Snowballs and Sleigh Bells and Schnitzel with Noodles

It's that time of year - holiday party season! Mull the wine or apple cider, pull out the candy canes and deck the halls! We typically get 2-3 weeks off from school around the holidays so our holiday parties have to be a bit early. During grad school and the first year of med school I had holiday parties for some of my classmates.

I included the invite which can be modified in Illustrator/Photoshop/PPT
(obviously omitting my address and phone number)

 The first year I had a soup party (chili, butternut squash soup and chicken & wild rice.) The second year I did bruschetta and some appetizers, including my popular blink-and-it's-gone brie (space unwrapped caramels cubes out evenly on top of the brie, sprinkle craisins and diced dried apricots on, pop in the oven until the caramel melts). Here are some of the other recipes that were a hit:

This is my Grandma Miller's recipe and it is wonderful!

This one is courtesy of my mom and also fabulous

 These are chewy and delicious! Don't expect them to last long :)

These literally melt in your mouth thanks to the powdered sugar. Courtesy of my neighbor.

As gifts, I gave out these cute little cocoa balls:

You can google drink mixes. I didn't love the one I used so that's why I'm not posting it here.

To make the cocoa balls: Buy clear ornaments and rinse them out. Pour in your mix.  Place half of a candy cane in the ball with a mini marshmallow on the outer end (to prevent mix from coming out) and secure the gold ornament top back on. Use ribbon to tie on your drink instructions.

I'm off to go light a pine candle, make some mulled wine, hang the mistletoe and wrap some presents!

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