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With only 1 week left until Christmas, you better believe I am scrambling to make sure I get all my holiday baking and (no) baking finished. With holiday parties, an office potluck, cocktail parties, big family dinners, and Christmas brunch ahead of me in the next 7 days, any recipe saving me time and energy is welcomed with open arms.
Is there a more perfect food than chocolate to share this time of year? Boxes of chocolate shared and received, hot chocolate sipped by the fire, homemade fudge, bark, and mint chocolate everything. Chocolate is perhaps the holiday’s most loved ingredient. 
Today I’m sharing two new last-minute ideas for holiday treats. With them, I’ll be sharing a few of my favorite chocolate covered goodies. Most of which I’ll be making again this week. I’m up to my arms in chocolate here.
Find yourself scrambling to make something sweet this week? I’ve got plenty of solutions.
Chocolate Covered Treats
Cookie Dough Truffle Pops – safe-to-eat cookie dough wrapped in chocolate.
Popsicle stick optional. 
Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites - easy to make and even easier to gobble up. Salty, sweet, & crunchy with a thick peanut butter center.
Skinny Frozen Mint Chocolate Chip Pie – make a diet-friendly mint chocolate pie in the freezer and give your oven a break!
White Chocolate Covered Pretzel Cookies – a sweet & salty crunch from the chocolate covered pretzels inside a thick, soft-baked cookie.
No-Bake Golden Oreo Truffles -4 ingredients. Minimum effort. I’m sold.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Saltine Toffee – every person who has ever tried this is pleasantly surprised by the hidden saltines in the recipe. Slightly crunchy, salty, sweet and most certainly addicting. Very easy to make as well!
Peppermint Crunch Puppy Chow – an overnight Pinterest sensation for a very good reason – this stuff is EASY and you won’t be able to put it down. Perfect for gift giving if you can manage to share it.
Cookies n’ Cream Peanut Butter Bark – only taking about 5 minutes to make and 1 hour to set up, this easy no-bake dessert was gobbled up by my coworkers in minutes. Oreos, chocolate, and peanut butter. I can’t see anything wrong with this!
Chocolate Covered Pretzels – has been my very favorite treat to make to years. No one can resist a chocolate covered pretzel!
Triple Chocolate Crunch Granola – who says you can’t give away something a little healthier for the holidays? Bonus: it hardly tastes healthy at all!
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Muffins - chocolate’s favorite fruit in one incredibly soft & fluffy muffin. I never mind getting out of bed for these!
Chocolate Covered Candy Canes (recipe below)
Chocolate Covered Oreos (recipe below)
Chocolate Covered Oreos & Candy Canes
- 4 oz semi-sweet or white chocolate (like Bakers)
- at least 8 candy canes or 10 Oreos (depends how much chocolate you use on each)
- toppings such as crushed candy canes, sprinkles, nonpareil candies, mini M&Ms
Melt chocolate according to package instructions. Dip Oreo or candy cane into chocolate and sprinkle with topping of choice. Allow to set in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.
Store in the refrigerator, covered, for up to 2 weeks.
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Oh and one more. For good luck.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Blondie Hearts - adorable.
What are your favorite chocolate covered treats? Oh my goodness, I don’t think I could pick just one.
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Wow – I can’t believe you have all those events to squeeze in in the next week! You’re going to need some coffee to keep you awake for all of that…or just some extra chocolate
All of these look delish, Sally. And thanks for the reminders on things that I know I want to make, or just to be temped with, all over again. Like those lately pretzel/white choc cookies! Or of course the dipped Oreos!
Averie @ Averie Cooks recently posted..Nutella Cinnamon Rolls with Vanilla Glaze
i’ll take all the coffee AND chocolate please…! will be a busy, hectic week and lots of traveling around for sure! Thanks Averie!
Everything is better covered in chocolate!!! As for what’s left to do? I can’t even breathe right now!!!
Aimee @ ShugarySweets recently posted..Candy Cane Oreo Cookies Bars
I love chocolate covered EVERYTHING….especially Oreos!
I need to try those PB pretzel bites…I have some leftover pretzels over here so that will be on my list when I get back into town : )
Luv What You Do recently posted..Back Tomorrow
i think the peanut butter pretzel bites are my favorite recipe on my site – i make them ALL the time for friends, family, and office parties. no one can ever resist them. myself included!
Oh my! I just tweeted that it is going to be a chocolate free day!! I guess I was wrong! Everything and I mean everything looks amazing!!! I don’t even know where to begin!!
Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers recently posted..Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip
Thanks so much Jennifer! And glad you found my blog. *some* of the things are healthy. just some. I like to keep a balance. this is nto the day to be chocoalte free.
I will take one of each please! I love the idea of chocolate covered candy canes, how cute and festive are they?
I’m making muddy buddies gift bags this week for my co-workers, a twist on your peppermint version. Check my blog Friday for the recipe.
Herbivore Triathlete recently posted..Christmas Traditions~Swedish Pepparkakor Edition
Use a chocolate covered candy cane to stir your hot cocoa – I highly suggest it. SO good. Love those muddy buddies and am excited to see yours!
Chocolate covering makes everything that much better!!! Sounds like you will be a busy lady for the next few days…I agree with Averie…lots of coffee and chocolate to keep you energized:-) Thank you for all the pictures of things I need to bake and drool over:-)
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life recently posted..Trick or Treat Tuesday
“Chocolate covering makes everything that much better!!!” Cheers to that Jocelyn!!
You can pretty much cover anything with chocolate and it’ll taste good. A fun game to play is to try to think of some food that doesn’t pair with either chocolate or cheese…and it’s sooo hard to come up with something that won’t go with either! You’ve certainly come up with many items that go perfectly with chocolate.
Colleen @ What’s Baking in the Barbershop?! recently posted..Be a Helper in this World
I’ve literally been sitting here since I saw this comment for over an hour trying to think of a food that does not go with cheese or chocolate. i am officially stumped. watermelon? I guess that would be good with chocolate. ok that was my only try at guessing.
I know, right? Isn’t it difficult? The moment you think you’ve got one that doesn’t go with either chocolate or cheese, it’s like, oh wait a minute, yes, it would work!
Colleen @ What’s Baking in the Barbershop?! recently posted..Be a Helper in this World
This is like the most festive and sprinkles filled post EVER!!
Love everything, especially that pie! And the truffles! And the blondie hearts! Oh and that granola!!!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet recently posted..A Day of Silence
i awas going for “festive” when I published this post.
Thanks Anna! Those blondie hearts are an older recipe. And oldie but goodie!
I love the last one for good luck.
This post will definitely come in handy as I am scrambling to get everything done in 7 days. Is it bad that I really haven’t started Christmas shopping or baking…? Wait, don’t answer that. But thank you x10000 for this post. It will seriously be a life saver!
Elaine @ Cooking to Perfection recently posted..Mint Brownie Bites
i’ve been baking SO much lately and neglecting my christmas shopping! Must get to that ASAP! We’re both a little behind then.
Whoa, you’re one busy lady this week!!! Now… how do I dive head first into this post? All that chocolate is just CALLING my name, Sally!
Ashley – Baker by Nature recently posted..Egg Nog Dutch Baby
Chocolate covered everything.. I love it! This is so you, especially with all of the sprinkles
it doesn’t get any better! I agree.. with so much holiday baking, some of the no-bake stuff is appreciated. And those chocolate-dipped candy canes are simply brilliant. Hello, that’d be perfect at a buffet table next to hot chocolate or cocktails! I’m stealing that one for my dad’s holiday party this weekend 
you’re a genius!
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel recently posted..Pecan Snowballs
yes! candy cane chocolate stirrers.
Have fun at the holiday party this weekend Hayley!
Do you have any idea how much you have me craving chocolate-covered goodness right now? YUM! And i just read your comment – it’s unreal how similar our Andes cookies recipes are – really, just an ingredient or two (or amount or two) different. I’d normally take credit for having as brilliant a dessert-making mind as you, but i confess that the blog where i got the recipe gets the credit this time. =)
amy @ fearless homemaker recently posted..Andes Mint Chip Cookies
Your cookies look just fabulous Amy and reminded me that i need to make my own again ASAP!
I seriously just got so hooked on chocolate covered oreos. They are truly the simpliest yet tastiest treat ever!
Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) recently posted..National Blogging Day of Remembrance
Aren’t they outstanding? And SUCH a simple concept! So easy to make. Love them too!
When I saw the title of this post I KNEW it was for me haha
Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes recently posted..Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
So much chocolate goodness to choose from!! Love it, Sally!
Jessica@AKitchenAddiction recently posted..Eggnog Quick Bread
Who needs a snowy Christmas when you can have a chocolate covered Christmas!
I’m all about easy recipes this year (hence the no-bake thing). I can’t choose a favorite in this round-up, it all looks fabulous!
hahaha i love it Liz! Well if it snows outside when i’m munching on a chocolate covered oreo, i’ll be two for two! LOVE your PB ball recipe today! Must try no butter!
Wow, it’s beginning to look *a lot* like Christmas!
You can always trust good ol’ chocolate to be there for you and make everything you cover it with taste amazing! And I love the sprinkle-love too.
Lisa {Sweet 2 Eat Baking} recently posted..Peppermint Christmas Lollipops
I can’t believe that it is only 1 week away!! Where did December go? Chocolate is my fall back plan for everything
If I had to pick, I think I’m craving those dipped Oreos the most right now! Chocolate is definitely my favorite ingredient in my kitchen…any time of year…
Loretta | A Finn In The Kitchen recently posted..Bittersweet Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
I love the chocolate oreos – such a simple idea and yet SO utterly good. I loved decorating them!
Those hearts are so adorable. I will eat anything dipped in chocolate, after all the baking I’ve done lately I should probably stick to Strawberries!
Sally – only gluten free baking recently posted..Broken Fudge Brownies
you cannot go wrong with chocolate covered strawberries. honestly – i LOVE them and make them around valentine’s day each year with both white and dark chocolates.
I’m thisclose to having a panic attack right now, with all of the stuff I have left to do. How is it that Christmas is only a week away? Freakouttime!
But oooooh, how I want everything pictured in this post. Chocolate covered anything is always top on my list! And I’m totally making your saltine toffee, yay!
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl recently posted..Holiday Round-Up {and Catching Fireflies Giveaway}
Ahh! Let me know how the toffee turns out Ashley! Maybe I’ll see it on your blog.
This is such a cute post, Sally! Chocolate covered anything definitely screams Christmas to me!
Cassie | Bake Your Day recently posted..How to: Host a Holiday Baking Party | Recipe: Salted Nut Bars
Quite a roundup Sally! I am most wanting the Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites!
Chocolate covered candy canes sound so interesting. I’ve never seen those before. I used to love the white fudge covered Oreos. I should try that with the Gingerbread ones.
Laura Dembowski recently posted..Gingerbread Marshmallow Biscoff Bars
white chocolate covered gingerbread oreos – wow! Laura you are onto something. Those seriously sound SO good right now.
I made chocolate-covered pretzels (some of them decorated with holiday sprinkles, of course) to send to my sister. Thanks for the inspiration and advice, Sally!
One of my spouse’s favorite treats is Raisinets, and I’d like to try making him some raisins covered with dark chocolate. Have you ever done that? Any ideas? Thanks!
you know, i’ve never tried to make my own raisinets before. And yes, it would be as simple as covering them with dark chocolate – or any chocolate for that matter. I LOVE raisinets – I just snacked on some last night watching TV. Yum!
wow. very impressive! everything looks soooo good! the puppy chow did catch my eye. i am a HUGE sucker for puppy chow! i am adding it to my list of things to make with my kiddos over christmas.
tijuana (po’ man meals) recently posted..creamy green bean casserole salad
i made the puppy chow again last night and can’t wait to bring it to a holiday get together later tonight. Kids would LOVE making this with you – it’s such an easy recipe and the powdered sugar shaking step – they would LOVE doing that!
I’m a firm believer that everything is better when dipped in chocolate!
Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. recently posted..Gingerbread Martini
AMEN, SISTER!
Merry Chocolate Christmas to you too…I love when you share so many recipes…I get ideas all over again!!!! and can I come to your parties
angela @ anotherbiteplease recently posted..spaghetti pie
we can virtually party together Angela – i have to make your spaghetti pie sometime!!
Chocolate covered Christmas? Girl, we speak the same language! I knew I liked you
Back For Seconds recently posted..Loaded Chewy Chocolate Cookies
I’m still obsessed with those pretzel cookies. Can.not.get.over.them.
Ari @ Ari’s Menu recently posted..Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with Eggnog Dark Chocolate Ganache Filling {Vegan}
hahaha! Ari i can’t get over them either. i want to make them again but i have so many other things i want to make firs.t but who am i kidding? those cookies should trump all of the other treats. Duh!
Oh my goodness – I really need these in my life. Every single one of these! And those peanut butter pretzel bites – where have those been all my life?!
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicous recently posted..Wusthof Giveaway!
Ugh. I want to spend Christmas at your place! At my in-laws, we’ve had bad store bought vanilla ice cream as Christmas dessert for years. And only ice cream. Oh, and frozen berries. Mmm.
Everything here looks delightful! Party at Saaaally’s.
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