37 fabulous Christmas Dinner Dessert Recipe Ideas
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Last but not least, we now want to have a dessert to accompany our Christmas dinner menu. I hope you have already found something in the variety of appetizers, soups, and main course recipes that I have already presented to you!
Today we are heading towards dessert recipes. I’ve got you covered with a beautiful lineup of downright delicious Christmas desserts that will perfectly round out your fantastic Christmas menu!
Find below a variety of delicious dessert ideas for your special Christmas dinner menu.
From traditional ones like Buche de Noel, Christmas Pudding, Fruit cake, and Pecan Pie, to delicious no-bake variations and a unique Guinness Gingerbread. It’s all here! Download the free recipe collection of all these delicacies right now, so you’ll have the perfect recipe ready for Christmas!
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The Great Collection of Christmas Dinner Dessert Recipes
1
Christmas Pavlova
Christmas pavlova with red and green fresh fruit in the form of pomegranate seeds and kiwi is a delicious dessert centrepiece for Christmas and your family celebrations for the holidays.
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2
Festive Cranberry Coconut Cake
Cranberry Coconut Cake is a showstopping dessert, perfect for any holiday party or festive occasion! Layers of moist coconut cake are filled with a sweet-tart homemade cranberry filling, frosted with rich cream cheese frosting, and coated in a layer of sweetened coconut.
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3
Yogurt and Cherry Red Wine Sauce Recipe
This frozen yogurt dessert is a delightful treat that adults will enjoy digging into! It features spicy mulled wine, cherries, and yogurt to deliver holiday flavors in each spoonful.
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4
You have to make Magic Cake at least once!
Magic Cake is an enchanting (and easy) dessert recipe! A simple batter transforms when cooked to make different layers! This eggnog cake version is perfect for the holidays.
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5
Eggnog Cake
Eggnog Cake is a fluffy, moist bundt pan cake with a sweet and creamy vanilla eggnog glaze sprinkled with nutmeg. This is an easy-to-make 5 step elegant cake recipe that’s perfect for the holiday season.
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6
Egg Liqueur Parfait with Homemade Egg Liqueur
Delightful gluten-free, no churn egg liqueur parfait with homemade advocaat! Perfect for any season! Prepared extremely quickly and easily.
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“You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy dessert, and that’s kind of the same thing.”
7
Spiced Apple Cranberry Pie – The Jam Jar Kitchen
This Spiced Apple Cranberry Pie is the perfect dessert for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. A delicious pie that whole family will love!
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8
Vegan Gingerbread Cake
A wonderfully spiced vegan gingerbread cake with layers of classic buttercream. The cake melts in your mouth and is made with common ingredients.
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9
Cranberry Orange Custard Pie | Recipe
This festive dessert is everything you didn’t know your Christmas was missing. A creamy egg custard is paired with orange zest, spices, and tart cranberries and set in a rich, flaky cream cheese crust for a gorgeous make-ahead pie that’s bursting with beautiful color and vibrant flavors. The sweet, silky vanilla custard balances out the bright, tangy cranberries for an amazing dessert that will make a beautiful finale to any holiday gathering.
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10
Easy Eggnog Pie
This delicious and easy eggnog pie is sure to be a hit with the eggnog lovers in your family this holiday season!
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11
Zuccotto
Looks so impressive, but zuccotto is so easy to make. Try ths creamy, Italian dessert for this Christmas!
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12
Christmas Tree Cakes
These Christmas tree cakes provide a gorgeous presentation with the green ombre cakes. The red and white piped buttercream adds a nice festive touch too!
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13
15-Minute Pomegranate Parfaits with Pistachios • Happy Kitchen
Beautiful and delicious Pomegranate Parfaits with Pistachios and Mascarpone Cream is a perfect Christmas dessert. This easy recipe takes 15 minutes to make!
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14
No-Bake Chocolate Ricotta Cheesecake
Have you ever tried a cheesecake with ricotta? If not, then you should try this no-bake chocolate ricotta cheesecake without cream cheese! You will love it! It's easy to make and a winner for every occasion!
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15
Arroz con Dulce (Creamy Coconut Rice Pudding)
Switch up your regular Christmas dinner dessert routine for something tropical. This Arroz con Dulce is a popular dessert around the holidays!
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16
Chocolate Reindeer Poop Pudding | A Silly (But Delicious) Holiday Dessert!
Kids seem to find the thought of chocolate reindeer poop hilarious, and if your kid(s) is one of those kids then make them a cup of this silly (but delicious!) Chocolate Reindeer Poop Pudding as an after-dinner treat during the holidays – complete with Rudolph’s red (cherry) nose on top!
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“Always save room for dessert.”
17
Kinder Bueno Cheesecake (No Bake)
Fancy a light, creamy and indulgent Kinder Bueno Cheesecake for your Christmas Dinner Dessert? This cheesecake is so tasty, easy to put together, and you can make it the night before Christmas!
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18
Chocolate Roll with Candy Cane Whipped Cream
A nod to my French Canadian heritage, Buche de Noel aka Chocolate Roll Cake, pairs a light chocolate sponge cake, with creamy and slightly sweet candy cane flavoured whipped cream. This irresistible dessert is a cake lover’s dream!
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19
Santa’s Favorite Hot Cocoa Cupcakes
These hot cocoa cupcakes are made with a boxed mix making this an easy and spectacular holiday treat. The perfect finishing touch is the marshmallow frosting.
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20
Gingerbread Cake
Turn heads and drop jaws at your next Christmas gathering with this gorgeous gingerbread cake. This cake pairs a moist gingerbread cake base with a boozy bourbon frosting. Top it off with your choice of decorated gingerbread cookies and you’re ready to go!
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21
Speculoos ‘Biscoff’ Cheesecake
This incredibly decadent Baked Biscoff Cheesecake is the perfect dessert to make for a special occasion – or when you just want to treat yourself! With Biscoff used in every layer of this Cheesecake, you will get both the delicious caramelised spiced flavour of traditional Speculoos Cookies and the dense creaminess from a classic Baked Cheesecake.
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22
4 Ingredient Peppermint Ganache Pie – Chef Savvy
This four-ingredient Peppermint Ganache Pie features a smooth, rich chocolate filling inside of an Oreo crust. It’s topped with crushed peppermint for the perfect Christmastime dessert you can make in less than 10 minutes!
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23
Pandoro Christmas Tree Cake with Nutella and Whipped Cream
This Pandoro tree dessert is a STUNNER yet requires no baking. Say hello to your new go-to Christmas dessert!
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24
Chocolate Lava Cakes for a Crowd | Borrowed Bites
A moist cake with a gooey, rich center that can only be described as heaven on earth. These Chocolate Lava Cakes are baked in muffin tins for an easy dessert that will impress at your Christmas Dinner. Plus, they are perfect for a crowd since they can be made ahead, frozen, or reheated in a pinch!
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25
Chocolate Ganache Tart with Salted Caramel
This Chocolate Ganache Tart is made with an Oreo crust topped with a layer of salted caramel, all under a rich and decadent chocolate ganache, then topped with flecks of sea salt and is absolutely INCREDIBLE!
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26
The BEST Sticky Toffee Pudding (So Easy!) | All Ways Delicious
Sticky Toffee Pudding is the perfect Christmas dessert. It’s a super moist cake made with dates and drenched in buttery toffee sauce. Plus, it’s really easy to make!
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“Desserts are the fairy tales in the kitchen.”
27
Traditional British Christmas Pudding
Traditional British Christmas Pudding is a make-ahead, steamed, fruit filled dessert which is set alight when served. It is beautiful culmination of many British Christmas dinners.
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28
Cranberry Ice Cream – tastebotanical – Easy seasonal dessert
This Cranberry Ice Cream is made with Fresh Cranberry Sauce, which not only includes cranberries but is also flavored with white wine, orange and cinnamon, adds an extra dimension and makes it the perfect seasonal pudding.
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29
Gluten Free Orange Cranberry Cake
This easy recipe for gluten-free orange cranberry cake is a layer cake with cranberry jam filling and orange buttercream frosting. This moist cake uses sour cream and makes the best layer cake.
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30
Ambrosia Fruit Salad – The Six Figure Dish
This ambrosia fruit salad is a classic dessert to make for Christmas. It’s made with just 7 simple ingredients and will definitely be a hit with the family!
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31
Old Fashioned Pecan Pie
Delicious, old fashioned Pecan Pie that wraps up a meal just perfectly! Oeey Gooey filling on a decadent crust, topped with pecans, it’s pretty and delicious! Grandma would be proud!
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32
Christmas Cheesecake (Cranberry Jam White Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake)
Amazing Christmas Cheesecake to make your holidays magic. Vanilla bean cheesecake layered with an easy cranberry jam and smooth white chocolate mousse.
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33
The Best Gluten-Free Vegan Fruitcake – Christmas Cake (Allergy-Free)
However you like your Christmas cake, this is The Best Gluten-Free Vegan Fruitcake to try! This easy recipe is allergy-free (no nuts!), refined sugar-free with natural dried fruit, alcohol-free, kid-friendly, and perfect for gifting or dessert!
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34
Old fashioned fruit cake
This old-fashioned fruit cake is my great-grandmother’s recipe. It is easy to make and makes a fantastic Christmas cake for the festive season.
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35
Christmas Bread Pudding
Christmas Bread Pudding is a dessert, steeped in tradition, all dressed up for the holidays with apples and dried cranberries and topped with a rum-spiked cream sauce. Pure comfort and totally festive.
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36
Super Easy Peppermint Cheesecake with NO Baking!
If you are looking for an easy Christmas dessert, this No Bake Peppermint Cheesecake will be perfect. Great subtle peppermint flavors in this super simple cheesecake. Makes for an amazing holiday dessert.
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37
Guinness Gingerbread
This moist and flavorful Guinness Gingerbread Bundt Cake is topped with a not-too-sweet Guinness glaze for the perfect indulgent dessert. Ginger, cloves, and molasses add rich, warming background flavors to this delicious holiday treat.
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“The perfect dessert is like music that makes my taste buds dance.”
What a great list – I’m really drawn to stuff flavored with Eggnog. I might have to buy a lot of it this year and make all these!
Awesome list!
This is such a great roundup of desserts! Yum!
This post is incredible! Full of deliciousness 🥰
I love all of these! They are so fun and festive! Such a great list!