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Our 22 best Christmas dessert recipes and sweet treats

All your festive favourites including trifle, pavlova, cakes and more! - by Olivia Hart
  • 11 Dec 2020
Our 22 best Christmas dessert recipes and sweet treats

The silly season is upon us and what better way to unwind after a long, arduous year than with a decadent spread of festive food.

Get started on your Christmas baking now as you'll want to try more than one of these delectable desserts.

1. Almond fruit mince pies

mince pie

It isn't really Christmas without these traditional bite-sized festive beauties.

2. Pavlova cheesecake

cake

There are so many ways to make pavlova, but if you're after a show-stopping dish to impress your guests, look no further.

3. Meringue Christmas trees

meringue trees

If you're short for time but want to whip up a fun, festive treat the kids will love, give this a go!

4. Chocolate Christmas pudding rocky road slice

pudding

Combine an iconic slice with a Christmas dish and what do you get? This flavour packed, mouth-watering dessert. 

5. Gingerbread Christmas cookies

cookies

Make a batch of these as edible gifts to add a personal touch to the festivities. 

6. Chocolate rum balls

rum balls

Make these ahead of time and store until the festivities begin!

7. Double chocolate mousse trifle

chocolate trifle

You can’t beat this stunningly decadent take on a traditional trifle!

8. Spiced maple pecan fudge

fudge

With cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves to give it a little spice, fudge doesn’t get better than this.

9. Classic steamed pudding

pudding

Love a traditional Christmas pudding? Your search is over. 

10. Chocolate crackle reindeers

reindeer crackles

These soft marshmallow treats will be adored by all the kids. 

11. Traditional Christmas cake

fruit nut cake with white icing

Deck the Christmas table with this impressive centrepiece. 

12. Easy mango and shortbread slice

mango slice

The sweet-tooth in the fam will love this tropical-inspired dessert.

13. Cranberry chocolate crunch bundt

choc cake

This spectacular sweet is easy to achieve with a ring-shaped mould and shards of chocolate.

14. Coffee and fig fruit cakes

coffee cake

Get in quick! These rich, snowflake-shaped cakes won't last long.

15. Glistening ginger biscuits with caramel filling

ginger snaps

These spiced treats are bejewelled with chewy chunks of caramel. 

16. Chocolate semifreddo with raspberries and honeycomb

fancy cake

Ice-cream lovers will devour this decadent chilled dark-chocolate semifreddo.

17. Chocolate truffles

truffles

These make the best-ever Christmas day sweet treat.

18. Chocolate, cherry and brandy yule log

yule-log

Layered with cake, jam, cream, icing and chocolate bark. We're drooling.

19. Rudolf cupcakes

rudolf-cupcakes

These red-nosed reindeers are almost too adorable to eat. Almost. 

20. Chocolate raspberry molten lava pudding

lava cake

Conclude your Christmas spread on a note of decadence.

21. Gingerbread house

gingerbread houses

Not only are these tasty but they make a fun activity to do with the kids.

22. Dark chocolate, fig and spiced rum cakes

choc cake

Christmas dessert - but make it boozy. 

Pick up these bauble moulds before you get started on your festive baking! They also make for great gifts. 

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