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.
In keeping with my Hispanic heritage, my family always celebrates Christmas Eve (Noche Buena) with a delicious, slow-roasted pork. Add some yuca seasoned with plenty of garlic & olive oil for a side dish and congri (black beans & rice). You can find any/all of these items at your local Cuban/Caribbean/Hispanic (though probably not Mexican) market. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
roast beef or prime rib! yum meat.
Fried Egg Sandwiches – the traditional Christmas morning breakfast in our English house. White Bread, Fried Egg and HP Brown Sauce! In our American House – Moon over Miami!
I’m going with Newfoundland dressing. We stuff the bird with it, so I guess others would call it stuffing, but ours is made with bread, savoury and butter, and is sooo good, and so unlike anything else!
Turkey is the clear second favourite! :-)
My favorite cookie is one that my grandmother used to make us: kolochky. They are dough rolled around a filling, in our case a walnut/honey mix. So delicious and so reminiscent of Christmases at my grandparent’s house.
My favorite is homemade lasagna! Mmmmm….I can’t wait!!
We like to go non-traditional and easy on Christmas. This year we are having chorizo migas for breakfast and making tamales together for dinner. Good times and good food.
I can’t imagine anything more beautiful. It’s like a fantasy world. I love Nutcrackers.
Merry Christmas.
i make spagetti ( yes spagetti) and cheese every year since my grandmother passed away so creamy and stringy no breaking ot the spagetti sticks please that makes it fun
Our Christmas food is very different from yours (I´m Costa Rican and also a vegetarian) but I do enjoy cooking for others. Have to say that the one I´ve gotten the best feedback from is lamb marinated in white wine marinade (chardonnay, oregano, sage, mustard seed, red onion, garlic), you leave that overnight and then when you are ready to cook what you do is cover it with dijon mustard and sear it. Then take the solid part of the marinade, make a “bed” in a dutch oven, place the seared lamb and pour part of the liquid over it and bake. As my husband says: it tastes like heaven with a piece of glory. The merriest Christmas to you (and PS- you are getting amazing at making those!!!)
my absolute favorite thing to eat on Christmas is sausage balls! My mom has made them every year for breakfast for as long as I can remember. They are the best!
I love my sisters artichoke parmesean garlic bread dip :)
I know it’s pathetic, but I just LOVE me some Green Bean Casserole.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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Chinese take-out.
It is sooo hard to crave something other than sweets this time of year, but I think it would be some hamburger soup with homemade bread.
My fav is broccoli rice casserole with water chestnuts! It’s delish!!
Hickory Farms beefstick. (Has to be Hickory Farms.)
Sweet potatoes :) . I know thats still a sweet, but its my favorite! We have it at every get together!
Prime rib – hands down! I am a red-meat kinda girl! I do love corn casserole and sweet potatoes,too, but the meat is myfave!
**My daughter collects nutcrackers, and actually receved one of the “Colonel Cupcake” ones for her 10th birthday in Nov. She would DIE if I won the matching pair!! :-)
bagels with lox on Xmas morning, it’s all part of our Jewish Xmas, we get Chinese the night before.
I would love these.
Wish I could see hers in person!
Merry Christmas
We often go non-traditional on Christmas, so my favorite is fajitas.
Is there anything to eat at Christmas that isn’t sweet? ;) We actually don’t do a big meal at Christmas normally…..and if we do it is just a turkey and a ham…gotta LOVE a spiral cut ham. :)
Cheesy hashbrown casserole! Yum!
Traditional Tamales!!
Spicy shrimp w/ chile powder, garlic & butter, and stuffed pot roast!!! oh, and homemade rompope (almond eggnog)….on the sweet side. :)
My favorite thing to eat at our Christmas celebration is Lumpia aka eggrolls. I’ve grown up making them and now my girls help me. They’re good cold the next day too!
I look forward to making AND eating Dr. Pepper ham on Christmas.
Merry Christmas!!
I love the double-decker cake pops – how cool! One of my favorite things at the holidays is to do an “appetizer” dinner with all our favorite finger foods and dips – buffalo chicken dip, puff pastry filled chicken sandwiches, taco dips, mini meatballs, specialty cheeses, etc. It’s a great informal meal that our family loves.
My favorite thing is mashed potatoes. I would have to say that they’re my all-time favorite food, even above chocolate (I can’t believe I’m saying that!!). No holiday meal is complete without them.
Asian Salad. My boss makes a HUGE pan of it every year for the Christmas Buffet and there is never any leftover. Yum!
My stepmom’s vegetable beef stew with sausage cheese balls for an appetizer. Yummy!
Seafood Gumbo!
This year I’m making stuffed chicken marsala with garlic mashed potatoes for Christmas! yum :)
Potato pancakes on Christmas morning!
Amazing sweets!! One of my favorite non-sweet Christmas foods is tamales. We often have them for Christmas Eve dinner. Merry Christmas!
favorite thing to eat on christmas would have to be… asparagus… it’s my favorite thing to eat almost any holiday.. ;)
I like to eat a big breakfast- scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage links, toast, a few pancakes. We usually eat breakfast at lunch time because we only open up 1 gift at a time and watch each other… and I have 5 kids. :) Merry Christmas.
Our family loves steak and chocolate molten cakes!
It’s hard to choose a non-sweet favorite food! But, it is probably broccoli casserole, with the cracker topping. I also love dressing and gravy!
I like the spiral ham we have & sweet potatoes. I’m not talking the gooey casserole kind. Just baked or mashed!
Green bean bundles are the best!
We always eat Lasagna
I love that our family just picks a theme and goes with a different easy one every year! This year we are doing Mexican food…Last year it was Chilie!
We all have to have my Grandma’s homemade mac and cheese and my Mom’s HUGE homemade rolls…yum!!
Scalloped potatos (not from a box!) and green bean casserole — we never have these any other time of the year.
Pork stuffed with apricots and cranberries. Along side delicious potatoes and vegetabels. Yummy!
Adorable! My favorite non-sweet holiday treat would be cheesy mashed potatoes and my husband’s holiday pizza! We shape the dough like a snowman or Christmas tree!
WOW you never cease to amaze me, these are adorable.
Ham is my food of choice
One thing my kids love is cheesy potatoes. It’s a simple recipe; cube and boil potatoes, make a cheesy white sauce, combine and bake until bubbly.
I love your website! My first endeavor was Bee Pops for my daughter’s baby shower. What a success! Thanks so much for your creative ideas! Keep them coming!
My favorite (newer) tradition is fondue on Christmas Eve. We do cheese, meat and chocolate – just like The Melting Pot. It’s messy, but totally fun! GORGEOUS party – and thanks for the chance :)
We make a Prime Rib every Christmas. It’s the only time of year I eat it…and I love it. So…Prime Rib, it is!
We have the Italian tradition and eat all fish. My favorite is fried shrimp and scallops.
My favorite Christmas dish is Chicken Curry! We always have a very traditional American style Christmas dinner but as a nod to our Indian heritage my mom always makes Chicken Curry. It’s the BEST part of Christmas dinner. :)
I think that these cakepops are my favorite Christmas variety! I love those Nutcrackers.
My favorite Christmas food is our Christmas Eve meal- crab legs. And we always have to have a cheese ball covered in walnuts.
Honey-glazed ham. YUM!
Every year, I look forward to stuffing and veggies baked in cream of mushroom soup with onion crunchies on top.
My fave non sweet are christmas Tamales… mmmm a real mexican christmas!
My hubby and I collect nutcrackers each year and have yet to buy one!
My mom always makes lasagne for Christmas,and I love them!
My favorite thing to eat is left over cold turkey on soft white bread with miracle whip!!! I buy an extra big turkey just to have left overs!
By far mushroom and onion turnovers in cream cheese pastry!! We only make them this time of year so it is a real treat for me!!
Mmmm, homemade macaroni and cheese. Always a favorite!
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is a macaroni and cheese casserole we make. The recipe was featured on an Oprah show a couple years ago.
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is the yummy hashbrown casserole we have for breakfast every Christmas morning & then continue to snack on it all day ;) it is creamy & tasty!!!
Love all the cute sweet theme decorations!!!
My favorite non sweet item is Eggs Rebel ( Egg casserole ) that we have for Christmas Brunch. We only make it on this day and its soo good.
French Onion Soup. So easy to make and then when you ad some good bread… Cheesy, savory, and bread-y.
Your cake pops are so awesome. My favorite thing to eat on Christmas when we are having a dinner is the Ham. If we are just doing the snack your way thru Christmas day it would have to be the cheeseball or spinach dip
mashed potato casserole, layered with butter and mozzarella cheese, backed until it is all gooey and yummy
Hmmm…favorite non-sweet?! Turkey & Honey glazed ham!
Noodles. My Mom’s homemade noodles in gravy on mashed potatoes. Oh, it is carb-lover heaven.
Since Christmas is pretty much a continuation of Thanksgiving in our house, dressing is what I look forward to the most!
I Love to make cupcakes, so I would love to have these guys. They would make a wonderful addition to my holiday decorations.
My favorite Christmas food is baked brie..so simple yet so elegant.
My mom’s pasta sauce. She’s from Italy and it doesn’t feel like Christmas until I’ve had some of her yummy pasta.
I love to eat Yorkshire Puddings! They are easy and everyone loves them and they taste delicious. I think I could eat about twenty and not bother with anything else!
The past few years we have made London Broil for Christmas dinner. It is warm in AZ, so we can grill year round. Looks like it is going to be 70 this Christmas… perfect! :-)
I have two favorite things I love to eat each year that is a tradition, Old English Toffee and every Christmas morning eating cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Yumm….
Every year on Christmas Eve my mother in law makes pizza for dinner when we return home from church, and it’s everyone’s favorite tradition, I think. Great giveaway – thank you!
Wow, I seriously hope this is what Heaven looks like. I’m not kidding~
Well, if I have to pick real food, this bread is delicious:
http://sosplendid.blogspot.com/2010/12/bloomin-onion-bread.html
thanks for the chance~ jeanette at thealldays(at)msn(dot)com
I really love potato dishes so probably a creamy cheesy potato Au Gratin
Our family traditions include shrimp cocktail and prime rib. Yum!
I look forward to Christmas Eve, we have a lot of fish dishes but my fave is my mom’s stuffed shrimp!
Stuffing seems to be my go to holiday food I want.
I’m a big fan of stuffing and dressing, but the one thing I have every Christmas is Chik-fil-A chicken nuggets at my grandmother’s house
Ham!
My favorite thing to eat for the holidays is roasted brussels sprouts. Add a little pancetta, some halved red grapes, and toasted pecans and I’m in heaven!
We always have grilled marinated tuna steak and vegetables…christmas in Florida has its perks!
My favorite holiday dish is southern style dressing. Tastes like home! And now thank you for introducing me to all the fabulous candy-themed Christmas tree decorations – I’ve got all kinds of ideas swirling for next year!
Fudge!
My favorite thing to eat is ham! I absolutely love baked ham. Oh and green bean casserole….and candied yams….and every thing else. :)
Happy holidays!
I love the Christmas tree cake pops, I have to try those!!!!
My parents make the best ham in the world, with pineapples :) yum can’t wait till christmas!!
Our families tradition is to have prime rib roast with yorkshire pudding! So delicious!
My favorite things are the desserts: pies, sugar cookies, my mom’s famous fudge, and (this year) cake pops!!! Who needs dinner any more? Let’s go straight to dessert!
I love waking up to warm Sausage Cheese balls…delicious!!
Merry Christmas!
Those are so cute! At Christmas, I love my great-grandma’s dressing. It’s basically a sausage delivery device and it’s soooo good.
roast beef pot pie, yummo!
I love a traditional Christmas lunch: turkey, stuffing, mash potatoes and all of the fixings. Happy Holidays!
Beautiful pictures! My favorite is prime rib.
Merry Christmas!
Such beautiful pictures – loveliness!
We always have turkey, but this year my mother-in-law is making her traditional prime rib – both delicious!!
This post amazes me! I have a similar color scheme with white tree’s in my house and it has totally inspired me to push it even further! Thank you! My favorite non-sweet food at Christmas is….mashed potatoes and gravy! YumYum ~Thanks,!
Favorite things to eat? My Mom’s homemade bread… she only makes it once a year, so it’s a treat!
Last year I made an herb stuffed roast pork loin from Cook’s Illustrated that was a big hit. Of course, I also enjoy breakfast with lots of bacon and mimosas on Christmas morning too.
We don’t do a traditional dinner on Christmas – no one wants to spend hours in the kitchen when we could be enjoying the children playing with their new toys. So we just do apps and finger foods. My favorite that we have every single year is my Mom’s chili fudge. It’s not sweet – it’s a cheese, picante sauce, and egg mixture that’s baked and then cut into squares. It’s super yummy!
In my neck of the woods we like to eat brisket on Christmas Day. You should try it:)
My favorite things to eat on Christmas (besides desserts) are fresh baked biscuits (current favorite recipe is the Cream Biscuit recipe on Smitten Kitchen) and Breakfast Strata or Quiche. Easy, quick, can be prepared the night before and just popped into the oven to bake while opening presents. Mmmm.
My favourite non-sweet thing to eat at Christmas is turkey. Nothing beats the smell of turkey roasting in the oven.
I love Norwegian pork rib with cracklings at Christmas.
Our family enjoys prime rib or lasagna for Christmas dinner. Sometimes we change it up a bit. It is always yummy.
Wow, what amazing Nutcracker cake pops!!!!! We usually have a ham for Christmas dinner. Love it!
I love to make sugar cookies and ice them and eat them with a glass of icy cold milk! That is Christmas to me!!!!
My FAVORITE thing to eat at Christmas is gumbo! Chicken & sausage gumbo! So so good!!!!
OMG!! IT’s a SUGAR WONDERLAND! I love this, you gals a pretty creative!
*We have the feast of the 5 fishes on Christmas Eve ,we do Lobster pie, stuffed shrimp, Spaghetti in sauce cooked w/ a lobster in it, calamari, smelts, baked haddock. at midnight we cook sausages and open gifts.
*Christmas Day we have homemade Manicotti, Prime Rib Roast, and Ham
*New Years Eve we usually do a Crown Rib roast and roasted Veggies etc,
Ham. Turkey. My mama’s mashed potatoes. Biscuits n gravy for breakfast. The bowl of nuts and candy from the stockings. OOOh I can’t wait!!!
One of my favorites is green bean and artichoke casserole and also mirliton dressing with crabmeat and shrimp. both are staples in every holiday meal
Hmmmm…….something non-sweet? For dinner, we like to have ham and cheesy hashbrown casserole. For appetizer-type foods, I’ve always loved little smokies in a BBQ sauce and chili cheese dip with Fritos Scoops. YUM!!!
For me it’s peppernuts – my Grandmother used to have the whole family (that’s a total of 35 people!) in her small kitchen and dining room rolling and cutting. It’s like a nice alternative to Gingerbread.
My sister-in-law makes the best Deviled Eggs ever, even better than mine, they’re so good. I also love having spicy vegetable samosas (the yummy curried potatoe and peas inside that pop in your mouth). I love all appetizers really.
my husband’s grandma’s chex mix! she makes it with honey and cashews and golden grahms… I’m not sure why, but it is so much better than anyone else’s!
I live for my Great Aunt’s cheese sticks! Oh, and Russian Tea from my mom’s best friend!
My favorite dish at Christmas time is Venison stew! It is a recipe that was passed down by my great grandfather, and originally intended for TURTLE stew, it has since been adapted for venison (and would work with beef), it is fantastic! And even has a secret ingredient! My grandmother taught me to make it before she passed, and it is my most treasured recipe, and the best Christmas dish!
This year, I’m going to try to make prime rib, for the first time. With a side of asparagus. And perhaps popovers or yorkshire pudding.
We’re normally travelling during the holidays, because the military puts us far from home. This year, though, we’ll be staying put and starting our own traditions that MUST include roasted brussels sprouts. Oh man are they good!
Mashed potatoes are always my favorite at any holiday meal. The meat may vary from ham to turkey, but the mashed potatoes are always there. My little brother & I usually fight over who gets the leftovers.
Ham. I love Ham. Especially paired with creamed asparagus and pearl onions. Yum!
Ham! Baked ham is absolutely my favorite christmas dish. This year my boyfriend’s sister prepared it with a blackberry glaze and it was amazing!
My family eats homemade tamales every Christmas. Making them is usually the fun part!
3 words: Italian wedding soup!
I love to eat turkey stuffing ( but I don’t like turkey lol ) & homemade cranberries, clemintine oranges, and sitting down with my grandparents to crack nuts.
I just LOVE ham! Brown sugar glazed…YUM!
Anything with cranberries!! Your soldier cake pops are AMAZING.
These are too cute! I would love one for my table!
I love my in-laws Christmas Eve carbonara–they only make it once a year so it’s a treat and there’s a race to the table!
It also wouldn’t be Christmas without my Mom’s cheesy potatoes.
I have been looking for those Cupcake Soldiers since I saw your post earlier this month–thanks for the chance to win one!
Happy Holidays!
My mother has made mexican food for christmas for the past 5 years. It’s my favorite, and it is a prefect break up of all the turkey holidays!
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is Beef Tenderloin. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Thanks for sharing, your friend is amazing and inspirational. Someday I’ll ask her to come decorate my cupcake shop! :)
Thanks Bakerella…have a lovely Christmas.
I love stuffing, stuffing and gravy. It makes my life!
I love to eat corn casserole. I don’t know why we don’t have it more than a couple of times a year. It is so easy to make! I love the nutcracker cake pops! You get more talented with each post!
Every year my mom hosts a Christmas brunch with waffles, eggs, bacon, all the yummy breakfast goodies… but she always makes me French Toast. I’m not sure if my favorite part is the French Toast itself or the fact that she only makes it for me ;)
Non-sweet, I’m a fan of the Christmas ham. I don’t really eat ham any other time during the year.
BTW.. Cupcake Julie outdid herself. Everything in those pics looks so yummy!
Gorgeous! I’d love to add one of those guys to my Christmas decorations!
how do you get your sprinkles in an exact place? Like the sprinkles on your tree pops, they are only on the garland? do you sprinkle then use a paint brush to brush off extras? please help!!
First thing on my plate is the stuffing!
I love side dishes!
I guess my favorite non-sweet things really aren’t. Like sweet potato casserole and cranberry sauce. I would have to say my second favorite is the main course, ham and turkey.
Oh my gosh!! I’ve been drooling over her giant nutcrackers outside since last year and trying to figure out how to make my own! Colonel Cupcake is also on my GOTTA HAVE list!
Oh, sorry, I got distracted. LOL My favorite thing is probably my “Bad For You Mac and Cheese” that I only make on Thanksgiving and Christmas, because it’s well… totally bad for you. LOL But oh so gooooooddddddd!
my mom’s chritmas ham, yuummm. she bakes it for hours with brown sugar and pineapple, best thing about the holidays hands down.
I love the variety of side dishes at the holidays. My favorite is Spinach Madeline.
My husband makes a brunch with Egg McDaddy’s…his version of egg, cheese, bagel, bacon/sausage…yum. Merry Christmas!
Our Christmas Eve tradition is tamales and enchiladas and fresh tortillas. Can’t wait!
My favorite thing to eat at Christmas is my Grandmothers clam chowder my Aunts salmon croquetes and my mothers pierogi…..they are no longer with us …..but every Christmas Eve I picture the dining room table in my childhood home and try to recreate some of that magic.
Sausage and egg breakfast cassarole is my all time favorite Christmas brunch dish! Also, manderine orange are a MUST!
Tamales with my new favorite, chamorro potato salad and pozole! Can’t wait till this weekend! We’re going to get started on the tamale making today! :)
I’m a traditionalist: Turkey and stuffing. Oh, and mashed potatoes and gravy. I do love carb overloads!
Oh Christmas is for carbs!! My two favorite dishes tie in at number one in my heart: squash casserole and my mamaw’s sweet potato casserole! I’m hungry just thinking of them!
Noodles! My mother-in-law makes homemade noodles & cooks them up with chicken broth & the turkey drippings. Served with mashed potatoes & turkey. yum!
Mashed potatoes & gravy. That could be all I eat and I’d be happy. :)
I would have to say Broccoli Casserole. My most favorite is Sweet Potato Casserole, but I count that as a sweet! :)
Leftover stuffing! It can even be cold out of the fridge. I know it sounds gross, but I just love it.
My step dad’s ham is my favorite on Christmas. I don’t eat ham very often and his is absolutely the best. I can’t wait to have some!
Broccoli casserole. It’s the only time of the year I get it, and it’s so good!
My favorite non sweet item would be the homemade rolls that my mother-in-law makes. They are melt in your mouth delicious!
My mother makes these jalapeno cheesy potatoes that are absolutely TO DIE FOR! The cheese sauce is tricky so this is the only time of year she will add them to her menu.
Love my Nana’s sage dressing!!!!!
Stuffed shells & shrimp cocktail!! YUM!
It’s a no brainer for me…..broccoli cheese casserole! Yum!
Wow! Cupcake Julie doesn’t disappoint. So gorgeous. And I love the new cake pops, too. My favorite non-sweet to eat at Christmas is honey-baked ham. But growing up, we used to think it was a magically extravagant thing to eat Cornish hens for Christmas.
Love your Nutcracker Cakepops!! Love the soldiers too!
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
My favorite savory Christmas treat is ham and cream cheese rolls. Just a thin slice of ham spread with cream cheese then rolled and cut into bite size pieces. Yummy.
Merry Christmas, Bakerella.
Holly from Kentucky
Stuffing!
I love the good old turkey dinner, with cranberry sauce, mashed and sweet potatoes, carrots, stuffing and gravy. yum!
I’ve never seen those before! I wish my store sold them!
During the holidays I love eating all the yummy vegetables!
i’m happy with just a beautifully (& tasty!) turkey. but it has to be a big one, because leftovers are a MUST! : )
pair that up with a delicious homemade dinner roll & you got lunch for the next 3 days! or 4 or 5… depending on how much company/left-over-control/helpers you have! ; )
Yum. My granny’s cornbread dressing. I also like those sausage wontons with peppers.
Swedish meatballs – can’t beat ’em!
My Mother-in-Law’s Clam Chowder – she only makes it on Christmas Eve! She makes a GINORMOUS crock pot of it and it’s always gone before the night is over.
This puts my christmas party to shame! Beautiful!
I love breakfast casserole. Early Christmas morning..pop that in the oven and it’s done with no work that morning!
Merry Christmas, Bakerella…let the visions begin!
Wow, beautiful decorations!
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is my grandmas homemade noodles! Yummy!
Ham smothered with pineapple and booze.
My favorite Christmas treat (not sweet) is a delicacy from Trinidad called pastels… Its soft cornmeal on the outside (like a tamale) filled with ground beef and savory herbs and capers…. We have this in the morning with fried eggs and ham, and mimosas!
I come from Quebec, and here we have something called ”tourtière du lac” it’s so awesome ! You may know the ”tourtière” as a meatpie, but this one is like 7 ou 8 inches high and filled with different meats and potatoes… If you had it once, you can’t forget it !
Hands down, it’s cornbread stuffing!
Back bacon for breakfast Christmas morning. Add with it champagne and O.J. and it’s the perfect way to mellow out for the early morning chaos!!
Seven layer dip, made Christmas evening, and eaten on the floor of my aunt’s kitchen (it used to be on the floor of my nana’s kitchen, but we moved houses :-) ). So yummy
Everything – spiral ham, turkey, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, etc.!
Spiral-sliced ham (sugary crust of course) stuffed in sweet potato yeast rolls…YUM
Homeade mashed potatoes!(:
My favorite Christmas treat is this cheesy broccoli cauliflower casserole my sister makes. Its the best!
My favourite “non sweet” item for the holidays is my Dad’s stuffing and turkey. Of course my mom insists that the stuffing recipe is hers and she taught him everything he knows. But I know the stuffing recipe comes from this rare cookbook from a little cooking shop that used to be in London, Ontario, Canada “McCalls”. My dad is also a surgeon, and it is the best trussed bird on the block! No stuffing leaking out his bird.LOL!
I love eating Chicken with stuffing and cranberry sauce!
Every year on Christmas Day, my hubby and I have a lobster each for dinner. We melt tons of butter, wear old clothes, open a bottle of wine and have a feast. It is so much fun!! Oh, and last year I made your oreo truffles for dessert; this year, maybe I will again!
love love love them! i love to eat sweet potatoes with brown sugar and marshmallows at christmas dinner!
My sister always visits from the city and brings us the most wonderful cheeses – living in a small town, we don’t have access to the variety that she does. That is always my favorite thing to eat.
I think my favorite would be cheesy potatoes. I loved the new cakepops you did this year so cute. Have a Merry Christmas.
Oops, I meant Rebel!
sugar cookies!!! but now, maybe cake pops?
stuffing!!!
I always wonder why I don’t make it more often when I do get some. Sooo good.
My favorite non-sweet food for Christmas … I love sausage/cornbread dressing, spinach salad (without mushrooms) and home-made yeast rolls. I am still on a sugar high from just looking at that Christmas party. Those Christmas tree cake pops just might make it to the family dinner this year.
Definitely southern sweet potato casserole loaded with brown sugar and pecans. Makes my Northern heart go all Yankee!
I am SO in love with all the beautiful candy decorations!! GORGEOUS!!!! <3
My favorite thing to eat at Christmas…wow, that’s harder than I thought. My husband makes an incredible smoked turkey! But he has also perfected his fired turkey! Both VERY yummy! However, after years of trying I finally figured out my grandmothers cornbread dressing. I make it every year now and each time I taste it, it takes me back to being a little girl and being at her holiday table. She truly was an amazing “southern” cook.
Merry Christmas to all!