15 Silver and Gold Dessert Recipes to Make Your New Year Bright

Dec 26, 2016

Hello and welcome to this thing we’re doing where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and we’ll talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and which things have changed us irreversibly as people. Last week, we brewed beers at home.

This week, I’d like to help you transition from the holigays to New Year’s Day with some shimmering and shiny sweets. There’s nothing like a bunch of dazzling desserts to distract you from the hellscape that is our collective future! And plus, these’ll look great with your all-black outfit.

1. Petit Fours

2. Champagne Truffles on the Half Shelf

3. Liquid Gold

4. White Chocolate Puppy Chow

5. Gold Glitter Dipped Peanut Butter Oreos

6. Disco Ball Cupcakes

7. New Year’s Eve Cheesecake Ball

8. Midnight Kiss Cookies

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9. Golden Cupcakes

10. Champagne Jello Cups

11. Champagne Cupcakes

12. Gold Shimmer Meringue Cookies

13. Silver Macarons with Lavender Filling

14. Gold Glitter Lemon Cake Pops

15. Metallic Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Carmen

Carmen spent six years with Autostraddle, most recently as Community Director, Feminism Editor and Social Media Co-Director. She is now the Managing Digital Editor at Ms. , host of Bitch Media’s POPAGANDA podcast and Contributing Editor and co-founder of Argot magazine. Her words have also been published by BuzzFeed, ElixHER, Everyday Feminism, Girlboss, Mic, MEL, and Feministing, among others. Her successful work over the last decade in digital feminism—as a writer, social media maven and activist leader—has earned her the titles of “digital native,” “intimidating to some,” and “vapid and uninteresting.” Everything else you need to know about her you can find out at carmenfuckingrios.com.