Christmas Dessert Recipes

Make a statement at the holiday feast with elegant dessert recipes for tortes, tarts, and cheesecakes, and tiramisu. Plus Christmas desserts to gift, such as toffee and fudge. Yes, please!

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Overhead view of a cooling rack of twenty four macaroon cookies on a wooden table background
The 3-Ingredient Holiday Cookie I Make Every Year
30 mins
Bread pudding with cinnamon rolls in a baking dish partially served with a spoon
This 3-Ingredient Cinnamon Roll Bread Pudding Is My Favorite Easy Holiday Dessert
A pear and cranberry galette on a plate with a slice removed next to a serving of whipped cream
Skip the Pie—Make This Easy Holiday Dessert Instead
50 mins
Tray of Finnish joulutortut pastries shaped like stars with a jam filling
The 4-Ingredient Finnish Treats I Make Every Year for Christmas
60 mins
Chocolate candy clusters with nuts and sprinkles in a container lined with paper
The Easy 4-Ingredient Crock-Pot Candy I’m Making Every Christmas From Now On
Sweet potato sonker in a baking dish with a piece being served
Sweet Potato Sonker Is the Southern Dessert You Need to Make
115 mins
No-Bake Fluffernutter Pie on a small dessert plate with a fork
This No-Bake Fluffernutter Pie Is Perfectly Retro
25 mins
Granny’s Party Pie slices on dessert plates with forks and beverage glasses
My Granny's 5-Ingredient Party Pie Is My Favorite Retro Dessert
15 mins
A slice of peanut butter cake with frosting on a plate
The Vintage Peanut Butter Cake I Bake on Repeat
60 mins
Overhead view of multiple cranberry orange shortbread cookies on an off-white background
The Easy Shortbread I Put in Every Holiday Cookie Box
39 mins
Overhead view of potato chip cookies on a cooling rack over parchment paper next to a owl of powdered sugar
The Easy Retro Cookie I’m Making for Christmas This Year
30 mins
Overhead view of sheet of rum balls from Granny's Rum Balls recipe with various coatings and placed on a baking sheet with parchment paper
I Make My Granny’s Boozy Balls Every Year for Christmas
A square piece of the Easy Jam Cake on a pnik an white plate, with a piece of the corner cut off with a fork, also on the plate with some frosting still attached to the fork
The Easy Southern Cake I Make for the Holidays
40 mins
overhead view of Mint Brownies squares
The Retro Brownies I Make Every Year for the Holidays
65 mins
copycat subway chocolate chip cookies on a platter
Now You Can Enjoy Subway Cookies Without Even Going to Subway
22 mins
Plate of flan at a table setting with a serving on a plate and a stack of plates with utensils
Flan
95 mins
Plate of potato candy with one piece bitten into
Potato Candy
30 mins
Easy chocolate mousse in serving glasses and set on a tray.
Chocolate Mousse
35 mins
Plate with Turtle Cookie Cups with the Top Cookie Cup Cut in Half
Turtle Cookie Cups
39 mins
A pile of club crackers topped with crushed nuts on a teal background
My 4-Ingredient Retro Dessert Is Perfect for the Holidays
22 mins
Aerial Shot: Cassava Cake Slices on a Banana Leaf Covered Wooden Tray, and Individual Slices of Cake on Banana Leaf Covered Plates
Cassava Cake
75 mins
Overhead shot of assorted sugar cookies on a white background
3 Easy Holiday Desserts With Store-Bought Cookie Dough
Ina Garten photo on a blue and yellow dotted background next to a photo of her apple crostada
The Easy Ina Garten Dessert I Take to Every Holiday Party
A round loaf of panettone with a slice removed
12 Traditional Breads and Rolls to Bake This Christmas
Side view of tiramisu cake cut into.
Tiramisu Cake
75 mins
Slices of red velvet cake
Red Velvet Cake
2 hrs
Overhead view of kringle topped with icing.
Danish Kringle
70 mins
Semi-sweet chocolate babka on a wooden serving platter and three slices cut and laid in front.
Chocolate Babka
4 hrs
Side view of the front of a house made of gingerbread.
How to Make a Gingerbread House
2 hrs
A stack of plates with easy bread pudding set on top.
Bread Pudding
55 mins
Crème Brûlée in a white ramekin with a spoon
Crème Brûlée
70 mins
Close up of a baked pecan pie filling.
The Best Pecan Pie
90 mins
Best fruit cake on a serving platter
The Best Holiday Fruitcake
2 hrs
A red velvet cupcake set in a cupcake liner with a bite taken out of it.
Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
40 mins
Pavlova with raspberry sauce
Pavlova
80 mins
Citrus Olive Oil Cake
55 mins
Cranberry Upside Down Cake
Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
90 mins
Single Piece of Gingerbread Cake on Decorative Plate
Triple Ginger Gingerbread Cake
85 mins
Peppermint Ice Cream
Peppermint Ice Cream
17 mins
Gingerbread Bars frosted and decorated with festive sprinkles and set on a rack.
Gingerbread Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
33 mins
Eggnog Pound Cake
Eggnog Pound Cake
80 mins
Gingerbread Cupcakes
These Easy Gingerbread Cupcakes Are Ready in Just 30 Minutes
27 mins
Dough for Peanut Butter Cookies being wrapped in plastic wrap.
How to Freeze Cookie Dough
30 Best Cookies to Mail
23 Best Cookies that Travel Well
Slices of A slice of Olive Oil Yogurt Cake on a wooden paddle and dusted with powdered sugar.
Yogurt Cake
55 mins
Salted Caramel Brownies
Caramel Brownies
55 mins
Royal icing and sprinkles decorate circle sugar cookies.
6 Ways to Decorate Cookies With Royal Icing
How to Make Matzo Toffee - closeup of toffee
Chocolate and Hazelnut Matzo Toffee
25 mins
Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe
Chocolate Bundt Cake
100 mins
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies Bird's Eye View of White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies on white plate
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
30 mins
Silver Palate Bittersweet Chocolate Cake
Bittersweet Chocolate Cake
2 hrs
Side view of a bowl of candied pecans.
Sugared Pecans
35 mins
Orange Cornmeal Cake
Orange Cornmeal Cake
Triple Layer White Cake
Triple-Layer White Cake With Orange Curd Filling
53 mins
Best Scratch Chocolate Cake
Suzanne's Chocolate Cake
Stollen Christmas Bread filled with rum-soaked dried fruit coated with powdered sugar and sliced on a platter with a fine mesh sieve with powdered sugar in it nearby.
Christmas Stollen
75 mins
Side view of a Cherry Chocolate Cake with Whipped Cream on a white cake stand.
Black Forest Cake
100 mins
Eggnog Ice Cream
Eggnog Ice Cream
60 mins
Bowl of Caramel Corn (popcorn)
Caramel Corn
70 mins
Buttery Apple Torte
Buttery Apple Torte
60 mins