Holiday Recipes

I love creating baking, pastry, candy, and confectionery recipes themed around holidays and other special days of the year.

Explore all of my holiday recipes, including Easter recipes, Halloween recipes, Valentine’s Day recipes, Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes, Saint Patrick’s Day recipes, and recipes for other holidays, too.

Photo of wreath shaped pastries with green frosting and candy decorations, on a white background

A stack of red velvet whoopie pies with pink frosting — **Valentine’s Day**

Rebecca Frey is a freelance recipe developer, food writer, photographer, stylist, and pastry chef. She earned the Diplôme de Pâtisserie (French Pastry Techniques Diploma) from Le Cordon Bleu London in 2020 and an MSc in Culinary Innovation from Birkbeck, University of London in 2022, where she focused her dissertation research on Pennsylvania Dutch recipes. She also holds a Professional Chocolatier’s Certificate from Ecole Chocolat. Rebecca has developed recipes for websites including Serious Eats, The Spruce Eats, Wine Enthusiast, and others. Follow her on Instagram @bastecutfold.