Yet again, it is the glorious holiday season. What is it that makes this time of the year so wonderful, one may ask? For starters, the holiday season is typically comprised of family gatherings, winter festivities, frosty air, holiday cheer, and gift-giving. Perhaps the most delightful of all, however, is the delicious desserts that one may consume throughout the duration of the season.
Let’s take a moment to be honest with ourselves: eating desserts is inevitable during the holidays. Quite frankly, this time of the year is an excuse to devour these mouth-watering goodies that we may otherwise feel guilty even contemplating consumption. Now that you have been reassured that ingesting great quantities of holiday treats is acceptable, let’s take a look at some creative and delicious holiday treats that you bake to impress your family and friends with the originality as well as taste.
Instead of cooking regular vanilla or chocolate cupcakes, you can spice up the appearance by turning them into Reindeer Cupcakes. A batch of 24 of these cupcakes can finished within two hours by following a simple Betty Crocker recipe.
The ingredients needed are 1 box of box Betty Crocker Super- Moist cake mix, one container of chocolate frosting, a decent amount of chocolate sprinkles, water, vegetable oil, eggs, 24 large pretzel twists, 24 miniature marshmallows, 24 red cinnamon candies, and 24 small red gumdrops.
After compiling these ingredients, set the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and begin to mix the cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs. Next, disperse the batter into a 24-count cupcake pan and bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
When the cupcakes are baked and cooled down, the fun really begins as you can decorate your cupcakes with the chocolate frosting for the reindeers face, cut up pretzels for the antlers, cut up mini marshmallows for the eyes, a gumdrop for the nose, and the cinnamon candy for the mouth. Presto: you now have Reindeer cupcakes to be adored and then eaten by family, friends, and even yourself.
If you do not feel like baking but wish to continue with a holiday themed treat, than an even simpler yet equally scrumptious holiday treat is the Snowman Sundae. All that is required ingredients wise is vanilla ice cream, large marshmallows, semisweet chocolate chips (raisins can substitute), maraschino cherries, liquid red food coloring, and red licorice twists.
To create this adorable icecream snowman, place one scoop of the vanilla ice cream into a serving bowl. Next, make the face of the snowman with the liquid food coloring on the large marshmallow. Place the large marshmallow on top of the scoop of ice cream. One maraschino cherry can be added on top of the marshmallow to appear as his cap.
For the snowman buttons, place three of the semisweet chocolate chips on the front of the snowman. The licorice can be used for the snowman’s arms by placing them on either side of the scoop of ice cream. This holiday dessert differs from the typical goodies such as cookies and cupcakes, which adds to its originality and charm. This adorable Snowman Sundae is perfect to use if one is hosting a party and needs a lastminute dessert idea.
This holiday season, many have been trying to tie in something healthy in dessert. If this sounds like you, than Santa hats are what you wish to make.
In order to make Santa hats, you will need strawberries, brownies, and icing. To begin, you need to either make or buy the brownies. You will want the brownies in a small circle shape unlike their usualy square appearance. Once the brownies are ready, put icing on one of the circle sides. Then, cut the top of your strawberry off and proceed to place the rest of the strawberry on the brownie’s icing. Next, add a dab of icing on the point of the strawberry. What you now have is old St. Nick’s hat.
Sophomore Lindsey Pieschl does not mind what she is cooking, as long as she is cooking, she is content. “I just like keeping tradition. I make cookies with my mom every Christmas while we listen to Christmas music. It’s a Christmas tradition and of course they are yummy,” Pieschl claimed.
Though all of these desserts mentioned are creative and yummy, Professor Jerry Cook of the English Department prefers more traditional desserts. “During the holidays, I prefer to eat pumpkin pie that is not overloaded with spices. That way, you can actually taste the pumpkin,” Professor Cook stated. With this statement, it is evident that people tend to prefer different types desserts, whether it is classic chocolate chip cookies or Reindeer cupcakes.
Either way, desserts have helped create lasting memories of the holiday season.
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