BRRRRR! It’s freezing here in the Midwest and we are expecting another snow day next week. Snow days are my favorite since I grew up in Florida and never even saw snow until I was an adult. My kids, husband, dogs, and I love getting bundled up and sledding down the hill in our yard, making snowmen and snow angels, and, of course, having a snowball fight! After playing in the snow though we’re always tired and cold, so for lunch and dinner I have a few favorite comfort food recipes I cook up while we warm up by the fire and watch a movie. 

Today I’m sharing over 100 of my favorite comfort food recipes perfect for warming you up on cold and dreary snow days.

I’ve included all the soups and casseroles we love and also delicious drinks and decadent desserts you will enjoy on even the coldest of winter nights!

Scroll down to check out the recipes.

“A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.” – Susan Orlean

Entrees:

1. Mama’s Pasta Bolognese – For the Love of Food

2. Cheesy Meatball Bake – Ann’s Entitled Life

3. Creamy Chicken and Gnocchi Soup – Razzle Dazzle Life

4. Easy Creamy Crockpot Mac and Cheese – If You Give A Blonde A Kitchen

5. Inside Out Grilled Cheese Sliders – For the Love of Food

6. Chicken Tater Tot Casserole – Nibble and Dine

7. Rotisserie Chicken Noodle Soup – The Toasty Kitchen

8. Homestyle Grits and Veal Grillades – For the Love of Food

9. Oven Baked Meatballs with Sauce – Dish ‘n the Kitchen

10. Easy Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup – Bellyfull

11. Lazy Macaroni and Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf – The Lazy Slow Cooker

12. Slow Cooked Southern Lima Beans – For the Love of Food

13. Creamy Tomato Bisque – Living Smart and Healthy

14. Slow Cooker Bean and Bacon Soup – Moneywise Moms

15. Marsala Chicken, Mushroom and Rice Casserole – For the Love of Food

16. Chili Cowboy Casserole – With A Blast

17. Philly Cheesesteak Pasta Skillet – The Short Order Cook

18. Instant Pot Chili Frito Pie – Eating in an Instant

19. Bacon Lover’s Loaded Cauliflower Casserole – For the Love of Food

20. Instant Pot Chicken Pot Pie Soup – Living Smart and Healthy

21. Hearty Pork and Cabbage Noodles – For the Love of Food

22. Flaky & Buttery Ham Pot Pie – The Salty Pot

23. One Pot Lasagna Soup – Chocolate Moosey

24. Meatless Baked Ziti – Living Lou

25. Crockpot Chicken Stroganoff – For the Love of Food

26. Bistro French Onion Soup – Emily Fabulous

27. Best Overnight French Toast Casserole – Crayons and Cravings

28. Warm You Up Cheesy Broccoli Casserole – For the Love of Food

29. Broccoli Chicken Noodle Casserole – My Organized Chaos

30. Italian Macaroni and Cheese – Ann’s Entitled Life

31. Warm You Up Cream of Mushroom Soup – For the Love of Food

32. Crockpot Tuna Casserole – Hello Spoonful

33. Italian Creamy Beef Ragu – The Pasta Project

34. Cream of Bacon Soup – BENSA Bacon Lovers

35. Crockpot Cajun Red Beans and Rice – For the Love of Food

36. Split Pea Soup with Truffle Fried Potatoes – A Little and A Lot

37. Homemade Baked Mac and Cheese – The Suburban Soapbox

38. Irish Steak and Mushroom Pie – For the Love of Food

39. Panera Copycat Hearty 10 Vegetable Soup – Thank You Berry Much

40. Italian Shrimp Skillet Bake – For the Love of Food

41. Slow Cooker Turkey Vegetable Chili – Zucchini Zone

42. Pot Roast Foil Packs – For the Love of Food

43. Vegetable Lasagna with White Sauce – Where Is My Spoon

44. Crock Pot Tortellini Soup with Cream Cheese – Practically Homemade

45. Cowboy Pork Spaghetti – For the Love of Food

46. Turkey Rice Soup – Two Healthy Kitchens

47. Snowman Pizza – Fresh Start Nutrition

48. Pasta e Ceci – Italian Pasta and Chickpea Stew – Xoxo Bella

49. Southern Style Chicken and Dumplings – For the Love of Food

50. Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms with Beef and Cheese – Healthy Seasonal Recipes

51. Sicilian Meatball Soup with Cabbage – The Roasted Root

52. Stuffed Pepper Casserole – Two Healthy Kitchens

53. Crockpot White Chicken Chili – For the Love of Food

54. Cheddar Corn Soup – Quirky Inspired

55. Turkey and Sausage Meatballs – Gluesticks and Gum Drops

56. Crockpot Chicken and Gravy – For the Love of Food

57. Warming Chunky Vegetable Soup – In the Play Room

58. Chicken Pozole Verde – Pinch and Swirl

59. Paula Deen’s Hot Chicken Salad Casserole – For the Love of Food

60. Instant Pot Beef and Noodles – Eating in an Instant

61. Crockpot Mississippi Pot Roast – For the Love of Food

62. Potato Bacon Skillet Casserole – Cooking Chat Food

63. Loaded Baked Potato Board – For the Love of Food

64. Hearty Vegetarian Pasta e Fagioli – No Frills Kitchen

65. Chickpeas and Sweet Potato Soup – Veg Cookbook

66. Turkey Veggie Chili – For the Love of Food

67. Best Broccoli Cheddar Soup – Cook with Kushi

68. Instant Pot Vegetable Beef Soup – Aubrey’s Kitchen

69. Slow Cooked Bacon Cheeseburger Chili – For the Love of Food

70. Broccoli Cheddar Zucchini Soup – Zucchini Zone

71. Dutch Oven Chicken and Vegetables – The Oregon Dietitian

72. Zuppa Toscana Soup – For the Love of Food

73. Easy Pancake Mix Chicken and Dumplings – Practically Homemade

74. Best Crockpot Chicken Alfredo – Sweet Peas Kitchen

75. Chicken Divan Casserole – For the Love of Food

76. Beefy Pasta Bake – Bitz n Giggles

77. Cast Iron Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits – Powered by Mom

78. Family Favorite Tuna Noodle Casserole – For the Love of Food

79. Slow Cooker Pesto Mozzarella Chicken Pasta – The Magical Slow Cooker

80. Slow Cooker Parmesan Chicken & Rice – Plain Chicken

81. Buffalo Chicken Pasta – The Cozy Cook

82. Buffalo Chicken Quesadillas – Easy Healthy Recipes

83. Perfect Pot Roast – For the Love of Food

84. Chicken Enchiladas – Ahead of Thyme

Desserts:

1. Maple Snow Candy – For the Love of Food

2. Hot Chocolate Brownies – If You Give A Blonde A Kitchen

3. Chocolate Caramel Brownie Cookies – Simply Scrumptious Eats

4. Chocolate Snow Ice Cream – Julie Blanner

1. Strawberry Snow Ice Cream – For the Love of Food

6. Bread Pudding – Fantabulosity

7. Hot Chocolate Cheesecake – 4 Sons R Us

8. Hot Cocoa Cake with Whipped Marshmallow – How Sweet Eats

9. Peanut Butter Ritz Snowman Bites – For the Love of Food

10. Best Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies – Tasty Treats and Eats

11. Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies – Isabel Eats

12. Winter Blizzard Cookies – Centsable Momma

13. Oreo Marshmallow Snowman Treats – For the Love of Food

14. Snow Day Dessert Snack Mix – Mom On Timeout

15. Snow Ice Cream with Sprinkles – Everyday Shortcuts

16. Snow Day Sugar Cookie Milkshake – We Are Not Martha

17. Easy Snow Ice Cream – 2 Ways – For the Love of Food

18. Melting Snowmen Cookie Bites – Big Bear’s Wife

19. Snowball Cake Dip – Homemade Hooplah

20. DIY Snowman Donuts for Kids – For the Love of Food

21. 3 Ingredient Hot Chocolate Dip – Lynn Mumbing Mejia

22. Snow Day Snack Board – For the Love of Food

23. Muddy Snowballs – Cooking with Karli

24. Pecan Snowball Cookies – For the Love of Food

25. Apple Fritters – Frugal Lancaster

26. S’mores Snow Ice Cream – The Schmidty Wife

27. Chocolate Fudge S’mores Mug Cake – For the Love of Food

28. Chocolate Cobbler – Dance Around the Kitchen

29. Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Pizookie – For the Love of Food

Drinks:

1. Crockpot Pumpkin Spice Latte Coffee – For the Love of Food

2. World’s Creamiest Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate – Saving Talents

3. Polar Bear Hot Chocolate – Mom Endeavors

4. Crockpot Hot Chocolate – For the Love of Food

5. The Best Hot Chocolate Float – Rachael Hartley Nutrition

6. Disney’s Frozen Blue Hot Chocolate – For the Love of Food

7. White Chocolate Mocha Coffee Bombs – The Helpful GF

8. French Hot Chocolate with Salt – Champagne Tastes

9. Coffee Eggnog – For the Love of Food

10. Snow Cream Frappuccino – 4 Sons R Us

11. Coconut Milk Hot Chocolate – Chocolate Moosey

12. Polar Express Hot Chocolate – For the Love of Food

13. Salted Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate – How Sweet Eats

14. Dalgona Coffee – For the Love of Food

15. Mexican Hot Chocolate – Little Spice Jar

16. S’mores Hot Chocolate – For the Love of Food

17. Peppermint White Hot Chocolate – Cincy Shopper

18. Gourmet Frozen Hot Chocolate with Marshmallow Cocoa Whipped Cream – For the Love of Food

Happy Snow Day!

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Last year for New Year’s Eve in Missouri we had a snow day at home. To come up with a fun surprise for the kids I made this Hot Cocoa New Year’s Eve Countdown Board .

All ingredients, including the cute hot cocoa bomb snowmen, are from Aldi! It only took a few minutes to assemble and it turned out so cute!

This kid friendly treat doubles as a fun countdown activity to celebrate New Year’s Eve at home !

Check out the video below to see our countdown.

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Hot Cocoa New Year's Eve Countdown Board

Ingredients

• 2 hot chocolate bombs
• 3 cups popcorn I used bagged kettle corn
• chocolate covered pretzels I used 6 jumbo
• 1 large marshmallow pop
• 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
• assorted chocolate candies and mints I like Andes Mints and Ferrero Rocher
• mugs of warm milk and spoons for serving

Instructions

• Start by covering the bottom of a large platter or tray with a mixture of popcorn and mini marshmallows.
• Now add your hot cocoa bombs on top in the center of the platter. I used 2 because I have 2 kids. You can adjust and add as many as you want!
• Now arrange remaining toppings like jumbo coated pretzels and assorted chocolates and mints all over.
• Finally add a jumbo marshmallow pop (or make your own with a jumbo marshmallow and a cake pop stick).
• For your countdown have the marshmallow positioned pointing towards the top (like a clock hand at 12).
• Serve with mugs of warm milk and spoons for mixing in the cocoa bombs and toppings and enjoy!

I found all these fun treats at Aldi. The snowman cocoa bombs are my favorite!

Ready for our “Noon Years Eve” afternoon countdown!

Happy New Year!

Be sure to watch our video above to see our countdown!

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We’re snowed in!

We have had snow all week long here in beautiful Missouri. And after the first couple days of being stuck inside, I was already tired of cooking 3 meals a day for my family. That’s when I got creative and cleaned out the snack shelf to make this easy Snow Day Snack Board for lunch for my kids. 

This snack board filled with cheese, crackers, fruit, sliced meat, and even a few treats was easy to throw together and use up items I already had available.

It was such a hit with my kids that they request one every snow day now!

It’s not a snow day without hot chocolate right? A hot cup of cocoa goes great with the snack board!

This Florida girl loves Missouri winters!

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Snow Day Snack Board

Ingredients

• strawberries
• assorted crackers
• cheddar and colby jack cheeses cubed
• mini mozzarella balls
• goldfish crackers
• mini marshmallows
• sliced pepperoni
• holiday M&Ms
• fruit flavored yogurt for dipping

Instructions

• Arrange all ingredients on a platter or tray.
• Add yogurt to a small bowl as a fruit dip.
• Depending on the size of your platter you can add the berries, marshmallows, and candy to small bowls too.
• Serve right away and enjoy as a fun snack on your snow day!

Notes

These ingredients are just a recommendation. Feel free to mix it up and use any of your favorite snacks!

I just love making fun meals for my family and snack board are one of our favorites.

They are a great way to use up snacks and small treats and super easy to assembly (kids are great at helping with this too)!

Arrange all ingredients on a platter or tray. 

Add yogurt to a small bowl as a fruit dip.

Depending on the size of your platter you can add the berries, marshmallows, and candy to small bowls too.

These ingredients are just a recommendation. Feel free to mix it up and use any of your favorite snacks!

Ava loves adding yogurt covered raisins, apples, and olives to ours. 

After a day of outside fun this tasty snack board will fill up and satisfy even the pickiest eaters.

My little Southern babies sure do love the snow! 

Happy snow day!

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Crock-Pot White Chicken Chili

Ingredients

• 2 lbs chicken thighs boneless and skinless
• 1 4 oz can chopped green chiles drained
• 1 cup {about 1/2 large} yellow onion diced
• 4 cloves garlic diced
• 3 15 oz cans great Northern beans drained
• 8 oz box cream cheese cubed and softened
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp chili lime seasoning{I used Trader Joe's brand}
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 48 oz chicken broth {less if you do not want as much liquid}
• shredded cheese green onions, and crunchy tortilla strips, for topping

Instructions

• Place chicken thighs in the bottom of a large Crock-Pot.
• Top with chiles, beans, garlic, onions, and seasoning.
• Pour chicken broth on top, cover, and cook on high for 4-5  hours or low for 6-7 hours.
• When done, remove the chicken and shred or cut into bite size pieces then mix back in.
• Stir in softened cream cheese and mix until smooth.
• To serve: spoon into bowls and top with shredded cheese, green onions, and crunchy tortilla strips.

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Here are some of our favorite kids activities from our checklist!

Scroll down to the bottom for the free printable. 

Make Maple Snow Candy

All you need is snow and hot maple syrup and you can make 

this tasty winter treat on your next snow day!

Check out the recipe here.

Paint the snow

Build a snowman

Read a winter story

Make Marshmallow Snowflakes

Make Snow Ice Cream 

Go Sledding

Our backyard hill was perfect and we all had a blast!

Make Snow Angels

Ava loves making snow angels even if there is only a little snow.
 Stella on the other hand doesn’t move much in the snow. Haha.

Drink Hot Chocolate

My girlies and I love us some hot chocolate! I make different flavors and serve

 them in special mugs to make it fun. 

Create Sock Snowman

This cute craft is made with one tall white sock filled with rice. 

Use rubber bands to close it and then pins to add buttons and fabric for decorations. 

Here are some more ideas:

Click here to download your free printable!

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Marshmallow Snowflake Craft

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup pretzel sticks
• 6 jumbo marshmallows
• 1/2 cup mini marshmallows

Instructions

• Press the pretzel sticks into the jumbo marshmallow all around the side (5-6).
• Now add the mini marshmallows to the ends of all the pretzel sticks.
• Now you have an edible snowflake!

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