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.
My mother’s rolls with homemade jam and freshly whipped butter. YUM!
I just adore those little boxes with cheeses and sausages and crackers from places like Hickory Farms! I love it when people give them to me as gifts, but I also go buy them myself after Christmas to get them half off. They make fun and delicious little picnics, even if you don’t go anywhere other than sitting on the living room floor with your sweetheart and watching a good movie on a snowy day!
My favorite food to eat are tamales…my mother makes them every….they are amazing!
:)
I love to have homemade pizza. It is my favorite thing to have. So non-traditional that it makes it fun and special.
My favorite non sweet holiday food would have to be….sweet potatoes. No marshmallows on mine though….Merry Christmas !!
Oh how fun! I love these guys!!! My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is my mother-in-law’s lasagna!
I’m really looking forward to making and eating Pioneer Woman’s green bean casserole. I made it for Thanksgiving and it was hands down the best thing on the table. Yumm!
I love sugar cookies with buttery sweet icing. :)
I love mashed potatoes and gravy :)
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is bacon wrapped linguica on a toothpick. As soon as you put these out they are gone. You know it is going to be a great night when you start off with this appetizer. I have even done the bacon wrapped linguica then wrapped that in filo dough. SO great! Happy Holidays xoxo
beef tenderloin with onion wine sauce, yum!!!
We have red and green tortellini soup with sausage.
pierogi! :)
I like a nice Christmas brunch with upside down apple french toast and a egg and cheese frittata. Mmm!
My aunt makes these cheese bar appetizers that are like small, sharp cheddar cheese puffs. They are always gone in a flash!
We always have my great-great grandmother’s plum tarts. They are incredible! I’m looking forward to taking over the tradition in the future!
Monica
my favorite thing to eat at christmas is kinda a sweet, I love my grandpa’s kolaches. :) for non-sweet grandma’s home made mashed potatoes and gravy
My favorite Christmas time food is Hanky Pankies. For those of you that have never experienced Hanky Pankies, they consist of sausage and cheese and they are served on rye cocktail toast. They are a Christmas breakfast tradition in our family. There is nothing like waking up to the smell of Hanky Pankyies in the oven on Christmas morning.
mmmmmm….green bean casserole and mashed potatoes!!!! ;)
My grandmother’s “Swedish Braid” bread on Christmas Morning…a delicious cardamom white buttery bread. I make it on Christmas Eve and usually sneak a few warm pieces that night!
My Mom makes PW cinnamon rolls every Christmas to eat while opening presents! Love them!!
I am sooo goona use the upside down tree next year….
my fav food to eat during the holidays, Baked Potato Soup. Yum Yum and sooooo easy.
My favorite is honey-baked ham.
My favorite thing is probably the rolls that my mom makes. It’s a Parker House rolls recipe that was handed down from my great grandmother. They’re awesome!
My favorite food is lasagna.
Our family loves to do snackies for get togethers and one of our favorites is pickles wrapped in cream cheese and ham. Sliced and served with a toothpick. mmmm.. LOVE the decorations. LOVE the soldiers. Would be THRILLED to win them. Thanks for the chance and Merry Christmas!
My Mom makes PW coffee cinnamon rolls for christmas morning! Love them!
Prime Rib and twice baked potatoes yummy!!!!!!
turkey and roast potatoes!
Warm German Patato Salad, it’s a family recipe (passed down through many generations) it’s not christmas unless there’s german patato salad <3
I don’t think I’ve ever had a Christmas that didn’t include my mom’s English muffin pizzas. They’re a fun twist on traditional pizza, and so yummy.
my favorite thing to eat are tamales. my mom makes these delicious cheese and green chili tamales that are to die for. a tamale cake pop would be the cutest!
LOVE those soldiers!
We always have a brunch of sausage, eggs, cider and a special bread called Stolen. We’ve done it every year since I can remember! It’s delicious!!
Merry Christmas, Bakerella!
My favorite dish is my Mom’s carrots. They are from her garden and she serves them with butter and a touch of garlic. Heavenly!
I’d have to say that my favorite thing to eat at Christmas is the leftovers. Pulling stuff out to the fridge and snacking while watching umpteen Christmas movies is my idea of a great evening! Merry Christmas!
I love eating Ham, Sweet Potatoes and all the fixings that go with that. Of course Christmas Cookies and Home Made Rock Candy for desert!
My family is mostly Polish, so we eat pierogi. Homemade by me. :-)
My favorite thing to eat has got to be turkey. It’s the type of thing we never think to have the rest of the year and so it is doubly good during Christmas time. I still have never ventured to cook my own…but maybe someday. :)
Wow! That party spread looks amazing! I’m in awe of the upside down tree. And those soldiers are too cute! My favorite food to eat durign the holidays is Sweet Potato Souffle with Toasted Marshallows on top, still a little sweet but very savory too!
i recommend a big and beautiful green salad with savory dressing and sourdough roll. You could add chicken too if you like.
Mexican tamales, pork with red sauce or chicken with green sauce, I even love cheese tamales with jalapenos. Yummy!
My family is Puertorican and one thing that is ALWAYS present at Christmas time is a pork roast (pernil). Absolutely delicious and its my favorite thing to eat during the holidays.
We mix things up at Christmas, so probably all of our great appetizers – shrimp cocktail, artichoke dip, etc.
My favorite thing to eat is Honey glazed Ham. Oh and my sweet potatoes that I kinda made up my own recipe for. I just love to eat anything really on Christmas as long as I have my family, that’s all that matters. Merry Christmas to you and yours! Happy New Years,too!
Lefsa – it’s a family tradition and it’s so labor intensive that it only gets made at Christmas time. I always steal a few pieces and hide them so I can have some later. It goes fast!
I love anything with sugar….
Sausage stuffed mushroom appetizers! I love love love appetizers at Christmas parties! :-)
We love to eat fajitas on Christmas Eve, it is quick and delicious and everyone can make them just how they like to eat them! And they have enough protein that you can eat plenty of yummy sweets and not get sick :)
For our Christmas Eve party each year we buy gallons of the most incredible chili from a well known local tavern and have that wtih garlic toast. It isn’t Christmas without it.
My favorite holiday food is Cream Cheese Salad. It sounds weird, and the ingredients make you wonder a bit, but the final product is heavenly.
Happy Holidays!
My all time favorite Christmas time food is called Lefse. My family is fro Norway and it is tradition that we make it every single year. we have it at dinner and breakfast the next morning. If you have never had it, it is a must!!!
Crescent rolls!
mmmm waffles and bacon on Christmas morning. Prime Rib Christmas night
happy holidays!
My favorite is my Grandma’s baked beans….kind of weird for Christmas but they are sooo Yummy and she only makes them on holidays!
Cheese fondue! YUM!!!!!!
My favorite thing is Cheese fondue that we have on Christmas eve. It a tradition in our house.
My favourite thing to eat on christmas is Turkey with some sliced potatoes fried together with onions and mushrooms :)
Something non-sweet? I don’t think that’s in any of my food groups! LOL!
But since I have to pick, I’d say the BIG breakfast my dad always makes…pancakes, french toast, waffles, eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, biscuits, lots of fruit and muffins. Yummy! Now I’m hungry….thanks!
patato casorel in the morning, we fill it with hashbrowns different cheeses bacon onions and mmmm it bakes while we open gifts. We celebrate with this instead of birthday cake for Jesus! Its awesome
I’m from Sweden and Christmas without Swedish “julskinka” (ham) is not Christmas!!!!
I’m looking forward to the sweet potato casserole that I will be making for the very first time this year. I hope it’s as good as it looks in the picture!
Adorable soldiers!
I think my favorite non-sweet Christmas food is cornbread stuffing. It’s pretty much a Thanksgiving/Christmas staple in my family. Yum!
I love dinner at my grandma’s! We always have sandwiches made with fresh deli meat and yummy dips with chips. It’s a great break from all the other traditional meals that we have.
Amazing party! WOW! Those soldiers are insanely cute!! My fav is sweet potatoes. Any recipe will do, but I have a yummy s.p. & apple recipe that is out of this world.
My absolute, hands down favorite food to eat at Christmas is my uncle’s BBQ prime rib! It’s delicious!
the only thing I can say is HOW TOTALLY INCREDIBLE!! I am blown away! As for my favorite food, (seriously, is there such a thing as “non sweet” on Christmas?? LOL!) glazed spriral ham or pork pie would be my NEXT favorite!
~Kathy
I would love these ~ My favorite thing to eat at Christmas is probably the ‘Christmas Morning’ muffins we make for breakfast every year, with cranberries and orange zest. That or the Leek and Potato soup that we serve every year for Christmas Eve. It is delicious – and just right too. Not too heavy for the night before Christmas!
Sugarr cookies!
Merry Christmas!
We have a Christmas goose at my house!! It’s richer tasting than turkey and makes us feel ‘old school’ Christmasey :) My mom used to make it with an orange glaze when we were young – delish!
chicken & dressing is my favorite, but I just wanted to let you know I made your “Mama’s Pecan Pie” recipe for Thanksgiving & it is by far THE BEST pecan pie EVER, thank you for sharing!
My favorite is Christmas brunch! Apple French Toast and Sausage Pinwheels! Festive and traditional! Oh, and I Love, Love, LOVE the nutcrackers!!!
My grandmother’s sweet potato casserole is the best!
My favorite is breakfast tacos on Christmas morning!
For me it’s always been the pre-food, food. We have all sorts veggies and fruit and chips with what seems like even more dips. YUM! I’m frequently too full to eat the “meal” when it’s done. Darn, more left overs.
My favorite is my mom’s homemade mushroom soup made from mushrooms she picked herself and dried. yum!
love the pictures!
I cant pick a favorite…i just love to eat lol! this year, instead of turkey, my husband and I are having homemade chili…cincinnati style on top of spaghetti. yum! and nutella cookies for dessert.
What lovely confections and photographed so beautifully! One of my savory favorites are authentic Mexican tamales filled with pork adobo – good and meaty and oh so spicy. I like lotsa heat.
My mom makes individual puff-pastry wrapped beef wellingtons for Christmas dinner in a red-wine reduction sauce – so delicious!
Of course, on the other extreme, we have tacos on Christmas Eve…also yummy.
My favorite food is all the sides! I love green been casserole! So yummy!=] Happy Holidays! Thank you for the beautiful pictures.
My favorite thing is my mother-in-laws cheddar biscuits. It’s a family recipe that I am dying to get my hands on! :)
The Honey Baked Ham! My grandma always has one sent to us for Christmas!
Sweet Potatoes!!!
baked brie with cranberries, we have it every christmas eve! But sweets generally rule.
I love my husband’s french toast…we have a brunch and eat more breakfast type of stuff…but the french toast and bacon…oh…I can smell it in the air already!
The ham…it’s all about the yummy, juicy, ham!
Its a tradition to eat Chicken Wild Rice soup on Christmas Eve!
I can’t WAIT to eat homemade ravioli’s – it’s tradition in our house – make 300 dozen for special occasions and start eating them on Christmas Eve :)
My favorite is Cranberry fluff salad – The family hates it, but I enjoy eating ALL of it for a week!!
i know you said nothing sweet…but i had to mention the fact that i have krispy kreme doughnuts every year for christmas breakfast! but this year i am looking forward to our thanksgiving type spread. we didnt have a typical thanksgiving this year…so christmas dinner will be a HUGE spread.
When I was a kid my grandmother visited every Christmas and for Christmas dinner she made the best meatloaf in the world–she had to special order triple-ground beef and pork from the butcher ahead of time. We looked forward to that meatloaf all year long!
We LOVE our anitpasta salad!! Shrimp coctail is another family favorite!
I LOVE to eat Stuffing at christmas. SOOooooo good!
Also I just wanted to mention that I was in our local wal-mart (Alberta, Canada) and saw your book on the display table.
I did a little jump and went right for it. My friend with me thought I had lost it! haha
My favorite is grilled ham inside homemade yeast rolls.
Ham!
Tourtierre, a french – Canadian Meat pie, the recipe handed down through the generations and mostly enjoyed during ‘Le Reveillon’ (the awakening) on Christmas Eve in most Quebec households.
Served with lots and lots of ketchup and cranberry sauce, and a serving of homemade cabbage slaw with apples and a sweet creamy dressing brings forth many childhood memories!
My Grandma Wilma’s chicken & dumplins. It doesn’t get any better.
For Christmas breakfast we have cheese grits, honey baked ham biscuits and sausage balls. I am drooling now thinking about breakfast!! Merry Christmas!
Oh, shoot, I’m so sorry – I got all excited and didn’t answer the question. It’s cold and rainy here – LOVE IT – which is the perfect weather for chile con carne and corn bread. Having it for dinner tonight, one of family’s favorites :)
My favorite thing to eat at Christmas is Carrot Souffle. Carrots disguised as sweet potatoes. What could be better?!
Tamales on Christmas Day are the best! Can’t have anything else. It’s also how we have the spirit of my Grandma with us every year! No one could make them better!
My favourite non-sweet food at Christmas is the pigs in blankets – the most gorgeous tasting locally produced chipolata sausages wrapped in dry cured bacon and roasted in the oven until they are crispy and sticky and devine. Perfect with the roast turkey, and there is always a fight for the last one!
I don’t think I can choose a favorite! Love eating turkey and all the trimmings! Broc/Rice casserole, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, corn casserole….mmmm….the list goes on and on!
My husband sometimes makes vanilla pancakes on Christmas morning. They are perfect with a side of bacon.
We have beef tenderloin every year for Christmas dinner. Its delicious and always makes me think of my family!
He’s a real cup cake man, livin’ in a cup cake land, makin’ all hiss cup cake glam for muffin mama!
Ohmygosh, Cupcake Julie’s party is so cool!!! The new cake pops are fantastic – you are the best :) I am definitely doing the trees next year! Going to look for directions now….
Dinner is always good, but what I enjoy is our Christmas morning meal. We cook up eggs, peppered bacon, and kringle. Kringle isn’t exactly sweet, but it’s wonderful with butter!
Wow, I’m really a sucker for sweets and the first thing that came to mind is this great sweet potato pudding that gets made at every holiday meal. For years we did cheese fondue for Christmas eve which was my fav. My other fav is cream cheese and whipping cream twice baked mashed potatoes. The recipe came from my aunt and is the only one of her recipes I have.
LOVE the white xmas tree pops!
I’m looking forward to prime rib and king crab!
My favorite is a standing rib roast with yorkshire pudding! Even though the British call their desserts puddings, this is the savory, not sweet pudding that gets roasted in the beef drippings of the pan once the roast comes out of the oven. Every time it PUFFS up, I sing like a little kid. Like Oliver from the play Oliver :)
Lasagna! A Christmas favorite at my house!
My dad’s spaghetti sauce. We always have Italian food for Christmas, and there is nothing better than a pile of gnocchi with my dad’s sauce, and a liberal dose of fresh parmesan. Mmmmm.
We always eat beef tenderloin and boiled shrimp. Such a strange thing now that I think of it, but it is YUMMY and decadent.
Please post if you find those nutcracker guys somewhere else. I can’t sort through 1400 comments! And i’d love to have them. They SO go with my Christmas tree theme!
Wow!! That is really absolutely stunningly beautiful. It made my home look minimalistic to say the least. Does she do all that herself? She puts Martha Stewart to shame. You go gurl!! What an inspiration. I will have to kick it up a notch:)
My favorite thing to eat is HAM! Call me traditional, but I love it!
We always have eggs benedict for breakfast on Christmas. It’s my favorite breakfast tradition!
I would have to say that my fave is Green-Bean Casserole!!!!! Cream of mushroom soup, fresh green beans and Frenchs Fried crispy onions!!! So simple, but soooo amazing and WICKED De-LISH!!!! Love it so much! MMM…just thnking about it is making my mouth water. Since I’m a vegetarian, that is pretty much my meal, which works for me!! Everyone makes sure I get my plate full before the rest go at it, as they know it’s all I eat, since the rest is meat…but I LOVES IT!
BTW – these pics are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing them and sharing these prizes!!! I wouls SOOOO love to win!!! Fingers crossed!
My favourite thing to eat at Christmas is pernil. We’re Puerto Rican and this is a very common way to eat pork. We serve it with rice and beans and plantains. It wouldn’t feel like Christmas without it!
My favorite thing for Christmas is braised short ribs. Yum. Now I’m hungry just thinking about it. Yum.
Cheeseball (or cheeseblob if you don’t want to roll it) eaten with the large sized Fritos. I’ve never had another cheeseball like ours but it’s what we’ve grown up with. Noone even remembers where the original recipe came from but it’s our family favorite. And a house full of females can’t be wrong! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
I love eating all the different kinds of fish with my Italian family on Christmas Eve! Grilled Calamari salad is the best! (Ok… my mouth is watering now!)
I think that I would have to say that the honey baked ham is probably what I look forward to for christmas.
My absolute favorite thing to eat is turkey and mashed potatoes with gravy.The great thing is that after the meal, we then get to have homemade turkey soup! This year will be even better because we live out of state, and our parents are coming to celebrate with us:) I can’t wait!!! Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday
Every year, instead of Christmas dinner, we have Christmas breakfast with the works. Biscuits, pancakes/waffles, eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, hash browns, and whatever else we can come up with for a breakfast feast!
I love to eat ham! I also love all the appetizers & homemade rolls!
This Christmas display is amazing! I loved seeing pictures this year and last too. My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is shrimp and grits casserole (and a Bloody Mary!) for Christmas brunch.
My favorite thing to eat for Christmas dinner is Tri-tip marinated in Caribean Jerk marinade. Then serve it with fresh salsa and chipolte mashed potatoes, corn on the cob and garlic bread. Yummy… that is the southern California way to eat Christmas dinner. So delish.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you!
I loveeee real ham, mashed potatoes, corn.. and all the good stuff (:
And if I do say so myself, those little nutcrackers are adorable!
we’re a VERY non-traditional house. We have pasta of some sort… lasagna, spaghetti…. but I always remember Christmas Eve at Gramma’s house where we had ham, turkey, stuffin’ & all the traditional sides. Then a visit from Santa (great uncle LLoyd who always grew his white, white beard out every year) and opening presents! :-)
My favorite non-sweet? Hmmmm. I’m a fan of both ham and turkey. Even though you could totally make them year-round, we only bust them out during the holidays.
Turkey and cranberry (sometimes the stuffing) leftovers in a sandwich with some sunflower seeds mixed in for crunch. I also love eggs benedict and only eat it on Christmas morning.
The turkey for sure! My husband started making Alton Brown’s roast turkey a few years ago and I fell in love with turkey. It is hands down the best I’ve ever had!
My favorite thing to eat are my mom’s sweet potatoes! YUM!
I just got your book from a friend and am going to make the Santa hat pops this week! I’m excited! You are very creative! :). Thank you!
Oh I really, really, really want to win these!! Ever since I saw them in your Toronto post, I’ve been drooling over them. :)
My favorite meal on Christmas is my great-grandma’s roast and homemade noodles, with mashed potatoes. SO DELICIOUS!!
If you hear of places to buy these I would LOVE to know!! :)
Hmmm… Non-sweet, that’s hard with all the cookies and pies this time a year. But my favorite non-sweet item would be corn casserole… It’s kinda like a cornbread but WAY better! I look forward to it all year!
My favorite thing is the cranberry relish. It’s a mixture of cranberries with 2 oranges that have gone through the food processor…. then mixed in with raspberry jello. A little sugar so that it’s not so bitter .. place in a jello mold and you have so yummy stuff. I can’t imagine a christmas or thanksgiving meal for that matter without it!….at least for me!!
I love all of our food but if I have to pick just one it would be Italian Wedding Soup…for some reason that’s the only time I make it!
My dad’s amazing homemade stuffing.
AMAZING! the pics are gorgeous ..I can’t imagine how lovely it was right up close.
. Christmas Dinner.. prime rib ;)
Cupcake Julie is such an inspiration!! :) I am doing a Candyland party at work in January, and would love to pick her brain fro ideas….Anyway, favorite thing to eat at Christmas would be HAM! I am not much of a Turkey fan, but come the day after Thanksgiving, all I can think about is that delicious Honey Baked Ham! :)
I love crab dip. We have more munchies then actual sit-down food. We nibble all day – yum!
Those decorations are incredible! Thanks for sharing.
I’d have to say Swedish meatballs. It doesn’t matter if they’re homeade, (they’re usually not) I love them.
Or the turkey.
my favorite thing to eat on christmas is lasagna. weird, i know. It’s a family tradition that we don’t always have, but I always look forward to it.
I love these little guys! Everyone I know loves when I make Cake Balls!!
I love all holiday food! I’m especially looking forward to the honey baked ham, mashed potatoes, and green bean casserole!
I know you said no sweet but my favorite thing for Christmas morning is my grandmother’s crumb coffee cake. She only made it at Christmas and my cousins and my sister and I would devour it every year.
Rack of lamb covered in fresh garlic and rosemary. *drool*
My favorite non-sweet thing to eat at Christmas is the grits casserole my mom makes every year for Christmas morning. Makes this southern girl (not living in the south) happy.
I love the white Christmas tree cake pops, adorable!
My favorite thing to eat during the holidays is “funeral potatoes” (as they are called here in Utah) They are a yummy goodness mixture of cheese potatoes, onions, cream of chicken soup, and more cheese! Yumm.
My mom makes “trash” which is the original chex mix – she uses 4 sticks of butter and bacon drippings along with peppery spices for the chex ceral, pretzels, nuts, and corn nuts – yummy!
Nothing beats a Trash Can Turkey for the holidays. It is by far the best way to cook a turkey! Merry Christmas, everyone!!
Breakfast on Christmas morning….crepes filled with strawberries, crispy bacon and Red Roosters! (Champagne with cranberry juice and a twist of orange!)
potatoes. any kind…mashed, roasted, smashed!.. so yummy
we are going to do a standing rib roast this year!
Wow, that is incredible. I got a Cracker Barrel Christmas Train (just the engine) that looks like a whimsical gingerbread house. I would go perfectly with her theme. My favorite non-sweet food would probably be green bean casserole. But right now, after seeing all that, all I can think about is sweets.
It’s hard to think of something non-sweet that I love to eat on Christmas, but I guess it would probably be my mom’s dressing. I’m vegan, so she makes me my own little dish of dressing, not in the turkey.
Turkey! (:
My favorite thing to eat at Christmas time is breakfast. When I was little after church we would all go back to my Grandma and Grandpa’s house for a warm breakfast of eggs, toast, and ham!
Firstly, I wanted to say I thoroughly enjoyed the pics you took of your friend’s Christmas party last year & have anticipated viewing this year’s. Again I am awestruck. Your friend is a genius!!! And your cake pop nutcrackers are brilliant!
Paula Dean’s sprial cut honey ham. I am in LOVE w/ her ham! We have 1 in the freezer right now. I think we’ll be eating that on the eve of Christmas Eve LOL
Those two-tiered cake-pops are amazing!!
Merry Christmas everyone!
It would have to be my mom’s stuffing. I can eat big scoops of it and still want more.
We have beef tenderloin for Christmas Eve Dinner every year. For Christmas day it is always ham, with banana pudding the old fashion southern kind.
Love the blog. Happy holidays to you and yours!
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is breakfast food! Our Christmas breakfast filled with biscuits and sausage gravy is heaven.
We have beef tenderloin with creamy horseradish sauce every Christmas. We only have it once a year and I always look forward to it.
Hot buttered rum! The only time we have it is during Christmas.
Every Christmas morning my father always makes biscuits and gravy, except we just have it with bread so we call it bread and gravy. It’s a family tradition that I look forward to each year and when I’m not able to visit them on Christmas, I make it for my husband and I. It is so tasty! :)
beef tenderloin – we only splurge and buy this once a year for Christmas dinner!
lobster bisque. I look forward to it all year!
We keep things pretty simple and easy here for Christmas since Thanksgiving is such a huge affair and we’re just plum tuckered out and still recovering. Gonna be take-out/delivery of everyones choosing. Sometimes we’ll have like 6 different places deliver us food LOL it’s become our family tradition! This year my daughter and I will have Italian food! :)
Our christmas eve tradtion is enchiladas – i usually make chicken enchiladas. our christmas day tradition is the meal my grandmother used to make for us: Potato dumplings and Ham. YUM!
i love when we have baked ziti for christmas dinner. i don’t eat meat, and my mom really piles on the cheese. it’s perfection!
My favorite thing to eat is stuffing! My Dad makes the best stuffing ever.
My favorite thing to eat at Christmas is Roast Beef!
Merry, Merry..
My favorite thing to eat on Christmas is freshly baked Parkerhouse Rolls! Smear it with butter and there is nothing better than that!
Strange choice, but it’s just not Christmas without my Mom’s potato salad. My brother-in-law and I fight over who gets the leftovers every year!
My favorite thing to eat is the stuffing. We make a similar meal to what we have over Thanksgiving.
I have wanted these little guys for a while! My favorite Holiday treats? Cheesecake and Cannolis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a hard one for me…I guess a good pot roast. :)
I know you asked for one, but I can’t just leave it with one! Ham, mashed potatoes, greenbean casserole, corn casserole, rolls, etc. Yum!
Love the Cake Pops, beautiful as always!!
I love turkey with mash potatoes with gravy, it’s such a cozy, comfort food.
One year my aunt and I made a strata for brunch…it was the best!
I love eating monkey bread on Christmas. My family makes the best kind, so it’s a little bit addicting, but so worth it!
I LOVE this one appetizer my friend got me hooked on. She made it for a girls night and I make it all the time now. It is gone in two seconds at parties. It is roast beef on toasted baquette with a blue cheese creamy sauce and then chopped green onions. She just cuts the green stalk all over the tops with scissors. I am drooling thinking about it right now. :)
Sinful potatoes – lots of butter, sour cream, bacon, etc. You can only eat it once a year!
There’s nothing better than gravy soaked turkey smothered in some xxtra hot horseradish – my favourite!
On Christmas Eve we have a night of soups, crackers, cheese and shrimp.
My favorite thing: My Mom’s Cheesy Potato Soup! YUMMY!
Not gonna lie, I looooove eating deviled eggs at Christmas. I didn’t make any for Thanksgiving this year, so they’re going to be all the sweeter at Christmas — not literally, though! ;)
The ever simple Ritz crackers with peanut butter dipped in chocolate almond bark. Not sure why we only make them at Christmas, but they are delicious!
Every year growing up we would drive to my grandparents house on Christmas Eve to have ham, baked potatoes and homemade rolls.
My family always had Mexican food or Chinese food on Christmas Eve and glazed ham with all the fixins’ on Christmas Day, but my in-laws have introduced me to having filet minon and baked potatoes on Christmas. Mmmm….I’m super excited!
PS: My best friend & I went to see the Nutcracker this year & decided it would be wonderful to decorate my house like the Land of Sweets. Cupcake Julie’s house is perfect!! Thanks for sharing these amazing party photos!
I love this dessert I had in Ireland… a slice of gingerbread on a warm plate that has caramel & cream swirled on to it. A bit more caramel & cream poured on top of bread with fresh whipped cream to top it off. Its amazing!
My favorite non-sweet thing is my Grandma’s baked ham. It has the crushed pineapple on the outside they gets all glazed crunchy and sweet. Love it. She also makes homemade hot mustard to go with. Its to die for.
Beef tenderloin with gorgonzola cream sauce! I’m making it for my in-laws – Merry Christmas everyone!!
i love the stuffing…not that i didn’t eat enough of it around thanksgiving, but it’s just THAT good!
Brunch Pie! Yummos!
I love all the savory foods at christmas, potatoes, dressing, and popcorn. All delicious!!!
Mashed Potatoes, so delicious, perfect to balance out a sugar overload!
After all the sweets …. sometimes its nice just to eat…. a nice big turkey or ham dinner. Very fulfilling.
My mom’s stuffed mushrooms.