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Original Winter Recipes, Tasty Treats, Festive Drinks, & Food Gift Ideas

Spiced Cranberry Cordial

Packed with festive spices & celebrating the fruit of the season, this spiced cranberry cordial is essential to any Christmas drinks trolley!

Kir-istmas Royale: A Cranberry Kir Royale for Christmas

A festive twist on the classic, this Cranberry Kir Royale combines homemade spiced cranberry cordial with sparkling wine for a seasonal fizz sensation.

Cranberry Cooler: An Easy Christmas Cranberry Mocktail

A refreshing cranberry mocktail combining homemade spiced cranberry cordial with your favourite fizzy mixer for an easy, non-alcoholic Christmas drink.

Winter Butternut Squash Salad

Our Winter Butternut Squash Salad is a perfect alternative to the richer festive fare whilst still celebrating the flavours of the season.

The Ultimate Christmas Food Shopping List (With Free Printable!)

Download our free Christmas food shopping list printable and make sure you’re not caught short for meals or essentials this Christmas.

Cookie Jar Sprinkle Cookies

These Cookie Jar Sprinkle Cookies make the perfect edible gift. Jam packed with Christmas sprinkles & chocolate chips, what could be better?!

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Sticky Cocktail Sausages

Sticky Cocktail Sausages

Delicious and ready in a matter of minutes, these sticky cocktail sausages make the perfect Christmas canapé. Now, where’s that cocktail?!

Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie

Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie

This Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie is warming, hearty and stress free –it is everything you want in a December weeknight meal!

Nutella Peanut Butter Stars

Nutella Peanut Butter Stars

This is the best kind of sandwich! Rich, creamy Nutella between crumbly peanut butter star biscuits and decorated with icing sugar.

Berry & Candy Cane Gin

Berry & Candy Cane Gin

Get ahead & use the last of the summer strawberries to make this Berry & Candy Cane Gin. Perfect for gifting as well as for a festive tipple!

Christmas Chocolate S’mores

Christmas Chocolate S’mores

Use up leftover Christmas chocolate with these Christmas Chocolate S’mores to bring the great outdoors into the warmth of your own home.

Christmas Breakfast Potato Bake

Christmas Breakfast Potato Bake

This easy Christmas Breakfast Potato Bake is made with hash browns, sausage and eggs to give you a stress-free start to Christmas morning!

Turkey Ragu

Turkey Ragu

Our Turkey Ragu is a perfect way to turn your leftovers into a rich, warming bowl of comfort food whilst adding a different festive flavour to the menu.

The Ultimate Turkey Pie

The Ultimate Turkey Pie

It’s the ultimate leftover meal. It’s the ultimate comfort food. It is, of course, Jolly Festive’s Ultimate Turkey Pie!

Hot Chocolate Cookies

Hot Chocolate Cookies

Combining two Christmas classics, these Hot Chocolate Cookies are dangerously gooey and make for an utterly delicious festive treat.

Oreo Truffles

Oreo Truffles

These Oreo Truffles are a perfect festive treat. An ideal activity for little hands, they make a wonderful gift, if you can persuade yourself to give them away!

Festive Guacamole!

Festive Guacamole!

The perfect accompaniment to any Christmas game or movie viewing, our Festive Guacamole is a fresh cheerful take on the dip classic!

Cranberry and Chocolate Granola

Cranberry and Chocolate Granola

Wonderfully versatile, this delicious festive cranberry & chocolate granola makes an ideal December breakfast, or tasty gift for a loved one.

Cinnamon Sugar French Toast

Cinnamon Sugar French Toast

This Cinnamon Sugar French Toast may just be the perfect festive breakfast! Turn your leftover brioche or panettone into a fabulous brunch.

Chocolate Mince Pies

Chocolate Mince Pies

We’ve knocked things up a gear this year by adding a little chocolate to our mincemeat in these delicious Chocolate Mince Pies.

Christmas Jam

Christmas Jam

Move aside marmalade.. Christmas Jam is back in town! Packed with festive flavour, this really is the perfect way to start any December morning!

Bacon, Brie and Cranberry Parcels

Bacon, Brie and Cranberry Parcels

These freezable bacon, brie & cranberry parcels bring the flavours of the season together in one bite! Ideal for getting ahead for Christmas!

Mince Pie Cinnamon Rolls

Mince Pie Cinnamon Rolls

Mince pies? Yum. Cinnamon rolls? Yum. Mince pie cinnamon rolls? Seriously yum! Two foods so delicious that combining them seemed almost necessary!

Christmas Rocky Road Bars

Christmas Rocky Road Bars

The classic no-bake dessert. It doesn’t get easier than these Christmas christmas road bars which have had a makeover for the season.

Christmas Spiced Nuts

Christmas Spiced Nuts

Looking for Christmas in a bowl? You’ve found it! These Christmas Spiced Nuts are dangerously moreish & the perfect accompaniment to your festive tipple.

Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies

Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies

Our Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies make an utterly irresistible Christmas treat, with their rich fudgey centres & red & white pinstripe finish!

Apple & Pear Chutney

Apple & Pear Chutney

Apple & pear chutney celebrates the fruits of autumn which accompany Christmas cheeseboards so perfectly. The perfect make-ahead gift!

Boxing Day Sheet Pan Breakfast

Boxing Day Sheet Pan Breakfast

The perfect Boxing Day breakfast: our sheet pan dish is ideal for families. Let the oven do most of the work whilst you enjoy a lazy holiday morning.

Oatmeal, Cranberry & Orange Cookies

Oatmeal, Cranberry & Orange Cookies

Cranberry and orange are a classic flavour combination, add a hint of cinnamon and the texture of oatmeal and you’ve got yourself a Christmas cookie!

Snowman Cheeseball

Snowman Cheeseball

This Snowman Cheeseball packs a delicious punch & will be an eye-catching centrepiece for any buffet table or just with a glass of wine!

Christmas Cocktail Round-Up

Christmas Cocktail Round-Up

Our Christmas Cocktail Round-Up is sure to help you celebrate the holiday in good spirits! Join us for a look at some of the season’s best drinks.

The Hot Chocolate Gift Mug

The Hot Chocolate Gift Mug

The Hot Chocolate Gift Mug is perfect for almost anyone. It’s cosy warmth symbolise the season & the gift can be embellished in so many ways.