Best Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey Christmas Sweets

Christmas is the perfect time to indulge and enjoy some yummy holiday treats and dishes. Seriously, what's Christmas without some delicious holiday food? Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey's most popular Christmas sweets and treats have been revealed, so make sure Santa knows that you've been good, not bad, this season, and ask him for some of these delicious, festive treats and sweets.

Before we get to the state, let's look at America's favorite Christmas cookie. This is good to know, in case you want to leave a plate of these around for Santa the night before Christmas. If you haven't been 100%, cookies can do wonders with Santa. According to Monmouth University, the most popular Christmas cookie in America, per their study, is "frosted sugar cookies lead the list (32%), with gingerbread (12%) and chocolate chip (11%) rounding out the top three." Other cookies that made the cut include snickerdoodles (6%), butter (4%), peanut butter (4%) and chocolate (4%). "If you want to please your family’s palate this holiday season, your best bet is icing up a batch of Christmas tree or snowflake shaped sugar cookies," notes Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute.

Tastes Better from Scratch also states that the frosted sugar cookie is the most popular for the holidays. "The iced sugar cookie takes the top spot, stealing the show as the most favorite Christmas cookie with classic sweetness and festive decorations," Tastes Better from Scratch stated. "Simple, delicious, and a canvas for creativity- it's the 'go-to' for holiday bakers." They polled more than 2,700 people to discover the top cookie pick.

As for Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey sweets, according to Evite, the most popular holiday cookies and sweets in Pennsylvania are peanut butter blossoms, in Delaware and New Jersey are Italian Christmas cookies. They can also make a nice treat to mail for friends over the holidays.  According to Delish, the most iconic dish for the holidays in Pennsylvania is pizzelles, Delaware is gingerbread cookies and New Jersey is fish. So, there are a range of popular treats and dishes that should hopefully please everyone this holiday season.

What's fun is that in the Monmouth poll, they also asked Americans if they think they'll be on Santa Claus' naughty or nice lists. An impressive 79% say they are for sure making the "nice list," and only 10% think they'll on the "naughty list." Apparently, 11% are unsure about which list they'll make.