Creative Christmas Desserts You HAVE to Make With the Kids
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Creative holiday treats and delicious Christmas desserts are great for your festive parties and family gatherings this time of year. They are the perfect way to kick off your holiday celebrations, liven up your dessert selections, and add something tasty to the table.
During the holidays we love to see tables decked out with desserts shaped like snowmen, Santa, or super cute reindeer. There’s just something about those creatively designed desserts that make the holiday season even more special.
Many of these Christmas desserts are easy to make with only a few ingredients, but not only that, these holiday dessert recipes will certainly impress your friends and family. Pick a recipe, or two, and delight all your favorite people with these fun and festive Christmas dessert ideas.
Creative Christmas Desserts
Creative and fun to make, these snowmen are made with melted chocolate and then decorated with candy for a fun holiday dessert.
Ice cream cones are used to make these Christmas trees filled with small pieces of candy. Kids can help decorate the trees making it so the whole family can get involved.
Fancy and festive, this gingerbread cake is also a cute addition to the holiday dessert table. The cake is topped with Christmas trees that are decorated bringing the cake to life.
Using homemade or store-bought brownies, your children help create these delicious Christmas trees by layering brownie pieces and icing and then sprinkling some candy toppings on them. Don’t forget to top it off with a little star to finish this festive Christmas dessert.
A creamy dessert that’s super easy to make, kids can put together this hot chocolate dip for the holidays. They’ll love helping you make it and will enjoy eating it after!
Adorable desserts kids can make for the holidays, these Christmas pudding pies are so easy to make. Kids help mix the pudding, pour it into the graham cracker crust, and decorate the top with chocolate chips, candy eyes and a few other items to make these sweet little snowmen.
Chocolate cupcakes are topped with icing and gingerbread houses for a special holiday treat. Kids can not only help make the cupcakes, but they can also help decorate the gingerbread houses.
These snowman cupcakes make for a fun dessert kids can help you make during the holidays. Tthey will have fun decorating the little snowmen that sit on top of the cupcakes.
3D Standing Gingerbread Cookies
Impressive and easy to make, the kids will enjoy helping you put these gingerbread cookies together. They’ll also love seeing the gingerbread man standing on top of the cookies.
What a great idea for the holiday season! These individual Christmas gnomes are made with peanut butter cookies, colorful sprinkles, and white icing. So much fun for the family to make this time of year!
These cute Christmas holly cupcakes will make a great addition to your holiday dessert table. The kids can help you create the colorful icing and make the holly leaves that sit on top of the cupcakes.
If you enjoy the flavor of gingerbread, these little gingerbread cake pops are super cute and easy to make. The kids can help dip the cake pops in icing and decorate the faces.
You can’t get any cuter than these festive Santa-themed sugar cookies. Your family can decorate this simple Christmas sugar cookie with red and white icing making this a perfect holiday treat.
This cute Christmas dessert pizza is gingerbread flavored and decorated with candy pieces and extra gingerbread cookie bits, making this a fun dessert to make for even the littlest helpers in your family.
Bringing together the flavors of strawberry and chocolate, these sweet little brownie bites are made to look like Santa hats.
These made-from-scratch Grinch cookies are sure to put a smile on the grinchiest grinches out there! Grab the kids to make these delicious, and super easy sugar cookies for a festive treat!
If you’re looking for a new recipe to try this year, then look no further. Try this highly favored, beautiful yule log cake recipe that is sure to impress at any Christmas party this year!
Fudge is definitely a traditional Christmas dessert, so this easy fudge recipe is a perfect treat to make all season long! Using three simple ingredients as the base, you can quickly add crushed candy canes or dried fruit to add a little variety to this classic Christmas dessert.
Need a vegan option for your dessert table? Make this super simple fudge with sweetened condensed coconut milk and vegan chocolate chips instead.
Hot chocolate and cookies–these are a few of my favorite things! If you’re looking for a simple cookie recipe with a twist, look no further than this perfect combination of some of the most loved items of the season! This quick and easy hot chocolate inspired cookie comes together quickly and will stand out at your next holiday party cookie swap. Kids will enjoy making these cookies that taste like a warm cup of hot chocolate, complete with the marshmallow bits!
Sometimes the best way to dress up easy Christmas dessert recipes is with delectable cream cheese frosting! Add a bit of this delicious frosting to some fresh fruit or your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe. The kids will love mixing all of that powdered sugar!
Sometimes called Oreo Truffles, these sweet little chocolate treats made with Oreo cookies are sure to be a crowd pleaser as they invite the perfect balance of adorable design and fantastic flavor. Easy for little kiddos to get involved, these sweet treats will make the perfect Christmas dessert.
This lovely holiday dessert has a perfect balance of warm pumpkin spice, creamy pudding, and caramel sauce all layered to create a decadent dessert that will leave everyone wanting to skip Christmas dinner and jump right to dessert!
Christmas Crack–Saltine Cracker Toffee
This salty and sweet Christmas treat is so quick and easy it practically makes itself! Christmas Crack is fun for the kids to help make and is also a great idea for an inexpensive teacher gift. Grab a festive tin, tissue paper, add this toffee treat, sing your favorite Christmas song–and repeat!
If you’re feeling short on time, but need a super easy vegan dessert, try this crushed candy cane topped fudge. This sweet treat comes together quickly giving you more time to play reindeer games with your kids! Also, check out the Vegan Peppermint Bark which makes for a great topping over some vanilla ice cream. Quick and easy!
It’s the most wonderful time of year to gather your family, put on your favorite Christmas music, and start making some of the best Christmas dessert recipes of the season! There are so many ways to spread Christmas cheer, but not all of them taste so sweet and delicious.
Grab your favorite cookie cutters and enjoy making these holiday desserts with your loved ones all season long! Happy holidays, friends!
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