the crazy buckeyes taste funny and get stuck in your teeth..

Got a bowl of them on my desk right now. My co workers seem to be dropping by to see me a lot more than usual.

homemade christmas cookies, especially the russian tea cookies....yum!

I like those pecan logs too

I need to stop reading this thread while I am planning my baking for the holidays, I've added 5 things to the list!

Yum, those are my Dad's favorites, too!

Wow! There's lots of favorites, but here's a few of mine:

homemade cranberry bread
any almond flavored cookie or cake (I make several kinds)

Ok, for those of us non-Ohio folks, what's a buckeye?

The visual organ of a male deer??

It's a chocolate covered peanut butter ball. Yummmm!

That's the candy. There is an actual 'buckeye' tree. This tree drops nuts, or buckeyes, that are round and dark brown with a light brown 'dot'. This is what the candy also resembles. The peanut butter center is not quite all of the way dipped in chocolate.

Oh, yes. My mom used to carry one for luck. Aren't they poisonous if ingested?

The peanut butter ones or the ones from the tree?

Cold Eggnog (non-alcoholic), Peppermint ice cream, and Irish Coffee.

Yes, they are poisonous (and according to my sister, an OSU grad) that makes the Buckeye the deadliest mascot in football. What happens if a Wolverine eats a Buckeye? They die! Etc.

Wouldn't they both die? So technically they are equally as deadly!

Just messing with you!

Ferrero Roche, or any kind of truffle

Good point. I'm sure Charlene has some sort of response. My college mascot was a Polar Bear so I don't have to make up lethal qualities.

Homemade sugar cookies with frosting - christmas tree shapes, bells, etc. The fancier the decorating the better. Not mine, I either make the too thick or too thin

Also, candy canes but I'm a traditionalist - give me the red ones only

It's that time of year for my traditional shortbread - yummy and easy to make! (and a great gift!)

What do you know about true Christmas food.... I could invite something for Christmas to Poland.... pork shop with plummy, potch and hotch ( non hotchpotch ), fried carp, noodle with poppy, borsch with mushrooms, compote from dried fruits, tartar sauce....

LOL, robert gl, I am sending my Polish fiance to see you this year.

As kids we use to make necklaces out of those buckeyes(from the tree).

True candy buckeyes are the ones made without that parafin (sp)wax. Mom use to make buckeyes every Christmas but now it's choc covered pretzels, choc covered peanuts, chocolate covered cashews, and those choc covered haystacks.

Anyhow Harry London candies make wonderful buckeyes if you ever want to check that out. They are indeed wonderful.

You know those twirly things that fly off the trees? I use to eat the seeds of those twirly things when I was a kid- yeah, I am weird.

patrice, I heard that they were poisonous, too!

DQ- that explains why I'm like I am. I guess I know the truth now.

Ha, no one told me they were poisonous - I wonder why??? Hmm, I have to think about that one!