These Festive Holiday Dessert recipes are perfect for celebrating the season! When the holidays arrive, there’s nothing quite like filling your kitchen with the sweet, cozy aromas of freshly baked holiday treats. Whether you’re looking for rich and decadent recipes, creamy no-bake favourites, beautifully layered desserts, or festive showstoppers, we’ve DEFINITELY got the holiday dessert recipe you’re looking for – everything from peppermint and pumpkin to gingerbread, spice, and chocolate!
Here’s how we recommend choosing the best holiday desserts for your festive gatherings!
- Desserts that Travel Well. Pick desserts that are easy to store and transport to your parties or gatherings. Choose treats that are durable and mess-free like the cookie cups, cakes, truffles, or fudge and that are easy to store in a container.
- Festive Flavours. Choose desserts that feature seasonal flavours like peppermint, gingerbread, pumpkin, spice, caramel, or chocolate.
- Beautiful Presentation. A dusting of powdered sugar, a drizzle of chocolate or caramel, or a sprinkle of crushed candy canes turns any dessert into something magical for the holidays.
- Lighter Options. Balance out your holiday dinners with lighter dessert options that are no bake and can be served straight from the fridge.
- Make Ahead Recipes. Pick a holiday dessert that can be made a few days ahead of time and stored in the fridge. That way you can enjoy more time celebrating and less time in the kitchen on the day of your celebration.
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Easy No Bake Gingerbread Cheesecake
This Easy No Bake Gingerbread Cheesecake is the perfect holiday cheesecake that's creamy & smooth with a gingerbread cookie crust!
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Pumpkin Cake with Salted Caramel Frosting
This Easy Pumpkin Cake with Salted Caramel Frosting is the perfect easy fall or winter dessert! An easy one-bowl pumpkin cake that's moist and flavourful and topped with sweet caramel sauce and flaky sea salt.
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Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
These Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting are the perfect holiday dessert – tender cupcakes with spicy ginger and the creamiest buttercream frosting!
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No Bake Gingerbread Pumpkin Icebox Cake
This No Bake Gingerbread Pumpkin Icebox cake is the best make-ahead holiday dessert recipe for Thanksgiving or Christmas! With 5 ingredients, you can make it in 15 minutes!
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Best Ever Vegan Peppermint Chocolate Tart
This Best Ever Vegan Peppermint Chocolate Tart is an indulgent dessert with a secret ingredient! It's creamy and indulgent, naturally sweetened, & vegan!
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Peppermint Chocolate Swiss Roll
A moist and tender peppermint chocolate sponge cake rolled with light and fluffy peppermint whipped cream and crushed candy canes, this Peppermint Chocolate Swiss Roll recipe is a delicious holiday dessert.
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Gingerbread Spice Cake with Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting
This Gingerbread Spice Cake with Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting is the perfect cake for the holiday season made with fresh ginger!
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Pumpkin Swirl Brownies
These Pumpkin Swirl Brownies are the perfect easy fall dessert! They're ultra rich and fudgy with the perfect sweet pumpkin swirl on top!
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No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
This Easy No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake is the perfect easy-to-make fall cheesecake dessert that's ultra creamy, silky smooth and delicious, and packed with pumpkin and spice!
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Chocolate Orange Fudge
The perfect easy Christmas treat for the holiday season, this Chocolate Orange Fudge recipe is simple to make in just minutes!
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No Bake Gingerbread Cheesecake Bites
These Gingerbread Cheesecake Bites are the perfect sweet no-bake holiday treat made with only 4 ingredients!
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Gingerbread Cheesecake Bars
These Gingerbread Cheesecake Bars are the perfect holiday dessert that's creamy and full of delicious holiday spice. And they're so easy to make!
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Gingerbread Cookie Cups with Pumpkin Cheesecake Filling
These Gingerbread Cookie Cups with Pumpkin Cheesecake Filling the perfect holiday dessert made with soft gingerbread, pumpkin cheesecake and caramel!
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Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
These Pumpkin Bars are the perfect easy-to-make fall dessert – the BEST pumpkin cheesecake bars that are ultra creamy and packed with pumpkin spice flavours!
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Peppermint Chocolate Cupcakes
A delicious mint chocolate cupcake topped with a fluffy peppermint buttercream frosting and crushed peppermint candies! Perfect for the holidays, or anytime!
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Peppermint Chocolate Snowball Truffles
An easy 5 ingredient, no bake holiday treat with a special ingredient, mashed potatoes, to make the truffles extra creamy!
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Easy Pumpkin Cranberry Cake
This Easy Pumpkin Cranberry Cake is a perfect easy fall & winter dessert! An easy one-bowl pumpkin cake with fresh cranberries, dusted with powdered sugar!
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No Bake Cheesecake
This No Bake Cheesecake recipe is the ultimate no bake dessert. It's unbelievably rich and creamy, the filling is made with only 3 ingredients, and it's SO easy to make – no baking required!
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Baileys Cheesecake (No Bake Recipe)
An ultra creamy and delicious St. Patrick's Day dessert made with Baileys Irish Cream, this No Bake Baileys Cheesecake recipe is the best Irish Cream Cheesecake!
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Easy Mini Chocolate Swirl Cheesecakes
These Easy Mini Chocolate Swirl Cheesecakes are the perfect easy dessert! An easy cookie crust, a fluffy cheesecake filling & a swirl of melted chocolate!
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Easy No Bake After Eight Cheesecake
This Easy No Bake After Eight Cheesecake is the perfect decadent dessert for the holidays that’s creamy, chocolatey, and packed with chocolate mint candies!
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