While traditional treats like Christmas cake and pudding are go-to favourites, make this year’s festive period the one where you completely nail the dessert game. These desserts are not only easy but also incredibly clever. You’ll wonder how you hadn’t thought of them sooner!
If you love cooking up a batch of biscuits every Christmas, then take this as your next project! These cookies cleverly use icing and marshmallows to resemble a melting snowman. You can use icing pens to decorate faces, scarves, arms and buttons if you really have a steady hand. Instead of this, you can use M&Ms as buttons and other decorative balls and sprinkles for the face.
Check out the full recipe here from Delish.com.
2. Strawberry Santas
This idea is so simple, yet it looks amazing. Strawberries and cream may not be a traditional Christmas dessert, but it is certainly a tasty one. Instead of just serving them up in a bowl, why not make mini Santas out of them? You can get as creative, or not, as you want with this one. Additionally, you can even use some chocolate chips or blueberries for feet. This dessert is perfect for kids and adults alike.
Here’s a how-to from AllRecipes.com.
3. Oreo Christmas Puddings
If you tend to over-stock on biscuits around the festive period and want to clear out the press a bit, then these Oreo Christmas Puddings are ideal for you. Even if that is not the case, this treat is still excellent! All you need is a packet of Oreos and some white, red and green icing. Alternatively, you can use any red sweets like strawberry laces and some real holly leaves.
Here’s a YouTube tutorial from Nikki McWilliams.
4. Snowman Hot Chocolate
Another snowman-themed dessert here, but this one will warm you up! The Snowman Hot Chocolate can be as simple or as complicated as you want. It can easily be cooked up using a powdered hot chocolate from the shop combined with some cream and marshmallows with decorated face, topped off with a candy cane. However, you can really commit to it by making the hot chocolate from scratch and add arms and legs to your snowman.
Check out this detailed recipe from RTÉ.
5. Rice Krispies Grinch Heart Treats
In our DIY Christmas gifts list, we mentioned a Grinch-themed soap and bath bomb set. Well, this is the same thing but edible! The Rice Krispies Grinch Heart Treats are an excellent snack to make for the Grinch-lovers in your life. All you need is butter, marshmallows, Rice Krispies, green food colouring and some red sweets or red icing.
Check out this recipe from Mom4Real.com.
6. Reese’s Cup Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
This Christmas dessert is both adorable and delicious. The Reese’s Cup Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer will take about 10 minutes to assemble. What you’ll need for this one is Reese’s Cups or Miniature Reese’s Cups, chocolate frosting, Fruit Winders, candy eyeballs or icing to make them and red M&Ms for a nose. This recipe uses a lot of American sweets that we may not have access to, so chocolate fingers could be used instead for the antlers.
Here’s the guide from SideChef.com.
