25 Christmas Desserts

'Tis the season for merry-making, gift-giving, and of course baking! If you're like many moms this time of year, it seems all your energy goes into planning for the holidays. But now that all the gifts are bought (or made!) and wrapped up nicely, don't forget to save some precious creative energy in your kitchen. Whether you're hosting a big family event or just having a few close friends over for Christmas eve dinner, one way to bring everyone together is with delicious homemade desserts! Here are 25 fabulous recipes that will make your holiday celebrations even sweeter!

Gingerbread Donuts

Baked mini Gingerbread Doughnuts are so much fun to make and a great alternative to sugar cookies if you are looking for something different to make this recipe it for you.

Santa’s Peanut Butter Cookies Bars

Loaded with Christmas mix peanut butter m&m's, chocolate chips, peanut butter, oats, and Christmas red & green sprinkles.

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Goji and Coconut Barks

If you’re looking for an easy treat to give for the holidays, these Goji chocolate and Coconuts Barks are perfect.

Peppermint Cheesecake

This creamy peppermint cheesecake has an Oreo cookie crust and chocolate ganache topping. The texture is smooth and velvety without being too dense, and the flavor is a delicious creamy peppermint that’s perfect for the holidays.

Christmas Lights Cookies

Christmas Lights Cookies with a small batch of royal icing and mini M&Ms as Christmas Lights

Sugar cookies truffles

No-bake sugar cookie truffles made with only 4 ingredients! An easy and delicious treat for the holidays that is super easy to make.

Gingerbread Cupcakes

If there’s anything that truly screams Christmas, it’s these Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cinnamon Browned Butter Buttercream

Rolo Pretzels with M&M Candies

These Rolo Pretzels with M&M Candies are a family favorite! Everyone will enjoy this fun, and easy Christmas treat. These are always such a huge hit around the holiday season.

Snowman Cupcakes

Snowman cupcakes are super cute and fun Christmas cupcakes made with a chocolate cupcake base, and decorated with marshmallows and frosting!

Christmas Trifle

A Christmas Trifle is a delicious dessert perfect for the Holiday Season! It has layers of chocolate brownies, fudge, peppermint cream cheese and Andes Peppermint Crunch Candies

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Reindeer

The CUTEST little reindeer treats! Made with fresh strawberries, milk chocolate, and pretzel antlers, these Chocolate Covered Strawberry Reindeer are easy to make and guaranteed to be a hit!

Christmas Tree Cookies

These Christmas Tree Cookies are a fun and festive meringue cookie that are light as air and melt in your mouth! A super cute Christmas cookie perfect for your holiday party!

Santa Hat Brownies Bites

So cute, and so so easy. I highly recommend you to bring these to any holiday party in the coming days. Your friends and family will go crazy for them,

Oreo Ornaments

Oreo Ornaments – Oreo cookies dipped in white chocolate and decorated to look like a holiday ornament with peanut butter cup minis, and festive candies and sprinkles; stress-free Christmas cookie perfection.

Peppermint Ice Cream

This peppermint ice cream is rich and creamy, flavored like a peppermint stick! It’s the perfect minty treat.

Gingerbread Cake

This Delicious Gingerbread Cake Recipe begins from a moist and perfectly spiced gingerbread batter that creates the most heavenly textured cake you will ever taste!

Pecan Pie

This comforting pecan pie has a gooey pecan filling and a rich, flaky, buttery crust. It’s best served with whipped cream or ice cream for the perfect Thanksgiving dessert!

Grinch Cookies

Grinch Cookies are a fun and festive twist on a classic chocolate chip cookie! Inspired by the popular Christmas movie, these soft and chewy cookies are colored Grinch-green and decorated with green and red M&Ms.

3 ingredient Christmas Star twist Pastry

The easiest and prettiest Christmas pastry recipe! This 3-ingredient Christmas Star Twist recipe is made with three layers of puff pastry spread with raspberry jam, twisted into a beautiful star shape, brushed with egg wash and baked.

Christmas Lasagna

Christmas Lasagna is a whimsical layered dessert recipe! Made with buttery, red velvet shortbread cookie crust, a peppermint cheesecake layer, white chocolate pudding, whipped cream and mini marshmallows on top. I’m sure it will be a hit at your Christmas gathering.