These Christmas Desserts Are So Good, Santa Might Just Skip the Cookies!
When Christmas rolls around, desserts are always a highlight of the celebration. From the first bite of a spiced cookie to the last slice of cake, holiday sweets have a way of making everything feel a little more festive. The kitchen becomes a cozy haven filled with the aromas of baking spices, butter, and sugar. There’s nothing quite like sharing these treats with loved ones to make the season brighter.
Chai Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
A twist on your traditional spice cake! Paired with a vanilla bean buttercream frosting, makes this an ideal choice to enjoy this fall season.
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Christmas Tree Brownies
Get all the compliments when you display these darling little Christmas tree shaped brownies on your holiday dessert table.
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Orange Cranberry Christmas Cake with Sugared Cranberry Wreath
This easy cranberry Christmas cake is a rich, butter cake flavored with almond extract, orange zest, sour cream and fresh or frozen cranberries! To give this cake a festive holiday look, this recipe is finished with an orange glaze and topped with a sugared cranberry and thyme wreath!
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Nanaimo Bars
Nanaimo bars are classic no bake 3 layered Canadian bar cookies with a crumbly chocolate coconut base, creamy vanilla buttercream centre, and crisp chocolate top.
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Raspberry White Chocolate Bundt Cake
This raspberry white chocolate bundt cake is gluten-free and dairy-free. It is filled with white chocolate chips, fresh raspberries, and raspberry jam swirled in the center. The white chocolate ganache on top adds the best flavor! This recipe is easy to make and tastes even better than Nothing Bundt Cakes.
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Eggnog Blondies
These delectable blondies have the classic familiar eggnog taste that your mom and dad fondly remember and your kids will come to love! Sharing a plate of eggnog blondies around the fireplace after dinner will be your new favorite Christmas tradition.
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Cinnamon Cupcakes
This is the best cinnamon cupcakes recipe! These easy cinnamon cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are moist and delicious, and dusted with a perfect cinnamon sugar topping! They’re an upgrade to a traditional vanilla cupcake and a MUST for cinnamon lovers!
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Christmas Lasagna
Serve up the holiday cheer with this colorful Christmas Lasagna — a decadent dessert lasagna with layers of cookie, cheesecake, and pudding!
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Gingerbread Brownies
These Gingerbread Brownies have soft and chewy gingerbread cookies layered into fudgy chocolate brownies! They’re perfectly gooey and so flavorful!
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Christmas Oreos
These Christmas Oreos are festive and fun for the holiday season! This quick and easy recipe takes only 15 minutes from start to finish. They can be decorated and frosted many different ways.
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Chocolate Christmas Tree Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
These Chocolate Christmas Tree Cupcakes are the cutest and most festive cupcakes ever! These delicious Christmas Tree Cupcakes are almost too pretty to eat, made with chocolate cake mix and homemade vanilla buttercream frosting.
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Chocolate Cream Pie
This decadent Chocolate Cream Pie recipe uses an easy technique for creating a perfect chocolate custard with far less effort than other methods. A great dessert choice for a special occasion or anytime a chocolate craving strikes!
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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 Oreo Cookie Balls
Sweet peppermint Oreo cookie balls are the perfect chocolate peppermint treat! A creamy chocolate Oreo and peppermint center is wrapped in white chocolate mixed with candy cane pieces, then topped with more candy cane pieces, delicious!
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Chocolate Mint Nanaimo Bars
This luscious recipe is a twist on Nanaimo Bars with a dense chocolate base, a layer of creamy mint filling, and a rich chocolate topping. It’s hard to have just one.
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Christmas Gingerbread Bundt Cake
This Christmas Gingerbread Bundt Cake is a family favorite that make year after year. It’s topped with a dark rum glaze that soaks through the dense cake and slices beautifully. Everyone will want to save room for dessert with this gingerbread cake!
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Chocolate Orange Truffle Pie w/ Gingersnap Crust
This chocolate orange truffle pie is amazing! It tastes just like Christmas—spicy gingersnap crust, dark chocolate truffle layer, and rich orange chocolate mousse, topped with lightly whipped cream. It’s silky smooth, and the flavors are unreal! And you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how simple it is to whip up!
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Pretzel Christmas Crack
This pretzel Christmas crack is going to become your new favourite holiday treat. The combination of salty pretzels, sweet caramel, and dark chocolate blend perfectly to make this the most delicious dessert. It’s so easy to make and only requires six ingredients.
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Christmas Hot Chocolate Bombs
Ring in the holidays with fun Christmas hot chocolate bombs. They’re easy to make and decorate 3 different ways: jolly snowman, string of lights, and truffle-style hot chocolate balls. They’re festive and delicious.
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Peppermint Bark Graham Crackers
Peppermint Bark Graham Crackers are chocolate covered graham crackers in milk chocolate + white chocolate, and then topped with crushed peppermint candy canes to resemble (and taste like!) peppermint bark. This Christmas treat is easy to make with only 4 ingredients!
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