Christmas is the best time of year to bake something special for your family! I have collected my list of top 20 Christmas dessert recipes to help. This year share the love with an amazing dessert recipe to bring the Christmas spirit!

Top 20 christmas desserts.

Christmas Cakes

Top view of grinch cake.

1. Grinch Cake

The Grinch is a Christmas classic that will make your family’s hearts grow 3 sizes! This one layer vanilla cake with Andes mints in it is decorated with green cream cheese frosting and red candy hearts!

Close up of the top of the cake.

2. Gingerbread Bundt Cake

This moist spiced cake tastes like gingerbread with a cream cheese glaze and a chocolate glaze on top! It tastes just like Christmas in a cake.

Cut open Biscoff layered cake.

3. Biscoff Cake

This Biscoff cake is amazing for Biscoff fans. It has Biscoff cookie cake with cookie butter filling. It is topped with cookie butter frosting and a cookie butter drip for a triple Biscoff cake!

Top view of gingerbread cake.

4. Gingerbread Cake

This gingerbread cake is the perfect Christmas flavor and very easy to make! It has cinnamon cream cheese frosting on top.

Slice of Christmas cranberry cake.

5. Christmas Cranberry Cake

If you love cranberries to celebrate your Christmas, then this is the perfect dessert for your family. It is a fluffy white cake with fresh cranberries. It has a white chocolate chocolate frosting and a cranberry frosting on top.

Chocolate Cakes

Chocolate truffle cake split in half on a wood board.

6. Chocolate Truffle Cake

If you want to treat your family with an extra decadent chocolate cake then you need this chocolate truffle cake. This 3 layer chocolate cake has melted Lindt truffles mixed in. It is super soft and SO delicious.

Stack of 2 chocolate ganache cake slices.

7. Chocolate Ganache Cake

This chocolate ganache cake is a single layer cake with all of the decadent chocolate flavor. It is topped with a chocolate ganache frosting that is to die for.

One slice of brownie cake on a plate.

8. Brownie Cake

This brownie cake has brownie batter swirled in. It has an amazing texture and rich chocolate flavor that takes the best of chocolate cake and brownie together. You will love it, guaranteed.

Cookies and cream cake on a platter.

9. Oreo Cake

This Oreo cake is perfect if you love Oreos in your desserts like I do! It is a layered chocolate cake filled with Oreo whipped cream cheese. It is topped with an Oreo frosting and a chocolate drip.

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Slice of cake on a plate with a glass of milk.

10. Andes Mint Chocolate Cake

This chocolate mint cake tastes just like chocolate chip mint ice cream! It is filled with chopped Andes mints and topped with a mint chocolate chip frosting.

Christmas Cheesecakes

Chocolate peppermint cheesecake on a wood board.

11. Chocolate Peppermint Cheesecake

This chocolate peppermint cheesecake is a very chocolatey cheesecake filled with peppermint chips. It is on an Oreo crust and has a chocolate ganache. It is a perfect Christmas cheesecake.

Taking a slice out of the gingerbread cheesecake.

12. Gingerbread Cheesecake

If you want an undeniably Christmas flavor you have to make a gingerbread dessert. This gingerbread cheesecake brings gingerbread to the BEST dessert, cheesecake.

Half of the toblerone cheesecake on a wood board.

13. Toblerone Cheesecake

If thinking decadent chocolate makes you think Toblerone then this cheesecake is for your. It is filled with chopped Toblerone and topped with a chocolate ganache and more Toblerone pieces.

One slice of cherry cheesecake on a plate.

14. Cherry Cheesecake

This cherry cheesecake is a creamy cheesecake with cherry pie topping mixed in! It has that classic cherry pie flavor combined with everything that makes cheesecake so great.

A bite missing from a slice of Nutella cheesecake.

15. Nutella Cheesecake

This Nutella cheesecake takes the famous combination of chocolate and hazelnut to a new level of indulgence. It has Nutella in the cheesecake and a topping of Nutella and Ferrero Rocher.

Side view of no bake oreo cheesecake.

16. Oreo Cheesecake

I love Oreo desserts, and this Oreo cheesecake is the best one. It is a super cream cheesecake loaded with Oreo pieces and crumbs. It has an Oreo crust, plus a chocolate ganache and whipped cream on top.

Alternative Cheesecakes

One slice of cheesecake on its side.

17. Gluten Free Cheesecake

If you have a gluten intolerance in your family and don’t want to compromise on the delicious desserts, then this is the one for you. It is a New York style cheesecake with a gluten free crust that stands up to the traditional version.

Placing a gingerbread man on top of whipped cream.

18. Mini Gingerbread Cheesecake

If your family prefers individual serve desserts to slicing up a whole cheesecake, then you need these mini gingerbread cheesecakes. They taste just as good as the full size version, but in a smaller package!

Holding a cake in hand.

19. Mini Chocolate Cheesecakes

If you want a mini cheesecake you don’t have to sacrifice your chocolate craving! Look no further than these mini chocolate cheesecakes.

Small cheesecake cut in half on a wood board.

20. Small Cheesecake

If you want to pack all of the delicious flavor of cheesecake into a dessert for a smaller gathering there is the small cheesecake recipe! It is the same quality as the larger cheesecakes, but without so much extra dessert.

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