My Christmas dessert recipes are packed with festive inspiration for every occasion, from holiday parties to cozy family baking days. Browse through classic Christmas cookies, elegant cakes, quick no-bake options, and gluten-free holiday treats. Every recipe includes step-by-step instructions, tips, and serving ideas to help you create showstopping desserts that bring the magic of the season into your kitchen.
This Christmas popcorn is a sweet snack mix: 10 cups of plain popcorn tossed with red and green M&Ms, crushed peppermint and holiday sprinkles, then drizzled with melted white chocolate if you want it in clusters. It makes about 10 cups, enough for 8 servings, […]
A gingerbread wreath is one large ring of spiced molasses dough, rolled ¼ inch thick, cut around a cake pan and baked at 350°F for 15 to 18 minutes, then decorated with white royal icing garlands, piped green leaves and round candy ornaments. One wreath […]
Christmas hot chocolate should taste like comfort, warmth, and celebration in a cup. This recipe blends cocoa, melted chocolate, gingerbread spices, and a touch of molasses into creamy milk and cream, then finishes with whipped cream and crushed peppermint for a cosy Christmas drink. You […]
This gingerbread castle is a big gingerbread house built as a castle: molasses gingerbread walls, round towers baked around tin cans, ice cream cone turrets, and stiff royal icing as mortar. It stands about 12 to 14 inches wide and 10 inches tall. Plan on […]
This gingerbread latte is a shot of espresso or ½ cup strong coffee, ¾ cup steamed milk and 2 tablespoons of homemade gingerbread syrup made from molasses, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. The first one takes about 15 minutes because you cook the […]
These Christmas macarons are French almond meringue cookies, tinted red, green or white and sandwiched with vanilla or peppermint buttercream. One batch makes about 30 sandwich macarons. Plan on about 1 hour 45 minutes of work, resting and baking, then a day in the fridge […]
This sugar cookie icing that hardens is a glossy, egg free icing made with 2 cups of sifted powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons of milk, 2 tablespoons of light corn syrup, and a little vanilla. It mixes in about 10 minutes, covers around 24 medium cookies, […]
These 3 ingredient sugar cookies are made with only 1 cup softened unsalted butter, ½ cup granulated sugar, and 2¼ cups all-purpose flour, with no eggs, no baking powder, and no chilling. The dough takes about 10 minutes, the cookies bake at 325°F for 14 […]
Sugar cookie dip tastes like a frosted sugar cookie turned into a bowl of soft cream. You get the flavor of Christmas sugar cookies without heating the oven, and the whole thing comes together in ten minutes. This recipe teaches you how to make Christmas […]
This Christmas margarita is a cranberry margarita: 2 oz silver tequila, 1 oz orange liqueur, 1 oz fresh lime juice, 2 oz cranberry juice and ½ oz simple syrup, shaken with ice and strained into a salt or sugar rimmed glass. It takes 5 minutes […]