Packing up and going home for the holidays can be hard sometimes. You may even feel like you are in limbo and can’t enjoy the season until you get home. Creating some of these festive recipes is a great way to feel that holiday spirit without investing too much time or money.

Quick and Affordable Holiday Recipes

• Christmas tree brownies are easy to make and look great. Cook up a big pan of brownies, you can use your own recipe or a box mix. Cut the brownies into triangles. Place the triangle upside down on top of a thick pretzel stick then use frosting and small candy to decorate your tree.
• Simple to make, delicious and oh so cute, reindeer cupcakes are sure to be a hit. Bake a batch of chocolate cupcakes, add chocolate frosting then use nilla wafers with a brown m&m in the middle for the nose. The antlers are made from small pretzels and then white dots of frosting are added for the eyes.
• If you are a lover of all things peanut butter, a peanut butter cup Christmas tree may be the perfect treat. You will need two different sizes of peanut butter cups and a pack of chocolate kisses. Use a smaller cup on the bottom then stack a large cup and small cup on top, secure them with frosting. Place the chocolate kiss on top of the tree then use frosting to decorate.

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