Do-it-yourself holiday dessert recipes
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Chocolate Fudge
BY OLIVIA HELMUTH reporter There are many holiday traditions that cannot safely continue this year due to COVID-19. However, one tradition that is entirely safe is staying home and baking seasonal desserts. By baking and enjoying seasonal desserts with those special to you, you can recreate the magical holiday feeling of a better year. There are many different recipes to try on the internet, so I took it upon myself to try out a few of them, and I was not disappointed. All of these recipes can also be adjusted to suit your personal preference. The dessert recipes that are mentioned in this review can be found on the Inklings website.
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Difficulty: Very Easy
5/5
I was shocked by how simple it was to make this recipe, and how I was able to make it in under 20 minutes. Unfortunately, I didn’t think to add anything to spice it up from the original recipe because I was afraid that I would somehow ruin the recipe. But even as just plain chocolate fudge, the flavor of the fudge brought me back to spending the holidays at my grandparents’ house and eating my grandmother’s delicious homemade holiday treats. My only complaint with this particular recipe was that the recipe didn’t specify the exact consistency of the fudge.
Peanut Butter Cookies Difficulty: Easy
4/5
This cookie recipe was an old Tik Tok trend from March that I had completely forgotten about until I started searching for cookie recipes. There are only five ingredients; brown sugar, peanut butter, an egg, baking soda and chocolate chips and yet somehow these cookies are amazing.
Christmas Trifle Difficulty: Medium-Hard
3.5/5
This Christmas trifle is delicious and a joy to create. This trifle combines the seasonal flavors of gingerbread and cranberries together, and although this isn’t a very simple recipe, it is worth the time. I am not a fan of gingerbread cake, and so I decided to stray from the original recipe and used Tasty’s yellow cake recipe instead of the gingerbread box cake mix. However, don’t feel obligated to make your own cake mix if you prefer the box kinds. I didn’t alter the filling recipe at all, but if you have a dislike for cranberries, I would recommend substituting them for another berry.
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