First off, I hope you all had a FANTASTIC Christmas! Now, let’s get to the cookies;)
We all love holiday treats, and I am no exception! I love how, once a year, our kitchen gets turned into a bakery as we always make and send out giant batches of peppermint bark, cupcakes, or whatever is the trend of the year. Two years ago (before I discovered healthy eating!) I ate so much peppermint bark that people started asking if I was wearing a mint perfume! But let’s face it- after a while, the sugar catches up. After the first round of cookies, I crave real food, like bread. After the second round, I crave veggies and fruits. And by the time New Year’s wraps up, I don’t want to eat anything but green smoothies for the rest of my life!;) So this year, I decided to make a change. Treats would still be made, but with healthy substitutions to prevent those nasty sugar crashes. And so, without further adieu, I present to you the 2012 Holiday Dessert Round-Up!
MGN’s Healthified Fruit Salad
Candy Cane Ice Cream by Life Hands You Limes
Gingerbread Cookies by Ingredients of a Fit Chick
Celebration Worthy Cinnamon Rolls by Free Eats
Pumpkin Blondies by Two Saucy Sisters
Gingerbread Peanut Butter by Chocolate Covered Katie
Christmas Caramel Apple Trifle by Sweetly Raw
No Bake Peppermint Patty Bars by Oh She Glows
Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream by The Healthy Flavor
Nog Truffles by BitterSweet
Christmas might be over (sadness) but all of these recipes would be perfect for New Year’s!
Question: What did you get for Christmas?:)
Great roundup! Love your healthified fruit salad
Hope you had a great holiday!
Thanks so much! Hope you had a very Merry Christmas as well:) And that fruit salad always disappears so fast at parties!
They all look delicious!! Good for you for sticking with all healthy treats! I wish I had that self control
Haha:) These all sound so decadent I don’t even think they need the extra sugar! Thanks for visiting!
OMG those cinnamon rolls, and that PB sandwich have me drooling!! Along with like..everything else in this post! YUM!
No bake peppermint patty bars looks riiiiiight up my alley. I’m drooling.
Thank you so much for sharing my recipe Sunnie!! You are too sweet! You also have me drooling all over my laptop right now looking at all these yummy treats! I need to be detoxing after the last few days! haha! I am like you….I crave fruit, veggies and smoothies! I actually just had a wonderful smoothie now! I hope you had an amazing holiday!
Ooooh these recipes look fabulous! Great idea for a roundup. And I know what you mean about the sugar crash – right now, I’d be happy to not eat chocolate for a while!
Thanks Bec! Definitely- all of my chocolate is now in the freezer for when this Christmas sugar wares off;) Hope you had a great Christmas!
I love your round up posts! It’s such a great way for me to find new blogs!
My parents paid to help me self host my blog!! haha
Thanks so much Liz! I know I already said this, but your new layout is gorgeous! And agreed- there are so many blogs out there and I LOVE finding new ones:)
oh my goodness. Those cinnamon rolls. I must have them.
Yes. Cinnamon rolls are always a good idea:)
Thank you sooo much Sunnie for featuring my Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream with a secret sweetening ingredient, lol! I’m so happy so many are enjoying it! You rock! That means so much to me. I am loving everything featured here…especially the cinnamon rolls! I, too, have a no bake mint chocolate chip cookie bar recipe you might like. So fast and easy! Thanks again and merry Christmas!
http://thehealthyflavor.com/2012/08/27/mint-chocolate-chip-cookie-bars/ (vegan and gluten-free)
Never mind Sunnie! I see you’ve already commented on my recipe, duh! Sorry I’m a nerd!
No problem! All of your recipes always sound fantastic:) And I’m so so happy you reminded me about the no bake bars! I’ve been meaning to try those out since you posted them:)
yum these all look so delicious ! hope you enjoyed your holiday !
Thanks Kaity! Hope you had an amazing Christmas as well!
Gingerbread peanut butter sounds amazing!! Why have I never thought of this??
That’s what I said! And the recipe is super easy:)
All those desserts look fabulous!! Those Peppermint Patty Bars look especially decadent; I always love Angela’s recipes. And I do agree with you: eating too much refined sugar and gluten makes my stomach very unhappy–as I found out this holiday season:) I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
Haha! I’m surprised I didn’t turn red and white from all the peppermint bark I ate last year;) Agreed- I wish I could try all of Angela’s recipes!
Hope it’s not too late to make more Christmas treats, because so many of these ideas look incredible! Thanks for including my truffles.
Yum! These desserts all look so good! I especially love the strawberry santas…so adorable and creative! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas, Sunnie!
This all looks completely amazing! The little Santas are especially adorable!
Thanks so much! They are pretty cute- We put them out for Santa so I’m sure he was quite honored;)
Leave it to Sunnie…
All of these look awesome, I wish I wasn’t so baked out! I totally know what you mean about the green smoothies. I woke up last Saturday and all I wanted was a big glass of water, a run and some fruit and almonds. So worth it though! 
Agreed! The sugar definitely catches up…pesky stuff;) Have a great weekend!
Too bad I didn’t see this before the holidays!! Just Kidding, I actually wasn’t too bad. A nibble here and a nibble there. Now I’m back on smoothies and craving my fruits and veggies.
Thanks for featuring my recipe!
Happy New Year!