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Glazed Bacon Wrapped Dates

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Looking for a game day app? Glazed Bacon Wrapped Dates are the perfect snack! A little sweet, a little savory, a little spicy, a whole lotta flavor, but just a few ingredients!

This app is quick & easy and can elevate your usual game day snacking! The Double Smoked Kayem bacon was the perfect ingredient- it’s extra-thick cut makes for the perfect date-to-bacon ratio and the handcrafted, slow cooked flavor really shines!

Ingredients:

  • 6 ounces goat cheese
  • 24 dates
  • 12 slices Kayem Brand bacon, cut in half
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Cookies & Cream Truffles

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My family has been making these delicious little treats now for quite a few years at Christmas. They only have THREE ingredients and are super easy  to make. They’re always one of the first cookies to go during the holidays! 

I use the recipe straight from the Kraft website…find it here.

Ingredients:

  • 1 package of original Oreos (I haven’t tried out different flavors, but the candy cane or golden ones might be a fun way to mix it up too!)
  • 1 (8 oz) package of cream cheese
  • 3…
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Christmas Activity Advent Calendar

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Last year instead of having an advent calendar with a piece of chocolate or mini present each day, I filled it with little slips of paper with Christmas activities. It acted like a Christmas season bucket list & was full of Christmas events we already had planned (ride a train to the “north pole,” have breakFast with Santa, etc.), fun mini Christmas activities or projects (baking Christmas cookies, making ornaments, etc.), as well as things to keep the meaning of the season in mind (donating food to those less fortunate, giving a…

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Cranberry Bacon Jam Crostini

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This is the perfect little holiday or game day appetizer! I whipped up this cozy season starter using Kayem’s new extra-thick cut Maplewood Bacon & these little crostinis went fast!  The bacon’s maple flavor added a nice twist to this already delicious cold-weather recipe!

You can also do prep ahead of time so you just have to assemble & pop these delicious little bites in the oven!

Prep Time: 35 minutes Cook Time: 2 minutes

Ingredients

Cranberry Bacon Jam:

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Caramel Chocolate Pecan Pie

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This caramel chocolate pecan pie is so delicious and super rich (seriously don’t cut yourself a big slice). It’s a super easy pie to make and is perfect for any holiday. In our family, we’ve had it every Thanksgiving for as long as I can remember (and we call it Turtle Pie- like the turtle candies), but it’s excellent for any holiday, and so hard to mess up! The original recipe is by Kraft and is on this scrap of paper we have at our house that is ancient, Kraft has a very similar recipe out now that you can…

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