The ultimate guide to Easy Christmas Desserts! Whether you want classics like peanut clusters or something with a twist, we’ve got you covered!
I love Christmas time…and I especially love Christmas desserts. Pies, cookies, candy, you name it.
Whether you’re looking for sweet treats to package up as gifts or looking for an elegant dessert to end your Christmas dinner, I’ve got you covered!
What dessert do you eat on christmas?
If you’re looking for something fun and festive, or beautiful and elegant to enjoy after your Christmas meal, look no further than these awesome desserts!
Gingerbread Cake
This Gingerbread Cake is incredibly moist, perfectly spiced, and topped with a simple orange icing. The perfect holiday dessert!
Chocolate Pudding Pie
This Chocolate Pudding Pie is rich, smooth, and ultra creamy. Homemade chocolate pudding is set in a crispy Oreo pie crust, then topped with fluffy whipped cream.
Peppermint Poke Cake
This Peppermint Poke Cake is filled with pockets of rich chocolate peppermint pudding, smothered in a whipped topping, and sprinkled with peppermint chips! The easiest and most festive holiday dessert!
Mini Apple Pies
These Mini Apple Pies are like individual, perfectly portioned deep-dish pies! This twist on a classic is brimming with gooey apple filling, topped with a crumb topping, and wrapped in a flaky pie crust.
Mini Pecan Pies
These Mini Pecan Pies are individual, perfectly portioned deep-dish pecan pies! Made with store-bought pie crust and brimming with a sweet, sticky, ooey-gooey, crunchy pecan filling.
Cake Mix Chocolate Lava Cake
Lava cakes just got easier with my fool proof short cuts: cake mix and muffin tins! This cake mix chocolate lava cake recipe uses devil's food cake mix, chocolate pudding, and is filled with a two ingredient chocolate ganache! Fluffy cake with a molten lava center . . . what's not to love?
Gingerbread Cookie Bars
Gingerbread Cookie Bars. A cross between a cookie and a brownie, these bars are soft, chewy, dense, yet so light and full of cozy gingerbread spices. Perfect served warm with vanilla ice cream or served room temperature or chilled with an easy fluffy cream cheese frosting!
Hot Chocolate Cheesecake Dip
This Hot Chocolate Cheesecake Dip Recipe only requires 6 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep! Full of cream cheese, yogurt, marshmallow creme, hot cocoa mix, cool whip, and marshmallow bits! Serve with cookies, pretzels, fruit, and more!
Mint Oreo Cream Cheese Ball Recipe
You're only eight ingredients and five minutes of prep away from the BEST Mint Oreo Cream Cheese Ball. Cream cheese + pudding mix + mint extract and loads of Mint Oreos? This dessert is easy and delicious!
One Bowl Brownies
These One-Bowl Brownies are so easy to make requiring just 10 minutes and 8 ingredients! They're perfectly moist, fudge-y, gooey, chocolatey, and delicious!
Instant Pot Rice Pudding
This Instant Pot Rice Pudding is ultra creamy, buttery, and packed with tender rice and chewy raisins. This quick and easy dessert is great served warm or chilled.
How to Make Box Brownies Better
How to Make Box Brownies Better: a few simple ways to make your boxed brownies taste like they're made from scratch. Moist, fudgy, chocolate-y, and so easy!
Pro tip
Make the brownies more festive by pressing red and green M&Ms into the top before baking or try decorating the cooled brownies with green frosting and sprinkles!
Christmas candies
Christmas cookies are obviously a classic but if you’ve had your share of cookies and your sweet tooth still isn’t quite satisfied, here are more delicious Christmas candies!
Christmas Crack Recipe
This Christmas Crack is crunchy, salty, and sweet! Saltine crackers are layered with a 2 ingredient caramel, melted chocolate, and toffee bits. The best holiday candy!
Best Puppy Chow Recipe
This is the best puppy chow recipe! Why? More chocolate, more peanut butter, more powdered sugar! This childhood classic aka muddy buddies just got better. 🙂 Plus, it uses the WHOLE box of cereal and the WHOLE bag of chocolate chips, so less measuring required!
Crockpot Candy
Crockpot Candy is sweet, salty, and crunchy! This easy holiday candy is made with almond bark, chocolate, peanut butter, and roasted, salted peanuts right in your slow cooker!
Easy Pretzel Turtles
These Pretzel Turtles are made FOUR ways and make the perfect sweet and salty holiday treat! Mini pretzels are loaded up with various chocolates, candies, and toppings, then baked to perfection.
Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
This Easy Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe is made in the microwave! Make the white chocolate version or the double chocolate version! Both are gluten free and made without sweetened condensed milk.
Heath Bars
These homemade Heath Bars are sweet, salty, and crunchy. Crispy toffee is layered with creamy milk chocolate and topped with roasted almonds.
Five Ingredient Mint Chocolate Candy
This is five ingredient mint chocolate candy. Chocolate that crunches slightly when you bite into it, filled with creamy, sweet, sugary, minty perfection!
Easy Chocolate Fudge
This Easy Chocolate Fudge is smooth, rich, and creamy! Made with 5 ingredients and cooks in the microwave in under 2 minutes! The perfect holiday treat.
Easy Peanut Clusters
These Easy Peanut Clusters require FOUR ingredients and make perfect holiday gifts! Roasted peanuts are covered in creamy almond bark, chocolate, and sea salt!
Peanut Brittle
This Peanut Brittle is a classic holiday candy that's surprisingly easy to make. Roasted peanuts are folded into a homemade toffee-like mixture to create the perfect sweet, salty, and crunchy candy.
Peanut Butter Balls
These Easy Peanut Butter Balls are the best no-bake treat! Crunchy and creamy peanut butter filling dipped in silky smooth chocolate.
Microwave Fudge Recipe
This Easy Microwave Fudge Recipe can be made into FOUR different flavors: peppermint, chocolate, turtle, and maple! Made in a mini muffin tin to make the perfect bite sized treats.
Oreo Balls
These No-Bake Oreo Balls are made with Oreos, cream cheese, vanilla, salt, and chocolate. They make the perfect quick and easy treat for any occasion! I've also listed different cookies, extracts, and chocolates below for fun variations!
How do you package homemade christmas desserts for gifts?
Whether you’re packing up a platter of cookies or wrapping up other goodies, sweets make perfect Christmas gifts!
- Lay out on a platter. This option is great for brownies or fudge. Lay all the treats out in a single layer on a festive platter and cover with cling wrap. Throw a gift bow on top for a nice touch!
- Stack in a tin or mason jar. Or reuse any jar you have around (thoroughly washed of course.) This is perfect for Christmas crack, peanut brittle, puppy chow, or heath bars.
- Package in a box and seal with a bow. Line up mini pies or oreo balls in a small cardboard box and wrap up with a bow.
These packaging ideas also work perfectly for Christmas cookies!
– Jennifer