Thread: Thanksgiving and Christmas Season - Holiday Treats and Assorted Stuff

JELL-O SHOT TREE!!!!! Merry, Happy…EVERYTHING!!

Meet Me At The Mist-letoe...Martini

• 2 oz. Sierra Mist Natural (or any other lemon-lime soda)
• 1 ½ oz. Raspberry Vodka (substitute Raspberry juice for mocktail)
• 3 Leaves fresh basil...
• ½ oz. Fresh lime juice
• 1 oz. Blueberry juice

In a glass, muddle two basil leaves and lime juice, then add to shaker filled with ice. Add raspberry vodka (or juice) and blueberry juice to the shaker; shake and strain. Top with Sierra Mist Natural and garnish with a basil leaf.

Great idea for a holiday cocktail party: serve olives on rosemary wreath!

Turkey Cookies! Simple and fun!

Make your favorite sugar cookies
Use candy corn for the 'feathers'
Decorate with an icing pen

Can you make this!?

Another holiday drink! Salute!

Two Turtle Doves:

1 1/2 oz vodka...
1 oz coconut cream
1 oz half and half (or half milk and half cream like I used)
1/2 oz white creme de cacao
grated white chocolate

Rim your martini glass with grated white chocolate. In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above, except for the grated white chocolate that you used to rim your martini glass. Shake and strain your cocktail into your rimmed martini glass.

CHEERS!

Strawberry Santa Cake

Ingredients

1 lb large strawberries...
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3-4 Tablespoons powdered sugar (or sugar substitute - to taste)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. Remove the top, (enough for a hat). Clean out the whole strawberry with a paring knife, if necessary (some of them are hollow already. Prep all of the strawberries and set aside.

2. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add cream cheese mix to a piping bag or Ziploc with the corner snipped off. Fill the strawberries with cheesecake mixture.

3. Once strawberries are filled, top with the 'hats.' Decorate according to photo.

4. If not serving immediately, refrigerate until serving.

Thank you Emily Barth from SWEET TREATS AMONGST FRIENDS! How fun!

What you'll need

Bosc pear (head)...
Melon (body)
Cheese (beak and tail feathers)
Red pepper (snood, feet and side feathers)
Raisins (eyes)
Grapes (tail feathers)
Bamboo skewers
Toothpicks

How to make it
Stabilize the melon body by cutting a shallow slice off the rind to form a flat base. Using a section of bamboo skewer, attach a Bosc pear head to the melon, as shown.

Cut a cheese triangle beak and red pepper snood. Attach both, along with raisin eyes, to the head with sections of toothpick.

Cut red pepper feet and set them in place. For tail feathers, skewer cheese cubes and red grapes, then insert the skewers as shown. Pin pepper side feathers in place with toothpicks.

Grinch Kabobs:

I know it's kind of early, but 3 people have submitted this idea! SO SO CUTE!

Layer mini marshmallow, strawberry, banana slice, and a grape on a small stick and you get Grinch Kabobs!