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Each year, we showcase a few of our favorite and most delicious holiday recipes from our readers as part of our Holiday Bites contest. This year, the deadline to send in your recipes is fast approaching so start thinking holiday and send us your best recipes! Here's how,..

We Want Your Holiday Recipes!

One of our winning recipes from last year! These cookies were DELICIOUS!

Each year, we hold our annual Holiday Bites contest as a way to share with readers some amazing and delicious recipes to make for family and friends during the holidays. The deadline to enter your recipe is upon us so be sure to send it our way soon! Here's how...

3 Finalists’ Recipes for Your Holiday Parties

By now you've seen and hopefully tried our Holiday Bites recipe contest winners, but there were so many other great recipes that came in at a close second that we just couldn't keep them to ourselves. If you’re looking for more holiday recipes for all your festivities this season, try these finalists’ recipes!

More Winning Recipes You Need to Try!

We've already shared with you two winning recipes from our Holiday Bites recipe contest but now we're bringing you the sweet stuff! We've got our two dessert winners who came in at a close tie for this one. You'll want to try these at your holiday parties this year!

Don't Miss These Winning Recipes!

This year, we asked our readers to help us find some great recipes for the party season, and here’s what you brought! Our editorial team voted on the winners in appetizer, side dish and dessert categories. You can see the full Holiday Bites contest article in our December issue, or you can read more about our winners and their scrumptious dishes here!

Our December Issue is Out!

IT'S TIME to pick up our December issue and read about:

• Our Holiday Bites Recipe Winners
• The right time and place to wear the new looks
• Choosing the best time and cocktails for the party season

Happy 23rd Anniversary (and celebrating a special 20-year anniversary) to us!

We want your recipes!

We want your holiday recipes! If you have a recipe you’re proud of that seems to always be a holiday party hit, we want you to share it! We’re looking for appetizers, side dishes, desserts, and healthful recipes. Hurry - the deadline is fast approaching!

Click here to enter!

Holiday Bites - Pumpkin Praline Cheesecake

Holiday Bites Winner!

Dessert:  Pumpkin Praline Cheesecake

This cheesecake is an original recipe created by Deb Reese Hall – a labor of love well worth the effort! This dessert is a huge hit and a delicious pumpkin pie alternative.

Pumpkin Praline Cheesecake

Get the recipe here!

Holiday Bites - Red Raspberry Cream Pie

Holiday Bites Winner!

Dessert: Red Raspberry Cream Pie

Suetta Tingler usually keeps this recipe under wraps, so we are very grateful that she is sharing it with our readers. Clipped out of a local newspaper in upstate New York, this is a popular dessert among friends and family. Just in time for the holidays, this festive-looking dessert is light and refreshing and can be made all year round.

Red Raspberry Cream Pie

Get the recipe here!

Holiday Bites - Scrumptious Mushrooms

Holiday Bites Winner

Appetizer:  Scrumptious Mushrooms

Simple and delicious! This appetizer is a popular one, even with the non-mushroom lover. Make it days in advance and let it sit and marinate in the refrigerator. Winner Andrea Walker received this recipe from a former co-worker 23 years ago, and she has been making it for the holidays and special occasions ever since.  

Scrumptious Mushrooms

Get the recipe here!

Holiday Bites - Smoky Baby Blue Taters

Holiday Bites Finalist!

Appetizer - Smoky Baby Blue Taters

A dish that Vikki Stone adapted from a recipe created by Rachael Ray, these potatoes are delicious and easy to make. Serve them up at your next holiday party or family gathering. You won't be sorry!

Smoky Baby Blue Taters

Get the recipe here! (Plus another fun holiday party idea...yes, it involves wine...)

Holiday Bites - Marinated Cheese With Olives

Holiday Bites Finalist!

Appetizer Marinated Cheese

This recipe was found while visiting The Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. Retired science teacher Suetta Tingler collects recipes during her travels and exchanges them with friends on their birthdays. This recipe for marinated cheese is one you can make ahead of time and store in the refrigerator. Visually pleasing and tasty, this dish is great served with pita bread and hummus or any other Mediterranean-style spread.

Marinated Cheese With Olives

Get the recipe here!

Holiday Bites - Banana Croquettes

Holiday Bites Finalist!

Appetizer - Banana Croquettes

Looking for an appetizer that will cater to kids as well as adults? Then you must try this recipe for Banana Croquettes, a family favorite from Catina Rivera that has been passed down from her great-great-grandmother.

Banana Croquettes - and the family recipe book, documenting recipes from several generations before.

Get the recipe here!

Holiday Bites - Cream Cheese Bacon and Sausage Rolls

Holiday Bites Finalist!

Appetizer:  Cream Cheese Bacon and Sausage Rolls

Our very first Holiday Bites contest was a huge success. We had several incredible recipes; it was hard to choose just one winner. Here is one of our finalists for the appetizer category. These Cream Cheese Bacon and Sausage Rolls are easy to make and can be prepared ahead of time and frozen. No matter how many Betsy Wells makes for special occasions and gatherings, she never has any leftovers- they're a big hit!

Cream cheese Bacon and Sausage Rolls

Get the recipe here!

Our December Issue is Out!

Things you'll find to celebrate in this issue:

• Cheers! We are 22 years old!
• Holiday Bites contest winners
• Drinks of Christmas past, present, and future to satisfy your spirits

We want to feature your best holiday recipe!

Have a delicious recipe?
We want to feature your recipe in our December issue!
We are looking for appetizers, side dishes, desserts, plus a special category for a healthful recipe that would be perfect for holiday events— one winner per category.
Enter your recipe by October 15 by clicking here or clicking the picture above.

We will ask the top four of each category to make their recipes for a photo shoot and tasting.