20 Easy Christmas Dessert Ideas!
Looking for easy Christmas dessert ideas? Don’t miss these 20 best Christmas dessert ideas that are SO simple to make and will wow just about any crowd!!
20 Best Christmas Desserts
The holidays are here, and what better way to celebrate than with dessert!? Whether you’re looking for a new recipe to bring to your next family gathering or just to satisfy your own sweet tooth, you’re sure to find the perfect recipe in this round-up of easy Christmas desserts!
These are some of our most-loved, easy, and frugal Christmas dessert recipes, and we hope you and your family will love them, too!
1. Christmas Snack Mix
This White Christmas Mix is so easy to make, tastes yummy, and is so addictive!
2. Honey Sweetened Truffles
These are relatively healthy AND easy — a winning combination for holiday sweet treats!
3. Dipped Chewy Ginger Molasses Cookies
These Dipped Ginger Cookies make delicious, homemade Christmas treats! It takes the depth of ginger cookie flavor and pairs it with white chocolate. Delicious and beautiful!
4. Cinnamon Doughnut Muffins
These Jam-Filled Cinnamon Doughnut Muffins are super festive for either a holiday brunch or dessert, and they’re oh-so-tasty!
5. Peanut Butter Freezer Fudge
With only 5 ingredients, this fudge is easy AND delicious… and no one will believe it’s actually good for you!
6. Angel Face Cookies
Soft and buttery, these melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookies are the perfect accompaniment to a steamy mug of cocoa, or a good book by the fireplace. They also make a deliciously frugal addition to a plate of Christmas treats.
7. Chocolate Peanut Butter Holiday Bark
This recipe is super fun for kids to help with — they basically can’t mess it up! It’s a great “salty-sweet” treat that can be made ahead of time, and it’s super festive!
8. Peanut Butter Bon Bons
This is a longtime favorite family recipe! These Peanut Butter Bon Bons are such a classic, so easy to make, and are a GREAT gift idea! And they are SO addictive…I mean, how could you not like peanut butter and chocolate?
9. Peppermint Fudge Brownies
Not only are these brownies easy, delicious, and very festive — they are also gluten AND dairy free!
10. Sweet and Salty Chocolate Candy
Need a quick last-minute treat to bring to a holiday party? You can whip up this “candy” in a few minutes (although you will need to let it cool before you dig in!).
11. Chunky Cinnamon Applesauce
If you’re looking for something simple-yet-elegant to add to your holiday menu, you must give this recipe a try! Homemade applesauce is a delicious treat almost any time of year — but the addition of red hot candies makes it the perfect holiday season treat! My mom used to make this as a holiday treat growing up and I have such fond memories of it.
12. Glazed Cinnamon Scones
Looking for a really easy Cinnamon Scone recipe? These cinnamon scones are SO delicious and surprisingly simple to make! They’re a longtime family favorite and great around the holidays!
13. Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Pie
This Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake Pie is SO simple to make and is wonderfully delicious! It makes a fun (and frugal!) fancy dessert you can whip up for holidays and special occasions.
14. Holiday Trail Mix Recipe
Looking for a super easy last minute gift idea? Whip up a batch of this holiday trail mix in minutes and print some of our FREE gift tags to go with it! Easy peasy! (Or just make a big batch to snack on yourself!)
15. No-Bake Oreo Pie Recipe
This easy no-bake pie will be a hit with everyone around your table, and you can whip it up in 15 minutes or less!!
16. Easy Chocolate Torte
This easy chocolate torte starts with a boxed cake mix — and with a few extra ingredients, you have a show-stopping holiday dessert that everyone will love!
17. Better-Than-Mounds Bars
These bars are one of my all-time favorite holiday treats! If you want to meet new people and make new friends, just take a plate of these decadent candy-bar-like cookies to a Christmas party — you will have people begging you for the recipe!
18. Double Chocolate Brownies
What’s better than chocolate brownies? How about the ultimate DOUBLE chocolate brownies! With both cocoa powder and chocolate chips, these decadent brownies are delicious and extremely easy to whip up with just a few basic ingredients you most likely have in the pantry.
19. Old Fashioned Vinegar Pie
Vinegar Pie is a deliciously frugal dessert every money-saving mom should know about. You can make it when the cupboards are nearly bare and it’s actually quite tasty!
20. Chocolate Éclair Dessert
Chocolate Éclair Dessert is perfect to serve at/bring to holiday gatherings! It makes a large pan and can be made up ahead of time. Plus, even though it’s really easy to make, it looks and tastes much more elaborate.
Do you have any fun Christmas dessert ideas? We’d love to hear!
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