Max out your merriment this holiday season with Cooking Channel. Whether you're planning a cocktail party, hosting Christmas dinner or baking dozens of desserts and giftable treats, we've got the recipes, party tips, how-tos and decorating ideas to help you spread the cheer (and cheers).

  1. 1 Chocolate-Covered Cream Puffs

    'Tis the Season for Sweets

    Bite-sized confections (like chocolate-covered cream puffs), frosted layer cakes, bowls of warm bread pudding and toasty baked goods: Embrace the sugar rush.

  2. 2 Roger Mooking + Aarti Sequeira

    All-Star Holiday Special: A Taste of Home

    Join seven of your favorite Cooking Channel chefs in the kitchen while they prepare their favorite family holiday dishes.

  3. 3 Apple + Brie Crostini

    Perfect Party Bites

    Become the star of the party circuit by serving crostini, stuffed mushrooms, wontons and more tasty appetizer recipes.

  4. 4 Christmas Recipes

    Christmas Recipes

    Plan Christmas Day (and night) with our recipes for a multicourse feast, indulgent brunch and everything in between.

  5. 5 Salted Caramel Sauce

    Handmade Holiday Gifts

    Trust us: They don't want another ugly sweater or tie. Instead, give hand-wrapped, handmade edible gifts from the kitchen.

  6. 6 How to Throw a Cookie Swap Party

    Throw a Cookie Swap Party

    Get decorating ideas and recipes for a woodsy, wintry cookie swap, plus tips on how much to bake and more.

  7. 7 Christmas Brunch Pancakes

    Best-Ever Christmas Brunch

    Enjoy overnight French toast, eggy casseroles, stacks of flapjacks and sleep on Christmas morning with our tips.

  8. 8 Mulled Cider

    Holiday Cocktails: The Star of the Party

    Fill your glasses with mulled cider, hot chocolate, sparkling drinks and this butterscotch-bourbon cocktail.

  9. 9 Christmas Cookie Recipes

    Holiday Cookie Recipes + Tips

    Rock the cookie swap with our new cookie recipes fresh from the oven and get our best baking and decorating tips.

  10. 10 Chuck Hughes in Chuckmas

    Celebrate "Chuckmas"

    Chuck mixes tradition and flair when he hosts his very first Christmas dinner including his mom's special carrot cake.

  11. 11 Holiday Cocktail Party

    The Easier-Than-it-Looks Holiday Party

    Throw this glamorous holiday party (featuring jewel-toned and glitzy gold accents) with just five essential "ingredients."

  12. 12 Nadia G.'s Feast of the 7 Dishes

    Nadia G.'s Feast of the Seven Dishes

    Nadia crafts a clever Christmas menu to celebrate her crew's many cultures, including French, Italian and Chinese.

  13. 13 Peanut Butter and Chocolate Fudge Recipe

    Holiday Tradition: Homemade Fudge

    This triple-decker peanut butter pretzel fudge will be the best thing you'll eat all holiday season long.

  14. 14 Baking Tips

    Baking: From the Basics to the Pros

    Learn the basics of baking or fine-tune your techniques, like frosting a cake or making ganache.

  15. 15 Hanukkah Recipes

    8 Days of Hanukkah

    Celebrate the Festival of Lights with crispy latkes, homemade apple sauce and a brisket even your grandma would love.

  16. 16 Chocolate Cake Recipe

    Can't-Miss Christmas Cakes

    Poised on a pretty pedestal, a cake layered with rich, creamy frosting will steal the spotlight at your holiday dessert buffet.

  17. 17 How to Host a Party

    Host(ing) With the Most

    We show you how to handle the food and drink prep, decorate, ready the house for guests and look good doing it.

  18. 18 Eggnog Ice Cream

    Everything Eggnog

    Sure, you can sip the rich seasonal drink — or you can try a dessert (ice cream!) spiked with its creamy, spiced flavors.

  19. 19 Kwanzaa Recipes

    Recipes for Kwanzaa

    Celebrate Kwanzaa by preparing traditional sub-Saharan African and hearty soul food recipes.

  20. 20  New Year's Eve Party

    New Year's Eve Party

    Tasty bites, desserts on a stick and, of course, plenty of bubbly: It's a New Year's Eve you'll never (or maybe definitely) forget.

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