Can I Ask What You Are All Making For The Holidays?
Decorating By birdgirl Updated 20 Dec 2006 , 10:10pm by sweetness_221
Out of boredom since I can not make candy as planned due to wet weather I pose the question of "What are you all making for Christmas in terms of cakes, candies, and cookies?" I was going to make truffles, peanut brittle, cherry mash, toffee, salted nut rolls, penuche and of course sugar cookies. I wish we could do an exchange with others on the board, I make too much and the neighbors complain about me causing them to gain weight! 
I'm going to be making Cake truffles (cake balls) and brownies for family and friends whom I can't afford to purchase gifts for this year. I plan to package them in gift boxes lined with tissue paper. It's a quick pinch for money problems, unplanned for bills or emergencies, or not knowing what to get someone because they say "Nothing" or "I don't know whatever" lol Almost everyone on my list said "nothing!!!!" when asked what they would like lol.
I had planned to make fudge but my daughter came down with the flu or another similar bug and is home sick today so fudge is out and now just brownies and cake truffles lol
my whole family splits up the cooking - we have a progressive dinner - breakfast at one house, lunch at another, snacks at another, dinner at one, and dessert at the last house. My mom's house is last and she made about 30 different kinds of cookise so my sister and I are doing the little ornament cakes and peppermint and chocolate martinis Yum! For my office I made a cookies and cream cake and chocolate covered oreos.
Same here. I made cake truffles for the kids' teachers, scout leaders, etc. They turned out super impressive because no one around here has ever even heard of cake truffles!! I also made gingerbread cookies and pecan tassies for our family get togethers. If things go well, I'll also make caramel tassies and chocolate chip cookies this weekend.
I am making my late MIL's soft cut-out sugar cookies, iced with rolled buttercream. I made Pecan Caramel Tarts, fudge with black walnuts and some plain (for the kids), strawberry and chocolate cake balls (truffles) coated in white, milk and semi-sweet chocolates and decorated with sprinkles, nuts and coconut. If I find the time, my mother gave me one of those cool cookie tree kits (with the star shaped cookie cutters) , so hopefully I can get to that. Grandbabies coming in to town in three days, not sure how much I can get done by then! I host Christmas dinner for 12-14 people, and I decided NOT to fuss with a dessert this year. Everyone is usually so dang full, and with all the treats I'll have, that's gonna have to do! LOL Happy holidays!
I love this post. I just finished my Christmas baking. In addition to NFSC christmas trees i also made chocolate mint drop cookies, skore squares, holly squares, date squares, toffee nut crunch bars, egal brand coconut squares and brownies which i ruined (i put too much water in the mix and they turned to mush and would not bake) I cant wait till x-mas eve!! 
For the Holiday, I'm making a great big hole in my bed!
I made cake balls (268!!)to give out with the gifts I purchased. I found little boxes that hold 4 cake balls and they are going in there. I am also making a cross cake for Saturday (gift exchange with my best friends family)-white,red,green marbled w/bc or fondant (haven't decided yet), an 8" round for Sunday (paid)-yellow cake w/vanilla pudding, 6" round for Sunday (gift)-coconut cream w/coconut cream pudding, 6" round for Monday (gift)-triple chocolate fudge w/bc filling, Father Christmas (from Wilton YB-not sure which year) for Monday to bring to a party-yellow 1/4 sheet cake w/some kind of pudding. I think that is it......but there could be more. 
So far I've made:
white chocolate peppermint bark
fudge with nuts
peanutbutter cups
snowball cookies
Today I'm making:
coconut almond balls (just like almond joys)
carmel corn
snickerdoodles
I'm also going to be making sugar cookie (cut outs decorated)
pumpkin bread
apricot cookies dipped in white chocolate
cranberry cookies
jam thumb print cookies
oh and homemade carmels.
Chocolate Mint Squares (100)
Raspberry Oatmeal Squares(100)
Almond Ganache Cups(100)
Snicker doodles bars(150)
peanut butter bars(150)
Brownies cups(100)
Guinness bread (24)
If you notice everything is a "bar" because i am running out of time!!! i still have the brownie cups, ganache cups, guinness bread and peanut butter bars to make!! 
ps idea help i need to make a goody basket for a lady who order stuff for halloween and thanksgiving (my only real customer)
I have made peanut butter, Michigan rock, oatmeal raisin, gingerbread, and sugar cookies to divide between 3 houses. I am also making a chocolate chip cake with chocolate filling and a chocolate cake with oreo filling both with chocolate b/c frosting (I plan on making a tiered cake like the ones posted on her with the gingerbread people on the sides). I am also making a red velvet cake to take to my mothers house Christmas Evening. Christmas day we are fixing snack foods at our house for the kids.
I am making chocolate on choclate cake balls and white chocolate on eggnog cake balls for gifts at work, chocolate ornaments for all the kiddies at my grandma's house, sugar cookies, zucchini bread, rum cake, gingerbread cookies, and more cake balls for platters to take to the relative's houses christmas eve and christmas day.
Oh I forgot, my sister and I already made tiger butter apples for her to take to work, and my mom and I were making peppermint bark cups last night and will continue on today.
I've scaled things waaaayyy back this year. I've already made a double chocolate fudge, mint oreo balls, and some kind of amazement with peanuts, cheerios, marshmallows, peanut butter, and white almond bark. That's a new one for me and dh is about to polish off the first batch. Must make more! lol
I still need to make the rocky road fudge bars, gingerbread cookies, choco chip, sugar cookies (iced, of course!), snowballs, BUCKEYES (MY fave!), hot cocoa mix and mocha coffee mix. There's more but I can't think and I'm too lazy to get up and go find my list. lol I give a lot as gifts. It's just easier than trying to figure out what to buy for people who already own two of everything on the planet.
I am making quite a bit this year. Here's my list:
1. Cake balls - spice cake with pumpkin spice creamer dipped in w. choc.
spice cake with gingerbread creamer dipped in w. choc.
white cake with heath pieces and almond toffee creamer
dipped in milk choc.
2. Petit Fours
3. Cordial Cherries
4. Choc. dipped choc. chip cookies
5. white choc. covered pretzels
6. sugar cookies
7. peanut butter blossoms (the ones with the hershey kiss on them)
8. peanut butter fudge (maybe)
9. Chocolate Truffles (DH loves these)
I think there might be more. My mind isn't working too well right now..lol. I've got way too much to do and not enough time to do it. I need to get off of the computer and do some of this stuff. Ahhhhh!!! I just realized I have only 2 more days to get this done!! We are doing Christmas with my FIL on Friday. I'm not even half way through my list! Well I really gotta go now.
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