What Christmas Dessert Recipe Should You Try This Year?

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at Emerson chapter.

Sick of making the same old recipe year after year around the holidays? Chocolate chip cookies are great and all but they can be a real snooze. Take this quiz to find a brand new recipe to impress your family and friends and liven up the Christmas menu a bit.

It’s the day after Thanksgiving! What are you up to?

Black Friday shopping! Running on two hours sleep and fourteen cups of coffee!
Bringing out the Christmas decorations and looking at old holiday pictures.
Baking for Christmas and singing along with “Jingle Bells.”
Sleeping off the food coma then going out to see if I can find one last PSL.
Working off yesterday’s dinner at the gym.
Cleaning up yesterday’s mess then putting out the Christmas decorations that just got delivered.

What’s your go-to Christmas movie?

“A Christmas Story”
“Rudolph”
“Nightmare Before Christmas”
“Love Actually” to dance along with Hugh Grant
“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”
“It’s a Wonderful Life”

What’s your favorite Christmas beverage?

Red wine.
Pumpkin Spice Latte.
Peppermint Mocha with three shots of espresso.
Eggnog!
I try to stick to water.
Hot chocolate. Made from scratch just like Grandma.

We all know that we have to work out around the holidays sometime. What’s your go-to workout?

That new pilates-Zumba fusion class at my gym.
Early morning walk with Mom before baking all day.
Run to get coffee than run to all the stores to shop.
Dancing to Christmas music!
Cross-Fit
Barre class.

What’s your go-to Christmas dessert?

Grandma’s Italian wedding cookies
Pumpkin pie
Chocolate chip cookies
Tiramisu
Fruit cake
Fondue with fruit

What’s the best part of the holiday season?

Shopping and decorating can be a great workout.
The coffee flavors at Starbucks that keep me going when I’m buying presents.
Eh, some of the Christmas comedies can be fun.
Putting up all my new decorations!
Spending time with the family.
Baking and watching Christmas classics!

What’s your favorite holiday song?

“Baby It’s Cold Outside”
“All I Want for Christmas”
“Silent Night”
“Christmas in Hollis”
“Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”
“Eight Crazy Nights”

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