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Our Most Popular Christmas Desserts

Carolyn Gratzer Cope

Looking for the perfect Christmas dessert, no matter the vibe of your crowd? Here are a few of our most popular, festive, crowd-pleasing Christmas dessert recipes of all time.

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Gingerbread trifle

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Gingerbread, lemon curd, blackberry sauce, and pillowy whipped cream. A real showstopper.

Vanilla bean cheesecake

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Creamy, dreamy, bursting with vanilla, and draped in silky strawberry sauce.

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A stunning fruit platter with dark chocolate dip that scales to the size of your crowd.

Epic fruit platter

Ice cream with bourbon caramel sauce

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A stunning homemade caramel sauce for your favorite ice cream flavor.

Bittersweet chocolate tart

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A rich, silky bittersweet chocolate filling in a tender shortbread crust.

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Perfectly calibrated, no-fuss carrot cake with not-too-sweet cream cheese frosting.

Perfect carrot cake

Our favorite blondies

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A secret ingredient takes these classic blondies to the next level. Dense, fudgy, and beautifully balanced.

Candy cane cupcakes

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Our perfect chocolate cupcakes, dressed up with peppermint chocolate buttercream & candy canes.

A few more favorites

Brownie cookies

Peppermint meringue kisses

Carolyn Cope

Heart

Parsnip cake