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    Recipes for happy occasions

    Welcome to Hungry Happenings where you'll find recipes to make creatively decorated desserts and festively fun food for holidays and special occasions.

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    popular dessert recipes

    • Mini cheesecakes collage of images with plain cheesecakes, cheesecake cups with toppings, and decorated edible flower cheesecakes.
      Mini Cheesecakes
    • Cakesicles with red and green drizzle, rainbow sprinkles, and chocolate drizzle
      How to make Cakesicles (cake pop popsicles)
    • Chocolate peanut butter fudge buckeyes candy recipe image.
      Buckeyes Recipe - Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Candies

    Trending Recipes

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      The Best Step-by-Step Chocolate Bar Recipes
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      Cheesecake Recipe - The creamiest cheesecake ever!
    • homemade gummy worms, sharks, fish, elephant, dinosaurs, starfish, hippos, lions, giraffe, bears, and more
      Gummies Recipe

    Get ready to celebrate these upcoming events!

    Halloween Recipes

    Make cute and creepy desserts and appetizers for Halloween. It's the perfect holiday to create fun food for a party.

    • Halloween appetizer - Jack Skellington Chicken Dip
      Halloween Appetizer - Jack Skellington Dip
    • Chocolate cheese ball rat covered in crushed OREO Cookies and decorated with pink cream cheese frosting.
      Halloween OREO Cheese Ball Rat
    • four sugar skulls decorated with colorful royal icing flowers, hearts, spider webs and more on a black background
      Sugar Skull Video Tutorial
    • Cheddar Bacon Cheese Ball Cauldron is a magical Halloween appetizer.
      Cheese Ball Cauldron
    • pizza skulls filled with pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, and mini pepperoni.
      Pizza Skulls
    • Spider Cake covered in chocolate ganache.
      Spider Cake
    • monster cupcakes wrapped in brightly colored candy clay decorated with big googly eyes and fangs.
      Monster Cupcakes
    • hot chocolate bomb brains.
      Hot Chocolate Bomb Brains

    see more Halloween recipes →

    Thanksgiving Recipes

    Make Thanksgiving more fun by serving a festive appetizer or dessert. These turkey-themed and fall-themed recipes will make this holiday extra special.

    • Giant Reese's Cup on a cake stand with a slice cut and served on a small dessert plate.
      Giant Peanut Butter Cup
    • chocolate rice krispie treat turkeys
      Chocolate Dipped Rice Krispie Treat Turkey Pops
    • Cheesy Crescent Roll Leaves for your Thanksgiving Bread Basket
    • Chocolate turkey truffles filled with pumpkin ganache.
      Turkey Truffles
    • chocolate pilgrim hats
      Chocolate Pilgrim Hats
    • Cheese Bread Leaves and Pumpkins.
      Cheese Bread Leaves and Pumpkins
    • chocolate Thanksgiving Pilgrim Suit Cupcakes wrapped in modeling chocolate and topped with chocolate frosting.
      Thanksgiving Cupcakes
    • fudge caramel apples filled with caramel apple fudge.
      Fudge Caramel Apples

    see more Thanksgiving Recipes →

    Christmas recipes

    Whether you make homemade Chocolate cookies, chocolates, cupcakes, cakes, or appetizers, these Christmas recipes are sure to make the holiday brighter.

    • This winter get crafty in the kitchen by making some sweet and salty snowmen pretzels. Each Chocolate Pretzel Snowman Craft couldn't be cuter with their orange carrot noses and snowflake topped hats. They make perfect Christmas treats and wintertime snacks.
      Chocolate Pretzel Snowman Craft
    • a stack of green copycake IHOP Grinch pancakes topped with cream cheese glaze, green whipped cream, and candy hearts on a white plate are set in front of a red and white striped cup filled with grinch hot chocolate
      Copycat IHOP Grinch Pancakes Recipe
    • Reindeer Hot Cocoa Bombs with one melting in a mug of hot milk and three surrounding the mug.
      Reindeer Hot Chocolate Bombs
    • Rudolph cheese ball with bacon antlers on a white platter with bowls of star shaped and Christmas tree shaped crackers and a snowflake cheese knife all on a blue snowflake background.
      Reindeer Cheese Ball - Fun Christmas Appetizer
    • skillet dip snowman with bread puffs surrounding hot chicken dip decorated with black olives and a carrot nose
      Skillet Dip Snowman - Christmas Appetizer
    • These striped Candy Cane Chocolate Cups are so pretty and they are easier to make than you'd imagine. I have a video tutorial to show you how to make them in your own kitchen. Fill them with Peppermint Mousse, ice cream, pudding, candy, or nuts and serve for dessert or give as Christmas gifts.
      Candy Cane Chocolate Cups filled with Peppermint Mousse
    • Fudge Christmas Trees
      Fudge Christmas Trees
    • white chocolate topped snowman cookies have clear candy bellies and are filled with blue and white snowflake sprinkles
      Snowflake Filled Snowman Cookies

    see more Christmas recipes →

    Beth Jackson Klosterboer

    About Beth

    Hi, I'm Beth. I've been a professional chocolatier & baker for over 30 years, have written 5 cookbooks, and love creating fun food for holidays and special occasions.

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    New Year's Eve Recipes

    Ring in the new year with a delicious recipe. Your New Year's Eve party guests will cheer when you serve them a festive sweet treat or savory snack.

    • This winter get crafty in the kitchen by making some sweet and salty snowmen pretzels. Each Chocolate Pretzel Snowman Craft couldn't be cuter with their orange carrot noses and snowflake topped hats. They make perfect Christmas treats and wintertime snacks.
      Chocolate Pretzel Snowman Craft
    • Sugar Cone Party Horns
    • Amaretto hot chocolate bombs are filled with amaretto infused chocolate ganache and marshmallows
      Boozy Hot Chocolate Bombs
    • New Year's Eve Appetizers and Desserts including a savory cheesecake countdown clock and mini cheese balls
      New Year's Eve Party Food

    see more New Year's Eve recipes →

    LEARN HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE

    Making homemade chocolates doesn't have to be difficult. I've been teaching chocolate-making classes for 30+ years and I share tons of tips and tricks in my chocolate-making recipe tutorials.

    • assorted homemade chocolates including chocolate pretzels, mendiants, bark, cookies, lollipops, and more
      Chocolate Making Tips
    • modeling chocolate decorations on a panda cake, graduation cookie, sea otter cupcake, and bunny cupcake
      Modeling Chocolate Recipe and Tutorial
    • How to make hot chocolate bombs featured image.
      how to make hot chocolate bombs

    see more chocolate recipes →

    Chocolate-making courses

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    chocolate truffles course
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    If you have ever dreamed of learning how to make beautiful and delicious chocolates at home, be sure to check out my online chocolate-making courses at The Sugar Academy.
    chocolate-making basics • chocolate candies • chocolate truffles • chocolate-making bundle • modeling chocolate

    Homemade chocolate

    You can also find hundreds of handmade chocolate ideas and recipes here on Hungry Happenings.

    • Delicious chocolate truffles coated in chopped cashews, shaved dark chocolate, cocoa powder, cookie crumbs, and a blend of dark and white chocolate shavings.
      Chocolate Truffles Recipe
    • hand-painted Easter lollipops including Easter eggs, chocolate Easter bunnies, ducks, chicks, and lambs
      Hand Painted Chocolate Easter Lollipops
    • Amaretto hot chocolate bombs are filled with amaretto infused chocolate ganache and marshmallows
      Boozy Hot Chocolate Bombs
    • White Chocolate Popcorn Bowl (100% Edible)

    see more homemade chocolate recipes →

    Fun food for kids

    Make your kids' day a little brighter by crafting a fun dinner like pig-shaped pigs-in-a-blanket. Or, make a kid's party a little sweeter by serving the most adorable Sea Otter Cupcakes or Bumble Bee Cookies.

    • Reese's cup sea otter cupcakes holding candy shells sitting in blue wave cupcake wrappers
      Sea Otter Cupcakes - Finding Dory Party Idea
    • Pig-shaped pigs in a blanket filled with hot dogs
      How to make Super Cute Pigs in a Blanket
    • Cookie Monster Pretzels
      Cookie Monster Pretzels - Fun Sesame Street Party Treats
    • Chocolate-dipped pretzel farm animals including a sheep, pig, cow, chicken, and a horse.
      Farm Animal Pretzel Pops

    see more fun food for kids →

    Everyday desserts

    It doesn't have to be a holiday or special occasion to make a delicious dessert. Find recipes to make tarts, cakes, cannoli, mousse, pies, and more...

    • Giant Reese's Cup on a cake stand with a slice cut and served on a small dessert plate.
      Giant Peanut Butter Cup
    • Lemon Meringue Pie Cannoli made using pie crust
      Lemon Meringue Pie Cannoli
    • Small glass dessert cups filled with creamy chocolate mousse topped with whipped cream, maraschino cherry, or white chocolate curls.
      Chocolate Mousse
    • chai tea infused bread pudding topped with chai tea caramel sauce served in a small white ramekin set on a white saucer on an orange napkin
      Bread Pudding with Chai Caramel Sauce

    see more everyday dessert recipes →

    Decorated cakes

    Serve a cute or awe-inspiring cake for a birthday party or special event. Here, you'll find some cake recipes that are easy to make and others that are for more advanced cake decorators. All of them will surely make people smile!

    • Pink and blue swirled cotton candy layer cake topped with drips of pink and blue ganache and fluffy cotton candy.
      Cotton Candy Layer Cake
    • Koala Cake Image
      Easy Koala Cake
    • Seal Cake Recipe Image
      Seal Cake
    • Minion Cake Prisoner from Despicable Me 3 Movie
      Minion Cake - How to Make a Flat Minion Cake Video Tutorial

    see more decorated cakes →

    Cheesecakes

    Cheesecakes can be sweet or savory, no-bake or baked, mini or large, and served plain or with toppings. They can even be festively decorated.

    • Mini peanut butter cheesecakes served with whipped cream, chocolate ganache, peanut butter, jelly, and tiny peanut butter cookies.
      Mini Peanut Butter Cheesecakes
    • Mini Butterfinger Cheesecakes Recipe Image
      Mini Butterfinger Cheesecakes
    • Red, white, and blue no-bake cheesecake with blue cookie crust and raspberry gelee on top
      No-bake cheesecake with raspberry Gelée
    • Daisy cheesecake with a pretty pink, smiley face daisy painted on top
      Daisy Cheesecake

    see more cheesecake recipes →

    Homemade candy

    Making candy at home is so much fun. Plus homemade candy tastes so much better than pre-packaged store-bought candy. I know you'll love these candy recipes.

    • Marshmallow recipe featured image.
      Marshmallows Recipe
    • pink ombre coconut candy hearts
      Pink Ombre Creamy Coconut Hearts
    • red, white, and blue gumdrop stars spilling out of a 4th of July pail onto a white table.
      Red, White, and Blue Gumdrop Stars
    • homemade chocolate-dipped marshmallow starfish s'mores topped with graham cracker crumbs with candy eyes are arranged on brown and white sugar sand.
      Starfish S'mores

    see more homemade candy recipes →

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    My cookbooks

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    Candy Clay Creations
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    Cereal Treats
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    Halloween Cookbook
    How To Make Easy Fudge Cookbook featuring chocolate cashew butter fudge, milk chocolate fudge, butter pecan fudge, mermaid fudge, and chocolate peanut butter fudge
    Easy Fudge

    Birthday party food ideas

    Celebrate a special birthday with a fun birthday cake, a decorated cheesecake, festive pastries, and even a birthday cheese ball.

    • white and pink unicorn cake with a rainbow mane and tail, gold horn, and black eyelashes.
      Unicorn Cake
    • homemade breakfast pastries birthday party balloons
      Birthday Party Balloon Pastry Pops
    • Sugar Cone Party Horns
    • Rainbow Birthday Cheesecake
      Birthday Cheesecake

    See more birthday party recipes →

    Fun party snacks

    Whether you are hosting a big or small party, you'll find recipes to make fun snacks your party guests will enjoy. Who wouldn't love a hot pizza dip, a cheesy taco dip, or a big bowl of candy bar-filled popcorn?

    • Hot taco dip is an easy appetizer to make for a New Year's Eve party, a Super Bowl party, or just about any party.
      Hot Taco Dip
    • Pizza dip baked in a skillet surrounded by cheese-filled pizza crust topped with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese bread dip seasoning.
      Pizza Dip
    • Use all that left over Halloween candy to make some amazing White Chocolate Candy Bar Popcorn. You can package it up and give it as Christmas gifts or enjoy it as a movie night snack.
      White Chocolate Candy Bar Popcorn
    • family game night dessert playing card fruit pizza, dice cake, tic tac toe brownie
      Family Game Night Snacks

    see more party food recipes →

    Recent recipe posts

    I've been busy creating more delicious recipes to share with you.

    • Mini peanut butter cheesecakes served with whipped cream, chocolate ganache, peanut butter, jelly, and tiny peanut butter cookies.
      Mini Peanut Butter Cheesecakes
    • Handmade chocolate Easter bunnies are painted with colored white chocolate.
      Homemade Chocolate Easter Bunnies
    • cheeseburger topped with a slice of cheddar cheese decorated to look like a basketball
      Mini Basketball Cheeseburgers
    • White Chocolate Snowman Popcorn Bucket
      Snowman Popcorn Bucket

    Recently updated

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      Popcorn Candy Corn Bags
    • werewolf cupcakes made with Reese's Cups and candy.
      Werewolf Cupcakes
    • chocolate caramel pretzel monsters decorated with candy eyes, sprinkles, and mini candies.
      Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Monsters
    • witch cookies filled with candy.
      Witch Cookies
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    Hi, I'm Beth Jackson Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    Beth Jackson Klosterboer

    Welcome to Hungry Happenings!

    I'm Beth. I've been a professional chocolatier & baker for over 30 years, have written 5 cookbooks, and love creating fun food for holidays and special occasions.

    Read more about me →

    Popular

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