Whether your family hosts a traditional Hanukkah feast filled with dishes passed down from generation to generation or gathers around a table full of modern twists on the classics, no holiday meal is complete without dessert. That’s why we’ve rounded up some of our favorite sweet treats for this special time of year. You’ll find Festival of Lights staples like jelly-filled sufganiyot as well as some fun, Hanukkah-inspired treats — decked out in plenty of blue and white decorations.

One of our favorites? These beautiful dreidel cookies. Each one is inscribed with a different letter from the Hebrew alphabet and, when arranged together, they represent the phrase, "a great miracle happened there." The simple shape of a dreidel is especially striking for slice and bake cookies; the key is to keep the colored dough frozen and firm and the uncolored dough soft but still chilled. You can bake the cookies right away or keep the entire log wrapped in the freezer, then slice off and bake cookies as needed!

These orange-scented fried dough balls are a fun and delicious way to celebrate Hannukah, plus the warm honey sauce they’re doused in makes them a lovely and fitting dessert for Rosh Hashanah.

Hanukkah is known as the festive of lights, which commemorates the miracle of the small amount of holy oil that lasted the eight days it took for more to be found. During these eight days of Hanukkah it is customary to eat lots of sweet and savory foods fried in oil and there is no better or more delicious way to honor that tradition than by making and eating these sweet, pillowy, lemon-scented sufganiyot, or jelly doughnuts, which are typically filled with raspberry, strawberry or apricot jam.

These sweet Hanukkah treats come together quickly and are easy to transport to a party or school event. The bars are quite gooey so be sure to let them cool completely before cutting. There are a lot of fun holiday sprinkle blends available online or you can make your own.

"This bread pudding is heavenly. I use dense, rich challah bread that sets into a creamy soft custard. But it's the chocolate and raisins layered in between the slices of bread that really make the dish," says Dave Lieberman.

Celebrate the season with this colorful chocolate bark decorated with white and blue melting candy, Hanukkah gelt and festive sprinkles. It comes together quickly and makes a sweet treat for holiday get-togethers. It’s also a great gift or party favor—simply break the bark into shards, place it in clear cellophane gift bags and tie each with blue ribbon.

Rich, sweet babka is most often flavored with cinnamon or chocolate, and it’s usually baked in a loaf pan. Here we decided to take inspiration from round jelly doughnuts and bake this bread in a circular springform pan. We love raspberry jam in this, but feel free to use whatever flavor is your favorite—just be sure it’s thick enough to hold its own against our classic buttery babka dough.

The traditional Hanukkah game just got a tasty new twist with these fun, no-bake treats.

Ina's rugelach are rich, buttery and sweet. Filled with brown sugar, cinnamon and raisins they’re the perfect addition to any dessert spread or cookie plate.

Amy Kritzer Becker writes, "This recipe is a twist on my great Bubbe’s famous mandel bread! She normally made it with a marmalade filling and nuts, but I hope she would like my addition of rainbow sprinkles and chocolate chips. Mandel bread is slightly softer than a biscotti, and just as delicious with coffee. Traditionally it is twice baked, but my Bubbe always baked hers just once, so we could eat them sooner!"

Making homemade gelt, or chocolate coins, is one of my favorite Hanukkah activities, so this is just gelt on top of cookies!

These homemade Hanukkah gelt just might become your new holiday tradition! You only need a mini muffin tin and some gold sprinkles. We like the richness of bittersweet chocolate, but you can easily swap in your favorite type.

If you're looking for something extra-special to serve during Hanukkah, try Molly's take on doughnuts. She says, “The dried rose petals and colorful pistachios give these doughnuts an extra spark."

Hanukkah celebrates all kinds of fried foods, not just latkes. These fried pastries are drizzled with a fragrant cinnamon-wine syrup and topped with crunchy pomegranate seeds for a Festival of Lights dessert that's sure to impress.

Did you know you could make fudge in the microwave? With 4 ingredients, you can wow all your guests by simply melting chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk and flavoring it with just a little vanilla extract and salt. Give it a chill in the refrigerator and it’s as simple as that!

Peanut butter blossoms take on a delicious holiday transformation that's perfect for celebrating Hanukkah. Each cookie is coated in festive sprinkles and pressed with a chocolate gelt coin—a traditional Hanukkah present—while still warm. Soft and chewy, with melted chocolate in the center, these cookies are sure to get you in the spirit!

This rugelach recipe comes together quickly by using prepared pie dough and jam. Simply spread some jam on a round of dough, cut into thin wedges, roll up, sprinkle with decorative colorful sugar and bake. In a few minutes, you have a delicious batch of rugelach!

You may want to make 2 or 3 batches of these sweet, fried treats—they will go fast! For a fun twist, try filling them with your favorite jam or jelly flavor, chocolate-hazelnut spread or a sweet whipped cream.

These easy, no-bake holiday treats require only 4 ingredients and are simple enough for non-cooks to tackle. All you need are store-bought brownies, cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and sprinkles.

Cookie butter adds creamy spice to these quick-to-make treats. A rim of gold sprinkles makes them festive for Hanukkah or any time of the year.

Sufganiyot are traditional Hanukkah doughnuts and Molly loves to make and eat them every year. These are stuffed with a rich marzipan pastry cream mixed with plum jam and coated in nutmeg-infused sugar for a sweet crunchy exterior. They’re fluffy, plump and cute…PLUS you’ve gotta deep-fry on Hanukkah because it commemorates the miracle of the holiday!