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These spiced nuts are tangy, spicy, and the perfect thing to nibble on during the holidays. With extra crunch from cornflakes and a determined kick from cayenne, these will keep you coming back for more.

Crispy, chewy, and naturally gluten-free.

Halfway between a cookie and a blondie, these peanut butter and jelly bars are delightfully chewy. They’re salty-sweet with pockets of raspberry jam.

The Nanaimo bar is an iconic Canadian confection that is remarkably easy to make and perfect for potlucks and holiday parties. 

Crisp up salami slices in a skillet, mix with store-bought potato chips, drizzle everything with spiced honey butter, and build a tower as high as you can go.

This recipe adds a little cornstarch for a more delicate cookie that is also easier to pipe or push through a cookie press.

As a last-minute party snack or an addition to your dinner party table, these one-biters can’t be beat. 

These easy miso-maple walnuts are crunchy, savory, a little sweet, and beautifully caramelized.

This family favorite holiday cookie pairs the winning combination of chocolate and peanut butter.

Classically French, prune‐Armagnac ice cream is one of the most graceful ways to serve a prune. Whereas most fruits become hard and icy when frozen, these prunes remain chewy and soft.

Crunchy peanut butter and a quick, glossy, trufflelike chocolate ganache take classic peanut butter blossoms a step up from their former selves.

A combination of gluten-free flour, rice flour, and arrowroot gives these dairy-free vegan cookies their light, crisp texture.

When I’m with my mom’s side of the family, no holiday is complete without ube pie. Ube is a vibrant purple yam from the Philippines used in many sweet dishes. This version of the pie, with its deep shade of violet and its pearly crown of marshmallowy whipped cream, looks as regal as it does whimsical. It’s creamy and custardy like a sweet potato pie but with ube’s distinct notes of vanilla and pistachio. Instead of starting with whole purple yams, this recipe uses jarred ube halaya (sometimes ca.…

More like a brownie than a cookie, these fudgy, densely chocolaty Christmas cookies pack Dutch cocoa powder and chocolate chips into every bite. They keep their chew once they cool, but we prefer them while still warm and gooey.

This peppermint bark is made with not one, but three kinds of chocolate: milk, bittersweet, and white.  It’s a stunning, festive sweet to make for yourself and loved ones during holiday season. 

These caramel candies are a joy to make and give to loved ones. Make the original, then try your hand at orange caramels, espresso caramels, and salted caramels.