Last year I was in the mood to go funky, so we bought a prelit white tree with white lights. We're using it again this year, but I think I prefer a real tree with multicolored lights. We'll be putting multicolored lights around our windows as soon as I can find the suction cups (or buy more!).
Chocolate with peppermint on top? I'd try. I'll try about anything mixed with chocolate - even tried Sonic's jalepeno chocolate shake (yuck, but I tried!).