25 Christmas Desserts Ideas
Christmas is the best time of the year! Everyone is in the holiday spirit and it is the time of year when we all come together with our family and friends.
Whether you are hosting Christmas dinner or attending as a guest, you will need some delicious Christmas dessert ideas to share!
To help you get started, I have put together a list of 25 Christmas desserts that will be perfect for your holiday dinner.
From traditional Christmas desserts to some new and unique ideas, I have something for everyone!
1. Christmas Tree Brownies
Fudgy brownies topped with a green-tinted buttercream and sprinkles? Yes, please! These festive Christmas tree brownies are sure to be the star of your holiday dessert spread.
2. Christmas Light Cupcakes
These cupcakes are a perfect way to celebrate the holiday season! Decorate your favorite cupcakes with a swirl of vanilla buttercream and then use a variety of colored sprinkles to create a string of Christmas lights.
Top each cupcake with a small piece of black licorice or a chocolate chip to create the light’s plug.
These cupcakes are so much fun to make and they’re a great way to get the kids involved in the kitchen!
3. Gingerbread Men Cookies
The holidays just wouldn’t be the same without a classic gingerbread cookie recipe.
This one is perfect for cutting into your favorite shapes and decorating with royal icing.
If you’re short on time, you can also use store-bought gingerbread man cookies and have the kids decorate them.
Pro Tip: Use a straw to make a hole in the top of the cookie before baking.
Once the cookies are cooled, you can thread ribbon through the hole and hang them on your tree.
4. Santa Hat Cupcakes
These are a great option if you want to make something that’s a little more involved than a no-bake recipe, but still easy enough to make with your kids.
5. Grinch Fruit Kabobs
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch! This healthy dessert recipe is perfect for kids and adults alike.
It’s a fun way to get in some of your daily fruit servings, plus it’s so colorful and festive.
6. Christmas Tree Meringues
These festive meringues are a perfect light and airy Christmas dessert.
They are made with just a few ingredients and are so pretty to serve on a holiday dessert platter.
7. Christmas Crack
This Christmas Crack is a classic that you can’t go wrong with.
It’s a simple recipe with just 5 ingredients: butter, brown sugar, saltines, chocolate, and sprinkles.
It’s a sweet and salty treat that’s perfect for the holidays!
8. Christmas Tree Cookie Stacks
These beautiful Christmas tree cookie stacks are a fun and easy way to add some festive cheer to your holiday table.
You can use your favorite sugar cookie recipe, or make it even easier with store-bought dough.
9. Chocolate Covered Strawberry Christmas Trees
Get your kids in the kitchen to help you make these festive chocolate-covered strawberry Christmas trees.
They’re so easy to make and will look great on your holiday dessert table.
10. Grinch Sugar Cookies
These cookies are a fun and easy way to get your kids involved in the kitchen.
They can help roll the dough into balls and then dip them into the sugar.
11. Christmas Swirl Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies are a classic holiday treat, but they can be a little boring.
These Christmas Swirl Sugar Cookies are anything but! They’re soft and chewy with a delicious vanilla almond flavor.
Plus, the red, white and green swirls make them look so festive!
The key to these cookies is chilling the dough, so make sure you don’t skip that step.
It will be easier to work with and the cookies will be nice and thick.
12. Reindeer Rice Krispies
Get the kids involved in making these classic rice krispies treats.
They can help mold the rice krispies into reindeer shapes and decorate with pretzels and candy eyes.
13. Chocolate Covered Pretzel Christmas Trees
Pretzels and chocolate are a classic combination that are perfect for the holidays.
These chocolate covered pretzel trees are made with just a few ingredients and are so fun to make with the whole family.
14. Snowman Oreo Pops
Bring a sprinkle of holiday magic to your kitchen with Snowman Oreo Pops! These adorable, easy-to-make treats combine the irresistible crunch of Oreos with a festive twist.
Perfect for kids and adults alike, Snowman Oreo Pops are coated in creamy white chocolate and decorated to resemble cheerful snowmen, complete with mini chocolate chip eyes, candy noses, and scarves made from colorful icing.
15. Grinch Rice Krispies
Rice Krispies treats are always a hit, and these Grinch-themed ones are perfect for Christmas.
They’re so easy to make and a fun activity for the kids to help with. They’ll love getting to add the green food coloring and sprinkles.
16. Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats
You can never have too many rice krispie treats during the holidays! These are shaped like Christmas trees and are topped with green buttercream and sprinkles.
17. Santa Belly Oreos
These Santa belly Oreos are almost too cute to eat! Sandwich a red Oreo cookie with white frosting and then dip the top in red sanding sugar.
Add a little white frosting and a mini marshmallow on top for the Santa hat and two black candy eyes and you have a festive and fun Christmas treat.
If you’re feeling extra crafty, you can make your own red Oreos by adding red food coloring to the frosting and then sandwiching between two chocolate cookies.
But if you want to save some time, you can use the pre-made red Oreos and just add the white and black frosting.
18. Grinch Brownies
These green brownies are a fun and easy way to celebrate the holiday.
Don’t forget to add the little red hearts to make it look like the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes!
19. Christmas Chocolate Covered Strawberries
With the help of a little food coloring and some holiday sprinkles, you can turn ordinary chocolate covered strawberries into a festive Christmas dessert.
20. Christmas Tree Cupcakes
A batch of classic vanilla cupcakes gets the festive treatment when you tint the buttercream frosting with a hint of green food coloring and pile it high on top of the cupcake.
For a fun and easy decorating idea, use pretzel sticks to create a mini Christmas tree on top of each cupcake.
21. Christmas Light Sugar Cookies
These cookies are almost too pretty to eat! But who are we kidding, we’d never pass up a sugar cookie.
Conclusion
The only thing better than a Christmas dessert is a collection of Christmas desserts, right? That’s what we thought! This list is loaded with the best holiday desserts that are easy to make and even better to eat. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a very sweet night!
