Skip Dinner, Just East Dessert!

I'm a candy fiend (I basically love anything with chocolate), and now that it's holiday time, there's so much good stuff to eat, and most of it's not even chocolate covered. Like this weekend, I had latkes at a Chanukah party (with sour cream and applesauce...yum!), and I also ate about six Sufganiyot, which are little jelly-doughnuts also eaten during Chanukah. And, Nicole just made these candy coated pecans which are insanely amazing, and I can't stop eating them. So now I'm trying to "give up" chocolate and start embracing new desserts. Any suggestions? I am thinking about baking something fun for New Years, so I need ideas. Maybe something "healthy," like Apple Cake or Peach Pie (having fruit in there makes it healthy, right?) Send me your ideas/recipes at cbrody@hearst.com, and I promise to make my favorite one and post a photo of the winning recipe (as long as I don't burn it!).

Happy eating!
Xoxo,
Cheryl (associate editor)