Made with just 5 ingredients, these Peanut Butter Balls are a quick, easy no bake dessert. I add a secret ingredient to my recipe that makes the flavor and texture a pretty spot on dupe for Reese’s peanut butter cups! These are perfect for snacking, gifting, or on any holiday cookie platter!

Easy Peanut Butter Balls

While peanut butter balls are a staple on my holiday dessert tray every year, the combo of chocolate and peanut butter is pretty hard to resist any time of the year!

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This easy Hot Chocolate Fudge recipe is combines two winter favorites into one dessert! Creamy fudge with mini marshmallows this recipe is perfect for holiday gifting!

This recipe is in partnership with Imperial Sugar. CLICK HERE for the full recipe!

Hot Chocolate Fudge!

This recipe is a spin on my favorite easy fudge (aka fantasy fudge) recipe that I make every holiday season! It is a family recipe that my grandma used to make.

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Rich and smooth Peanut Butter Fudge is a bite of peanut butter bliss, ready in less than 5 minutes in the microwave! An easy, foolproof homemade fudge that you’ll be making all year round.

Looking for more fudge recipes? Try this Classic Chocolate Fudge!

This Easy Peanut Butter Fudge Melts in Your Mouth!

Fudge is one of my most loved no-bake desserts. All that sugary, creamy goodness that just melts in your mouth – it’s no wonder that fudge makes an appearance around the holidays!

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This easy recipe for coconut balls starts with toasting the coconut to really make the no bake treat delicious. Only 3 ingredients for a sweet coconut truffle!

This recipe was made in partnership with Imperial Sugar. CLICK HERE for the full recipe.

Easy Toasted Toasted Coconut Balls!

I am so excited to share this easy no bake coconut balls recipe with you today! These toasted coconut balls are a quick version of a coconut macaroon, as perfect for your Christmas cookie platter as they are for a sweet treat with a cup of coffee.

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Creamy white chocolate lemon truffles are the perfect balance of citrus and rich, buttery cream filling all rolled in sweet powdered sugar.

Love Truffles? Try my over the top Cookie Dough Stuffed Brownie Truffles!!

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Easy Lemon Truffles!

These Lemon Cream Truffles are the perfect little sweet treat! They’re extremely easy to make, and a perfect recipe for beginners.

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This is the best recipe for Homemade Holiday Rum Balls, possibly ever! I love everything about these sweet and delicious rum-soaked cookie balls, right down to the endless decorating possibilities. You’re sure to be making, eating, and gifting these sweet truffles all season long!

Looking for more Christmas dessert ideas? Try these Peanut Butter Balls, Toasted Coconut Balls, or these Chocolate Covered Cherries!

Why You’ll Love This Rum Balls Recipe

There’s something about rum balls that’s just so special – they’re like a little reminder every year that the holidays are here! This is my favorite easy recipe for simple and beautiful holiday rum balls.

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If you’re a fan of chocolate and caramel, especially when mixed together, you need to try homemade Turtles Candy! Also made with toasted pecans, this no-bake candy will easily become one of your favorite desserts.

Why You’ll Love These

• Toasted pecans are drizzled with homemade caramel and then topped with melted chocolate.The ultimate salty/sweet treat.
• These are a no-bake dessert. The only piece of special equipment you will need is a candy thermometer. 
• These candies are universally loved and perfect for gifting, especially around the holidays!

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This quick and easy Divinity Candy recipe is perfect for gifting! Sweet, chewy, and easily customizable, these old-fashioned sweets come together with just 6 ingredients!

This Is An Easy Divinity Candy Recipe!

I absolutely love this homemade candy recipe – it’s super low-effort and it makes 40 pieces of candy with just a few ingredients. Divinity candy is a classic holiday treat, but it’s also great for general snacking!

There are tons of different ingredients you can use in this recipe to create your ideal piece of candy.

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These indulgent Chocolate Covered Cherries are quick and easy to make with maraschino cherries and melted chocolate! They’re a great everyday treat or perfect holiday gifting!

The Easiest Ever Chocolate Covered Cherries!

These chocolate covered cherries are made with 6 simple ingredients. They come together quickly, and you don’t even have to touch your stove or oven! I love throwing these together for special treats!

First, the cherries are coated in a 4-ingredient sugar paste.

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This 4-ingredient Almond Roca recipe is made with chocolate, roasted almonds and a buttery homemade toffee! It’s perfect for snacking and holiday gifting.

If you love this flavor combo make sure to check out my Almond Roca Cookie Recipe too!

The Is the Best Almond Roca Candy!

This sweet almond roca has the perfect balance of creamy chocolate and crunchy toffee. It’s an easy homemade dessert that will save your life this holiday season!

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These Fluffy Homemade Marshmallows are better than any you can find in a store! They’re perfect for s’mores, adding to hot chocolate, putting in desserts or just eating by themselves! (And trust me, you will want to eat these on their own!)

Add these homemade marshmallows to my Make my Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix for a REAL TREAT!

Easy Homemade Marshmallows!

I don’t think enough people make homemade marshmallows – they are SO MUCH BETTER than store-bought ones!

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My extra Easy Fudge Recipe is creamy, soft, rich, and utterly delicious. Everything homemade fudge should be! I use two kinds of chocolate for the perfect fudgy flavor and melt-in-your-mouth texture.

Homemade Fudge Recipe

Homemade fudge is synonymous with the holidays in my house. It’s one of those simple, special treats that I only seem to make once the Christmas lights are up! Yet every time this chocolate fudge is literally melting in my mouth come Christmastime, I wonder how I always wait all year to make it.

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These Cookie Dough Stuffed Brownie Truffles are the ultimate cookie dough truffle ever! You have fudgy brownie wrapped around egg free cookie dough all dipped in melted chocolate!

This recipe is updated from the original back in 2011.

Cookie Dough Truffles Are the Ultimate Truffle Recipe!

I made this recipe back in 2011, but decided they needed a little facelift for 2020, just in time for the holiday season. These will look GORGEOUS on your holiday platter but of course will bit the it of any dessert table they’re on, whether it be a birthday party, Halloween get together…or heck, as a Wednesday night sweet treat.

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Sponge Candy is a classic hard candy recipe that has a sponge-like texture on the inside and a subtle sweetness. Dip it or drizzle it with chocolate or sprinkle with a little flaked sea salt for an old fashioned treat!

Sponge Candy is a Nostalgic and Simple Candy!

I am super excited about today’s recipe! I love making candy, but I don’t seem to do it very often, which is a shame.

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Crunchy Peanut Brittle is a classic holiday treat made with basic ingredients and easy steps! A nostalgic homemade candy with caramelized, buttery flavors, loaded with roasted peanuts for the perfect combination of salty and sweet. We love it in my house, and I just know you will too!

For another nostalgic Christmas treat, definitely check out this recipe for easy Sponge Candy!

Perfect Homemade Peanut Brittle

Peanut Brittle is such a nostalgic holiday treat.

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This easy Homemade Caramels recipe makes the best buttery, chewy caramels ever. Perfectly glossy and sprinkled with flaked sea salt, caramel candy is a delicious and creamy salty-sweet treat. Great for holiday gifting!

Chewy Homemade Caramels with Sea Salt

For anyone who’s ever made homemade caramels, I think we can all agree: they’re pretty special. Maybe it’s the nostalgic buttery flavors and soft, chewy texture, or the muscle that goes into stirring the caramel as it cooks.

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Malted Milk Fudge is the creamiest chocolate fudge, made with a little malted milk powder and topped with Malted Milk Balls! This is the best fudge recipe ever! So many of you ask me for my favorite fudge recipe, and this is it!

Malted Milk Fudge Is SO Good!

I am obsessed with this fudge recipe. It includes malted milk AND is topped with malted milk balls, like Whoppers, which you can absolutely leave off if you prefer.

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Cookies and Cream Marshmallow Bars are the easiest no bake bars ever! These easy bars are even made in the microwave which makes them perfect for last minute sweet treats!

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Cookies and Cream Marshmallow Bars Are An Easy No Bake Dessert

Isn’t it great when you can put together a sweet treat that looks OH so pretty, is CRAZY easy, and is one of your kids favorites in literal minutes?

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Crock Pot Peppermint Pretzel Candy is easy, festive and delicious! Making these salty/sweet pretzel clusters in the slow cooker is an easy candy making method!

Crock Pot Candy Is A Multitaskers Dream Candy Recipe!

I will be the first to admit, this Crock Pot Candy is not a shortcut. It certainly doesn’t take a long time, but it involves your slow cooker…and it’s right there in the name…SLOW. Stay with me, though.

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No Bake Coconut Praline Cookies are out of control delicious. The texture, the flavors, the sweet brown sugar flavor…it all comes together in a sweet no bake cookie!

So here we are…another recipe for not only brown food, but brown food that contains nuts. Who even am I right now? Last week I introduced you to Southern Pecan Bread, which is OMG GOOD. Today, we’re talking about another pecan recipe…the No Bake Coconut Praline Cookie.

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