Ultimate Holiday Recipe Roundup
One of the best parts of the holiday season are cooking up and sharing all the delicious food + festive holiday recipes! Below you will find a complete list of my favorite holiday recipes from over the years! I hope this list will ease your stress of holiday planning and bring you some fun + delicious ideas for the season. Whether you’re looking for an appetizer, dessert, giftable snack, cheeseboard, or more, there’s a little bit of everything! Click the links for more cooking instructions and ingredients!
ENJOY!
XOXO
Emily
Sausage balls have always been a holiday tradition at my house and it just doesn't feel like Christmas without them. I agree that these aren't the most attractive of appetizers, but they make up for it with how addicting and delicious they are! They are also super simple to make and have only 4 ingredients! Year after year they are sure to be everyone's favorite appetizer that you just can't stop eating!
There are not many things better than the combination of bacon and cheese. My mom would always make this cheeseball recipe around the holidays and it has always been one of my favorite snacks. The original recipe came from an 80's church cookbook (don't all the best recipes come from old church cookbooks?!), but I have slowly changed it up over the years.
The holidays is my favorite time to enjoy all the appetizers, especially themed cheeseboards and charcuterie! There are so many different ingredients and combinations for these but this board pretty much has it all! It’s a collection of the best of the best of holiday ingredients, flavors, and colors and makes the most stunning Christmas appetizer or meal!
Everyone loves a good charcuterie board! This board is not only easy to make but delicious! You can take any of your favorite charcuterie board ingredients and arrange them into this fun festive shape!
I’m sharing the quickest, easiest, and cutest holiday appetizer around- candy cane caprese! This is just like a traditional caprese except you make it in the shape of a candy cane for a festive holiday touch! I also added prosciutto to make it a little heartier (and even more delicious). It seriously doesn’t get much easier than this as far as holiday appetizers go and I promise all your guests will love eating this as well!
Whenever I'm entertaining during the holiday season, my go-to dish is a festive and colorful charcuterie board. Not only is this super quick and easy to make, but it is a perfect shareable dish for feeding a crowd. There's hardly any prep involved aside from a little slicing and arranging. A giant wood bread board or platter is the perfect base for serving your charcuterie and creating a stunning display that looks just as good as it tastes.
This sweet and salty snack mix featuring tons of Trader Joe’s favorites: dark chocolate star cookies, toffee pretzels, salty nut mix, mini peanut butter cups, and more! Find all the ingredients and instructions for putting this one together below and you can check out the other snack mix here too!
Everyone loves a great snack mix! I wanted to share more than one option with you to show you the endless possibilities for all your holiday snacky needs!
What’s more festive (and delicious) than a Christmas tree antipasto platter? It’s so quick and easy to put together and perfect for your holiday entertaining! I choose a couple salamis, 3 cheeses, olives, and peppers and layered into a Christmas tree shape! Finish with some fresh thyme and rosemary spread throughout for garnish and use a star cookie cutter to cut out a piece of cheese for the top!
This is full of cute + tasty little snacks + treats that your kids will love eating + making! I had so much fun putting one of these kid’s boards together for Halloween so I knew I had to do one for Christmas too! This is full of fun snacks that you can put together to surprise your kids or even let them help you make. All are very easy and only require a few steps and ingredients!
Here is a simple shortbread recipe to make the perfect holiday cookies! I know for me holiday cookies are always a hit at our gatherings.
This is such a perfect winter treat full of toppings and treats to pair with your hot chocolate. I got everything for this board from Trader Joe’s and Kroger. This board can serve 8-10 people or more depending on how many toppings everyone wants! You can customize this too with a variety of different desserts and toppings- you definitely do not have to use everything listed or the exact same items either.
The perfect pick-me-up for these dreary winter months is hot cocoa with alllll the toppings. This hot chocolate board would make the best snow day or treat for entertaining, no matter the occasion. There’s no baking or measuring required and you can put this dessert together quickly and easily. You can also customize this easily with a variety of different toppings depending on your preferences. There’s so many options out there, so definitely do feel like you have to use what I used!
One of the best parts of Christmas are all the old-fashioned holiday traditions. Homemade ornaments are reminiscent of a simpler time when fancy glass ornaments weren't available to the masses and many people used simple ingredients to create their own Christmas ornaments each year. Stringing popcorn or cranberries, hanging pinecones or nuts, and even these simple cinnamon ornaments are all examples of homemade ornaments. These cinnamon ornaments can be customized with any shape or size of cookie cutter and the recipe is so easy, making it a great activity for children of all ages. I used our Kentucky cookie cutter for my ornaments and I love the way they turned out!
I’ve gotten so many questions about my homemade simmering scents since posting about my fall build-your-own potpourri station, so I decided to share another spin on this with a holiday themed scent! This using many of the same ingredients as the autumn scent. plus some new ones, and looks just as good as it smells! This is a must if you are entertaining and want you home to smell AMAZING for all your guests! It also makes such a cute and easy homemade gift for neighbors, teachers, co-workers, etc.
