Holidays & Events

It’s time to celebrate! Get inspired to go above-and-beyond with our special recipes for holidays and events that take you from appetizers to dessert.

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Pacoca

4 reviews

Pacoca (Brazilian peanut candy) is an easy treat that has only five ingredients! It's a popular sweet in Brazil, and after you try it, I'm sure you'll love it, too. —Francine Lizotte, Surrey, British Columbia

Chocolate Lebkuchen Cherry Balls

2 reviews

Here’s my twist on the traditional German holiday lebkuchen—with a surprise inside. —Arlene Erlbach, Morton Grove, Illinois


Curry-Kissed Coconut Fudge

2 reviews

If you love Thai flavors and love fudge, you'll adore this creamy coconut fudge sprinkled with a hint of sweet...


Chocolate Caramel Candy

94 reviews

This dazzling treat tastes like a homemade Snickers bar and has flavor beyond compare. When I entered it in a...


Delectable Maple Nut Chocolates

9 reviews

"This recipe goes back about 40 years. My father loved anything with maple flavoring, so my mother tweaked a brownie...

Coconut Yule Trees

2 reviews

People say they love my coconut macaroon-like Christmas trees because they look so festive. Once decorated, these trees light up...


Chocolate Marshmallow Peanut Butter Squares

3 reviews

I combined a couple of recipes to create these crunchy, chocolaty peanut butter marshmallow bars that burst with flavor. The...

Simple Macadamia Nut Fudge

3 reviews

My aunt now lives in Hawaii, and she keeps our family supplied with fresh pineapples, mangos and macadamia nuts...along with...


Cookie Dough Truffles

163 reviews

The flavorful filling at the center of these yummy candies tastes like genuine chocolate chip cookie dough…with no worry about...


Fondant-Filled Candies

2 reviews

Meet the Cook: Here's an easy way to make two festive and unique candies from one basic recipe! Half of...


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Peanut Butter Snowballs

57 reviews

This recipe for peanut butter ball cookies is a nice change from the typical milk chocolate and peanut butter combination....

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Caramel Truffles

25 reviews

These caramel truffles disappear as fast as I can make them. The five-ingredient microwave recipe is easy and fun to...


Marvelous Maple Fudge

27 reviews

Use this delicious, easy recipe for potlucks, large family gatherings or bake sales. Line your pan with foil to make...


Contest-Winning Hazelnut Toffee

5 reviews

This is one of my most-asked-for recipes. It's sweet and buttery with plenty of crunch. You could use dark, milk...


Angel Food Christmas Candy

9 reviews

It was my dad who inspired me to first try making this candy. He remembered it from when he was...


Marbled Orange Fudge

24 reviews

This decadent treat doesn't last long at our house. The Creamsicle flavor of this soft fudge brings on the smiles....

Butter Pecan Fudge

54 reviews

Toasted pecans add a nutty crunch to this creamy fudge, perfect for holiday giving. People always seem to rave about...


Pecan Caramel Candies

35 reviews

Salty and sweet, these candies are the perfect little snack. Form a kitchen assembly line with your kids, and the...


Trail Mix Clusters

22 reviews

These delicious snacks make wonderful gifts, and although they look and taste like they came from an expensive chocolate shop,...


Hazelnut Toffee

The Willamette Valley produces a lot of hazelnuts, so this recipe truly represents our neck of the woods. I always...


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Aunt Rose’s Fantastic Butter Toffee

14 reviews

I don't live in the country, but I love everything about it—especially good old-fashioned home cooking! Every year, you'll find...


Cinnamon Peanut Brittle

13 reviews

I made this sweet, peanut-packed candy for Christmas and sent some with my husband to work. His co-workers liked it...


Coffee Shop Fudge

13 reviews

This coffee fudge recipe is one that my son, Jackson, and I worked on together. After several efforts, we decided...


Marshmallow Puffs

11 reviews

With peanut butter, chocolate and marshmallows, these treats were very popular with our three kids as they were growing up—and...


Pecan Delights

15 reviews

A relative visiting from Oklahoma brought these and the recipe with her. Who can resist rich chewy caramel over crunchy...

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Crunchy Peanut Bark

7 reviews

Cereal and peanuts add the crunch to these sweet and peanut-buttery treats you can whip up in no time. One...


Almost a Candy Bar

22 reviews

Says Barb Wyman from her kitchen in Hankinson, North Dakota: "Because I love candy bars and marshmallows, this recipe was...


Maple Nut Truffles

11 reviews

Rich, creamy and rolled in nuts, these truffles will satisfy any chocolate lover. Guaranteed to dress up your holiday cookie...


Cookies ‘n’ Cream Fudge

21 reviews

I invented this confection for a bake sale at our children's school. Boy, was it a hit! The crunchy chunks...


Contest-Winning Brown Sugar Angel Food Cake

Brown sugar makes this moist, tender angel food cake delicious and different. Chunks of chopped toffee give its fluffy frosting...


Banana Cream Chocolate Truffles

1 review

This truffle recipe was created from ripe bananas and my imagination, and the outcome blew my family and friends away!...