20 Easy Christmas Dessert Ideas!

Looking for quick and easy Christmas dessert ideas? Don’t miss these 20 best Christmas dessert ideas that are SO simple to make and will wow any crowd!! I have been making most of these for years and they are our family favorites!

20 Delicious and Easy 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 want to satisfy your own sweet tooth, you’re sure to find the perfect recipe in this round-up of easy Christmas desserts! Most of these recipes are perfect for make-ahead dessert ideas to save you time and money!

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 addictive! This is one of the best quick Christmas desserts you can make – just heat, pour and mix!

Several honey sweetened truffles sit on a

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!

doughnut muffins with a side of jam in a mason jar

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!

peanut butter fudge scattered on a wooden cutting board

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!

easy Christmas desserts: angel face sugar cookies stacked in front of a lit Christmas tree

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.

chocolate holiday bark with red and green m&ms on a red holiday plate

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!

Peanut butter bon bons on stacked on a blue plate in front of a decorated tree.

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? These are a great easy, no bake Christmas dessert idea!

Peppermint Fudge Brownies in a glass 9x13 pan

9. Peppermint Fudge Brownies

Not only are these brownies easy, delicious, and very festive — they are also gluten AND dairy free!

Sweet and Salty Chocolate Candy stacked on a plate and topped with marshmallows

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!).

Christmas dessert ideas: chunky cinnamon applesauce in a fluted glass dish

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.

Glazed Cinnamon Scones on a wire cooling rack with a mug of hot cocoa

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!

A slice of Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Pie on a floral plate.

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, and easy Christmas dessert you can whip up for holidays and other 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! (Or just make a big batch to snack on yourself!) This is one of our easiest Christmas desserts!

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!

Better-Than-Mounds Bars sliced into squares

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!

Double Chocolate Brownies with a fork and scoop of ice cream

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.

Old-Fashioned Vinegar Pie sliced on a plate and topped with whipped cream.

19. Old Fashioned Vinegar Pie

Vinegar Pie is a deliciously frugal and easy dessert every money-saving mom should know about. You can make it when the cupboards are nearly bare and it’s actually quite tasty!

Chocolate-Eclair Dessert on a floral plate

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.

These easy Christmas dessert recipes would all make perfect additions to your holiday menu for family meals or to give as food gifts for Christmas! I hope you found a new favorite to whip up for your next Christmas party!