Our Easiest Holiday Desserts
Serve a spread of festive, fuss-free sweets at your next holiday gathering. These effortlessly impressive recipes make it easy.
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Chocolate-Chocolate-White Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Jam Thumbprint Cookies
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Brown Butter Madeleines
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Raspberry Trifle with Rum Sauce
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Chocolate-Dipped Hazelnut Shortbread
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Espresso Zabaglione
Believe it or not, you can make this elegant Italian custard with just three ingredients: egg yolks, sugar and espresso. And, since it only takes 10 minutes to whip up a batch, you can easily make it to order after dinner.
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Shortcut Peppermint Bark
No time to make dessert? No problem! Ree dunks chocolate sandwich cookies in minty white chocolate and then tops each one with a sprinkle of crushed candy cane for a peppermint bark-inspired treat that’s ready fast!
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3-Ingredient Bundt Cake
Low on ingredients but big on cake? This recipe needs only three ingredients to produce a tender, flavor-packed treat. The best part is you can use any flavor of cake mix and ice cream you want, and in any combination. Our top pick? Devil's food cake and mint chocolate chip is epic. The only requirement is that you use a high-quality ice cream—standard ice creams have more air churned into them and won't melt sufficiently.
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Cornflake Wreaths
Ree's gives super-simple cereal treats a festive twist by adding some green food coloring and forming them into indvidual wreaths.
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Chocolate Walnut Snowball Cookies
These festive cookies have chocolatey interiors, but the stars of the show are the walnuts, which are both ground fine and hand chopped for extra nutty flavor.
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