New Year's Treats

We had a small gathering at our house for New Year's Eve.  I made a few new recipes -- two of them out of the Cooking Light December 2009 issue.  One was Chili Spiced Almonds.  First of all, don't bake them for as long as it says, but even without that, they weren't very tasty.  Kind of bland.  The second thing I made was Warm Caramelized Onion Dip.  Very yummy.  I kept it in a small crock pot to keep it warm, and the onions got sweeter and sweeter all night.  This one's a keeper.  Oh, and I added about a cup of swiss cheese to the recipe, because I was comparing it to another similar recipe I had, and that sounded good.  I think the dip would be great without the extra cheese, though.