Yesterday my sister and her family came in for Christmas and today she and I started our annual baking. Every year she comes with new recipes to try and this year was no different. My family tends to favor easy, cheap recipes that don’t take a ton of time or ingredients and save for my sugar cookies, then I accomplish this with the things I make – mock toffee, peanut butter fudge, ritz/peanut-butter cookies and peppermint bark. But I have to share my sister’s recipes because this year all she’s making are balls, and she’s dipping almost everything in candy coating bark.

So here goes new recipes for you to try – or perhaps you’ve had these in your neck of the woods.

Oreo balls

1 pkg oreo cookies
1 8oz cream cheese
candy coating bark

Put oreo cookies in a food processor and blend until crumbly. Add in cream cheese and mix together. Form into balls, then dip them in the melted candy coating bark and let set until hardened on wax paper.

Cake balls

1 cake mix(any flavor though for the holidays Red-velvet seems to be a favorite)
1 can of frosting

Prepare and bake cake according to box, let cool. Break cake into pieces and mix it together with tub of frosting. Form into balls, then dip them in the melted candy coating bark and let set until hardened on wax paper.

Orange balls

1 box of vanilla wafers
4 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate
1/2 box powdered sugar

Mix all ingredients together in food processor. Roll into balls. Can roll balls into more powdered sugar, crushed nuts, or coconut.

Perhaps strange recipes, but the men here seem to like them quite a bit. I prefer the oreo balls dipped in the chocolate bark rather than the white chocolate bark, but I’m just not a fan of white chocolate. I think I might have shared my peanut butter fudge recipes in the past, but I’ll share it again in case anyone is interested – it’s so easy it’s ridiculous.

Peanut butter fudge

1 bag Reece’s peanut butter chips
1 can white frosting

Melt peanut butter chips, then add in tub of white frosting and stir until well blended. Pour into dish and let harden in the refrigerator. Cut into pieces and serve.

So how about you? Have you tried any new recipes for Christmas? I know we’ve talked a lot about baking and whatnot on here lately, but you can never have enough good Christmas treats.