90 Easy Holiday Desserts To Take Some Stress Off Your Plate This Season

If you’re a gingerbread head like us, congratulations, you’ve stumbled upon the perfect recipe for your holiday season. This bark blends white chocolate with all your favorite holiday spices and is topped with gingerbread cookies to create a simple yet delightful treat.

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This stunning layered Christmas trifle features buttery pound cake, cranberry compote, and homemade whipped cream for a centerpiece-worthy holiday dessert (that's secretly SO easy).

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Usually, icebox cakes are built as one large treat, but for this recipe, everything is scaled down to create individually-sized icebox cakes using thin gingersnaps full of warm spices, cool cream, and adorable charm.

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All you need is store-bought sugar cookie dough, an easy homemade buttercream (colored green to nail the Christmas vibes), and your desired decorations to create these tiny edible trees. In 30 minutes, you’ll have the cutest cookie stacks that everyone will be fighting over.

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If you’re looking for the perfect holiday craft-meets-snack activity to do with the whole family, look no further. True to form, these Reese’s Rudolph bites are bringing home the holiday cheer this year.

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Though we’re all for pulling out all the stops for holiday baking masterpieces, sometimes you just really want or need some festive cookies, like right now. That’s where these cake mix cookies come in. Best part? How versatile these are—you can use any mix-ins you like.

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These mini cheesecake bites are the easiest way to show Santa you deserve to be on the nice list this Christmas. Bonus: You can top any holiday treat with these adorable little hats—cupcakes, cookies, Jell-O shots...

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Old-fashioned fudge can be finicky and often requires a candy thermometer, but the condensed milk in our this recipe acts as a foolproof shortcut—no temperature checks needed—and boosts both flavor and texture.

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We're still espresso martini obsessed, and we'll take it in any format we can get—especially if it's a show-stopping dessert like this one. This easy icebox cake has layers of chocolate graham crackers, coffee chocolate ganache, and espresso whipped cream, plus cocoa powder and chocolate-covered espresso beans for crunch on top.

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Thanks to Pillsbury’s adorable holiday-shaped sugar cookie doughs, all you need to bring out the festive vibes is two packs of dough (one with shapes, and one without) and some colorful sprinkles. Pull out your ugly Christmas sweater, put on your favorite holiday movie, and get ready to create the ultimate (and easiest!) cookie plate for Santa.

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This holiday season, be the who’s who of Whoville with a festive treat that even the Grinch himself couldn’t resist!. These bite-sized delights are the perfect combination of rich red velvet and the mischievous charm of the Grinch, and they’ll make your heart grow three sizes this holiday season.

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With the not-too-sweet creamy filling inside a crispy shell, cannoli are a nearly perfect dessert. Making your own is a fun little project but a little time consuming, and frying the shells can be intimidating. This easy icebox cake is the perfect alternative.

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We’ve never met a chocolate-covered strawberry we didn’t like (nay love), and these festive reindeer berry snacks are no exception. With pretzel antlers, a red M&M for a nose, and chocolate chip ears, these easy-to-make berries just might be the cutest Christmas snack we’ve ever laid (candy) eyes on.

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Cake pops are old news—these cookie pops are an adorable twist on an easy treat. Simply grab a tube of refrigerated sugar cookie dough, your favorite holiday sprinkles, and some popsicle sticks, and you'll have a shareable holiday dessert in no time. Pro tip? You can dunk these into hot cocoa for the ultimate festive combo.

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Using our delicious edible cookie dough recipe, white chocolate ganache, and a couple of candy decorations, these melted snowman bites are the perfect sweet treat to bring to any holiday party. Plus, they’re ready in just 30 minutes, making them perfect for last-minute gifts and get-togethers.

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You may be most familiar with these cookies as a beloved Delta in-flight snack. In fact, Biscoff’s partnership with the airline is what first introduced American consumers to the cookie in the 1980s. We love eating them all year long, but especially around Christmastime, so we decided to celebrate speculoos with this show-stopping holiday trifle.

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Pssst: You don't need a fancy ice cream maker to make ice cream at home, all you need is a plastic baggie and 15 minutes! Add a different extract, throw in a little chocolate syrup, or top with candy for the sundae of your dreams.

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Watching The Christmas Story is a yearly tradition around these parts, and our movie night isn’t complete without eating on-theme Christmas treats while we watch. Usually we make our iconic leg lamp cookies, but this year we’re adding soap-shaped fudge to the menu (trust us!).

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Finally catch that Elf on the Shelf in the midst of his crazy antics with this no-bake mischief munch.

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These adorable Christmas treats take around 10 minutes to assemble, and will surely be the hit of any holiday party (especially for you peanut butter-chocolate fans). All you need are regular and mini Reese's peanut butter cups, melted chocolate (for "glue"), a Hershey's kiss as a tree topper, and sprinkles and icing for decorating.

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