Entertaining for the holidays is one of my favorite things (along with rain drops on roses and red woolen mittens)! Being sponsored by Collective Bias, Inc. and it’s advertiser to create this holiday pie buffet sweetens the whole thing considerably!

With the hurried pace of the holidays, using ready made pie and whipped topping is the way to share the joy without spending all day in the kitchen.

Every month or so, the women in my neighborhood get together for a girls night. As the holidays approach, it seems like the Mom of the family experiences an increase in stress and a decrease in free time. I decided to host a relaxing pie night for these superwomen to kick-off the holidays. It was such a fun night and so great to visit with the 11 that were able to make it before holiday parties, Christmas shopping and to-do lists take over the month.

Let me show you some of the simple details that pulled this party together:

Easy Holiday Decorations

I started with a crisp white table cloth and layered a burlap table runner down the center.

I purchased a fresh pine bough (the scent is amazing!) from Costco and used it throughout the party. It ran along the center of the food table, created the centerpiece, accented the pie plates and the utensils and food jars.

The pie plates are wooden dessert trays and they added a great accent to the table.

Around the jars of chocolate sauce, caramel sauce and the cranberry sparkle I wrapped a length of red paper napkin, burlap, jute twine and a sprig of the pine bough.

For the centerpiece I created a cute pie shaped pennant banner to bring the holidays and the pie theme together. You can print your own Piece On Earth banner here: Piece On Earth Pie Banner

One trick to making it is to add a dot of hot glue to the back of each pennant to help give a little weight to it so it hangs vertically a little better.

I tied a napkin and fork together with a bit of jute twine and then added a fresh sprig of pine to bring it all together. Super simple, but super cute!

Holiday Pie Buffet

With the apple and cherry pie I made delicious salted caramel sauce and a quick fudge sauce (grab the recipes below) for drizzling and included some whipped topping to finish it all.

I made these table tents to give guests an idea of how to use the sauces on the pies to create a Caramel Apple Pie and a Black Forest Pie. You can print them out and use them too! Just click on this document: Pie Table Tents

To carry on the holiday theme I offered guests a Cranberry Sparkle punch – it is just cranberry juice and Sprite soda. I added fresh cranberries to bamboo skewers for drink stirrers. While I was assembling them my daughter and I decided to taste a fresh cranberry. Holy cow, totally not what I was expecting them to taste like! It was hilarious to see my daughters sour face – those things are TART!

Salted Caramel Sauce Recipe