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These are the easy Christmas desserts that always steal the spotlight-creamy cheesecakes, festive cakes, gooey brownies, and no bake sweets everyone loves. From mini treats and chocolate goodies to pies, cobblers, and gluten-free options, each one is simple and delicious. These are the best Christmas dessert recipes for Christmas Eve, holiday parties, or feeding a crowd. Pin these festive dessert ideas now to make your celebrations extra special!
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Christmas Cheesecake Recipes
Chocolate Orange Cheesecake
Inspired by Terry’s, this orange cheesecake is topped with a thick layer of rich chocolate ganache. Chocolate Orange Cheesecake is so rich and decadent! This chocolate orange cheesecake is my favorite and is great for holiday meals.
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Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake
This creamy York Peppermint Patty cheesecake has an Oreo cookie crust and chocolate ganache topping. The texture is smooth and velvety without being too dense, and it has a delicious creamy peppermint flavor that’s perfect for the holidays.
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Candy Cane Swirl Cheesecake
This peppermint swirl cheesecake is the perfect recipe for the holidays. Made with white chocolate candy cane swirl Hershey’s Kisses and cream cheese, then baked, this is the perfect Christmas recipe!
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Homemade Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake Recipe
This chocolate cherry cheesecake recipe makes a rich, almond-flavored cheesecake with a layer of cherries in the center and a layer of chocolate ganache on top.
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S’mores Cheesecake
This is the best easy s’mores cheesecake! A smooth and creamy cheesecake filling is stuffed with rich chocolate and gooey marshmallows, with a crunchy graham cracker crust. It’s going to be your new favorite dessert.
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Gluten-Free Pecan Crust Cheesecake
This gluten-free cheesecake features a rich New York-style filling and a buttery pecan crust, making it an irresistible homemade treat. This easy baked recipe is a must-have for Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any special occasion. If you’re looking for the best recipe for a creamy, crowd-pleasing dessert, learn how to make this gluten free cheesecake today.
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Cherry Cheesecake Brownies
These cherry cheesecake brownies combine rich chocolate brownies with a creamy cherry cheesecake swirl made from canned cherry pie filling. This easy recipe is great for baking from scratch, offering step-by-step instructions for fudgy brownies. Learn how to create the gluten-free option and whip up a crowd-pleasing dessert for any occasion.
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No Bake Cherry Cheesecake with Cool Whip
This creamy no bake cherry cheesecake is made with a smooth cream cheese filling, fluffy Cool Whip, and a buttery graham cracker crust. It’s the kind of homemade dessert that looks fancy but comes together fast with simple ingredients.
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Mini Pecan Pie Cheesecakes
These mini pecan pie cheesecakes combine a rich cheesecake base with a sweet, nutty topping baked to golden perfection. They’re bite-sized, easy to serve, and fit beautifully on any holiday table from Thanksgiving to Christmas and even Easter.
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Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecakes
These mini peanut butter cup cheesecakes are rich, creamy, and loaded with chocolate peanut butter flavor. Each bite features a Reese’s peanut butter cup base, a smooth peanut butter cheesecake filling, and a decadent chocolate ganache topping. Get an easy, gluten-free recipe for the best ever peanut butter cup cheesecake cupcakes-a must-try for cheesecake lovers and fans of peanut butter cups.
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Christmas Pie Recipes
The World’s Best Ever Pecan Pie Recipe
There is nothing like a pecan pie with its crunchy nuts, gooey sweet filling, and flaky crust. This is the world’s best ever pecan pie recipe because it comes out perfectly every time!
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Couldn’t Be Easier Cherry Pie Recipe
This easy cherry pie recipe takes about three minutes to assemble and then 45 minutes to bake. There is no easier and more delicious cherry pie out there. You’re going to love it!
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Praline Pumpkin Pecan Pie with Streusel Topping
This rich and creamy praline pumpkin pecan pie includes a streusel topping that is made from brown sugar, butter, and pecans. The topping is crispy and crunchy and adds an amazing sweetness to the traditional pie. You will love it!
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Homemade Chocolate Pie
This homemade chocolate pie is creamy, rich, and baked with a smooth chocolate fudge pie filling that always gets compliments. It’s a simple, old-fashioned dessert made from scratch with flavors inspired by Grandma’s homemade chocolate pie recipe. You’ll love how quick and easy it is to make a chocolate pudding pie that feels like chocolate silk pie or chocolate chess pie in every bite.
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Cinnamon Roll Pie
Cinnamon Roll PIE?! This is so amazing! If you like the gooey goodness of cinnamon rolls, you are going to LOVE this pie which is made from two layers of cinnamon rolls with a sweet nutty brown sugar filling in between. Tasty and simple and easy to prepare with Grands! prepared rolls. Great for families and holidays!
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Gluten-Free Pecan Pie (No Crust)
Gluten-free pecan pie has no crust, so there’s no messing with wheat flour substitutes. All you have to do is create a firm filling, top with pecans, and bake!
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No-Bake Pumpkin Pie
This no-bake pumpkin pie recipe is quick, rich, and made with simple ingredients that come together quickly. It has the creamy flavor you’d find in pumpkin pie cheesecake made with Cool Whip. You’ll find unique dessert ideas that make easy Thanksgiving desserts some of the best to serve on any holiday.
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Cherry Pie Cookies
These simple cherry pie filling cookies are soft, sweet, and taste just like homemade mini cherry pies. Each bite is filled with buttery dough and cherry pie filling, which makes them one of the best cherry desserts to share.
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Christmas Cake Recipes
Chocolate Turtle Cake
This easy chocolate turtle cake recipe is rich, gooey, caramel, chocolate, and crunchy pecans. It’s the best box cake mix recipe that tastes homemade and from a bakery, making it an easy homemade dessert without the fuss.
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Triple Chocolate Cake with Homemade Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting
This triple chocolate cake with homemade chocolate butter cream frosting is the cure for any chocolate craving. With cake mix, pudding, and chocolate chips, it’s the perfect cake to make for any special occasion.
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Chocolate Cherry Cake
This chocolate cherry cake or Black Forest Cake is made from scratch with gluten-free or wheat flour, cherry pie filling, and homemade chocolate frosting, so it is moist, rich, and delicious.
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Flourless Chocolate Cake (Gluten-Free)
This simple & easy flourless chocolate cake is the best! Dense and decadent, every bite is packed with rich chocolate flavor.
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Nana’s Best Classic Apple Cake Recipe
This simple and delicious apple cake recipe is perfect for beginners and will be a hit at any occasion. With only a few ingredients and minimal prep, you can whip up this tasty treat in no time! Get ready to indulge in a slice of sweet and tender goodness.
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Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake
How to make the best easy caramel apple upside down cake. This simple recipe uses a box cake mix with apples, cinnamon, butter, and brown sugar to make a gooey, rich, moist dessert.
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Orange Creamsicle Cake
Orange Creamsicle Cake is an easy and refreshing poke cake recipe with orange Jello, orange soda, and vanilla pudding mix. Light and citrusy, this doctored cake mix with orange vanilla frosting is the perfect Dreamsicle cake for summer.
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Skillet Pineapple Upside Down Cake from a Box Mix
This pineapple upside down cake recipe is made with yellow box cake mix but turns out unbelievably moist and buttery! Baked in a cast iron skillet, it’s an easy, quick dessert featuring sliced pineapple, caramelized brown sugar, and a soft, fluffy cake base. Whether you choose Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker, this box recipe delivers the best ever flavor with minimal effort.
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Banana Upside Down Cake
This is the best easy banana upside down cake recipe. This simple and tasty recipe starts with a boxed cake mix and adds ripe bananas, butter, and brown sugar to make a gooey caramelized topping. It’s going to be your new favorite dessert!
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Gluten-Free Cherry Almond Cake
How to make the best easy gluten-free cherry almond cake recipe – This simple recipe uses a homemade cake from scratch and a can of cherry pie filling to create an amazing dessert!
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Mini Chocolate Bundt Cakes
These delicious chocolate mini bundt cakes couldn’t be any easier! Combining a brownie mix and a chocolate cake mix gives you a moist, rich chocolate cake with the perfect crumb. Drizzle it with velvety chocolate ganache for a quick but impressive dessert. It’s the perfect recipe for Valentine’s Day, birthdays, or any holiday!
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Pumpkin Dump Cake
How to make the best pumpkin dump cake. This simple and easy recipe is better than any desserts you’ve ever had! It is made with a yellow cake mix and sweetened condensed or evaporated milk, sugar, and spices and topped with crunchy roasted pecans.
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Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake
Baked to a golden crisp, cherry pineapple dump cake is a tasty and delicious homemade dessert you’ll crave. This simple and easy dump cake requires 4 ingredients and is ready to go in the oven in under 5 minutes. Layers of pineapple, cherry pie filling, cake mix, and butter create the best dessert recipe.
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Christmas Cobblers and Crisps Recipes
Cranberry Crumble Bars
These cranberry crumb bars have a buttery shortbread base, a sweet-tart cranberry filling, and a golden crumb topping that melts in your mouth. Each bite is soft, rich, and full of bright holiday flavor.
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Pampered Chef Apple Crisp with Cake Mix
This easy apple crisp is the best recipe you’ll ever eat! With its rich topping and no oats plus a secret ingredient, you’ll never make another apple crisp recipe again!
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Apple Crisp with Oats and Graham Crackers
Homemade apple crisp with oats and graham crackers, warm, buttery, and irresistible, is the kind of dessert that fills the whole house with the scent of fall. This apple crisp recipe, featuring oats and graham crackers, combines tender cinnamon apples with a golden crumble for an old-fashioned apple crisp that’s simple yet full of flavor. You’ll get a quick apple crisp that’s also healthy, making it a nutritious and easy option for healthy apple desserts any night of the week.
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Apple Crisp Without Oats
No oats? No problem! This is the simple apple crisp you need this fall, with warm spiced apples and a buttery topping that’s crisp, golden, and totally satisfying. Whether you’re after a healthy apple crisp or an old-fashioned apple crisp, this easy apple crisp recipe delivers comfort without the oats.
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Easy Apple Crisp with Oats
Homemade apple crisp with oats that melt in your mouth is a cozy dessert made with tender apples, cinnamon, and a buttery oat topping. This apple crisp recipe with oats has the comforting taste of an old-fashioned apple crisp, but in a simple and quick-to-make version. You’ll get a healthy apple crisp that’s both nutritious and easy, perfect for healthy apple desserts your family will love.
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Pear Crisp Recipe with Fresh Pears
This pear crisp recipe, featuring fresh pears, is the easiest way to make your kitchen smell amazing! Juicy pears, a buttery, crunchy, topping, and zero fuss. This is a cozy, simple, and perfect recipe with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
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Pecan Pie Cobbler
This easy pecan pie cobbler recipe is a pure delight, a classic all-American pudding that tastes just like your favorite pecan pie. From the satisfying crunch of the pecans to the sweet, buttery richness of the crust, it’s a comforting dessert that the whole family will love.
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Handheld and Mini Christmas Desserts
Cherry Pie Cookies
These simple cherry pie filling cookies are soft, sweet, and taste just like homemade mini cherry pies. Each bite is filled with buttery dough and cherry pie filling, which makes them one of the best cherry desserts to share.
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Mini Pecan Pie Cheesecakes
These mini pecan pie cheesecakes combine a rich cheesecake base with a sweet, nutty topping baked to golden perfection. They’re bite-sized, easy to serve, and fit beautifully on any holiday table from Thanksgiving to Christmas and even Easter.
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Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecakes
These mini peanut butter cup cheesecakes are rich, creamy, and loaded with chocolate peanut butter flavor. Each bite features a Reese’s peanut butter cup base, a smooth peanut butter cheesecake filling, and a decadent chocolate ganache topping. Get an easy, gluten-free recipe for the best ever peanut butter cup cheesecake cupcakes-a must-try for cheesecake lovers and fans of peanut butter cups.
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Mini Chocolate Bundt Cakes
These delicious chocolate mini bundt cakes couldn’t be any easier! Combining a brownie mix and a chocolate cake mix gives you a moist, rich chocolate cake with the perfect crumb. Drizzle it with velvety chocolate ganache for a quick but impressive dessert. It’s the perfect recipe for Valentine’s Day, birthdays, or any holiday!
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Grinch Pistachio Cupcakes with French Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Grinch Cupcakes are perfect for any Grinch movie night, Christmas Party, Dr. Seuss birthday Party, or just any old day! Easy pistachio cupcakes are frosted with homemade French vanilla buttercream that’s been dyed green and topped with the Grinch’s little red heart. These cute Grinch Heart Cupcakes will be a hit!
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Mini Strawberry Almond Tarts
These mini strawberry almond tarts combine a buttery almond flour filling with a sweet strawberry icing for an irresistible bite-sized dessert. They’re simple to make, elegant to serve, and ideal for Christmas tarts and tartlets.
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Apple Crisp Shortbread Bars
These apple crisp bars start with a buttery shortbread crust and are topped with warm spiced apples, a sweet crumble, and a drizzle of caramel. They taste like apple pie bars but are cut into easy squares that are just right for sharing.
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Caramel Turtle Brownies
Thick and fudgy Caramel Turtle Brownies are rich brownies layered with caramel and pecans. This easy turtle brownies recipe is a decadent dessert ready in less than an hour. Share this quick brownie recipe with friends and family for Christmas, Easter, summer picnics, or anytime!
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Cocoa Powder Brownies
How to make the best fudgy cocoa powder brownies – This simple and easy recipe uses Hershey’s unsweetened cocoa powder with eggs, flour, sugar, butter, and oil to make the best moist homemade chewy chocolate fudge brownies from scratch. One bowl recipe.
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Christmas Crack with Pretzels AKA Pretzel Toffee Bark
How to make the best pretzel toffee. This easy 5-ingredient recipe is sometimes called Christmas Crack with pretzels and is a traditional, classic sweet and salty favorite that is perfect for the holidays. Everyone will devour this easy chocolate toffee recipe!
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No Bake Christmas Dessert Recipes
No-Bake Pumpkin Pie
This no-bake pumpkin pie recipe is quick, rich, and made with simple ingredients that come together quickly. It has the creamy flavor you’d find in pumpkin pie cheesecake made with Cool Whip. You’ll find unique dessert ideas that make easy Thanksgiving desserts some of the best to serve on any holiday.
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No Bake Cherry Cheesecake with Cool Whip
This creamy no bake cherry cheesecake is made with a smooth cream cheese filling, fluffy Cool Whip, and a buttery graham cracker crust. It’s the kind of homemade dessert that looks fancy but comes together fast with simple ingredients.
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Pistachio Fruit Salad AKA Watergate Salad
The best easy Watergate salad recipe with pistachio pudding, pineapple, marshmallows, and pecans. Pistachio fruit salad is a classic dessert salad recipe similar to ambrosia that’s perfect for holidays and potlucks. Pistachio fluff salad is a creamy pistachio delight that’s ready in just 5 minutes.
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Mandarin Orange Fluff Salad
This classic mandarin orange fluff salad is made with juicy mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, orange jello, instant vanilla pudding, and Cool Whip but no cottage cheese. The result is a delicious jello salad that is the perfect dessert for any meal or potluck. Grandma’s vintage recipe!
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Cranberry Fluff Salad with Cool Whip and Pineapple
This Cranberry Fluff Salad with Cool Whip and Pineapple is a delicious twist on the traditional cranberry sauce served at holiday meals. It’s filled with ground cranberries, crushed pineapple, mini marshmallows, and whipped cream and makes the best side dish or dessert for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner.
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Orange Creamsicle Fluff with Cottage Cheese
This sweet and creamy orange creamsicle fluff is a fun, nostalgic mix of Cool Whip, marshmallows, and juicy mandarin oranges with a hint of coconut. It’s an easy, old-fashioned dessert that feels just like something grandma would bring to a holiday table.
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Cherry Fluff Salad
This creamy cherry fluff salad is a sweet, no-bake dessert made with Cool Whip, marshmallows, and juicy fruit for that classic pink salad everyone remembers. It’s the kind of old-fashioned recipe Grandma made for holidays, potlucks, and Sunday dinners.
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Other Easy Christmas Desserts
Apple Strudel with Puff Pastry
Homemade apple strudel with puff pastry that tastes bakery fresh is made with layers of flaky pastry wrapped around warm spiced apples. This easy apple puff pastry recipe has all the cozy flavor of an old-fashioned apple strudel while being simple enough to bake at home.
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Pumpkin Flan
This pumpkin flan dessert is smooth and creamy with a glossy caramel sauce that’s rich and sweet. Each bite has a melt-in-your-mouth custard texture filled with pumpkin pie flavor, cinnamon, and a caramelized sugar topping.
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Flan (Also Known as Crème Caramel)
This is the best simple and easy flan (or crème caramel) you’ll ever taste! Recipe is easy to follow. Traditional, classic flan is incredibly smooth and creamy with a thin caramel sauce.
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