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Holiday Recipe Ideas

These holiday recipe ideas are such a fun way to celebrate! Food has a magical way of bringing people together. I love cooking for holidays, and you’ll find lots of Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and even Valentine’s Day recipes on Bless this Mess.

My favorite Christmas Cookie recipes: Soft Gingerbread Cookies, Easy Mexican Wedding Cookies, and Grandma Lucy’s Christmas Sugar Cookies, which are super, super soft and great with icing.

My favorite Fall recipes: THE Best Caramel Dip and Cranberry Orange Bread.

My favorite Halloween recipes: 5 Easy No-Bake Halloween Treats, Easy Oreo Spider Halloween Snacks (these are a great snack/craft for kids), and don’t forget the Halloween Cheese Board!

My favorite Thanksgiving recipes: Mom’s Jumbo Dinner Rolls, Five Ingredient Sides for Thanksgiving (all healthy and easy!), and my favorite apple pie recipe that finishes off the meal so well.

And every holiday is made better with a sweet covered in this Easy & Extra Fluffy White Cloud Frosting!

There’s so many more holiday recipes below, just scroll down to see them all!

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Pies, Crisps & Tarts

Christmas Pies: 19 Best Holiday Pie Recipes

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Brownies

Peppermint Chocolate Brownies in a Jar

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Simple Gingerbread Recipes

Gingerbread Coffee Cake

Frosted gingerbread bars cut into squares, topped with white icing and festive red, green, and gold holiday sprinkles, are arranged on a green plaid surface.

Simple Gingerbread Recipes

Spiced Gingerbread Bars with Vanilla Frosting

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Turkey Recipes

Dry Brine Turkey: The Secret to Crispy Skin and Juicy Meat

A collage of fall cookie recipes: pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, spiced whoopie pies with cream filling, maple leaf-shaped sugar cookies, and nut-studded cookies cooling on a wire rack.

Cookies

30 Favorite Fall Cookie Recipes

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Game Day Recipes

Ultimate Game Day Food Ideas

A marble-swirled cheesecake with a crumbly brown crust sits on a white cake stand. A pie server and knife rest nearby on a black and white checkered cloth on a wooden surface made from a pumpkin cheesecake recipe.

Dessert Recipes

Perfect Homemade Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe

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Dessert Recipes

50+ Cozy Fall Desserts

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Simple Gingerbread Recipes

Gingerbread Cinnamon Rolls

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Dip Recipes

Orange Marshmallow Fruit Dip Recipe

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Side Dishes and Salads

Homemade Baked Beans (Better Than Store Bought)

A bowl of creamy Knorr veggie spinach dip sits surrounded by fresh broccoli florets, sliced cucumbers, and baby carrots, all artfully arranged on a platter.

Dip Recipes

Knorr Veggie Spinach Dip Recipe

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Candy

Candied Walnuts Recipe {With Maple Syrup}

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Candy

Maple Candied Almonds Recipe

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Ice Cream

Simple Homemade Ice Cream Recipes

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