✨MUST SEE!✨ Christmas 🎄Treats & Appetizer Compilation | Easy & Delicious Christmas Party Recipes! 🎁

Hey guys, welcome back to my channel and thank you for clicking on this video. In today's video we're going to be making some holiday appetizers. I've got a few different savory options and then one sweet treat at the end. So if you guys want to see what we're going to make then please keep watching. All right guys, first up is our little Smokies wreath. What you're going to need is a package of Crescent Rolls, brand of your choice. Then you're going to need some beef little Smokies. They're like little mini hot dogs. They have them in different protein varieties. I've seen it turkey, beef, I'm sure they even make pork. So pick the one that your family likes. One red pepper. This is for the decoration to make the bow. You guys will see. And then one beaten egg for the egg wash at the end. So first thing you want to do is take out your dough from the package. I already preheated my oven to 375. Got your dough all rolled out. Now you're just going to push the seams together. I'm going to make it one big pastry pastry dough sheet. Okay, once you've got all the seams pushed together, you're going to go ahead and cut these in strips. All right, I went ahead and emptied our little Smokies into a bowl just to make assembly easier. So I think I'm going to cut it down in half once more. Considering these are so tiny, you're going to roll it over. You don't want too much dough. It's going to kind of mess up the baking time. So I'm just going to cut these in half. So take your little Smokie, wrap it in your dough like so. Then I'm going to arrange it into a wreath shape on this non-stick cookie sheet. Once we get them all rolled and formed. Now's the fun part. We're going to go ahead and arrange them in our little wreath shape. You want them touching so make sure you push them down. You might have to play with this a few times till you get the placement perfect. Looks good. I've got a few left over here. I'm just going to bake these on the side. Maybe give them to my daughter as a little snack. So we've got our egg wash already all mixed up and ready to go. We're going to spread that on the pastry. This is going to cause it to brown and get nice and flaky. You can also use butter but I find that egg wash works much better. All right our wreath is ready to go. We've got our egg wash on. I'm going to stick it in the oven at 375 for 8 to 12 minutes. All right while our crescent rolls are baking we're going to go ahead and cut up this pepper. We're essentially just cutting this up for decoration to put on the wreath to make a bow. So what we're going to do I'm going to go ahead and cut off all the sides. Kind of make a bow shape like so. It's a little bit tricky. I might use some toothpicks when we come down to the presentation but you basically just want to make it look like a little bow. This step is completely optional but I thought it was very festive. All right guys these just came out of the oven and it's perfect. All right guys I got it transferred over to its serving dish. It does kind of look like a square but hey you get the idea. And I must say it was quite difficult to get it off of the baking dish but I did I did manage to get it off in one piece without breaking its shape. So now we're going to go ahead and add our red pepper for our bow. I'm thinking I'm going to use a toothpick just to make it stay. All right there we go. The bow isn't perfect but you get the idea. You can put ketchup mustard or barbecue sauce or whatever kind of dipping sauce you like in the middle and it's good to go. All right guys next up we're going to work on our cheese ball. Now I went ahead and made our cheese mixture yesterday. I took two eight ounces of softened cream cheese, three and a half cups of sharp cheddar cheese, half a package of fresh chives, and one packet of ranch seasoning. So I will insert a clip so you guys can see how I did it. So the other things you're going to need besides the ingredients for the cheese ball is some pecans. I went ahead and crushed them up. This is going to be the coating. And then you're going to need a grape tomato. I've got a few in here just to see which shape I like best. Some pretzels, black olives, you're only going to need one, and then some crackers for the dipping of the cheese. But the whole purpose of me making this yesterday was so that it could sit overnight. The recipe does state it needs at least four hours but it's best if it chills overnight. So I'm going to go ahead and take this out of the package. I'm going to empty my pecans on the plate here and then we're going to put the cheese ball in the pecans. Kind of roll it around so it sticks to the ball. Push it down in there, make sure it's nice and stuck on. So give a nice crunch factor to the ball. All right we've got all the pecans on there. Now we're going to go ahead and put on our ears, our Rudolph nose, and our eyes. You're going to want to put the ears at like an angle, kind of to look like antlers. I'm just going to push it down. I couldn't find the big ones in my store. I would have preferred the big ones but this will work. Try to stick it in there as secure as possible. There we go, he's kind of pointed. Now we're going to make our eyes. Go ahead and cut the olives and stick them in there the same way you did the tomato. Just put a little pressure, you don't want the olive for the tomato to collapse. All right, next you're going to need some crackers of choice. I really love this Entertainment Cracker Selection from Walmart. They're really good. Anytime we have any kind of dip, like spinach dip or anything like that, we use these and they're very very good. I've also got some crackers and some little like bruschetta pieces from a gift basket we got for the holidays. So I'm going to use those too. Just go ahead and arrange your crackers. Guys, super simple, very delicious and very festive. All right guys, next up is our deviled eggs. Now basically what we're going to do, I went ahead and cooked six eggs. You can make as many as you'd like. Again, this is just for my family but if you're having a get-together or even a larger family, cook more eggs because we're going to cut them in half so it'll equal 12 eggs, if that makes sense. So you're going to need your eggs of course, whatever you like to make your deviled eggs with. I use mayo, mustard, salt, pepper and paprika and then you're going to need some gel food coloring. I picked red and green. So I'm going to go ahead and cut these in half and I will be back. Okay guys, I decided to share with you how I make my deviled egg mixture. I know everybody is different depending on where you're from and how your mother teached you or whoever taught you but this is how I'm going to do it. This is how my mom taught me. So you're going to go ahead and mash up all your egg yolks. Try to get it as pasty and crumble free as possible but if you like your super creamy, go ahead and stick it in a blender or you can mix it up with a hand mixer but we're not super super picky here about it. I'm just going to go ahead and push these down. I'm going to go ahead and take my mayonnaise and my mustard. Now my mom never really told me an exact amount. We kind of just taste it and see how it is. If it needs more mayo, needs more mustard and vice versa. Start with one heaping tablespoon of like mayo, a couple squirts mustard and we'll mix it in. Ratio tastes good. Now we're going to add our salt and pepper. And the paprika I put on last as purely decoration. All right, off camera I went ahead and washed these and cleaned them out. We're going to go ahead and mix up our dye mixture. So I'm going to add a couple drops of green and red to some water and we're going to put the eggs in there and just let them sit. And you can get it as bright or as light as you would like it. You can make it very subtle as far as the color or very dark. It's completely up to you and it depends on how long you leave it in the water solution. Okay and now you're going to just take your eggs and drop it in. All right, that's it. You're just going to let them sit. We're going to keep checking back and pulling a few out to see how the color is soaking in. And once you get it to your desired brightness then you can take it out. All right guys, these eggs have been sitting for quite a while now, about an hour. The red looks good and opaque. The green still looks like it needs a little bit more time but I still think it's pretty green compared to the white. So we're going to go ahead and take these out. Very, very careful. You don't want to break the egg. Take the red out. The red really took the color. I went ahead and put my yolk mixture in my piping bag. I chopped up a little bit of chives and then we're going to add the paprika at the end too. The paprika and the chives are just for color. So I'm going to go ahead and start piping. You don't have to use a piping bag. I just thought this would look prettier. And there we have it. Like I said, this one did break but that's all right. This is for us for at home so I'm not worried too much. So I'm going to go ahead and add a little bit of our chives and then we'll add the paprika and then transfer it to the plate. Arrange them on our plate here. It might slide around a little bit. There we are guys, our beautiful christmasy themed deviled eggs. All right guys, next up is our candy cane caprese board. So what you're going to need for the caprese salad is some french bread that's already sliced, some red tomatoes. I'm going to use about three. Package of fresh basil or if you have some from your garden. If you have one, that would be great. Some sliced mozzarella cheese, a balsamic glaze, salt and pepper, and some olive oil. So first up, I'm going to go ahead and wash my tomatoes and cut them up into thin slices. Okay, we've got our tomatoes all sliced. Now I'm going to go ahead and start slicing our mozzarella. This is already pre-sliced but I think the slices are a little bit thick. So if they are, I'm going to go ahead and trim those down as well. It's actually not too thick. I'm just going to keep it as is. All right, the next step is really really easy. You're just going to go ahead and make a shape of a candy cane on your wood cutting board or whatever serving pot you're going to be using. Go ahead and start placing my tomatoes first and then we'll go back and add the mozzarella just so I make sure I have enough cheese and tomatoes. I'm just going to go ahead and insert that mozzarella in alternating colors. All right guys, there's our candy cane. It's so beautiful and nice and thick and hearty. So now we're going to go ahead and add our basil. I'm going to add it into a little corner so if you want to take a piece when you take your bite, you can grab it from there and kind of arrange it in a floral pattern here. Now we're going to take some of those smaller leaves, kind of just put it around the corners here. I'm gonna go ahead and take my little dish here, put it on top of the basil leaves. I'm gonna empty out some of that glaze into the bowl. Add a little spoon just to drizzle. I'm going to go ahead and add my olive oil. I'm using a coffee spoon again just because the portion is right, it's not too much. You don't want to drown your tomatoes in your mozzarella with olive oil. I'm just going to take a little bit of sea salt, sprinkle it over because you always want to season your tomatoes and then a little bit of fresh cracked pepper. All right guys, we've got our caprese. Now we're going to get out our platter of bread. You can always toast this or use little toastinis, you could use crackers or you don't have to use bread at all, it's completely up to you, but I am going to serve it with a side of bread. Beautiful little pieces of french bread. Here's what our candy king caprese looks like, very festive. Our bread on the side, it's perfect. All right guys, last but not least, we're going to make our christmas jello cups. So what you're going to need is one three ounce package of lime jello, one three ounce package of strawberry jello, some whipped cream, and then some sprinkles of choice to go on top. And last but not least, you'll need some clear cups of some kind. If you have shot glasses, those will work or even clear cups will work as well, but I wanted something small since this is a treat. So I got these from Walmart in a large package. So first you want to go ahead and assemble the jello. We're going to do one by one. So you're going to go ahead and make your jello per the package instructions. Okay, I've got my jello all mixed up. Now what you're going to do, you're going to fill your little cups halfway with the red jello and then these need to set. Once they've set, we'll go ahead and do the green and put the green on top. Now they don't need to set completely. We'll wait maybe a half hour or 30 minutes just to see if it's starting to firm. Once it is, it'll be perfect to put the green on top. Otherwise you're just going to mix the red and the green together and it's going to look brown. So it's going to mess up the whole thing. So we're going to go ahead and fill our cups halfway with the red jello. All right, these are all full. Now we're going to set these in the fridge for about 20 minutes to a half hour just to see where we're at. All right guys, now we're going to go ahead and make our lime jello per the instructions. All right guys, I just took my strawberry jello out of the fridge. I did stick it in the freezer for like five minutes just to speed the process along. As you can see, it's still kind of jiggly but I think we'll be able to pour it on top without it seeping through. So we're going to try one and see. So the key here is to just pour it slowly and around so there's not a lot of pressure and one point in the cup if that makes sense. I'm just going to pour it in. Roll it around. Very gentle. You see how it's got two distinct lines there? All right guys, now I'm very carefully going to put these back in the container and go stick it back in the fridge. All right guys, our jello is good and set. As you can see, got that beautiful red and green variation there. I'm going to go ahead and add our whipped cream on top, add some sprinkles and that's it. Use some sanding sugar here and then I've got some chunky sprinkles. Maybe I'll add a few on top. There we have it guys. Our little jello sundaes if you will. All right, first up is Christmas crack. It's called crack because it is very addicting. This stuff is so so good. So here are the things you're going to need. You're going to need some butter, some mini M&Ms, some semi-sweet chocolate chips, some saltine crackers, some brown sugar and some vanilla extract as well as some kosher salt. So I'm going to take my little coconut spray here and spray down my pan really well. Then you're going to line up your saltine crackers. I use just under one pack of crackers here. I had two just in case. You can double it up if you want to make it super super thick but once you've got it all lined up you're going to take your ingredients that need to be melted like your butter. I have two sticks here which equals one cup and then you're going to need one cup of brown sugar, a fourth of teaspoon of kosher salt and one teaspoon of vanilla extract and you're going to go ahead and melt that up. Don't worry I will link the exact measurements down below for you guys. This is what you're looking for once it's all melted. It's starting to turn nice and golden brown. You're going to pour that over the crackers. Spread that out. It is pretty thick. You don't want it to turn into caramel quite yet but it's very very close. It will continue cooking in the oven. So we're going to take this now, pop it in the oven at 350 for just five minutes. While we're waiting on that we're going to take one cup of our semi-sweet chocolate chips. I'm going to melt that in the microwave in about 30 second intervals. It took me about a minute and a half to get it to this consistency. So now we're going to take our crackers out of the oven. I'm just showing you here you kind of want to wait till the bubbles stop bubbling. So you're going to wait like a couple minutes just for it to set. Then you're going to pour your chocolate over top and just smooth that out as much as you can. Try to get it as even as possible. It is going to move around just a little bit but that's okay. And then while the chocolate is still hot you're going to put on your toppings. You can do nuts, you can do coconut, you can do anything you'd like. I'm doing these little mini M&Ms because this is what I have on hand. But it's completely up to you. So now that it's done we're going to pop it into the fridge for at least two hours. You'll know it's done when it's super super brittle. Then you're going to go ahead and break it up into little pieces. You can make them as small as you'd like. You can make it uniform and cut it with a knife. I really like the raw edges. And that is it for this one. All right moving on to the Christmas pull apart monkey bread. I love this one. It turned out so so good. As you can see here you pull them apart in individual pieces and each piece has a different flavor. Like I'm showing you here all the different options. We're going to do like a pepperoni pizza one and then we're going to do like a taco one with taco seasoning and sharp cheddar cheese. Then a jalapeno popper one with jalapenos and cheddar cheese. I mean the options are truly endless on this one. We've got everything. Bagel seasoning, poppy seeds. You want something a little bit more sweet. Some cranberries and some rosemary. Now we're going to take our butter. I took about a half a stick of butter or I should say a half a cup which is one stick. I put a ton of minced garlic in there and melted it. Now I'm going to spray my little bundt pan. And I've got two rolls of biscuits. I got the flaky kind. It doesn't really matter. Completely up to you. You're going to cut them in half and then roll them into little balls like so. Then you're going to dip it into the butter garlic mixture and then start dipping it in your toppings. I've got it nice and coated and now we're going to keep going. Keep changing and alternating flavors. You can do one row of flavors you know of just one kind or two kinds. I did alternating just to make it super interesting when you pull it apart. It's a different flavor each time. So as you can see this is what it looks like when you've got all your different varieties lined up. Super super yummy. This one did take me about 20 minutes to complete but oh my gosh guys this one was so so good. I really loved how this one turned out. I'm going through and just adding more cheese and more jalapenos or any more toppings to the top. Then I'm going to take that remaining butter and garlic and just pour it over top. Then you're going to loosely cover it with aluminum foil. Stick it in the oven at 350 for about 35 to 40 minutes just until it's nice and golden brown and not gooey anymore. And this is what it looks like. Oh my goodness. Really really good stuff. All right next up is our Christmas appetizer tree. This one is super fun. If you don't like olives you probably won't like this but you can really do anything you'd like. I've got a bunch of different cheeses, some grape tomatoes, some rosemary and two different kinds of olives. You can even do this with feta if you want. The options are truly up to you as well. You will need a styrofoam tree I got from Michael's and then we are going to wrap that tree with cling wrap just so it's you know super sanitary. We don't have raw food on styrofoam. So you're going to go ahead and wrap that up. Next you're going to need toothpicks. A ton of them. I broke mine in half and what you're basically just going to do put your toothpick in the tree and pop on your piece of cheese or your olive or your tomato and then just go around and do the same thing through the whole thing. This took me about 45 minutes. It did take me a while so if you get a bigger tree it will take you even longer. But this is a really pretty idea for a presentation for a party. This was really really fun to do. I really like this one. Like I said you can do feta and olives. You can do like the Kalmata olives. You could do pepperoni. You could do lunch meat. You could do really anything with these. Super super versatile. So now I'm going to take that rosemary and just kind of fill in those gaps so you can't see the white and the cellophane poking through here as you can see. Just going to fill it in. This is purely for decoration and this is what we've got when we're done. This one's super pretty and very very festive. Love this one so much. All right last but not least is our little Christmas mini pizzas. I thought these were so cute. Perfect for your littles. So you're going to need some pizza crust, some pizza sauce, some mini pepperonis and some mozzarella cheese. You can even add olives or peppers or whatever you'd like. And then you're going to need some cookie cutters. I got mine from Amazon. I will link them down below. So now we're just going to stretch out our cookie dough. Try to get it as thin as possible. And then just start making little cookie dough cuts. Now these didn't take very long at all. Took about 15 minutes to bake in the oven. So now I'm just going to put on my sauce and my cheese and add the little pepperonis. And that is it guys. This one's more for the kiddos. I mean it's good too for adults but these are really really good for the for the kids if they don't like you know olives and all the other treats that I made. These are super super cute and very easy to do. So this is what they look like when they come out of the oven. I am already missing a few. I think a little couple hands kind of reached up and stole some when I wasn't looking. But these are adorable. I just wanted to show you guys really quick the pull apart monkey bread. This is how it looks when it comes out of the oven when we when you start taking it apart. Each little ball is a different flavor. I love this one so much. If you make any of these recipes definitely try the monkey bread. You won't be disappointed. All right guys first thing we're going to make is the fudge that takes the most time in the fridge to set. It takes about three hours to cool down before you can cut it. So we're going to start with two tablespoons of butter and then we're going to add three cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips and then one can of sweetened condensed milk. You're going to mix that all together until it's all nice and melted and then we'll transfer it to the baking dish. You want to keep the heat at a medium low. You don't want it to cook too fast and not too slow either. So medium medium low heat is the perfect temperature. I'm going to keep stirring until it's combined. Now you can also make this exact same recipe with white chocolate chips or even dark chocolate. We are making a milk chocolate version but it's exactly the same just change out the type of chocolate. Now this is about the consistency you want. You want it to be nice and smooth no lumps. It is quite thick. Now I'm going to turn off the heat and then we're going to transfer it to its baking dish. Now we're just going to pour this fudgy mixture into a lined baking dish. You do want to line it with parchment paper so it's easier to get out. So get that in there. All right now that it's in we're going to go ahead and spread it around. Kind of just pull it to each corner even as possible. All right guys once you've got it all spread out this is the part where you can add some nuts, some sprinkles, some sanding sugar, you can add M&Ms, you can add anything you'd like or you can keep it plain. I am going to make half of it with some sanding sugar just for an extra little Christmassy touch. All right once you've got your toppings of choice on you're going to go ahead and stick this in the fridge for about three hours or until it's set. All right guys our fudge is all set. It's been in the fridge for just under three hours. I'm going to go ahead and take it out. All right guys we're going to go ahead and portion it out but as you can see half of it has sprinkles the other half is plain. Go ahead and separate those two and it's the perfect thickness too. You don't want it to be too thick. This is so rich that you don't want big honking bites. This one off to the side here so I can go ahead and portion these out. Now you can make them as big or as small as you'd like. This is about what I'm looking for. Just a little bit of a bite-sized piece. And there we have it the final product. Again I didn't make them super symmetrical. This is going to family so I don't care if it looks perfect but it tastes good nonetheless. All right guys now we're going to go on to the candy cane blossoms. I did go ahead and measure out all the ingredients and put them in little bowls just to make it easier. So you can take about a half a cup of butter softened, one cup of granulated sugar, one egg, and one and a half teaspoons of vanilla extract. So you're going to go ahead and mix that all up in your mixer. So we're going to start with the butter first to get it nice and creamy. Next we're going to add the egg, vanilla, and the sugar. We're going to add two tablespoons of milk. Now we're going to go ahead and add our dry ingredients. I went ahead and put two cups of all-purpose flour, one and a half teaspoons of baking soda, and a fourth a teaspoon of salt. We're going to go ahead and mix this in here. Go ahead and scrape those sides. You've got a nice dough formed here. We're going to go ahead and start preparing our balls. All right guys we've got our dough all ready. Now we're going to shape into one inch balls. You can use your little cookie scoop or ice cream scoop to make it easier. I'm going to roll it up and then we're going to dip it into our sanding sugar here and then place it on our ungreased baking sheets. So let's go ahead and pour out our sanding sugar. I'm using classic Christmas colors red and green. So I'm going to roll it into the sugar. Make sure it's completely covered and coated. You can reform them just a little bit and then you're going to stick them on your baking sheet. Now I would do about nine cookies per sheet. You don't want to crowd it. These need space to move around. All right guys got all my balls rolled out like so. Now we're going to go ahead and sprinkle them in the sugar like I showed you earlier. I decided I'm going to do one tray of green, one tray of red, and then one tray of red and green. So we're going to mix it up just a little bit. So this recipe did say it's supposed to yield about four dozen. Mine made just under three dozen. So I guess if you want to make the balls smaller you can or you can double the batch if you want to make more. But this is perfect for me. So I'm going to go ahead and start rolling them in the sugar. All right once you're done you're going to stick it in your preheated oven at 350 degrees for eight to ten minutes or just until they are lightly brown and the cookie is set. So the most important thing with any blossom cookie, whether that be a peanut butter blossom or the candy cane blossom, as soon as those cookies come out of the oven you need to stick your kiss right on the hot cookie. So the cookie will cool down with the kiss inserted so it'll kind of glue it in. Now be very very careful after these cookies are done cooling when you move them because if you move them too soon this will melt and collapse. So it's very important. So I went ahead while I'm waiting for our cookies to bake. I went ahead and took these all out of the packaging. I did get these from Hershey's. They are the peppermint kiss. So I've got them all ready to go so when the cookies come out we can start assembly. Okay they look perfect. Let's go ahead and stick our kisses right in the center. All right now I'm going to let these cool for a minute while I put the next batch in. All right I don't know if you guys can see but this is my cooling station. I've got a bunch of cookie racks out here so I'm going to go ahead and transfer those blossom cookies over here so they can cool. Be very careful when moving them. You do not want to upset the set of the cookies. All right guys next up is our jam thumbprint cookies. We're going to go ahead and cream our butter. Once that's nice and creamy we're going to add the cream cheese and the sugar. Add our cream cheese. Make sure you get all of it off the sides here. Now we're going to incorporate our sugar into that mixture. So we're going to go ahead and mix this until it's nice and fluffy. So about five minutes. All right guys it looks perfect. It's nice and fluffy and pale in color. So I'm going to go ahead and scrape down the sides. Now we're going to add about a teaspoon of vanilla extract and you're going to mix that just until it's combined. So I went ahead and mixed up our dry ingredients off camera. We've got about two and a quarter cups of all-purpose flour and then a half a teaspoon of salt. So I'm going to go ahead and mix this just until it's combined and forms a dough. All right guys we've got our dough all mixed up. We've got our cookie sheets. We're going to go ahead and scoop them out by a tablespoon. I'm going to roll it into a ball and stick them on the sheet. All right guys once you've got all your cookies and balls you're going to take some non-stick spray, whichever you'd like, coconut oil, vegetable oil, it doesn't matter. And then you're going to need a teaspoon. So we're going to take this metal teaspoon here and what you're basically going to do spray it with your cooking oil and you're going to push down to make a little well for your jam to go into. So I'll show you guys what I mean. I got it sprayed with cooking oil. Now we're just going to take our teaspoon and just push it down. It's going to create a perfect little well for our jam. So the jam that I'm going to be using today is the best in my opinion and of course it is a French brand. It is the Bon Mamon Jam. I'm going to use three different kinds. We're going to do a strawberry preserve, a blueberry preserve, and then an apricot preserve. But you can use whatever jam or jelly you prefer. I think this will just make it very rich and very sweet. Now you guys are going to laugh but I'm going to be using these kids spoons. This is like the perfect little size for the jam. It doesn't put too much, too little, because you do not want to overfill your cookies. So I'm going to start with my blueberry preserves. We're going to do one sheet of each flavor and then I've got a couple left over here that I'll do one of each. I'm going to make sure it's just enough there. You're going to fill that spoon just enough and you're going to stick it into your cookie. You don't want it overflowing. You kind of want a little bit of room because these are going to melt a little bit. All right guys I'm going to go ahead and stick these into my preheated oven at 375 degrees for about 10 to 12 minutes. Now you still want them to be pale in color but they need to set. So they might brown around the edges and that's how you'll know when they're done. All right guys we just took our jam thumbprint cookies out of the oven. We're going to transfer them over to our cooling racks to cool. This is what you're looking for guys. It's slightly brown on the bottom and crinkly on the top. It's still soft. These came out really good. All right guys next cookie is our peppermint Oreo balls. Now as you can tell we really like peppermint in this family but this is probably the easiest recipe besides the fudge. The fudge is pretty simple too but nonetheless you're going to take about 36 Oreos. You're going to mash them up. If you have a food processor go ahead and toss those in there with your cream cheese. But I don't so I went ahead and just mashed this up on my counter along with my peppermint. So we're going to take about eight ounces of cream cheese. Again brand of your choice. We're going to mix that up with our Oreos just until it's combined. Give that a good mix around. Make sure we get everything off the sides. Should be nice and wet like so. All right next up we're going to take our mix. We're going to roll it into one inch balls. Place them on a cookie sheet with parchment paper and then you're going to freeze them for about 30 minutes just until they're firm. All right guys our Oreo balls have been in the freezer for about 30 minutes. Now we're going to put together the white chocolate coating that's going to coat the Oreo balls that's going to make the peppermint stick to it if that makes sense. So I'm going to go ahead and mix this together. I've got some white chocolate melting wafers and now you're going to do about a half a teaspoon of mint extract. You're going to add that to your chocolate and you're going to heat it up in 30 minute intervals in the microwave. All right guys that looks about right. It took about two minutes in the microwave. Now we're going to take our Oreo balls. They should be nice and firm. Take your forks. This is kind of where it gets tricky. You want to dip your Oreo ball into the chocolate and then dip it into here and then set it to cool. So drop this in. I'm going to kind of cover it. That's why it was so important that it was cool because otherwise it would just fall apart in here. Try to tap off as much excess as possible. Take your crushed peppermints. Drop it in. Don't worry if it's you know you've got some of the oil peeking through. It's fine. That can be the bottom. We're going to let this cool now. I'm going to put it on another cookie sheet with parchment paper. All right guys I just finished. I only did eight of them with the white chocolate coating. I kind of like how they are how chewy they are and not so hard without it. So I just went ahead and rolled them in the crushed up peppermint so it is really chewy. But at least I have two options. So I'll give my family you know two or three of each so that way they can try both. But either way they're really good. You should definitely try them. The chocolate is a little bit hard to work with and you should probably buy more chocolate than you think you'll need because they do end up soaking up a lot of that chocolate even if you tap off the excess. So it's a little bit hard to work with but they still came out really All right guys this is what we have so far. We've got the peppermint thumbprint cookies. The fudge is back here. We've got the cream cheese jam thumbprint cookies in the three different flavors. So we've got the strawberry, the blueberry, and then the apricot. And then last but not least we've got the oreo balls. So I've got one with the white chocolate coating and one without. I have been baking for about three hours so this does take quite a bit of time and I still have two or three more cookies that I want to make. But this is what we have so far. Don't they look so good? They came out really really good. I'm really happy. I think my family will be very happy too. All right guys next up is our chocolate chip M&M cookies. So I'm basically doing the recipe that's on the back of the chocolate chip bag. It is the best. I use the Tollhouse brand. The recipe is right here. So first you're going to need to cream your butter. We've got one cup of unsalted butter. To that you're going to add three-fourths cup granulated white sugar, three-fourths cup brown sugar, and then your one teaspoon of vanilla extract. We're going to mix that all together and then we will add our eggs one by one. All right that's good and combined. Now we're going to add our eggs one by one. All right next up we're going to add our dry ingredients. We've got two and a fourth cup of all-purpose flour, one teaspoon of baking soda, and one teaspoon of salt. You're going to add that in gradually as well. All right so the recipe usually calls for two cups of chocolate chips. So I did one cup of chocolate chips and one cup of mini M&Ms. We're going to go ahead and mix that in. Just be careful you don't want to crush the M&Ms. That's what your batter should look like. You don't want to overwork it too much. Just mix it until it's combined. So now we're going to take a tablespoon here. You're going to round it out, roll it into a ball, place it on your non-stick cookie sheet, and then after that we'll add some little M&Ms on top. All right once you've got them all rolled out into the ball, we're going to take our little mini M&Ms and stick some on top. All right we're all set. We're going to stick these into our preheated oven at 375 degrees for about 9 to 11 minutes. Just keep an eye on them. All right we just took the cookies out of the oven as you can see over here. We're going to transfer them over to our cookie racks to start cooling. All right next up is the peanut butter blossoms. We're going to go ahead and mix our wet ingredients and our sugar. So we've got a half cup of butter, one egg, a half cup of smooth peanut butter, half cup of granulated sugar, and a half cup of brown sugar that I mixed together. So we're going to go ahead and add all this into our mixer and mix it up. Start mixing this and then we'll add the sugar. All right I went ahead and mixed up our dry ingredients that we're going to add. We've got one and a half cups of all-purpose flour, three quarter teaspoon of baking soda, and one half teaspoon of baking powder. So again you want to mix this in gradually. All right guys again we're going to take our tablespoon, round it into a ball, roll it around, roll it in the sugar, and then place it on your ungreased cookie sheet. All right guys these are all set. We're going to stick these in our preheated oven at 375 anywhere from 8 to 12 minutes. I'm going to do 10 and then check on them from there and you're all set. All right guys just like our candy cane blossoms that we made earlier we are making blossoms here. These are peanut butter blossoms so we're going to need some milk chocolate kisses. I went ahead and took them out of their wrapper so we're ready to go. All right guys as you can see these just came out of the oven. They're piping hot. We're going to go ahead and add our kisses to them. Okay now we're going to very quickly transfer them over to a cooling rack. Here's what we've got so far. We just put another batch of our blossoms in the oven. Don't these look good? My house smells amazing. All right guys as you can see I've got all the cookies that I have prepared all right here and ready to go. I'm going to start assembling our care packages here. I got these really adorable little tins from Dollar Tree so I've got three of them. Like I said I'm going to drop these off on my family's doorstep, be a nice little Christmas surprise for them. So I am still waiting on the blossoms to cool a little bit but I am going to start assembling. All right guys and there we have it. Beautiful assortment of Christmas care. All right guys I went ahead and preheated my oven at 375 degrees. Now we're going to go ahead and start getting our dry ingredients mixed together. So you're going to need two and a half cups of all-purpose flour. Next you're going to need one and a half cups of granulated sugar. You'll need one tablespoon and then one teaspoon of baking powder. I know it seems a bit odd but I think that's what makes these cookies kind of crinkle and puff up. And last but not least one teaspoon of salt. Okay now we're just going to stir to combine. All right guys now we're going to move on to our wet ingredients. So you're going to need one third cup melted butter. Now mine has been sitting here for a while so it's not super hot. You don't want it to be super hot. It will cook your eggs So just be very careful with that. Two medium eggs at room temperature. One tablespoon of vanilla extract. And one teaspoon of mint extract. You're going to go ahead and mix these on medium speed just until they're combined. Now you're going to need some green gel food coloring. You can get any brand you'd like. So the recipe doesn't state how many drops. It's more to your liking. So I'm going to add a few, mix it in, and then add more if it needs it. Okay I added quite a few more drops. It's still not quite green but I'm going to go ahead and mix the dry with the wet and see how we are. And I can always add more after. So you're going to want to add your dry ingredients a little bit at a time. All right guys here's what it looks like once it's mixed. It is supposed to be a little bit crumbly as you can see because you're going to roll it into a ball. It does reform. They are crinkle cookies so they kind of separate on their own anyway. So don't be alarmed that this is how it looks. It's supposed to look this way. All right I'm going to take this little ice cream scoop or this cookie scoop, however you call it. I'm going to take this, scoop it in there, pack it in to make sure we've got the right size, release. I'm just going to form it into a ball. I went ahead and lined my cookie sheet with parchment paper. Once you've got it into a ball you're going to take it, push it down slightly, and there we are. Now it says no more than nine cookies per sheet so make sure that you don't overcrowd your pan because the cookies need room to spread out. All right guys these are ready to go. We're going to stick them in the oven at 375 for eight minutes. Just keep an eye on them. Okay guys they've been in for just over eight minutes. I left them in a little bit longer just so they got nice and crinkly. So now what you're going to do, you're going to immediately place your jumbo heart sprinkles. I got these from Michael's. Into this, into the cookie so it looks like Grinch's heart. All right guys next we're going to make these really simple Grinch pretzel bites. It's just pretzels, candy melts, and a large sprinkle on top. That's it. Super cute, very easy to do. So you're going to need some pretzel snaps, some green candy melts, and then I got these little candy sprinkles from Michael's. They are by Wilton. If you can't find these you can also use these. These are also by Wilton. They are a variety of pink and red hearts. I did use these on my Grinch cookies. They're just a little bit thinner, but I like these because they're kind of like candy. So all right you're just going to take your pretzel snaps, lay them out on a cookie sheet. Got our pretzels laid out. Now I'm going to take our candy melts and stick one on top of each one. I'm gonna make sure they're somewhat centered because they are going to melt a little bit. From there you're just going to stick them in the oven at like 250 degrees just for a minute or two, just until the candy melt starts to melt. All right they're done. You can tell they're slightly shiny. You're just going to stick your little candy right in there like that. Push it down. It'll work quickly because that chocolate is melting and once it comes out of the oven it starts to cool. So get those on there quick. That's what they look like. Very easy, very cute. Next up we're going to make the Grinch popcorn. So you're going to need 10 cups of popped popcorn or two packages of popcorn. You can always make it homemade, you know the kind you make on the stove, but this is easier. So two of these, some marshmallows, some M&M's, some green food coloring, some butter, and we're going to get started. I'm going to go ahead and make these in the microwave. All right, got my popcorn popped. I'm going to set that aside. Now we're going to work on our butter and our marshmallow mixture. All right guys, we're going to melt three tablespoons of butter. All right, that butter's nice and melted. We're going to add in our three cups of marshmallows. Melt that down. Make sure you turn the heat down so you don't burn it. We're essentially making marshmallow fluff. If you've ever made Rice Krispie Treats, this is how you do that as well. Once it's good and melted and no longer clumpy, you're going to turn off the heat. All right, you're going to add your green food coloring. You can be generous with this. You want it to be nice and bright green. Perfect Grinch green. All right, now we're going to take it over and pour it over our popcorn. All right, you're going to take your green marshmallow butter mixture and just pour it over your popcorn. And then you're going to want to toss to combine. All right, once you've got it good and mixed like so, we're going to spread it out onto a baking sheet and let it cool. Now this is when you're going to add your M&Ms and your extra white marshmallows. You want to do it while it's hot so when it cools, it will kind of glue it in there. Marshmallows. Even for some fun, you can add some of those heart sprinkles for the Grinch's heart. All right, it's done. You're just going to let it cool and then we'll transfer it to a bowl and it's ready to eat. Last but not least is the Grinch Punch. Now the recipe I'm following does make a very large batch, so I'm going to split it in half just for my family. So what you're going to need is some lemon-lime Kool-Aid packets. These bring me back to my childhood. It was kind of hard to find these, but if you can't find them, you can always use like a lemonade packet. I think the lemon-lime is just for the bright green color, but Kool-Aid, pineapple concentrate, and some lemonade concentrate, some Sprite, some sugar, some sanding sugar for the rim. You guys will see how we use this at the end. And then of course some ice. You'll add that at the end as well. All right guys, first things first, we're going to add two quarts of water to our pitcher. Next we're going to add the Kool-Aid packet and the sugar. Directions on the back of the Kool-Aid packet call for one cup. A lot of sugar. Now we're going to mix until the sugar is dissolved. All right, looks good. You're going to need eight ounces of pineapple juice and eight ounces of lemonade concentrate. Mix that in. Now this is the color you should end up with. It's very, very green, very bright. We're going to set our juice to the side here. Now we're going to take that red sanding sugar, going to dump some out on a plate. All right, next up you're going to take the glasses that you're going to put your juice in. You've got your sanding sugar. I've got a little shallow bowl of water, as you can see. We're going to stick our cup upside down in the water so it just gets the rim wet. As you guys can see, get that rim good and wet. And you're going to stick it in your sanding sugar. And that's what you're left with. Very cute little touch. All right, now you're going to take another pitcher, fill it about halfway with ice. Take and take our juice mixture, fill it about halfway. A little bit more. Fill the rest with Sprite. Mix that up. I'm going to add a little bit more juice. And there you have it. Now we're just going to put, pour our drink. There you go. Grinch Super cute, very easy, and it tastes good too. All right guys, that wraps up this video. I hope you enjoyed my holiday appetizers. If you give any of them a try, please let me know in the comments down below. They're all very easy and crowd pleasers. You won't disappoint with any of these recipes. So I wish you guys a very, very Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays, and be safe, and take care. And I will see you guys in my next video. Bye guys.