Christmas Cravings. (And Advent Day 3)

Geeze, Whitney - why is food all you want to talk about? Good grief!

Well, ladies and gents, I just so happen to be a self proclaimed foodie. So if you visit this blog, you will see food. And I want to warn you hungries out there that my blog will not help sustain your appetite. If anything, it will fuel it.

Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about Whitney's Favorite Holiday Treats!!

These treats come around once a year, and I salivate at the mere sight of any of them. Let's take a journey through the Christmas Cravings of Yours Truly.

First off, we have the delectable treats of Williams Sonoma. Let me preface by saying that these treats are a bit pricey. And by a bit, I mean very. So, if you have a generous Mommacita, (like I do) maybe she will surprise you with the goodies (mine does every year).

Introducing the best chocolate candy on God's green earth - Sticky Paws.



Now, you may be thinking to yourself, "yeah yeah, chocolate, caramel and almonds - big whoop." I thought that too. Then I sunk my teeth in them and was a changed woman. My goodness gracious, it is a sweet explosion of pure delightfulness. Wow. My favorite. Mom bought Husby and I two boxes (they're our favorite - don't judge), and...we may or may not have only a few left. Oopsie Doops.

While we are at Williams Sonoma, we mustn't leave out the best hot chocolate ever to grace your taste buds.



There is regular or peppermint. I drink regular. It literally looks like the picture above - chocolate shavings. YUMMA-MUMMA! My gracious. Just kill me now.

And the drink simply is not the same without these treats floating atop.



Handcrafted, homemade marshmallows. In the words of Jesse Katsopolis, "Have Mercy..."

Unbelievable, really. But again, pricey. So don't cuss me out if you venture into the store to pick up these treats and get to the check out counter and have a heart attack when you see the total. You have been warned.

It simply isn't the Christmas Season without a Hot Caramel Apple Cider from Starbucks. Yummmmy.



I am not a coffee drinker, and I'm not huge on hot chocolate (unless it is the WS kind), so this treat is my favorite. It is sweet, hot, and fabulous. And the red cup makes it even more delicious!!

If you walked into my house, you would find these bad boys in my candy dish. They are must-haves for the month of December.




Now, the Reese's trees are my first favorites - always will be. But, I just discovered the Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark this year, and was sold on the first nibble. Scrumptious!

Come on over and have one. Or eight. (I won't tell)

Husby's favorite Christmas Treat, and one of my faves as well, are shortbread cookies. I love any and all shortbread cookies, but Husby loves these best:



This is a good choice because there are plain ones and also those with crystalized sugar on top. Mmm. We love them.

Well, those are my favorite Christmas Cravings that you purchase in store, but there are two Tinseltown Treats (I'm getting carried away with the names for these goodies), that you can not buy. One is Baby Jesus' Birthday Cake made by my Momma.



Every year since I can remember, she has made a Red Velvet cake and we stick the Baby Jesus from the nativity on top and sing Happy Birthday to Him. It's so very sweet. And the cake? Heavenly.

My other favorite treat that you can not buy is my Grandma's Peanut Brittle - Butternut Crunch. YUM. (I always accidently get the butternut mixed up and it comes out nutterbut. HEHE!)



Oh man, none can match the greatness that is my Grandma's Peanut Brittle. Gracious sakes, it's finger-lickin-teeth-stickin-pants-poppin' GOOD.

As are all of these Christmas Cravings/Tinseltown Treats/Holiday Hankerin's. (I threw that one in for good measure)

So now you know MY favorites, what are yours??

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Day 3.


(Check out the contemplative look on his face!)





So far, our story is as follows:

Caesar Augustus said that a census must be taken. So Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem to register. Mary was going to have a baby.