Sweet Dessert Hacks to De-Stress Your Holiday Baking!

Enjoy the holidays this year with these 5 sweet dessert hacks!

Christmas Forest Cake

Ingredients needed:

• 6-inch round cake chocolate cake
• Chocolate frosting
• Dark chocolate kit-kat
• Milk chocolate kit-kat
• Sugar cones
• Vanilla frosting; green food coloring
• Powdered sugar

Reindeerbread Man

Ingredients needed:

• Sugar cookie dough, premade dough
• Gingerbread man cookie cutter
• Chocolate frosting
• Sliced almonds
• Round candy
• Mini marshmallow

Directions:

1.) Bake cookies according to the package directions.

2.) Pipe chocolate frosting into a reindeer face shape.

3.) Sprinkle sugar on the ears.

4.) Place an almond for the ear, small candy for the nose, and halved mini marshmallow and mini m&m for the eyes.

Melted Snowmen

Ingredients needed:

• Sugar cookie, premade dough
• Circle cookie cutter
• Ketchup bottle, clean
• Vanilla frosting, melted
• Chocolate frosting
• Marshmallow, large
• Small candy

Directions:

1.) Bake cookies according to the package directions.

2.) Microwave frosting for 45 seconds.

3.) Pour contents into the ketchup bottle.

4.) Squeeze the bottle over the cookie and create a melted snowman puddle.

5.) Pinch a small piece off the middle of the large marshmallow and stick a small candy.

6.) Pipe small brown dots for eyes and smile.

7.) Place head on the cookie.

Dirty Chai Latte

Ingredients needed:

• Chai latte concentrate mix
• Whipped cream topping
• Instant coffee packet
• Gingerbread man cutter

Directions:

1.) On a quarter sheet pan, spread cool whip cream with a spatula.

2.) Freeze for 1 hour.

3.) Punch out gingerbread men and cover with instant coffee packets.

4.) Pour a cup of chai latte.

5.) Place gingerbread man on the latte and stir.

Cinnamon Hot Cocoa

Ingredients needed:

• Hot chocolate
• Marshmallow fluff
• Cinnamon

Directions:

1.) Pipe marshmallow fluff out with the star tip on a sheet pan.

2.) Freeze for at least 1 hour.

3.) Pour hot cocoa and slide a marshmallow on top.

4.) Garnish with cinnamon.