peppermint

The only utensils that start off as a spoons and end up as sticky, pointy weapons.

I know these are simple cookies with peppermint Hershey's Kisses on them but I just couldn't resist posting them, they're so cute! I'm getting into some serious holiday spirit already, a record early cheer from me. I certainly wouldn't turn down a box of these babies!

Source: Our Best Bites http://www.ourbestbites.com/2010/11/candy-cane-kiss-cookies.html

Sometimes you only want one little cookie. Sometimes you only want one little hard peppermint. I think this philosophy stretches across a lot of disciplines. Sometimes you only want one little cup of coffee, kiss from the dog, shot of tequila, chocolate on your pillow... I could go on and on.

I love a good spiral, and chocolate, and peppermint. hiding the buttercream frosting on the inside of a cake is a sneaky trick that I whole-heartedly embrace. A delightful surprise!

Santa's gonna love you! You might even get extra presents!

Ooh, crispy, chewy, a blast of peppermint and a mellow white chocolate sweetness. This is like Christmas in a perfect French package.

I know most of us here are a bit too young to have experienced a proper soda fountain chocolate malt with a paper straw, but the evocative Norman Rockwell-esque image endures and fills us with nostalgia nonetheless. If only I could drink a cupcake.

How many tiny chocolate fudge cakes with peppermint icing do you think you could eat in one sitting? Two, three, even FOUR? I think I'd have a hard time with even one considering how adorable they are. I'm a sucker for the chocolate peppermint combo, but I think these little cakes could conquer me.

I'm not sure what good a three inch butler could do for my luxuriant lifestyle, but I'm willing to pay ten bucks to find out.