Looking for the best Christmas Desserts for your holiday dinner or Christmas party? From show-stopping Christmas cakes to adorable bite-sized truffles, these decadent desserts are sure to impress all your guests!
Originally published December 2016 – Updated December 2023
There are so many things to love about the holiday season, from the Christmas music to the colorful light displays. I mean, one of our favorite Christmas traditions is driving around looking at lights while listening to Mariah Carey telling us what she wants for Christmas!
And then there’s the baking! It’s one of our favorite holiday activities, whether we need festive Christmas desserts to bring to a party or cookies for a cookie exchange. That’s why I decided to put together a list of fun Christmas desserts to make for any occasion.
Christmas Dessert Recipes
Whether you want a total showstopper or one that’s just easy and delicious, you can’t go wrong with any of these fun recipes!
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Christmas Lasagna Dessert
This amazing layered dessert, with vanilla pudding and Cool Whip over rich red velvet cake, is always a crowd pleaser. Bring this with you to a potluck and you'll be invited to every holiday party!
These cute wreath donuts make a great Christmas morning treat (they're so good with a warm cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows). But they're also one of our favorite Christmas dessert ideas too!
This amazing Red Velvet Brownie recipe makes the best, perfectly dense and fudgy chocolatey brownies! Topped with a rich cream cheese frosting, they make a delicious holiday treat!
These Christmas Oreo Balls are the perfect no-bake dessert for the holidays! Made to look like ornaments with creamy Oreo centers and a colorful candy coating, they're perfect for your holiday dessert table or cookie trays!
These Easy Gingerbread Truffles are filled with all your favorite classic gingerbread flavors. They're the most delicious way we know of to add extra cheer to all your holiday festivities!
This classic no-bake dessert, with tasty Christmas cookie flavors, is the perfect way to make the holidays extra special (and extra yummy)!
Gingerbread Fudge
This gingerbread themed dessert is simple to make and incredibly delicious, with all your favorite holiday spices. It's a fun alternative to traditional gingerbread desserts.
The kids will love joining you in the kitchen to make their own adorable Christmas tree cupcake! Made with ice cream cones and a few other simple ingredients, these holiday treats are as much fun to make as they are to eat!
Santa Hat Cupcakes
These adorable Santa Hat Cupcakes make the cutest Christmas treat! Fun for all ages, they're perfect for your holiday celebrations!
These adorable Reindeer Cupcakes, topped with an adorable chocolate dipped Nutter Butter reindeer cookie, make the perfect sweet treat for all your holiday parties!
With whimsical shapes and festive colors, these fun Christmas sugar cookies are the perfect treat for the holidays. Leave these cookies for Santa with a tall glass of milk and you're sure to be bumped to the top of the nice list!
These Oreo Reindeer Cookies take everyone's favorite cookie and turn them into delicious and easy holiday treats! As fun to make as they are to eat, these are guaranteed to be the cutest treat on your dessert table!
Cookies don't get much cuter than these Oreo Penguins! With just some Oreos, chocolate and a few candies, this adorable treat is guaranteed to be hit at your next holiday party!
These easyWhite Chocolate-Peppermint Cookies are the perfect blend of creamy white chocolate and refreshing peppermint. You could even add frosting in the middle to make some fun peppermint sandwich cookies!
Made with chocolate cake and raspberry filling, this chocolate raspberry cake is a festive holiday dessert that’s simple to bake and even easier to decorate!
Cranberry and orange really do make the perfect flavor combination and this smooth, creamy orange cheesecake with sweet but tart sugared berries is to die for.
This chocolate rolled cake recipe, or bûche de noël, is one of the most quintessential Christmas desserts. This beautiful cake is a delicious dessert that’s easy to make with just 7 ingredients!
These fun pinwheel cookies will be the star of your holiday cookie swap! Covered in bright red and green sprinkles, this colorful cookie makes a great holiday treat.
This delicious trifle will be a hit at your holiday parties. Layers of creamy cheesecake, crunchy cookies, & raspberries makes an impressive dessert for any Christmas dinner!
This easy no-bake pie, with a cool, minty filling and topped with whipped cream, is a delicious dessert that's always a hit. It's like a creamy pie collided with candy canes and the result is one perfect treat!
These Mint Chocolate Meringue Cookies are melt-in-your-mouth good! Make them for a party, cookie swap or a teacher gift…or just make a batch for yourself!
Looking for the best Christmas dessert recipes to go with your holiday dinner or Christmas party? From show-stopping Christmas cakes to adorable bite-sized truffles, these decadent desserts are sure to impress all your guests!
Ingredients
Christmas Lasagna Dessert
Christmas Poke Cake Recipe
Chocolate Christmas Mice
Snowman Rice Krispie Treats
Christmas Donuts
Red Velvet Brownies With Cream Cheese Frosting
Oreo Snowman Balls
Christmas Oreo Balls
Grinch Oreo Balls
Reindeer Oreo Balls
Gingerbread Cake Mix Truffles
Easy Christmas Truffles
Sugar Cookie Christmas Fudge
Gingerbread Fudge
Red Velvet Fudge
Instructions
Choose a festive Christmas dessert.
Gather up the ingredients.
Make and enjoy!
The nutrition information provided is an estimate and can vary based on cooking methods and ingredients used.
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Jen
7 years ago
My gosh, you were not kidding, my mouth is totally watering! Those desserts are gorgeous!
Robin
5 years ago
These festive desserts look amazing! Almost to the point it be hard to each such masterpieces. That would be until my stomach advises me otherwise. Happy baking. I’ve got to decide which one to make first and to whom I can’t wait to share these yummies with! Thanks for the pin
My gosh, you were not kidding, my mouth is totally watering! Those desserts are gorgeous!
These festive desserts look amazing! Almost to the point it be hard to each such masterpieces. That would be until my stomach advises me otherwise. Happy baking. I’ve got to decide which one to make first and to whom I can’t wait to share these yummies with! Thanks for the pin
I agree! They really are almost too pretty to eat…but I think I could do it LOL