One thing we can all agree on during the holiday season – especially in New Orleans – is that the food is second to none. And with this time of celebration comes an array of treats and desserts specific to family or the city that just put the cherry on top of the holiday cake. This week, the editors wanted to share our favorite holiday desserts and treats with all of you!
My mom makes the best Christmas fudge. Every year my kids request it from her, and she delights in making it. We stick with the basic chocolate with pecans, but she has been known to go crazy and make the more mysterious divinity as well. – Ashley McLellan, Editor | New Orleans Magazine
The older I get, the more I realize I don't really care about pies or cakes, although I make an exception for Hubig's pies (especially coconut). Anyway, cookies are obviously the best dessert, and my favorite cookie recipe is chocolate chip and cherry cookies with oatmeal and sea salt. The saltier and crispier the better. So delicious and the cherries make it good for the holiday season ... you know, because they're red and everything. – Rich Collins, News Editor BizNewOrleans.com
My granny’s bourbon balls are delicious and pack a punch. Everyone looked forward to them year after year, because she only made them at Christmas. My cousin has carried on the tradition and I always make sure to have one in Granny’s honor. – Melanie Warner Spencer, Editor | New Orleans Bride/New Orleans Homes
There’s no question here: my mother’s pecan pie. I start eating it with class. Cut a slice, use a fork and knife. As time passes, and we get deep into the thick of the holiday season, I’m cutting chunks and eating it by hand. – Drew Hawkins, Research Database Coordinator
Nanaimo bars! A Canadian treat of chocolate, custard, cocoanut and Graham crackers named for the city of Nanaimo in British Columbia. They’re not specifically Christmas traditionally, but they are in my family because they’re so rich! – Kim Singletary, Editor | Biz New Orleans
Our family tradition is to wake up and open presents in our pjs while drinking milk punches complete with vanilla ice cream. It’s divine. And of course we gorge on as much of the stocking chocolate as possible at the same time. – Andy Myer, Editor | St. Charles Avenue
A Massicot family Christmas is not complete without my grandma's sweet potato pies. Luckily for everyone, she passed her recipe on to me and my cousin Michelle, so we have continued the tradition each year in her absence. The pie is not only delicious, but it has a whole stick of butter... where could you go wrong?! – Kelly Massicot, Digital Editor
