Heavenly White Chocolate Drip Cake

When given the choice between white, milk or dark chocolate, I’ll reach for white chocolate pretty much every time. As a kid, the Easter bunny would even leave me white chocolate bunnies. Yes, it’s a thing! If you enjoy white chocolate as much as I do—or even just a little bit—you’ve gotta try a slice of this cake.

Each component is laced with that sweet, rich, and buttery flavor you know and love. The cake layers themselves are made with buttermilk to keep them ultra-tender and enhance the white chocolate flavor. Since there’s only so much white chocolate you can shove into a cake without ruining its texture, the frosting and the ganache are where the flavor really flourishes.

The final result is a dazzling dessert that’s full of white chocolate goodness, but not to the point where it becomes overwhelming. This simple and sophisticated layer cake is luxurious enough to convince your loved ones you ordered it from the fanciest bakery in town!

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Homemade Grape Jelly Meatballs

These meatballs are a delicious classic. The homemade meatballs are coated in a sweet and savory grape jelly sauce and simmer in the crockpot for a couple hours. The sauce mixture of grape jelly and chili sauce may seem crazy, but the flavor is on point!

Even with all the yumminess packed into this party-worthy appetizer, it’s super easy to put together. And you could even make it a couple of days in advance! The meatballs will only become more flavorful as they sit in the fridge. You’ll definitely be sneaking some before you serve them!

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Boozy Homemade Amaretto Cheesecake

A few years ago, I had the privilege of visiting the ALDI test kitchen in Illinois, and I fell head over heels in love with their Amaretto cheesecake. If you know me, you know I had to recreate it on my own. And I am super glad I did – the amazingness of this cheesecake truly can’t be put into words.

Even you chocolate lovers won’t be able to resist this luxurious dessert. The creamy Amaretto-spiked cheesecake filling, the buttery wafer crust and the fluffy homemade mousse make a seriously heavenly trio. And don’t forget the crunchy sliced almonds that top it all off. This cheesecake is wonderful and has become a big favorite!

If you’d like to make a booze-free cheesecake, you have that option as well. The filling and the mousse would both taste great with an amaretto coffee creamer in place of the Amaretto. You just may want to bump the almond extract up to about a tablespoon. Either way, you simply have to try this recipe. The result is pure cheesecake bliss!

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Soft 6 Ingredient Vanilla Butter Cookies

There are a lot of easy cookie recipes out there, but these one-bowl melting moments cookies may be the simplest of them all. Despite how easy they are to put together, they’re fancy enough for holiday cookie swaps and yummy enough to get devoured by any crowd. They’re soft, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth cookies that have just the right amount of sweetness to satisfy all sorts of palates.

Another reason I love making these for Christmas is that the baked cookies don’t require refrigeration. You can package them up in festive containers and deliver them to friends and family without having to worry about carting a cooler around. Nothing says Merry Christmas like a loved one ringing your doorbell with a bunch of homemade cookies in hand! Especially when they’re as dreamy as these ones.

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Creamy Cranberry Pecan Cheeseball

This holiday-worthy cheeseball has made all of my cheesy appetizer dreams come true. The flavors are incredible! You have the tangy goat cheese, the sweet and tart cranberries, the nutty pecans, the warm cinnamon and more. It all culminates into a seriously comforting snack or starter. It’s hard to not eat the whole thing on your own!

I love to serve this cheeseball as a Thanksgiving appetizer or a game-day munchie, but it’s guaranteed to hit the spot any time. I’m a huge fan of goat cheese, and this is probably my very favorite recipe that uses it. It goes so well with the flavors of the other ingredients!

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