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  I made this for Christmas Eve which is held at the boyfriend's family home with tons of people.  I still had leftovers, but it was a big hit!  I had a few problems making this because I only have almond milk.  My instant pudding didn't set up, but once I added all the other ingredients and chilled it all by placing my mixer bowl in the fridge, it did come together.   This is a Paula Deen recipe ! Ingredients 1 (12-oz) container frozen whipped topping, thawed, or equal amount sweetened whipped cream 1 (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, softened 2 cups milk 1 (5-oz) box instant French vanilla pudding mix 6 to 8 bananas, sliced 2 bags chessmen cookies Directions Line the bottom of a 13x9x2-inch dish with 1 bag of cookies and layer bananas on top. In a bowl, combine the milk and pudding mix and blend well using a handheld electric mixer. Using another bowl, combine the cream cheese and condensed milk together and mix until smo...

 

 I ended up making two of these for my party.  Caprese was very popular.  I had a nice balsamic vinegar served on the side.  

 Ingredients: 1 roll of refrigerated puff pastry 1 jar of pizza sauce Shredded mozz and provolone mix Hormel mini pepperoni Thinly sliced and diced green pepper Directions: Using a tree cookie cutter, cut puff pastry and place on parchment paper. I got about 16 trees out of 1 sheet of dough. Top with toppings. Bake at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes. I had absolutely none of these leftover!  I will def make more for another party.  I prepped all of these the morning of the party and just kept the pans in the fridge.  I baked one tray off early and one toward the end of the party for late comers.  

 Ingredients: 3 tablespoons butter, melted 1 10-ounce bag of marshmallows 6 cups rice krispies cereal 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon salt Directions: In a large pot melt 3 tablespoons butter. Add in the vanilla and salt, then the 10-ounce bag of marshmallows and melt until smooth. Quickly stir in the cereal and transfer immediately to a grease 13x9 pan. I greased the bottom of a 1 cup measuring cup and used it to smoosh the cereal into the pan.

  Ingredients: 2 rolls of crescent roll dough One large wedge of brie cheese cut into 24 pieces Original recipe called for whole berry cranberry sauce, but it is sold out everywhere and I used strawberry preserves.  No one minded Directions: Do not unroll the crescent roll dough.  Cut each roll into 12 slices.  Arrange in a circle pattern on a silpat or parchment paper.  Gently flatten each circle a little.  Bake at 375 for 12-14 minutes.  Top with the brie pieces and bake for about 3 more minutes.  Add preserves after baking. I prepped this the morning of the party.  I cut and arranged the crescent roll on the silpat and cut the brie pieces.  

  Ingredients: Frozen spinach, thaw and squeeze all liquid out 14 ounce marinated artichokes, diced 8 ounce softened cream cheese 1/4-1/2 cup mayo 1/2 cup parmesan cheese 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese 1 clove garlic minced 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon dried basil salt and pepper to taste Mix all ingredients together and add to a greased casserole dip.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.  Serve with tortilla chips and crackers.