20 Jaw-Dropping Christmas Desserts You Won’t Believe Are Homemade
Christmas is the season to savor all things sweet and delicious. From gingerbread men to creamy puddings, the desserts at this time of year are truly something special. Baking around the holidays brings warmth to the kitchen, and there’s something comforting about sharing those homemade goodies with family and friends. It’s the perfect way to spread a little joy and sweetness during the festive season.
Eggnog Cake
This festive eggnog cake recipe is three light and fluffy layers of cake sandwiched between decadent buttercream frosting. Garnish with fresh and candied cranberries for a beautiful and delicious holiday dessert that everyone will surely enjoy!
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Old Fashioned Chocolate Pie
This easy, homemade Old Fashioned Chocolate Pie recipe delivers velvety smooth, cocoa-rich filling inside a flaky pie crust for a nostalgic treat.
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Candy Cane Pie
You’ll love this No Bake Candy Cane Pie that’s made with cream cheese, real peppermint and crushed candy canes on an Oreo cookie crust. It’s the perfect peppermint pie recipe for the holiday season!
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Gingerbread Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This Old Fashioned Gingerbread Bundt Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting is the perfect festive dessert for the holiday season. Fill your home with the old-fashioned fragrance of Christmas- ginger, cinnamon and cloves. The beautiful addition of frosted cranberries on top makes this cake an elegant addition to your holiday table.
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Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
These beautifully festive, rich and moist chocolate orange cupcakes are an ideal, special treat for all of your Christmas gatherings and celebrations! Made with light, yet moist and fudgy sponge and a topping of silky-smooth cream cheese frosting and candied orange peel.
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Grinch Cookies
These Christmas grinch cookies are green sugar cookies loaded with chopped Andes mints. They are rolled in green sugar and topped with a jumbo heart sprinkle.
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Cranberry Cake
This Cranberry Cake is pretty and delicious! This layer cake features moist vanilla cakes, a homemade cranberry filling, and an ermine buttercream. Elegant with simple decorations, this cake will be fantastic for the holiday season or any special occasion.
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The BEST Gingerbread Cupcakes
Get in the holiday spirit with these festive gingerbread cupcakes! They are made with seasonal spices for the ultimate Christmas dessert. The cinnamon cream cheese frosting on top is the perfect complement. Serve these at your next holiday party!
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Christmas Sprinkle Cookies
These Cream Cheese Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are so easy to make. No chilling or rolling the dough necessary! A cream cheese cookie dough gets rolled in sprinkles then baked for an irresistible holiday cookie.
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Gingerbread Latte Cake
Combining the best of both worlds in this modern classic dessert, this Gingerbread Latte Cake lets a rich and gooey gingerbread cake with a velvety coffee whipped cream for an easy dessert that impresses with ease.
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Eggnog Bundt Cake with Sour Cream and Rum Icing
This festive bundt cake recipe tastes just like spiked eggnog! A moist spice cake is flavored with eggnog and topped with a sweet rum glaze! So yummy!
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Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups
You’ll love these adorable & festive Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups with a sugar cookie cup base, Reese’s miniature peanut butter cup inside, frosting for the ‘whipped cream’, and cute garnishes of sprinkles and mini candy canes that make the mug and stir stick. Simple to make with convenient store-bought, ready-to-use items.
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M&M Cookie Bars
M&M Cookie Bars are soft and chewy and are easily made with only four ingredients. If you love M&M’s, this is the ultimate treat to make.
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Billy Miner Pie
The BEST Billy Miner Pie recipe for a copycat version of The Keg’s famous dessert. A mocha ice cream cake on an oreo crumb crust, topped with sliced almonds. Then drizzled with hot fudge and caramel sauce.
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Hot Chocolate Floats
These Hot Chocolate Floats are the perfect treat to make during the holiday season. This recipe combines two of our favorite things, hot chocolate and ice cream, for a sweet, frothy dessert the whole family will love.
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Peppermint Meringues
Ring in the holidays with festive peppermint meringues! This Christmas dessert is super easy to make. If you love Trader Joe’s Peppermint Meringues, you’ll enjoy these too.
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Orange and Cranberry Loaf
Delicious orange cranberry loaf is an ideal treat to be enjoyed around Christmas time, and beyond! This festive cranberry bread consists of soft, moist and fragrant orange-flavoured sponge, laced with sharp, plump and vibrant cranberries. It is also drizzled with fresh citrus glaze for a simple and tasty finish.
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Ninja Foodi Eggnog
Eggnog is easy in the Ninja Foodi with a smooth and light creamy texture. You can have homemade eggnog with a hint of vanilla chilling in under 20 minutes.
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Christmas Cranberry Bundt Cake with Sour Cream
Tender and moist, tart and sweet, this easy Christmas cranberry bundt cake with sour cream is my very favorite Christmas cake. With just 12 minutes of prep time and a few basic pantry ingredients, you’ll have this delicious holiday cake finished, and topped with the simple glaze, in no time!
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Christmas Tree Cupcakes
These Christmas tree cupcakes brim with seasonal magic. It’s a December tradition to assemble these elegant treats that look like evergreen trees. These Christmas desserts ring in the holidays with festive joy and cheer!
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