When visions of sugar plums dance in your head, you’re probably picturing juicy plums coated in sugar to give the a holiday sparkle. Unfortunately, that isn’t what sugar plums are. Sugar plums are, essentially, a type of candy where layers of sugar are built up around a central “seed.” Traditionally, …
I am a big advocate of buying chocolate chips that are made with real chocolate, ones that are made with cocoa butter and not other vegetable oils. There are some exceptions, such as for flavored chips. While they look like chocolate chips in shape, these candy chips come in flavors like mint, …
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are one of my all-time favorites. The buttery, nutty oatmeal cookie dough always seems like the perfect place for a generous amount of chocolate chips – and I don’t mind if there are a few nuts thrown in for texture, either. Thanks to the whole grain oatmeal, oatmeal …
Eggnog is an indulgent holiday tradition that I am always happy to take part in. There are lots of eggnog options out there, from homemade recipes that can take a little bit of time to put together to store-bought cartons that offer an eggnog fix in a pinch. There are …
Gingerbread men (and gingerbread ladies) are one of my favorite types of cookies to bake during the holiday season. That being said, I don’t always use my gingerbread man cookie cutters on gingerbread cookie dough. I used them on a wide variety of cut out cookies because they’re so much fun to decorate. …
Starbucks’ latest limited edition offering is a very seasonal one: the Christmas Tree Frappuccino. Like the Unicorn Frappuccino that came out earlier this year, they really dressed up this drink to help put you in the holiday spirit. The frappuccino has a peppermint mocha base and is topped with a green …
Peanut butter cookies are a classic, not just because they’re delicious, but because their salty-sweet tastiness is unmatched by other types of cookies. One of the things that I enjoy about peanut butter cookies is that they can come in so many different forms, including both very crisp and very chewy styles. These …
Long time readers will know that I used to do a lot of gift guides on Baking Bites. I stopped doing them a few years ago – not because I don’t enjoy doing them, as they are a lot of fun to put together – but because it seemed like there was …
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