Taste the magic of the season with these delightful Christmas desserts. Perfect for family gatherings and cozy holiday nights, these sweet treats will sprinkle your festivities with cheer.
Picture the scene: your kitchen filled with the enticing scents of cranberries and spices. There’s a Christmas trifle on the bench, and next to that, a Christmas Bundt cake ready for icing. Your kids are gathered around, engaging in that time honored tradition of “helping” while they take every opportunity to taste baking in progress. The sound of Christmas carols fills the air.
These moments of togetherness and shared experience are what make the holiday season so special. It’s not only about making food; it’s about making memories.
And with classic favorites like Christmas pudding to new twists on traditional treats, like gingerbread trifle, this collection of Christmas desserts gives you plenty of memories to make.
Designed with love and attention to detail, these Christmas desserts will bring everyone together in the spirit of the season and form the basis of new family Christmas traditions.
Christmas desserts
This homemade angel food cake is soft, pillowy, fluffy. It’s scrumptious all on its own or with berries and whipped cream.
Silky, rich, and smooth, this is the best chocolate pie recipe you’ll ever taste! Made with an Oreo crust and topped with stabilized whip cream, it’s perfect for chocolate lovers this Christmas.
Silky smooth butterbeer potted cream, these little pots de crème with butterscotch are one of the most amazing desserts you can imagine.
If you’re a fan of all things chocolate and adore the magic of Christmas, try this Chocolate Christmas tree pastry made from scratch.
Elevate your Christmas feast with this luxurious chocolate mousse, a divine dessert that combines simplicity with elegance. Its velvety texture and rich chocolate flavor are the perfect way to add a touch of indulgence and festive cheer to your holiday celebrations.
These chocolate mini Bundt cakes are perfect for individual Christmas desserts.
Be sure to serve this homemade chocolate soufflé with a scoop of homemade ice cream on top.
If you're a fan of the quintessential yuletide drink- eggnog, you will love this ice cream. If you are not a fan of eggnog, you will still love this ice cream! Because who doesn't love ice cream? This Christmas eggnog ice cream is creamy, rich, and warmly spiced with hints of nutmeg and vanilla and makes the perfect festive treat.
These cinnamon roll donuts are baked with a cinnamon-sugar topping and finished with a vanilla glaze. They are absolutely delicious and so easy to make! They taste just like cinnamon rolls and they have such a soft, moist texture.
This creamy coquito cheesecake is a spin-off of the popular Puerto Rican holiday drink.
Sweet, tangy, and with a hint of holiday-flavored spices, this easy, one-bowl cranberry apple crisp is a low key addition to your holiday dessert table.
The holidays call for a festive dessert and few pastries are as beautiful and unexpected as this cranberry curd tart. With a brilliant ruby color and luscious filling this cranberry stunner is a showstopper worthy of your Christmas festivities.
Savor the taste of the holidays with this effortless no-bake eggnog pie! Packed with traditional eggnog flavors and a smooth, creamy texture, this pie offers a hassle-free way to enjoy the essence of the season.
If you're looking for an easy and impressive holiday dessert, this eggnog bread pudding is absolutely delicious and will leave everyone wanting more.
Eggnog is a festive treat, but it isn’t just for sipping. This unusual eggnog cheesecake, which features a gingersnap crust and a gently spiced filling, is also perfect as a holiday dessert. A slice of eggnog cheesecake makes a lovely treat after your holiday dinner. The eggnog cheesecake filling is rich, sweet, and creamy, while the homemade crust encases the delicious eggnog flavor filling inside.
Christmas trifle is a classic English dessert with layers of pound cake, crème anglaise, fresh fruit, and whipped cream. This holiday trifle uses raspberries and poached pears, making it as delicious as it is beautiful.
This cute Christmas dessert is the perfect recipe for anyone looking to add a healthy, eye-catching, and delicious twist to their holiday celebrations.
These fudgy red velvet cake mix brownies are so easy to make with only four ingredients. They have white chocolate chips inside and a super moist, chewy texture that melts in your mouth. It's the perfect doctored red velvet cake mix recipe that you won't regret making.
No bake Christmas cheesecake is a wonderful option not only for the festive period, but anytime you want to savor the delicious and unmistakable flavor of gingerbread cheesecake.
This gingerbread trifle is layered with moist gingerbread cake, homemade caramel sauce, and whipped gingerbread cream cheese filling. It's perfect for a crowd during the holiday season.
Gingerbread trifle is an easy dessert to make with cake and pudding layers as well as vanilla and caramel flavors and an indulgent splash of brandy. The spices in this holiday trifle recipe are fun and festive and pair beautifully with the other flavours in this exciting take on traditional trifle.
With a filling of sweet, warming mincemeat, made with homemade candied peel, dried fruit, and brandy, this dessert is just right on a cold Christmas evening.
Cherry cheesecakes are the perfect bite- size dessert for Christmas. A delicious Oreo crust plus creamy cheesecake is topped off with the classic cherry pie filling. It’s a dessert that everyone will love.
Easy tiramisu cups are the best twist on the classic Italian dessert. Layers of mascarpone and ladyfingers in a glass; this makes the perfect Christmas dessert.
This simple no bake peppermint cheesecake with an easy Oreo crust is also packed with crushed Oreos for a festive chocolate mint filled dessert. It's 20 minutes to prep and easy to make ahead.
This sweet crescent Christmas tree makes the best dessert for sharing! So easy to make, this pull-apart chocolate chip cheesecake dessert requires just 5 simple ingredients to make a beautiful and jolly tree.
This amazing puff pastry Christmas tree is filled with a spiced cranberry applesauce, topped with cinnamon.
Sweet Italian ricotta cheese pie recipes are a traditional Italian dessert. Maybe you’ve made ricotta lemon pie which is similar but not the same. This one is a cheese pie with ricotta, vanilla, orange, and spices. You can use pre-made pie crust to simplify the recipe instead of pasta frolla for this easy Christmas pie.
Rich and creamy, this easy tiramisu recipe is a showstopping no-bake treat. Tiramisu is guaranteed to impress your guests this Christmas.
Christmas pudding is a traditional British dessert that is served on Christmas day along with a delicious brandy sauce after being set alight.
Christmas desserts don’t just taste wonderful – they’re an opportunity to create lasting memories and develop new traditions with your family.
Which one of these Christmas desserts are you trying this Christmas?