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Ten festive and holiday worth desserts, perfect for Christmas. These recipes are simple, make-ahead, and crazy delicious!
Christmas is right around the corner! And while our celebrations look different this year, we still need a festive dessert. These are some of our favorite holiday-worthy desserts. Full of seasonal flavors, like chocolate peppermint, butterscotch, and gingerbread and perfect for celebrating. These are simple recipes that are easy to make ahead. We think you'll love these - however you decide to celebrate this year!
Although this silky-smooth, crazy-delicious Salted Butterscotch Panna Cotta has a fancy name and beautiful presentation, it may go down in history as one of the easiest desserts you'll ever make!
Kladdkaka (aka Swedish Sticky Chocolate Cake) is one of Sweden's most beloved (and easy) desserts and every chocolate lover's dream come true! This version is also a one-bowl, no-mixer recipe that comes together quickly with pantry staples!
Just a fancy name for a delicious, super versatile raspberry sauce, this Ridiculously Easy Raspberry Coulis pairs fabulously with chocolate (as in the Kladdkaka pictured above), lemon and a zillion other desserts! Along with being ridiculously easy (check out the video below), it's also ridiculously delicious!
An unbelievably easy, actually, ridiculously easy sticky toffee pudding recipe that makes its own sauce! It sounds crazy, but this recipe creates a light, delicious cake with its own buttery, rich toffee sauce right underneath!
This easy, make-ahead Peppermint Candy Cane Tart is a super festive crowd-pleaser. It's also melt-in-your-mouth delicious!
A combination of cake and cheesecake, this delicious Italian Lemon Ricotta Cake is a one-bowl, no-mixer recipe you can throw together in minutes!
Butterscotch Pots de Créme is an elegant, French-inspired, make-ahead dessert that always brings rave reviews. It's also crazy delicious!
This one-bowl, Easy Gingerbread Cake with Vanilla Bean Icing might just be the easiest, moistest, most delicious cake you've ever made!
This French Almond Cake is incredibly delicious and incredibly easy. One-bowl, no-mixer, and just a few minutes to throw together! We made a video to show how easily this cake comes together. Check it out!
These beautiful Poinsettia Cupcakes will wow everyone! The technique is super simple. See for yourself in the video below!
If you're looking for a dessert that will WOW everyone but take less than 10 minutes of hands-on time, this Easy Chocolate Peppermint Pots de Crème recipe is it!
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I LOVE them all. Cant wait for xmas
Thanks, Claudelle!
Thank you so much I've been looking for a ginger bread cake recipe, I have a loaf pan with two Gingerbread men on it , do you thing I can bake this cake in a loaf pan? I went to Starbucks the other day and bought a slice of their gingerbread loaf it was good but the icing was very hard. Would like to try this recipe in my loaf pan. I would love your input on this. Thanks Chris, all your recipes are amazing haven't had one fail yet.
Thanks so much, Brigitte! I appreciate your confidence and encouragement! đź’• I haven't tried this recipe in a loaf pan so I can't say for sure how it will work. I don't like to recommend something unless I've tested it. If you decide to try it, let us know!
Oh, I want to try all of these. Thanks for making my day!
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Omg Chris! I am adding each of these recipes to my Xmas dinner planner. Although, I won't be able to make them all, I know I will make no less than 3 of them! Thanks so much!
Thanks, Colleen! đź’•