21 Festive Christmas Desserts
Fun Christmas dessert ideas! Don’t miss these fun & easy Christmas desserts, perfect for Christmas treats, holiday baking or Christmas party food
Looking for Christmas desserts to bring a little sweetness to your holiday table? This list has plenty of festive ideas, from classic Christmas cookies and fun holiday-themed treats to easy Christmas desserts perfect for parties.
Whether you’re making holiday desserts for a crowd or just want something simple you can prep ahead, these recipes have you covered. They’re the kind of Christmas treats that work just as well for a cookie swap as they do for a cozy family dinner.
If you’re planning your menu or just want some fun Christmas dessert recipes to bake this season, you’ll find plenty of inspiration here.
Let’s make some Christmas cheer!
Reindeer Chocolate Bark
Reindeer Chocolate Bark is so cute and shockingly easy to make. Pretzels make the antlers and Christmas M&M’s make the Rudolph noses.
Snowman Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Snowman Chocolate Covered Strawberries are delicious and easy to make. What’s great about the snowmen is that the extra white chocolate from teh dipped strawberries looks like melting snow.
Christmas Golden Oreo Truffles
Christmas Golden Oreo Truffles are one of the easiest Christmas treats. I had an Oreo truffle for the first time from a tray of Christmas cookies and could not believe how good they were. These use golden Oreos for a creamy twist on traditional Oreos.
Christmas Tree Oreos
These Christmas tree Oreos look so festive but are surprisingly easy to make. Perfect when you want a no bake Christmas dessert without much fuss.
Candy Cane Pie
This candy cane pie is so easy to make. It’s no bake and uses pudding mix. You can whip it up in just a few minutes and it’s a fun twist on candy canes.
Grinch-Inspired Peanut Butter Snowballs
Similar to Buckeye Balls but with powdered sugar instead of the chocolate coating, these peanut butter snowballs are soft, sweet, and packed with peanut butter flavor.
Reindeer Cookies
How cute are these reindeer cookies? They use biscoff cookies so they taste like cookie butter and look so festive.
Christmas Marshmallow Pops
These Christmas marshmallow pops are simple to put together and make a cute little Christmas treat for kids. Bonus, they can also be a cute accompaniment to hot chocolate!
Here’s how to make them:
- Push three full sized marshmallows on kebab sticks
- Melt brown and red candy melts according to package direction and put into piping bag (or ziplock bag and cut the tip off a corner)
- For snowman, pipe on face, carrot nose, and arms and buttons.
- For reindeer, pipe on antlers, eyes, red nose
Eggnog Truffles with Cranberries & Pistachios
The reddish cranberries and the green pistachios give these Eggnog Truffles a subtle but pretty Christmas look. And that eggnog flavor just hits all the right holiday notes.
M&M Christmas Cookies
These Christmas cookies are double the chocolate with both Christmas M&M’s and a generous amount of chocolate chips. M&M Christmas cookies are the perfect Christmas treat for chocolate lovers.
Healthy(ish) Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies are my absolute favorite Christmas cookie and my version uses almond flour for a healthier spin on a classic holiday treat. I love how they’re more filling and satisfying with the almond flavor and still delicious.
Gingerbread Cookies with Cranberry Sauce
Gingerbread Cookies with Cranberry Sauce marry two classic holiday flavors: gingerbread and cranberry. A quick drizzle of white chocolate on top ties everything together without much effort.
Snow Globe Oreos
Snow Globe Oreos are a really cute holiday version of dipped Oreos. They use Christmas sprinkles to make the snow and Christmas trees on the snow globe cookies.
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Move over pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake bars have all those great pumpkin flavors with the added creaminess of cheesecake filling. This version is easy too, made into bars for a straightforward holiday dessert.
Cranberry Cheesecake with Pistachios
Cranberry Cheesecakes look so pretty on a holiday dessert table or even served as a fancy Christmas dessert. They are a dessert that feels like an occasion and looks festive for the holiday season.
Classic Apple Pie
Classic Apple Pie always has a place on a Christmas table. It is homey, and just feels like the cozy holiday season.
Sugared Cranberries
With a crisp sugary shell and tart center, Sugared Cranberries strike the perfect balance of sweet and tangy. Plus, they just look pretty on a Christmas dessert table.
No-bake Christmas Oreo Balls
Christmas Oreo Balls are no-bake, delicious and so easy to make. Truly, you won’t believe how easy they are to make based on how decadent they taste.
Marshmallow & Popcorn Snowballs
Marshmallow & Popcorn Snowballs are super easy to make and are perfect for Christmas movie nights. They’re also a cute salty-sweet addition as snowballs on a Christmas cookie tray.
Christmas Dairy Queen Copycat Blizzard
Finally, let’s close the list with a little unexpected twist – an ice cream dessert! Just because its cold outside doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a cold Christmas dessert, and these Christmas Dairy Queen Copycat Blizzard are so easy to make. They’re a perfect fun surprise for a Christmas movie night.
Candy Cane Pretzel Rods
Candy cane pretzel rods have a great balance of sweet candy melt, salty pretzel and minty candy canes. But the best part is how easy they are, only 3-ingredients and just a couple steps (no baking required!)
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