Festive, Easy to Make Holiday Party Snacks

December 9, 2018 1:54 am \ Leave a Comment \
Festive Easy to Make Holiday Party Snacks

Festive Easy to Make Holiday Party Snacks >>Fruit Santa Hats or Grinch Kabobs | Cocktails in Mini Moscow Mule Mugs | Christmas deviled eggs on a devil egg tray | Macaroni & Cheese in Mini Martini Glasses | Fully loaded mini baked potatoes | Shrimp in an Asian soup spoon

Festive, Easy to Make Holiday Party Snacks

Preparing festive holiday party snacks does not mean you need to devote hours and hours in the kitchen. Plus, if you take our advice, you will not only save time, you will save money because you are portion controlling your food. The key is investing in some fun serving pieces like mini cocktail glasses, mini moscow mule cups, and even some ceramic Asian spoons you can use over and over again. Once you have a few of these basics, you can make the simplest of foods look festive and elegant. We have also checked, and all the serving piece suggestions we mention here are still available for delivery before Christmas although you may have to pay a little extra for expedited delivery. Many of the items are available on Amazon Prime. If, by chance you do not currently have an Amazon Prime Membership, today is the day to sign up for an  Amazon Prime FREE 30 Day Trial Membership. Included with your membership is FREE 2-Day shipping and in certain areas you may even be eligible to qualify for  receive FREE Same-Day Delivery on qualifying orders over $35! (Plus, so much more!)  Continue Reading →

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Holiday Family Pajama Party

December 8, 2018 9:57 am \ Leave a Comment \
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Family Pajama Party

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year >> Holiday Family Pajama Party | Kids Coordinating Sleepwear | More Family Matching Holiday Pajamas

Holiday Family Pajama Party

Winter really is the most wonderful time of the year. And it is the perfect time to stay in and stay warm with those you love most, your family. Although for most of us Christmas Eve pretty much naturally transitions into a family pajama party culminating in a fabulous Christmas morning breakfast and opening the presents Santa delivered in the middle of the night, some of us need a little jump start, a little  inspiration. Continue Reading →

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Candy Christmas Tree Treats

December 8, 2018 2:41 am \ 1 Comment \
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Christmas Tree, Candy Christmas Tree Treats

Candy Christmas Tree We wish we could properly give credit to someone for coming up with this adorable idea but could not find any attribution on the Facebook post we found these on.

Candy Christmas Tree Treats

Are these not the cutest candy Christmas tree treats ever?  Perfect to serve at a holiday parties, Christmas Day open houses and even to give as stocking stuffers or small holiday gifts of endearment. We also love the fact that these  Christmas tree treats are so easy for the kids to make themselves. While you are preparing your holiday meal, set the kids (and other family members that might be under-foot) up at the kitchen table, and put them all to work. Now add an individual Christmas Tree Treat at each place setting.  You can set them in the middle of each plate or use as a place card holder >> just lean a small place card up against your hand Christmas Tree! #toocute

Candy Christmas Tree Ingredients 

2 Miniature Reeses Peanut Butter Cups

1 Regular Reeses Peanut Butter Cup

1 Hershey Kiss

Green Frosting

Red & White Sprinkles

How2 Create these Adorable Candy Christmas Tree Treats

Stack ingredients as pictured. Use a Miniature Reeses Peanut Butter Cups for the bottom.  Add the Regular Reeses Peanut Butter Cup on top of it securing all layers with sugar glue. Now add another Miniature Reeses Peanut Butter Cup and top with a Hershey's Kiss.  Finally decorate your Candy Christmas Tree Treats with icing and sprinkles.  Enjoy!

Party Hearty!

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9 Creative Ways to Serve Donuts this Holiday Season

November 27, 2018 6:00 pm \ Leave a Comment \
8 Creative Ways to Serve Holiday Donuts

8 Creative Ways to Serve Holiday Donuts

9 Creative Ways to Serve Donuts this Holiday Season

This one is for you, Joe! All of us here at PartyIdeaPros LOVE donuts. So when we were challenged by a reader to come up with 5 ways to serve donuts this holiday season, it was challenge on! Personally, we would probably glitter up our donuts with red, green, blue, silver and gold edible glitters, depending on what holiday we are celebrating that day! Add or subtract edible glitter, to taste (and yes, pun intended!). Continue Reading →

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????An Annual Christmas Dilemma >> To Gift Fruitcake or Not????

December 13, 2017 3:34 pm \ Leave a Comment \
Collin Street Bakery Fruitcake

Collin Street Bakery Fruitcake

An Annual Christmas Dilemma >> To Gift Fruitcake or Not to Gift Fruitcake

If you asked us two days ago whether you should gift fruitcake this year, the answer would have been a resounding NO! But following an hour long meeting and a free fruitcake sample from Collin Street Bakery, we are revising that assessment.

Have we changed our mind because they are paying us to do so. Absolutely NOT. Although we will get paid a small percentage of any sale if you click the links on this page and actually buy from Collin Street Bakery, we never ever recommend products and companies we do not love and trust. And as you well know, we very seldom do reviews because we almost never like the products we are sent to review. We have an entire closet filled with stuff that we cannot even give away to our friends and family because nobody wants it. Continue Reading →

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