These mini peppermint chocolate cheesecakes are packed with layers of flavor thanks to a rich, chocolatey crust, peppermint spiked cheesecake batter, and mini chocolate chips.
Mini Peppermint Chocolate Cheesecakes
Guest Blogger: Easy Christmas Ornaments
Hi all! I’m Julie and I blog about kids, food, and life at Teaching Good Eaters. While most of my posts at my own blog are focused in getting kids to eat good food and bringing some peace to your mealtimes, my most popular blog post by far, was about making really easy and really inexpensive homemade gifts for kids.
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50 Delicious Christmas Recipes
I love Christmas time. The lights, the music…especially the food. From Thanksgiving until the end of the year, it seems like our days and nights are filled with all kinds of yummy Christmas treats. I have been working on the menu for our annual Christmas party, our Christmas morning breakfast and our Christmas dinner. While searching, I also put together a collection of 50 delicious Christmas recipes in you case you are searching too!
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Easy Mod Podge Christmas Decoration
Christmas decorating is pretty much my favorite thing to do in our home each and every year. It takes me at least a week to get everything out and I am always looking to add new things to our existing items. Of course, I am also looking to keep our spending in check so I find myself making things a lot more than I used to. Plus, I am pushing myself to work with new craft tools or ones that I’ve been pretty unsuccessful with in the past. I knew I wanted to add some more Christmas words to our decor so I created this easy mod podge Christmas decoration one afternoon.
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Holiday Baking: Bacon Chile Cornbread Mini Muffins
Every potluck I go to during the holiday season is missing one thing: savory breads or muffins. We have a lot of chili, tons of soups or pastas and more than our share of desserts. But, I like a little bread with my soup or chili so I am always left missing the one thing that just isn’t there. For our office holiday potluck and my own Christmas party, I set out to remedy that problem by baking cayenne bacon chile cornbread mini muffins.
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Scents of the Season – Dried Fruit Potpourri
During the holiday season, I am always looking for gift ideas that are homemade and don’t cost a lot of money. With so many teachers and other people to give small gifts too, a homemade gift is a great option because it is thoughtful but easier to keep the costs under control. This year, I decided to try my hand at making dried fruit potpourri to give as gifts.
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25 Awesome Christmas Crafts
Christmas crafting is in full swing here now that the calendar has flipped over to December. I do a little bit of stuff during November but really don’t start with the “heavy” crafting until December. There is something about really enjoying Thanksgiving as its own holiday that I love. Of course, not actually crafting in November didn’t stop me from searching around for all kinds of inspiration to have for when I started my projects for the year. To kick off the first week of December, I am sharing 25 awesome Christmas crafts with you today!
…Guest Blogger: Homemade Christmas Wreath
Hello Just Us Four readers, I am so happy to be here and guest posting! My name is Ciara and I run a blog called Teaspoon of Life. I am one of 13 siblings, a mommy to a rambunctious little girl, and wife to a wonderful husband. In my spare time, besides blogging and taking care of my little princess, I love to cook/create recipes, and occasionally do some crafts.
This is only my third Christmas with my husband and we don’t have many decoration yet. We agreed on our first Christmas together that we would only get a few decoration each year (so we aren’t spending all our money at once). Also even more important, so we have something special for each year. This year I am in a very creative mood and decided to make something!
I had a thought in my head of a door decoration and by making it myself it makes it even more special! I decided to make a Christmas wreath because they can get so expensive at the stores sometimes!
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Guest Blogger: Paint Dipped Wreath
Hi there Just Us Four readers! My name is Laura and I blog over at The Experimental Home where I share my everyday creative experiments. I believe that I can create anything with just a little experimentation and you can too! I am so excited to be guest posting today on Thanksgiving eve. I am also excited because in two days, our Christmas decorations come out of the attic and it is time to deck the halls! I am not one of those people who totally replace my seasonal decor every year. For me, the best part of Christmas decorating is all the wonderful Christmas memories that the decorations hold. However, each year some decorations get retired and new ones take their place. This year, I know I need a new wreath for my front door. I wanted to create something simple and modern with classic Christmas style. I have been loving the color-blocked look this year, so I decided to experiment with a paint dipped wreath. It was super-simple to make and I just love how it turned out!
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Christmas Burlap Bell Wreath
I took my first trip to Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago and I was so excited. A store finally opened that was within an hour of me so I carved 2 hours out of my schedule to give myself plenty of time to check it all out. While I was there, I fell in love with a burlap wreath that had bells on it. I didn’t love the price tag though and was convinced I could make something similar for less. Luckily, being in Hobby Lobby, it wasn’t difficult to find the supplies for my Christmas Burlap Bell Wreath.
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