
Whether it's a gingerbread house covered in candy or a festive box of Christmas cookies, there are so many sweet Christmas desserts to whip up this holiday season.


Want even more holiday inspiration? Check out our favorite Christmas cookies, our best Christmas cakes, and our top Christmas no-bake desserts too.Nothing spreads holiday cheer faster than an adorable Christmas treat. Try adding peppermint to any of your favorite bakes to make them extra festive (but start small if you’re using extract to avoid them tasting too toothpaste-y!). Our peppermint meringues, peppermint meltaways, and our peppermint patty stuffed cookies are all great ideas. Peppermint bark is classic, so we’ve included it in everything from cheesecake to brownies, but that’s not all the mints are good for. Snowy blue and white is also fair game, so we’ve included it in our igloo cake, our snowflake cookies, and our frozen fudge here too.Īnd don’t forget about peppermint! It’s a flavor that doesn’t get enough play the rest of the year, so when Christmas rolls around we like to put it in everything we can. They use food dye, colorful candy, or red and green sprinkles to great holiday effect. Less into the personification of your baked goods, and more into the red and green color scheme of the holiday? Try our Christmas fudge, our Christmas pinwheel cookies, our Christmas blondies, or our Rice Krispie snowballs. Our plan is to make cookies shaped like Santa this year (plus some Milano reindeer cookies too) to guarantee our spot on the nice list, but you do you. Check out our ugly sweater cookies, our Santa hat cupcakes, our Christmas tree brownies, our candy cane cookies, or our Oreo coal for ideas, then get creative. The best way to create delightful holiday desserts is to make ones that are shaped just like all your favorite holiday things, like Christmas trees, Santa, his reindeer, snowmen, and more. If you too want to get in on the holiday spirit with your baking, check out our 63 Christmas treats-they’re cuteness personified, in the most festive way possible. When the holidays roll around, we’ll admit to going a bit overboard with our love for Pinterest-worthy, absolutely adorable creations shaped like everything from trees to candy canes, all covered in a healthy amount of red and green sprinkles.

There’s a time and a place for super-fancy desserts, like chocolate soufflé, tiramisu, or macarons, but for us, Christmas ain’t it.
