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Our best ever Christmas dessert recipes for 2023
If you're looking for a Christmas dessert that isn't a Christmas pudding then you've come to the right place! These are all our favourite non-traditional Christmas dessert recipes to satisfy every sweet tooth.
Top of your Christmas dessert ideas should be a trusty trifle recipe. Our clementine and prosecco trifle is a real show-stopper with an orange and prosecco jelly and clementine-infused custard.
We’ve also taken inspiration from the classic snowball cocktail and created a snowball cocktail tart for the ultimate kitsch Christmas dessert. It’s topped with whipped cream and glace cherries, of course, and Advocaat custard.
For another grown-up dessert, there's our espresso martini meringue tart. It has fluffy, sweet meringue on top and taste just like the famous drink – it’s a real crowd pleaser.
A good cheesecake is hard to beat, and this Christmas pudding cheesecake has all the flavours of a Christmas pudding, plus a tangy Cointreau and brandy glaze.
Make a sophisticated yet speedy centrepiece with our pannetone party bombe – which is a hollowed out panettone, filled with ice cream, pistachios, almonds and glace cherries. You can make this dessert even easier by buying vanilla ice cream, rather than making the easy no-churn version. Either way, it will be delicious.
Individual dessert recipes are great for smaller groups and gatherings. These brandy butter caramel chocolate fondants are decadent, but if time is of the essence then these Black Forest trifle pots can be assembled in 10 minutes, leaving you more time to celebrate with friends and family.
Tahini and Sesame Choc Chip Blondies
This blondie combination, with its sugar-sesame-salt sprinkle is mightily addictive. You have been warned!
Recipe: Tahini and Sesame Choc Chip Blondies
Chocolate and Orange Panettone
Any leftover stale panettone makes for stellar French toast or bread-and-butter pudding.
Recipe: Chocolate and Orange Panettone
No-Bake Irish Cream and White Chocolate Tart
The tangy flavour of crème fraîche in this Christmas dessert helps balance the sweetness from the white chocolate, but you could use extra double cream, if you prefer.
Recipe: No-Bake Irish Cream and White Chocolate Tart
Gingerbread Latte Tear and Share Bread
If, like us, you love a gingerbread latte during the festive season, then you need to try these warming spiced buns. Don’t want the extra caffeine kick in the icing? Replace the espresso with decaf or water.
Recipe: Gingerbread Latte Tear and Share Bread
Clementine and Prosecco Trifle
Trifles should mean you're never stuck for a Christmas dessert idea! The retro mix of almonds and sugar sprinkles gives much-needed crunch to the topping on this fruity but rich pud, but you could use some pared orange zest instead.
Recipe: Clementine and Prosecco Trifle
Profiterole Pick ‘N’ Mix Wreath
Adorn this Christmas profiterole dessert wreath with any of your favourite Pick ‘n’ Mix sweets! This can be enjoyed all year round, using any colours you like to dye your chocolate.
Recipes: Profiterole Pick ‘N’ Mix Wreath
Gingerbread Gin Apple and Blackberry Crumble
For a low-key Christmas dessert idea, this boozy and warming crumble will put a smile on your guest’s faces. The gingerbread mixture makes more biscuits than you need, but they keep well and are delicious with a cup of tea or hot milk.
Recipe: Gingerbread Gin Apple and Blackberry Crumble
Eggnog Panna Cotta with Boozy Mulled Figs
Boozy, rich and delicious, this elegant Christmas dessert is a great alternative if you’re not a fan of Christmas pudding but still want something suitably festive.
Recipe: Eggnog Panna Cotta with Boozy Mulled Figs
Snowball Cocktail Tart
Christmas desserts don't get more retro than this boozy custard tart. This old-school classic, with a nostalgic festive twist, is perfect for a dinner party.
Recipe: Snowball Cocktail Tart
Candy cane roulade
This vibrant Christmas dessert is guaranteed to impress your guests at Christmas.
Recipe: Candy cane roulade
Triple chocolate Bûche de Noël
The whole family will love our triple-chocolate version of this traditional Christmas recipe.
Recipe: Triple chocolate Bûche de Noël
Meringue kiss tower
A tower of these meringue kisses will look stunning on your Christmas table. Dust with edible glitter for a final festive flourish.
Recipe: Meringue kiss tower
Christmas cake crepes
Turn leftover Christmas cake into a whole new dessert, with these quick festive crepes.
Recipe: Christmas cake crepes
Chocolate orange panettone pudding
Yes, you can make a last-minute pud that everyone loves. This takes minutes to cook in the oven while you’re enjoying your roast turkey and trimmings.
Recipe: Chocolate orange panettone pudding
Espresso martini tart
This boozy and decadent tart is the perfect dinner party dessert. Combining all of the rich flavours of an espresso martini, such as vodka, coffee liqueur and chocolate, encased in buttery pastry and then topped with fluffy and sweet meringue, it's a true crowd pleaser!
Recipe: Espresso martini tart
Hidden orange Christmas pudding
A candied whole orange as a surprise centre gives this Christmas pudding recipe real wow factor.
Recipe: Hidden orange Christmas pudding
Brandy Butter Caramel Chocolate Fondants
With a seasonal twist on salted caramel, these brandy butter fondants are a decadent treat worthy of Christmas Day.
Recipe: Brandy Butter Caramel Chocolate Fondants
Flourless Chocolate and Chestnut Torte
Earthy chestnuts and rich chocolate make for a deliciously dense pudding cake.
Recipe: Flourless Chocolate and Chestnut Torte
Mulled Clementine Meringue Wreath
Once the meringue is cooked, this impressive wreath comes together quickly.
Recipe: Mulled Clementine Meringue Wreath
Black Forest Yule log
It wouldn’t be Christmas without a Yule log, and this one has a fruity, boozy hit of cherries and kirsch.
Recipe: Black Forest Yule log
Chocolate Hazelnut Millefeuille
This showstopper is much easier to make than it looks, thanks to the use of shopbought puff pastry and creamy chocolate spread.
Recipe: Chocolate Hazelnut Millefeuille
Christmas pudding cheesecake
Who doesn't love a celebratory Christmas cheesecake? This one is perfect if you don’t love Christmas pudding but still want an impressive dessert.
Recipe: Christmas pudding cheesecake
Panettone party bombe
This striking pudding is amazingly easy to make but will wow your guests. The simple, no-churn ice cream can be replaced with 1 litre (1¾ pint) bought vanilla ice cream, if you wish.
Recipe: Panettone party bombe
White Russian pannacotta
Based on the popular cocktail, these boozy little puddings make a great grown-up dessert.
Recipe: White Russian pannacotta
Chocolate Yule log Tree Stump Cake
We've reinvented the yule log and created a salted chocolate yule stump. The bark detailing looks impressive but is a doddle to recreate at home.
Recipe: Chocolate Yule log Tree Stump Cake
Minty white chocolate meringue roulade
It’s hard to resist such pillowy perfection! If you’re not a fan of peppermint, just leave it out or replace with almond essence.
Recipe: Minty white chocolate meringue roulade
Tropical baked Alaska
Making baked Alaska at home isn't as tricky as you might think, just make sure the frozen yogurt is completely covered in meringue before baking to prevent it melting before it makes it to the table!
Recipe: Tropical baked Alaska
Black Forest mess
An easy but no less impressive Christmas dessert, this Black Forest mess is a twist on the Eton Mess – leave out the kirsch or brandy if serving to kids.
Recipe: Black Forest mess
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