What are your traditional holiday desserts??

[Karen]

Fruitcake - often the topic of jokes but I make them every year and do not think I have ever gone even one of my 50+ holidays without it. I dislike any commercial fruitcakes or fruitcake candy mixes but love the recipe I learned from my mom. It is very little cake and the ingredients are pecans, candied cherries, pineapples and dates. The only spice is nutmeg. Just for grins, I got my newspaper clipping out and it is still posted online - same name, same recipe, same newspaper. Aronowitz fruitcake Any other fruitcake lovers out there?

I LOVE fruitcake. Unfortunately, I am now allergic to most of the fruit and all the nuts that make it sooooo good. It would just NOT be the same without the good stuff! Sigh.

When I was a little kid, we'd make fruitcakes as gifts for people. My big brother's job was to shell the Brazil nuts. Mine was to take a date, stuff the Brazil nut into it, then roll it in sugar - and then NOT pop it into my mouth, but put it into a bowl to be added to the mix. I don't remember what jobs the other family members had, but we were all kept busy, and Ma did the final mixing and baking.

[anna_66]

Fruit Salad. It's something I've had every year since I can remember.
You just mix together; sour cream, sliced apples, pineapple chunks, mandarin oranges, walnuts, marshmallows & coconut.
It's just the best (especially on the second day!)

And then of course my mom's famous chocolate chip cookies. Wouldn't be the same without those!

There's something else I've made for the last few years. I got the recipe from a girl that Mark worked with. She'd make it for all the employees.
She called it puppy chow, but from what I've seen online that's not what it is.
Any way it's White Almond Bark, Fruit Loops, peanuts, pretzels & m&m's...yummy! Everyone loves it!

[Medusa]

Actually, I guess w/out realizing it I've started a holiday tradition. I serve a candy every year. Ok, it isn't a dessert but everyone loves it. I can't take credit for it, though. There's a local candy shoppe in town that I've done business with for years. The owner and her daughter make their own candy and they've won all kinds of awards through the years, especially for the one they call Canal Mud. (I live in a town called Canal Fulton.) It's light and dark chocolate w/caramel and dark chocolate drizzled on top. I give it as gifts, too. Before menopause and during PMS, I'd call them and say "I'm on my way!" and they'd have their own peanut butter cups waiting on the front step for me after closing time because I could never make it home from work in time. They trusted me to leave a check in their milk delivery box. Once you've had their peanut butter cups, you'll never eat a Reese's again. And my favorite is their Hawaiian Snappers made w/white chocolate and macadamia nuts. Ok, I need to stop. I've just put on a couple of pounds talking about it. Anyhow....if you ever want to try the best chocolates ever, the name of their shoppe is Deliciously Different Candies and they ship all over the world.

[cassiesmom]

I love buñuelos. In my family we eat them every New Year's eve or you'll have bad luck the next year!

Oh my goodness! My best friend's husband is Mexican American, grew up in Texas. His mother lives with them and she makes buñuelos on New Year's Day, for luck in the new year. My best friend is Italian and Czech, so for their holidays it might be tiramisu or kolacky (or both).

Ever since my nephew and nieces were little, we have always had birthday cake for Jesus' birthday. My youngest niece's birthday is on Christmas, so now we have a little of everything - birthday cake, kolacky and the Czech Christmas cookies called rohlik (shortbread dough with almonds, bent into crescents and sprinkled with powdered sugar).

I've got a puppy chow recipe too - Honeycomb cereal covered with a mix of chocolate and peanut butter. Then powdered sugar over top.

[joycenalex]

chocolate pudding cake. gosh i miss it. when we were kids, my mom would make this molten chocolate hot gooey delight only on very special occasions(birthdays weren't special enough). several years ago, at a family dinner i asked my sister and brother what were their favorite food memory and simultaneously we said pudding cake. mom just smiled.

[critters]

I always used to make a cake in a tree-shaped pan, cover it with fluffy white icing, and use "pretty" M&Ms as tree lights.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Well, let's see here...
Our family traditional Christmas dessert, it this wonderful baby Jesus red cake. It's red velvet cake (I think) and we use 2 ounces of red food dye. My Grammy makes it every year for Christmas. The cake is 4 layers, and has this yummy frosting, don't know which kind, though!