Christmas Desserts

christmas desserts
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.

Gingerbread reindeer truffles arranged on marble, featuring chocolate-coated exteriors, red noses, pretzel antlers, and a bite-revealed soft filling, with scattered colorful candy pieces in the background.
Christmas Desserts

Gingerbread Reindeer Truffles

These Gingerbread Reindeer Truffles are more than a holiday dessert. They’re bite-sized cheer. Little chocolate-dipped treats with candy eyes and pretzel antlers, ready to steal every heart at the table. You’ll make them once, and every child in the room will ask when they’re coming […]

Vertical collage of candy cane fudge snowballs coated in crushed peppermint with a bold text overlay. The lower section shows a close-up bite revealing creamy layers of white fudge.
Christmas Desserts

Candy Cane Fudge Snowballs

These Peppermint Chocolate Chip Blondies combine rich, chewy blondies with smooth white chocolate fudge centers and a crunchy peppermint coating. Each bite mixes creamy chocolate, a hit of peppermint flavor, and a seasonal candy crunch. This easy peppermint dessert makes a fun twist on peppermint […]

Pinterest collage featuring gingerbread toffee mousse cups. Top half displays layered mousse cups with whipped topping and cookies. Bottom half highlights a spoonful cut from a mousse cup showing caramel and creamy layers. Bold text reads “Gingerbread Toffee Mousse Cups.”
Christmas Desserts

Gingerbread Toffee Mousse Cups

These Gingerbread Toffee Mousse Cups combine everything I look for in a Christmas dessert: flavor depth, texture contrast, and a calm assembly process that doesn’t take over the whole afternoon. Each cup layers a buttery gingerbread cookie base, a cloudlike toffee mousse, and a swirl […]

Peppermint cheesecake mousse cups with chocolate crust, whipped cream topping, and candy cane pieces, with text overlay “Peppermint Cheesecake Mousse Cups.”
Christmas Desserts

Peppermint Cheesecake Mousse Cups

These Peppermint Cheesecake Mousse Cups are a layered holiday dessert made with chocolate cookie crumbs and a creamy peppermint cheesecake mousse. Each cup is topped with whipped cream and crushed peppermint candy. It’s quick to assemble, doesn’t require baking, and offers the flavor and texture […]

Collage image with close-up of peppermint chocolate chip cookie bars showing melted chocolate layers and candy cane bits, labeled “Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars.”
Christmas Desserts

Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

When peppermint chocolate chip cookies meet holiday magic, you get these chewy, chocolate-packed bars. This peppermint chocolate chip cookie bars recipe takes everything you love about Christmas cookies peppermint style and layers it into a rich, easy-to-slice dessert. They hold their shape, cut cleanly, and […]