Holidays recipes

Crispy, paper-thin chocolate lace cookies made with melted butter and unsweetened chocolate. Only 8 ingredients, 30 minutes, and you've got 3 dozen elegant holiday treats.

Simple hard candy Christmas molds made with sugar, corn syrup, and your choice of flavoring and color. Just 5 ingredients and a candy thermometer for sparkling holiday treats kids love to unwrap.

Ghostly green brew is a 2-ingredient Halloween punch made with lime sherbet and ginger ale. Serve it in a carved pumpkin for a spooky, fizzy, kid-friendly party drink.

Sausages stuffed with mustard and wrapped in flaky crescent roll dough to look like creepy caterpillar cocoons. A fun, spooky Halloween snack kids love to make and eat.

Ghoul-Aid Halloween punch made by mixing grape and orange Kool-Aid with ginger ale for a fizzy, spooky-colored party drink kids love. Ready in 5 minutes.

Make these easy and delicious squashed frogs for your kids at Halloween, everyone will love these green frogs.

Three-cheese ball made with sharp cheddar, Swiss, and Roquefort, blended with garlic and Worcestershire sauce. Rolled in paprika or parsley for a bold holiday appetizer.

Buche de Noel (Christmas log cake): a classic French yule log with sponge cake, coffee buttercream, meringue mushrooms, and a dusting of powdered sugar snow. A showstopping holiday centerpiece.

Deviled eggs dressed up as tiny mice with olive ears, pimento eyes, and chocolate sprinkle "droppings." A hilarious Halloween appetizer kids will flip over.

An elegant pumpkin tart takes place of traditional pie, looks beautiful and pumpkin and banana work very well together!

Buttery thumbprint cookies with a gross-out Halloween twist: pale, tender shortbread rounds dimpled and filled with dark blackberry jam that looks like a 'blackhead.' Easy, funny, and good enough to disappear fast.

See's-style fudge with three bags of chocolate chips, marshmallow cream, and nuts. This old-fashioned recipe makes 5 pounds of rich, creamy fudge for holiday candy trays.

Ear Wax Wieners on Cotton Swabs, a gross-out Halloween party appetizer. Broiled cocktail franks with a mustard-mayo dipping sauce on cotton-ball toothpicks.

Crispy chow mein noodles coated in melted chocolate and shaped into spooky spider clusters. These no-bake Halloween treats take just 15 minutes to make.

Celebrate the holiday by serving up this decadent delicious crab cake.

A simple homemade Christmas incense blend of pine needles, hemlock needles, powdered sassafras bark, and whole cloves. Fill your home with the woodsy, spicy scent of the holidays in 5 minutes.