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Peppermint Cream-Puff Hugs
Dollops of brisk mint ice cream cinched inside feather-light pastry pillows, then doused with melted chocolate (our mouths are watering, too).

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Sweet Gingerbread Wands
Think this warming spice is just for holiday cookie swaps? Wait until these wands work their magic on you.

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Sweetheart Marble Bark
This isn't mere chocolate—it's melt-in-your-mouth modern art.

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Orange-Kissed Churros with Hot Chocolate Sauce
Fresh churros: proof that it's possible to experience heaven on earth.

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Tender Truffles
A jewel box of surprises, some studded with crunchy chopped pistachios, others enveloped in a cloud of cocoa dust.

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From the February 2018 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine