# Favorite Christmas candies and desserts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237 "2011-12-06T04:51:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/1 "2011-12-06T04:51:58Z")
We went to Trader Joe’s yesterday. I came away with a nice stash of iced gingerbread, candy cane oreos and pfeffernusse. Yum. Granted I’m Jewish so I probably should be voting for Hanakah gelt. But I really can’t resist good gingerbread and those chewy red and white minty taffys they sell at the drug stores around here. What are your favorites? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/2 "2011-12-06T05:15:20Z")
My grandparents always had chocolate covered cherry cordials when I was a kid so I always associate them with Christmas. Ditto the box of mini Peppermint Patties we’d get in our stockings. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/3 "2011-12-06T05:17:18Z")
Peppermint bark. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/4 "2011-12-06T15:09:43Z")
Presidents Choice Peppermint Fudge Crackle ice cream. I have two containers in my freezer thanks to the weekend’s shopping. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/5 "2011-12-06T15:43:21Z")
Chocolate Covered Cherries for me and I can’t find any this year yet. They are usually everywhere by now. I’m craving them badly. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/6 "2011-12-06T15:55:57Z")
White Trash Answer: Jack in the Box makes an amazing Egg Nog Milkshake… unfortunately it’s like 1000 calories so I don’t have them very often Other Answer: Peppermint Bark, but only when made with quality ingredients (i.e. chocolate that actually contains cocoa butter) ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/7 "2011-12-06T16:01:16Z")
[Aunt Bills Candy](http://newsok.com/aunt-bills-brown-candy-qualifies-as-holiday-icon/article/3423521) ---
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/8 "2011-12-06T16:05:36Z")
Fudge. I must give away 99% of what I make, or I’d eat it all. We make a white trash kind of stuff where we put peanut butter between Ritz crackers and dip it in white chocolate or chocolate. They’re pretty tasty. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/9 "2011-12-06T16:24:20Z")
The commisary at the Sub Base in New London always gets a heap of [Schmidt](http://www.germandeli.com/schmidtfestive.html) gift boxes, so we get one of them for the house if we end up not having time to crank out the cookies and stollen, and also some of the [Asbach Uralt](http://www.germandeli.com/asbrch2.html) chocolate brandy bottles, and little [marzipan fruits](http://www.germandeli.com/ch20ma.html). We tend to have people drop by more frequently around christmas to exchange presents and we like to sit and have coffee and snacks. If we bake, we make stollen, liebkuchen, pfeffernusse, springerle cookies, and spiced speculaas. Which reminds me I need to get the springerle roller out for next year since it is too late to bake them for this year. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/10 "2011-12-06T16:30:40Z")
My grandmother’s spice cake. I’ll be making a bunch of them this weekend as a matter of fact. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/11 "2011-12-06T16:54:31Z")
Every year Mom makes her Cape Breton Pork Pies. I think the original recipe calls for lard or something which is about all the pork in it, but the recipe is for these tooth rotting sweet bite-size date tarts with icing. That and Grandma’s fruitcake. I can’t wait to start baking this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/12 "2011-12-06T18:53:58Z")
Springerle. Marzipan. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/13 "2011-12-06T19:20:39Z")
Lebkuchen, stroopwaffels, my mother’s homemade mince pies, chocolate cherry liqueur cups, Quality Street and pepparkakor. What, the Irish don’t really have traditional Xmas treats, we steal from those who do! ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/14 "2011-12-07T08:44:33Z")
Christmas Fudge, Peanut Butter Cocoa Oats minute-no-bake- cookies. Hunky walnut gems, and kolack, apricot, date, nut, and poppy. Pfeffernuss and Peanut Hershey’s Kiss Cookies. Sometimes peanut Brittle. Pressed or form iced sugar cookies. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/15 "2011-12-07T08:49:29Z")
Chocolate Covered Cherries. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/16 "2011-12-07T08:52:22Z")
Pumpkin Pie or Pumpkin Cheesecake squares with walnuts. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/17 "2011-12-07T08:55:22Z")
Herman cultivated sourdough yeast starter spice cake with walnuts and pineapple- cream cheese frosting. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/18 "2011-12-07T18:47:19Z")
I demand recipes from those who make their own goodies! ---
**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/19 "2011-12-07T21:12:24Z")
Fruitcake (Yes, I can eat the whole thing)😃 Ginger snaps and bunuelos (aka cinnamon crispies). ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237/20 "2011-12-07T23:38:20Z")
It’s not Christmas without my mother’s chocolate walnut cookies. I’ve taken on the duty of making them since Mom passed away three years ago, but they’re not quite the same. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-christmas-candies-and-desserts/605237.md?page=2)