Stave off the winter chill with a comforting cup of the best hot cocoa.

Jan Reitchelle Atanacio (she/her) is a Filipino poet, pastry chef, and language tutor based in Toronto, Canada. Her focus is currently pulled between writing for magazines, making bread, and finishing her great-grandfather's memoir. You might find her crying over a book somewhere on the TTC.

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Food

Celebrate the season with simple and sweet Christmas candy recipes, like sparkling mint marshmallows and chocolate-peanut butter balls.

20 Christmas Candy Recipes For The Holidays

Celebrate the season with simple and sweet candy-shop treats, like sparkling mint marshmallows and chocolate-peanut butter balls.

20 Sweet And Simple Candy Recipes For The Holidays

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Recipe Collections

Go big and brilliant this holiday season with pastry shop–worthy desserts.

Four Dazzling Pastry Recipes To Add Holiday Magic To Your Table

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Tara O’Brady is an award-winning food writer, culinary host, and consultant, with work on a variety of television projects.

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Delicious date squares are a simple blend of brown sugar, oats, butter and sweet dates. If there's a baked&#x2d;goods equivalent to a hug, this is it.

Old&#x2d;Fashioned Date Squares Recipe

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This holiday, we’re celebrating by sharing the load of making the feast. Everyone brings their best dish—and everyone digs in.

Holiday Potluck Recipes: 6 Party-Worthy Dishes

6 Party-Worthy Recipes For Your Holiday Potluck

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Julie Van Rosendaal is the author of 12 best-selling cookbooks and a food columnist on CBC Radio, and she writes about food for publications across Canada.

Jennifer Pallian is a food scientist, recipe developer and blogger at Foodess. She lives in Vancouver.

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Canada’s Best Hot Chocolate Mix: A Definitive Ranking

20 Sweet And Simple Candy Recipes For The Holidays

Four Dazzling Pastry Recipes To Add Holiday Magic To Your Table

Old-Fashioned Date Squares

6 Party-Worthy Recipes For Your Holiday Potluck