xx
happy christmas! xo
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is sausage bread. I make this every year for Christmas breakfast. Yum!
My fav, and it’s a tradition in my family, is homemade tamales. We make pork ones and cream cheese w/ jalapenos!
This would be perfect to win since it is my anniversary. Come on Random don’t fail me now!!!!
In Texas, we do beef for Christmas–usually a tenderloin. And even though you didn’t ask, we always eat tamales on New Year’s. Merry Christmas, Bakerella!!
Traditional Filipino food – lumpia (spring rolls) and pancit (noodles w/ chicken).
Do I have to pick a favorite? I’d say high on the list is lefsa!
Homemade macaroni pie! Soooo yummy! :)
Fudge. I only make fudge once a year because my fudge recipe is absolute heaven and I could eat it all day long. And I do, if it is sitting there, staring at me. Om nom nom.