21 Christmas Desserts Ideas
Christmas is all about spending time with your loved ones, and getting together to enjoy a festive meal.
And no holiday meal is complete without a sweet ending! Whether you’re hosting a big family Christmas dinner,
or just a small celebration with friends, you’re going to want to end your meal with a bang.
These Christmas desserts are as beautiful as they are delicious. They’ll make the perfect ending to any holiday meal, and will impress everyone at your table.
From Christmas cakes to Christmas cookies, there are endless ways to end your holiday meal on a sweet note.
1. Christmas Tree Brownies
These festive brownies are the perfect holiday treat.
They’re topped with a simple green frosting and sprinkles, but you can customize them with any of your favorite holiday candies.
2. Chocolate Cherry Trifle
This Chocolate Cherry Trifle is a beautiful and delicious dessert that is perfect for Christmas. It has layers of chocolate cake,
cherry pie filling, chocolate pudding, and whipped cream.
I like to top my trifle with some chopped chocolate and maraschino cherries. You can also add some chocolate shavings or sprinkles to the top.
This recipe is so simple to make and is a great way to feed a crowd.
3. Christmas Jello
These Christmas Jello squares are a fun and easy way to add a little color to your holiday table!
You can make them in any flavor or color you like, and you can even add a layer of sweetened condensed milk for a creamy layer in the middle.
These are made with cherry and lime Jello, but you can make them in any flavor or color you like!
4. Christmas Tree Cupcakes
These will make a festive addition to your dessert table, and they’re so simple to make.
5. Christmas Wreath Cupcakes
These cupcakes are topped with a buttercream frosting that’s dyed green and then piped to look like a Christmas wreath.
Then, you add little red candies to look like the berries.
6. Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake Cake
This is a showstopper of a cake!
It’s a rich, chocolate cake with a peppermint cheesecake layer, all covered in a peppermint buttercream frosting.
This cake is perfect for Christmas, but it’s also a great cake to make for any winter birthdays as well.
7. Santa Hat Cupcakes
These Santa Hat Cupcakes are so fun and festive! They are perfect for a holiday party or just to enjoy with the kids on Christmas Eve.
Don’t worry, you don’t have to make the cupcakes from scratch. This recipe uses a boxed cake mix to save time.
8. Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies
These cookies are so simple to make, and they’re perfect for the holidays. You can even use food coloring to make them any color you want.
9. Christmas Tree Cake
If you thought you were going to make it through this list without seeing a Christmas tree dessert, you were wrong!
This one is super simple to make, using a box cake mix and your favorite frosting.
If you want to make it extra festive, add some green food coloring to the cake mix.
10. Gingerbread Cheesecake
This gingerbread cheesecake is the perfect way to end a Christmas meal.
It’s a bit lighter than a traditional cheesecake and has a hint of gingerbread flavor from the crust.
11. Christmas Lasagna
This festive dessert lasagna is layered with sugar cookies, whipped cream, and fresh berries. The best part? It only takes 20 minutes to make.
12. Cranberry Christmas Cake
This cranberry cake is the perfect dessert for Christmas dinner! It’s a light and fluffy cake, topped with a cream cheese frosting and sugared cranberries.
The combination of the sweet cake and the tart cranberries is so good! Plus, the sugared cranberries make this cake look so pretty on a dessert table.
13. Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks
You can’t go wrong with a classic sugar cookie, and this version is stacked with cream cheese frosting.
Pro tip: If you’re short on time, you can use store-bought dough to make your cookies.
14. Christmas Trifle
This red and white trifle is the perfect Christmas dessert. It’s filled with strawberries, raspberries, and layers of white cake and pudding.
Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon for a fun and festive finish.
15. Christmas Chocolate Cake
This cake is so much more than a pretty decoration. It’s a moist, rich chocolate cake that’s perfect for any holiday party.
16. Christmas Swirl Sugar Cookies
Christmas cookies are a holiday staple, but you can make them even more festive with a pop of color!
These Christmas Swirl Sugar Cookies are a fun way to make your sugar cookies stand out during the holidays.
Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe, then add a few drops of food coloring and swirl it into the dough.
After the cookies are baked and cooled, top them with a sweet buttercream frosting and a few sprinkles.
17. Christmas Tree Sheet Cake
This cake is almost too pretty to eat. Almost. The tree is made out of sugar cones and filled with a creamy mousse.
The cake itself is a chocolate cake, but you could also use a white cake mix and tint the batter green if you prefer vanilla.
18. Christmas Wreath Cake
This cake is so pretty and festive, it’s hard to believe it’s so easy to decorate.
The wreath is made with mini marshmallows and green food coloring, and the bow is made with red fondant.
19. Christmas Tree Oreo Pops
Get the kids in the kitchen and let them help you make these adorable Christmas Tree Oreo Pops.
Using a few simple ingredients, you can transform Oreo cookies into a festive treat that looks great on your dessert table.
20. Christmas Tree Cupcakes
These Christmas tree cupcakes are a fun and festive holiday treat!
You can use a boxed cake mix and store-bought frosting to make it easy, or follow the recipe to make everything from scratch.
21. Christmas Tree Brownies
Get your kids to help you decorate these Christmas tree brownies!
They’ll have a blast pressing candy “ornaments” into the frosting and sprinkling on the star-shaped sprinkles.
Conclusion
Christmas is a time for baking, whether you’re making holiday bread, cookies, pies or other goodies.
These recipes will help you get through the season without feeling like you missed out.
You’ll find a little bit of everything, from traditional Christmas cakes and cookies to gingerbread and candy cane treats.
Plus, there are cute ideas for homemade edible gifts, too!
