142 holiday dessert recipes

Shortbread pecan rum balls are a no-bake holiday cookie made with crushed shortbread, toasted pecans, dark rum, and dark corn syrup. Five ingredients, twenty minutes, no oven required.

Basket cupcake recipe is another popular one at Easter, usually frosted with frosting, coated with colored coconut flakes, topped with a few jelly beans or candy coated small chocolate eggs, using pipe cleaner or licorice laces as handles, cute and pretty!

Creepy crawly Halloween chocolate spider cupcakes that are easy to make and a thrill to eat.

Cayenne and chocolate make a nice combo in this cookie from Paula Tuchscherer-Jones of Milwaukee; they would provide an interesting complement when plated with more traditional cookies.

Quick and easy to make, and they taste absolutely delicious. So far nobody who tastes them doesn't love them. These yummy treats are ideal snack at Christmas.

Light rum balls roll up in 5 minutes from ground walnuts, vanilla wafer crumbs, honey, and rum. No-bake holiday cookies that stash in a tin for over a month and only get better with age.

Instead of a rich butter cookies, make some macaroon made of egg whites, coconut, pecans and chocolate. They are so chocolaty and delicious, a little bit crunchy at the inside and slightly chewy on the outside. Perfect sweet treats at holidays.

Eggnog mousse with rum, brandy, nutmeg, and whipped cream set with gelatin. A light, airy holiday dessert topped with crushed peppermint candies that tastes like eggnog in cloud form.

Buttery shortbread bars topped with pecans, dried cherries, mini chocolate chips, and orange marmalade. A two-step bake that turns simple cookies into festive holiday treats in about an hour.

Crisp holiday meringue shells filled with tangy lime sherbet and topped with cranberry sauce. A stunning festive dessert with only six ingredients.

Crisp hazelnut meringues made with just three ingredients and slow-baked for three hours until dry and shatteringly light. A gluten-free cookie with toasty nut flavor in every bite.

Rugelach roll flaky cream cheese dough around apricot preserves, cinnamon-brown-sugar, walnuts, and raisins into bite-sized crescents. A classic Jewish bakery cookie for Hanukkah and Christmas alike.

Elegant shortbread-style cookies with ground toasted pecans and a splash of dry sherry. Pressed with decorative designs and ripened overnight for the best texture. Makes 90 cookies.

Perfect for Halloween, chocolate cake decorated like black widow spiders.

A comforting dessert that fits perfectly alongside pumpkin pie. Homemade dumplings perched in rich and thick maple syrup.

Gingerbread Skeleton cookies that kids can make with you together, it is full of fun to make, and it is worth the efforts!