Christmas Dessert Recipes

These Christmas Dessert Recipes are all perfect for the holidays. Ranging from make-ahead marvels to cozy baked desserts, they are all guaranteed to impress.

We love nothing more than indulging in something sweet over the holidays. There’s always a batch of cookies on the go or a box of chocolates being passed around. But I also love making sure I’m serving delicious desserts as a sweet ending to our special festive feasts.

Pies, trifles, tiramisu, cakes, cookies and more. We’ve gathered INSERT AMOUNT + easy dessert recipes to make the holidays just a little sweeter.

Easy Christmas Desserts

These Christmas dessert recipes are all VERY easy to make. From make ahead ice cream delights to a crowd pleasing dessert board, these are some of our favorites!

1. Salted caramel and chocolate ice cream bombe. An ice cream bombe with layers of ice cream, salted caramel, chocolate, nuts & cherries topped with even more chocolate is a perfect dessert for any occasion.
2. Easy Apple Galette. This easy apple galette made with store-bough puff pastry is the perfect dessert if you love apple pie but don’t want to fuss with pie dough, filling, etc.
3. Easy Dessert Charcuterie Board. Put together an epic holiday dessert charcuterie board this festive season. It is the easiest dessert and perfect for entertaining during the holidays.
4. Mint crisp caramel ice cream cake. This ice cream cake recipe is an absolute show-stopper. Filled with Mint-crisp chocolate, caramel (dulce de leche) and cookies, it’s a guaranteed hit.
5. Easy mini banoffee pies. These easy mini banoffee pies are the perfect no-bake dessert. Shop-bought ingredients make these pies a breeze to assemble and your guests will love them!
6. Marshmallow fridge tart. Retro fabulous and always a crowd pleaser.

Cool Christmas Desserts

If you’re in the Southern hemisphere, you are probably looking for cool and refreshing desserts to serve on Christmas Day. However, these recipes are all fantastic served wherever you are in the world and they are guaranteed to be showstoppers.

1. Pull Apart Pavlova Wreath. This pull-apart pavlova wreath is the perfect dessert to serve this Christmas. Not only is it so delicious and beautiful, it’s one of the most festive recipes you can make and will be the perfect center piece.
2. Tiramisu. Layers of creamy whipped mascarpone and coffee-soaked lady fingers make this classic Tiramisu an absolutely dreamy dessert your guests will love.
3. Easy fresh berry Eton Mess. This fresh berry Eton Mess with layers of homemade cream, chewy meringues and fresh berry sauce is a delicious and easy dessert recipe.
4. Passionfruit ice box cake. Layers of passionfruit-scented cream, cookies and fresh passionfruit coulis make this passionfruit ice box cake the perfect summer dessert.
5. No Bake Cheesecake. Creamy, no bake cheesecake on a Graham Cracker crumb base is the easiest dessert that is perfect for any occasion. It’s the perfect dessert to make ahead and will be an instant hit.
6. Banana pudding. Creamy homemade banana pudding is a delicious dessert recipe. Layered with vanilla wafers and fresh bananas, it’s the perfect end to a meal.
7. Easy blueberry lemon icebox cake. Layers of creamy cheesecake filling, tangy blueberry sauce and cookies make this easy blueberry lemon icebox cake the ultimate easy summer dessert.
8. Fudge Brownie Vanilla Ice Cream Popsicles. Ice cream popsicles with layers of homemade brownies, chocolate fudge sauce and vanilla ice cream all covered in a layer of magic shell are the perfect summer dessert and so easy to make at home.
9. Mini lemon curd cheesecakes. These adorable mini lemon curd cheesecakes with buttery cookie crust is the perfect dessert and will have your guests asking for more!
10. Vanilla Panna Cotta with fresh passion fruit. Creamy vanilla panna cotta served with fresh passion fruit is the ultimate, fuss-free dessert and perfect for summer gatherings.
11. White Chocolate Pistachio Affogato. Affogato is the perfect fuss-free summer dessert. Served with white chocolate and pistachio ice cream, it’s a guaranteed crowd pleaser.
12. Classic lemon cheesecake with easy berry sauce. This easy lemon cheesecake infused with lemon zest is super creamy and the buttery crust is perfect. Served with an easy berry sauce, it is the ultimate indulgent dessert.

Gluten Free Desserts

Having a gluten allergy or sensitive shouldn’t stop you from indulging over the holidays. These recipes are all safe for those who can’t eat gluten without compromising on deliciousness.

1. The Very Best Crème brûlée. This is the very best Crème brûlée recipe you will ever make. The custard is silky smooth and the bruleed sugar topping is perfectly caramelized delivering that crack you want before diving in to the vanilla-scented custard. A true classic and absolutely delicious.
2. Creamy White Chocolate Panna Cotta. Creamy, perfectly set white chocolate Panna Cotta is a delicious and easy dessert served with macerated berries.
3. Salted Vanilla Crème Caramel. Creamy with a layer of deep amber salted caramel, this vanilla crème caramel is a simple yet impressive dessert.
4. Pavlova Christmas Wreath. Light, marshmallowy Pavlova filled with homemade whipped cream and topped with fresh berries is a beautiful dessert perfect for Christmas.

Chocolate Christmas Desserts

Chocolate and Christmas go hand-in-hand and these chocolaty Christmas dessert recipes are next level. Festive tiramisu, over-the-top rocky road brownies and the perfect chocolate cream pie are only a few of our favorite chocolate-lovers’ recipes!

1. White Chocolate Christmas Tiramisu. This Christmas Tiramisu with white chocolate and cinnamon is the perfect festive dessert.
2. Rocky road brownies. Rich, fudgy brownies topped with silky chocolate ganache, mini marshmallows, cherries and pecans. Who could say no to one of these rocky road brownies?!
3. Perfect Chocolate Mousse. This classic chocolate mousse recipe is delicious in every way. Rich, chocolatey flavor with a light and airy texture makes this the perfect dessert to share.
4. Flourless chocolate cake. Super dark and fudgy, this flourless chocolate cake is the perfect gluten free dessert served with thick cream and fresh berries.
5. Chocolate Cream Pie. Silky smooth chocolate custard filling, inside a buttery homemade crust makes this chocolate cream pie the perfect, indulgent dessert. Pies are delicious any time of the year but this death-by-chocolate version is just the dessert to serve for Thanksgiving.
6. Baked hot chocolate pudding. The best dessert to serve on a cold day, this hot chocolate baked pudding cake is a chocolate lovers dream and is delicious served with ice cream. It’s good for serving a crowd too and can be made in advance. 
7. Salted caramel chocolate trifle. Layers of salted caramel, silky chocolate custard, chocolate cake and whipped cream make this chocolate trifle simply irresistible.
8. Peanut butter chocolate baked pudding. Chocolate baked pudding swirled with peanut butter drenched in a chocolatey syrup is a decadent dessert perfect for celebrations.
9. Easy one bowl chocolate cupcakes. These easy one bowl chocolate cupcakes are rich, moist and delicious topped with swirls of rich, fudgy dark chocolate buttercream frosting.
10. Easy salted pretzel chocolate fudge. This super easy chocolate fudge recipe delivers fudge as smooth as silk and topped with salted pretzels, make a delectable sweet treat.

Christmas Cookie Recipes

Whether you’re baking cookies as gifts or just want to keep your own cookie jars full, these recipes will definitely come in handy. From easy sugar cookies to decadent millionaire’s shortbread, we’ve got you covered.

1. Raspberry Sugar Cookie Bars. These are the cookie of the season, in my opinion. Perfectly sweet sugar cookie bars stuffed with raspberry jam topped with festive sugar cookie shapes, these cookies are a guaranteed crowd favorite.
2. White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies. We love these pecan white chocolate cranberry cookies. They are delicious all-year round but make the perfect easy Christmas cookie. Great as a sweet treat or gifted to loved ones, they are guaranteed to impress.
3. Ginger Snap Cookies. These ginger snap cookies are crisp, sweet and perfectly flavored with warming ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. They are a Christmas favorite and make fantastic homemade gifts.
4. Millionaire’s Shortbread. Rich layers of buttery shortbread, chewy caramel and chocolate ganache makes Millionaire’s Shortbread the ultimate, indulgent treat.
5. Easy Christmas Sugar Cookies. These easy Christmas sugar cookies are so simple to make, the kids can make them all by themselves. They are perfect for Christmas and “Santa” will be overjoyed to eat them this year but they’re just as good all year round.
6. White Chocolate Pecan ShortBread. This buttery shortbread dipping in white chocolate topped with pecan nuts is a delicious festive cookie. They’re great as a snack or treat during the festive season and make lovely homemade gifts.
7. White chocolate dipped ginger cookies. Chewy ginger cookies dipped in white chocolate decorated with festive sprinkles is a delicious addition to your Christmas baking repertoire.  
8. Easy Fudgy Pecan Shortbread. Buttery shortbread topped with a layer of creamy caramel and chopped pecans is the ultimate cookie bar and the perfect homemade gift.
9. North Pole Christmas Cookie Sandwiches. Chewy chocolate chip cookies sandwiched with homemade marshmallow fluff, dipped in white chocolate and coconut. These North Pole Christmas cookie sandwiches are perfect for the holidays and make a fun baking project to do as a family.