Monday, December 15, 2014

Girlfriends Christmas Party 2014

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
  1. 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.