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Christmas Dessert Recipes

Make a memorable dessert for your Christmas gathering this year. Use the time you saved making these treats to savor their rich, satisfying flavors.

Festive Holiday Eggnog

A traditional holiday drink that has been zipped up with a little whiskey for a warming sensation.

Cream Cheese Brownies

Fudge brownies layered with cream cheese filling and topped with melted chocolate and marshmallows. How can you go wrong with that?

English Trifle

In this luscious dessert sponge cake is spread with jam and drizzled with sherry, then layered with custard and cream.

Lite Pumpkin Pie

This pumpkin pie is lightly spiced and perfect for any holiday occasion.

Yulekage (Christmas Bread)

A traditional Scandinavian Christmas bread that has raisins, candied fruit, and is seasoned with cardamon.

Hot chocolate

A rich and chocolatey way to warm up after sledding or shoveling the drive.

Janet's Blueberry Cheescake

Blueberries layered with a cream cheese layer and a graham cracker crust makes a wonderful no-bake blueberry cheesecake.

The Big Apple Pie

Make this full pie with tart green apples, sugar and spice.

Custard Pie

Here's a custard pie filling that will become a favorite. Sprinkle with nutmeg for extra flavor.

Cranberry Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Candied P...

Baguette slices combined with eggs, eggnog, milk, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and dried cranberries, served with whipped cream and pumpkin seeds.

Wickedly Intense Orange-Chocolate Cakes

These rich chocolate and orange "cakes" are like eating a pot of cream. Top with whipped cream and candied orange peel.

Fruity Holiday Pretzel Torte

The green and red from the kiwi and raspberries make this cheesy gelatin dessert perfect for holiday time.

Chocolatey Snowballs

Have fun with these coconut-coated ice cream balls by stacking and decorating as snowmen. Vary the flavors by using your favorite ice cream.

Chocolate-Cherry Torte

This rich chocolate torte makes a decadent holiday or special occasion dessert. Top with sweetened cherries for a special presentation.

Rum Raisin Trifle

This dessert is perfect for the holidays and easy as well. Just layer rum-soaked raisins with pudding mix and dessert topping.

Eggnog Cheesecake Mousse

Prepare this festive mousse dessert for your holiday dinner. Just fix up pudding mix using egg nog and sweetened whipped cream.

Killer Pumpkin Cheesecake

Combine canned pumpkin and cream cheese with brown sugar, cinnamon and vanilla to make this cheesecake in a graham crust.

Chocolate Indulgence Trifle

Make an easily-put-together cake, then layer the cake cubes with condensed milk, ice cream toppings, nuts and cream. Chocolate pieces are added to the top-a ...

Cinnamon Meringue Torte

This meringue torte is sweetened with both white and brown sugar, and has ground cinnamon for flavor.

Gramma's Christmas Cookies

These cookies will take you back to Grandma's house just in time for the holidays.

Bernie's Christmas Cake

The fruit in this recipe does take time (3-4 weeks) but once you take a bite you will realize it was worth the wait.

Egg Nog

Rich and creamy homemade egg nog-nothing tastes better for your holiday celebrations.

Streusel Topped Tropical Apricot Pie

A quick and easy fruit "pie" using pantry staples--canned fruit, a yellow cake mix, coconut and almonds.

Brenda's Frosting

This powdered sugar frosting also contains cream cheese, butter, Cool Whip and almond extract for flavor, and is sprinkled with chips.

Mouth-watering Chocolate Lover's Cake

This short-cut chocolate cake, which uses cocoa powder and oil, but has no eggs, is stirred together in the pan that it will be baked ...

Lona's German Chocolate-Pumpkin Passion Cake

Steve's Christmas Fudge

Fancy Fruit Cakelets

Coffee Creamer Bread Pudding


Nut Wedges

Reminiscent of Greek baklava, but so much easier to make, these tiny pastries are bursing with a rich honey-nut filling. Brew a pot of tea ...

Double-Dipped Caramels

Dip caramels in candy coating. Roll some of the caramels in pistachio nuts and some in brickle pieces.

Fruited Shortbread Tarts

Top purchased shortbread with a cream cheese-sour cream filling and fresh fruit.

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