Oreo truffles

Tasty Tuesday–Through the Year with Oreo Truffles

Here’s a look back at a year of Oreo truffles, starting with a blue and white tree I made for Ryan’s birthday last year, and ending with gingerbread Oreo truffles I made for the Christmas season. I also made two different truffle “bouquets” (one for Valentine’s Day and one for Mother’s Day), an Easter basket of carrot cake Oreo truffles, and some mocha Oreo truffles to celebrate Turkey’s and Bunny’s high school graduation.

In a perfect world, I would have made at least two more kinds throughout the year. I had envisioned doing something in red, white, and blue for the Fourth of July, but I just kind of…forgot, I guess. I was also certain that I would find pumpkin spice Oreos in the fall, but I never did, so I couldn’t do something with a pumpkin theme. We still had a delicious options throughout 2021, even without those two additions, though!

Christmas Baking 2017

Another Advent and Christmastide has come and gone all too quickly. As always, we enjoyed baking (and eating) a lot of treats along the way!

We didn’t make quite as many cookies this year, but we made all of our favorite kinds…thumbprints in two flavors (raspberry and apricot), chocolate peppermint crunch (those are the ones we didn’t make as many of…I only made about half of what we usually bake), sugar, and gingerbread:

Of course we had lussekattes on Santa Lucia Day!

Cherry coffee cake for Christmas Day morning:

I’ve made Oreo truffles in the past, but I’ve never made an Oreo truffle Christmas tree…pretty and delicious!

I baked three different cakes in about two weeks’ time. Chocolate for Jesus’ birthday, a more formal tuxedo cake for New Year’s, and a Guinness cake for Ryan’s Epiphany birthday:

It’s become a tradition for me to make baklava for Epiphany, too:

And one new recipe for a savory baked good…cheese thumbprints with pineapple jalapeño jelly. That recipe is definitely a keeper!

I’m always amazed by how many baking staples I go through at this time of year, and the kitchen is always busy, and smells kind of like a bakery for weeks on end. I will admit to looking forward to a break from various doughs and batters, though!