Red Velvet and White Cake Mix Cookies
These are so super easy!  The recipe makes a ton of cookies, so they are perfect for sharing!  Watch me make them on Instagram too!

Cinnamon Pecan Ice Box Cookies
This is a great make-ahead cookie recipe.  You can slice and bake them when you are ready.

Strawberry Swirl Cookies
These cookies make great gifts!  Plus, they are fun to make!

Oatmeal Toffee Pecan Cookies
These are my personal favorite!  They are just a good old-fashioned cookie perfect with a glass of milk.

Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Bars
There is just something about the combination of cranberries, white chocolate, and pecans.  This is another good old-fashioned cookie bar recipe.

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I think we could all use a nice cup of this Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate right about now.  I don’t know about y’all, but I’ve never looked so forward to a holiday season.  We all need a little joy and celebration after this year!

And this Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate is so perfect to bring about joy!  Who wouldn’t be happy when they see a big crock pot full of this stuff and all the mix-ins!  

There are a lot of versions of this online.  This one is more of a traditional old-fashioned recipe with evaporated milk and cocoa powder.  It’s the kind of homemade hot chocolate I remember as a child.  It’s perfect when you want to add in all the fun toppings but don’t want it way too sweet. 

Make a Fun Hot Chocolate Bar:

Have little bowls for fun mix-ins filled with:

• • Crushed peppermint
  • Peppermint sticks or candy canes
  • Mini Chocolate Chips
  • Mini Marshmallows
  • Canned whipped cream

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Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate

Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate - An old-fashioned hot chocolate recipe perfect for the holidays and so easy to make in the slow cooker!

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Ingredients

• 2 12 oz. cans of evaporated milk
• 3 cups 2% milk
• 1/2 - 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup hot water
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• Toppings: canned whipped cream, chocolate chips, marshmallows, crushed peppermint, peppermint sticks or candy canes

Instructions

1. Add evaporated milk and 2% milk to a large microwaveable bowl. Microwave for about 2 to 3 minutes or until hot.
2. Pour milk into slow cooker. Stir in sugar, hot water, and cocoa powder.
3. Cook on high for 2 hours or low for 4 hours.
4. Serve each with optional toppings: marshmallows, crushed peppermint, peppermint sticks, chocolate chips, whipped cream.

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• 3 Magic Christmas Recipes
• Christmas Crunch
• Cranberry Lemonade
• Cranberry Orange Loaf
• Cranberry White Chocolate Oatmeal Bars
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This Cranberry Lemonade recipe is perfect for the entire holiday season from Thanksgiving to New Years.  I normally make a big batch of the nonalcoholic version in my drink dispenser when family is over.  It is also perfect when you want to make a few cocktails too!  

I like tart drinks that aren’t too sweet.  If you are like me, then this little recipe is for you!   If you like things sweeter, add a little more sprite.

Tips for Making Cranberry Lemonade:

• Freeze your cranberries ahead of time.
• Refrigerate all drinks ahead of time.
• Slice up lemon into wedges and rings.  I like to have the rings inside the dispenser for a pretty look.

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Cranberry Lemonade

Cranberry Lemonade - An easy and refreshing holiday drink recipe.  Both a cocktail for a few and a large batch non-alcoholic punch recipe are included!

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Ingredients

Cocktail Recipe:

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• 1.5 oz vodka (1 shot)
• 4.5 oz cranberry juice (3 shots)
• 3 lemon wedges
• 1 cup sprite
• frozen cranberries
• ice

Cranberry Punch (non-alcoholic):

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• 2 liter sprite
• 64 oz cranberry juice
• 6 cups water
• 3 on-the-go lemonade packets (for water bottles)
• sliced lemons
• frozen cranberries

Instructions

Cocktail Version (Makes 3):

Fill a shaker half way with ice. Add 1 shot of vodka (this can be more if you'd like). Add 3 shots of cranberry juice. Squeeze 3 lemon wedges. Fill the rest of the way with sprite. Put on lid and shake to mix. Place frozen cranberries in serving glasses and pour drink into them and serve.

Punch Version (Non-alcoholic):

Fill a large drink dispenser with 2 liters sprite, 64 oz cranberry juice, 6 cups of water, lemonade packets and stir. Add in sliced lemons and some frozen cranberries. Serve with frozen cranberries in glass with a lemon wedge.

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Festive munchies are one of my favorite parts of the holiday season.  Here are 3 Magic Christmas Recipes to make your holiday even more special.  All three are really easy and perfect for gifts!  

Christmas Magic Mix
First up, this Christmas Magic Mix is for those fans of Magic Cookie Bars!  It’s all those yummy ingredients in snack mix form!

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Magic Pretzels
Next up are one of my savory favorites!  These Magic Pretzels are so good!!  Make up a batch soon and share!  You won’t regret this recipe at all!

Magic Cookie Truffles
Last, are these Magic Cookie Truffles.  This one is also for those fans of Magic Cookie Bars but in truffle form!!  

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Enjoy them all and here are some of our other favorites too!

Other Christmas Recipe Favorites:

• Holiday Snack Recipes 
• Christmas Crunch
• Red Velvet & White Cake Mix Cookies

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Some years for Christmas, my family opts to skip the traditional gumbo in favor of a table full of good appetizers.  We are all foodies in my family, so nothing is more fun than looking at a table full of eating possibilities!  Here are some great holiday snack recipes to fill your table this holiday too!

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Stuffed Sausage Bread
I cannot start my list without this number one requested recipe we have a pretty much any gathering we have!!  I love this stuff!  The recipe even has a video too!

Hot Bean and Cheese Dip
This is the second most-requested recipe at our family gatherings.  It’s super easy!

Cranberry Chipotle Cream Cheese

Christmas Magic Mix
If you love Magic Cookie Bars, then you will love this snack mix!

Cheesy Jalapeno Egg Squares
These are perfect for those trying to eat low-carb!

Baked Corn and Sausage Dip
My family loves corn, so this dip is a no-brainer gotta have it kind of recipe!

Magic Pretzels
These make great gifts too!!  Oh, they are so good!

Magic Cookie Truffles
Another great recipe if you love Magic Cookie Bars!

Chicken Caprese Bites

Cranberry Cups

French Onion Dip

Ham, Turkey, and Cheese Crescent Squares

Crescent Chicken Taco Pinwheels

Ham and Cheese Macaroni Muffin Cups

Christmas Crunch
Oh my!  This stuff will be the first to go!

Mississippi Mud Brownies

Mini Cherry Cheesecake Trifles

Strawberry Swirl Cookies

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I’m super excited to share this Christmas Crunch recipe with you guys.  It’s sure to be a favorite this holiday season because it is just so darn good!  In fact, my husband told me I had to put this recipe on here.  So y’all need to thank him when y’all make it 😉

This Christmas Crunch recipe makes a big batch, and it’s perfect for gifts and festive snacking.  I mean we polished off a whole bowl in our neighborhood recently.  How could one go wrong with butter and sugar folks?  After all, it’s Christmas!

How to Make Christmas Crunch:

1. Add cereals, coconut, and sliced almonds to a LARGE bowl.
2. Cook butter, sugar, and corn syrup to 234 degrees.  You need a candy thermometer.
3. Stir sugar mixture to coat cereal mixture and spread out to cool and harden.

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Christmas Crunch

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Ingredients

• 5 cups Golden Grahams
• 5 cups Rice Chex
• 1 cup sweetened coconut
• 3/4 cup sliced almonds
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 1/2 sticks butter

Instructions

1. Mix cereals, coconut, and almonds in a LARGE bowl.
2. In a medium saucepan, melt butter, sugar, and corn syrup.  Heat over medium high heat until mixture reaches about 234 degrees.  It will really be foamy and bubbly at this point.  Remove from heat.
3. Very carefully, pour over cereal mixture in bowl and begin mixing to coat cereal.  
4. Spread out on wax paper-covered sheet pans to cool and harden a little.  Store in sealed container or plastic bag for a few days.

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Get your sweet tooth ready!  We have some sweet treats to get you in the Christmas spirit!  We sure are down here in Louisiana.  We had a snow day on Friday…and I mean snow…not the typical ice/mixture we sometimes get.  I’ve never seen uninterrupted HOURS of snow down here in my life.  We’ve never had enough snow to make huge snowmen either.  It was crazy stuff!  My kids took complete advantage of it!  We woke up at 5:30 just start enjoying it too 🙂  It was a day of pure joy for us and now we are totally in the mood for Christmas!

So please enjoy are Holiday Sweets Edition of our Weekly Family Meal Plan!!

Christmas Magic Mix

Red Velvet & White Cake Mix Cookies

Double Chocolate Ginger Crinkle Cookies

Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bars

Homemade Christmas Caramels

Chocolate Peppermint Blossoms

Old Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies

Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce

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One of my favorite parts of Christmas is seeing all the wonderful cookie recipes!  I’ve teamed up with several other bloggers to help you find some really good ones!  Just looking at all these photos makes me giddy!

Here are some of my personal favorites I’ve tried:

Red Velvet & White Cake Mix Cookies
Pretty and festive cookies perfect for parties!

Cinnamon Pecan Icebox Cookies
These are easy!  Make them ahead, store in freezer, and slice and bake!

Strawberry Swirl Cookies
These are another festive cookie perfect to give as gifts!

Maple Pecan Cookies
I love these!  They are made with maple syrup!!

Harvest Cookies
I love this recipe!  They are perfect gifts as well!

Now be sure to check out all the yummy cookie recipes below for more fabulous ideas!!

100+ Christmas Cookies is brought to you by the following bloggers:

Jaren at Diary of a Recipe Collector | Mandy at Mandy’s Recipe Box | Kelley at The Grant Life
Danielle at The Creative Bite | Nicole at Or Whatever You Do | Julie at Julie’s Eats & Treats
Megan at With Salt & Wit | Jen at Yummy Healthy Easy | Justine at Cooking & Beer
Sara at Bitz & Giggles | Chelsea at Chelsea’s Messy Apron | Samantha at Five Heart Home
Tanya at Lemons for Lulu | Andi at The Weary Chef | Melanie at Melanie Makes
Danae at The Recipe Runner | Amanda at Fake Ginger | Serene at House of Yumm
Cate at Chez Catey Lou | Ashley at Spoonful of Flavor | Jessica at Sprinkle Some Sugar

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Magic Cookie Bars were the first dessert I learned to make all by myself as a child.  They still are one of my favorite desserts.  All those coconut-haters are missing out in my opinion 🙂

After making these Magic Cookie Bar Truffles last year, I set out to make this little treat in snack mix form this year.  And I’m happy to say, it couldn’t have been easier!

It was so easy I even made a video!!

One of my favorite little gifts to make are treat bags.  Back when I did a lot of scrapbooking and card-making, I made custom treat bags for the kids in my children’s classes.  Well that got to be quite overwhelming, so now I stick to using printables usually.  But just for funzies, you can go over to my scrapbooking blog (excuse me while I blow the dust off of it from lack of use) and check out some of the fun treat bags I made.  I would create a whole assembly line.  It was fine when my kids were in preschool, and there were only about 12 to 14 kids in their classes.  It became overwhelming when they got to “big” school.    I do miss making them though!

So now I’ve started making these little printable tags.  They are super easy to print out, and they just make people happy!  I love getting little treats like this!
And as I mentioned last week, I’m terribly indecisive, so I made three different tags!  I still can’t decide which one I like better!  #canijustmakeadecisionplease

And….drum roll please…here is my first little recipe video for you!  It’s short, sweet, and to the point!

Click HERE to print the white circle tags.

Click HERE to print the gray tags.

Click HERE to print the white label tags.

You can find clear treat bags at most stores with a craft section.

Christmas Magic Mix

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Ingredients

• 1 sleeve graham crackers (9 whole crackers)
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 7 oz sweetened condensed milk (1/2 of a 14 oz can)
• cooking oil spray

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Break apart graham crackers into small pieces and place in a large bowl.
3. Add chocolate chips, coconut, and pecans.
4. Add sweetened condensed milk and stir to combine well.
5. Line a large baking sheet with foil. Spray liberally with cooking oil spray.
6. Bake for 10 minutes or until coconut is beginning to get toasted. Let cool on baking sheet. Store in a sealed container until ready to set out for gathering or place in gift bags.

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Hello everyone!  I’m here today with a little bit of a different kind of post.  Sorry no recipe for today, but I wanted to share a printable with you guys instead.  I’ve made a few other printables on here before, and it is something I like to do and share.  I guess it’s the former teacher in me 🙂

So today, I’m showing you what I’m giving as teacher gifts this year.  I found these awesome blankets online, and I instantly fell in love with them!  I love a good blanket!  My kids love a good blanket too!  I’m hoping that the teachers will like them too 🙂  My whole thinking with this gift is for the receiver to feel a little more cozier this Christmas.  And I made this cute little tag to go along with them…

Now I’m not sure if I’ve ever mentioned how very indecisive I am to you guys or not.  It’s gotten a little worse too.  I went to the store to pick up some red ribbon to tie around these blankets.  I came home with 6 different spools of red ribbon… #troublemakingdecisions  My husband just shook his head…

I also had two different ideas in my mind when I made these tags.  So I made both, and have them here for you to choose!  My indecisiveness is your reward 🙂

I actually have a Silhouette, so I have offered a link to the green scalloped tag to be cut using that machine if you have one.  If you don’t, just print them and cut them out.  Either way works fine!

So now all you have to do is find some cute blankets and give someone the gift of a cozier Christmas!  You can find the blankets I have HERE.

Click HERE to print the green scalloped tag.  It includes two per page.
Have a Silhouette?  Click HERE to download the Silhouette file.

Click HEREto print the red/pink chevron square tag.  It includes two per page.

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