We love getting together for our Girlfriends Christmas Party! It started out more of a typical Gourmet Club style event and has changed into a everybody help with the meal and join in a holiday dessert exchange. We all go home with a dessert to share with our families and a fun new serving dish.
This year we all brought an appetizer to share. I didn't get individual pictures of some, sorry.
Mandy brought a yummy hummus dip with tomatoes, cucumbers, olives and a balsamic drizzle.
Brenda brought Crackers and Jalapeño Greek Yogurt Dip
Alisha brought crackers topped with beef, cranberry horseradish cream cheese spread and spiced cranberry jam.
Carrie brought cheese and homemade crackers
Amy brought Jalapeño poppers
Alyssa brought fresh fruit with a peanut butter yogurt dip
Amy brought a fun Holiday Chex Mix
Leslie brought the famous Raspberry Bundt Cake
Nola made Egg Nog Cheesecakes
Emily made Oreo Peppermint Popcorn
Mandy made Fudge
Carrie made a White Chocolate Cranberry Bread
Alyssa made a Bread Pudding
Tanya made a German Chocolate Cheesecake
Corinne made Banana Pudding
Brittany made Peanut Brittle
Brenda brought Pumpkin Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
and there were some really fun serving pieces to choose from.
Recipes:
Peppermint and Cookie Popcorn
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Popcorn is coated with peppermint chocolate candy. Throw in some broken up chocolate cookies for some extra chocolate crunch!
Serves: 8 cups popcorn
Ingredients
- 1 (10 oz) bag Candy Cane Hershey's Kisses, unwrapped
- 8 cups popped popcorn
- 10-15 holiday Oreos, broken into pieces
- Instructions
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt the kisses in the microwave on 50% power in 30 second intervals, until the candy is melted. Pour over the popcorn and stir until coated. Stir in the cookie pieces. Transfer the popcorn to a wax paper lined baking sheet and allow to cool until hardened. Break into pieces.
