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10 Easy Holiday Dessert Recipes

Published: Mar 27, 2021 by AmyG Modified On: Jan 9, 2025. This post may contain affiliate links. 6 Comments.

Easy Holiday Desserts are hard to come by. With this list of 10 plus Easy Holiday Desserts Recipes you can make impressive desserts for holidays like Easter or Christmas, you won't need to go nuts finding that fancy dessert.

And what is better than finishing the most delicious meal with a cup of coffee and a absolutely delicious dessert that everyone will love.

These fancy dessert recipes are perfect for last minute ideas that come together in 30 to 60 minutes. There's no need to be in the kitchen for the whole afternoon to make any of these easy sweet dessert recipes at home.

If you have looked around the blog, you've probably noticed that I'm all about quick and easy, especially when it's convenient.

This list of easy holiday desserts recipes isn't in any order. With lot's of variety, there is something here for everyone, even the kid in you.

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  • Easy Apple Strudel Recipe made with Frozen Puff Pastry
  • Easy Bananas Foster recipe for Banana Lovers
  • The Easiest Cherry Cream Cheese Strudel Recipe
  • Delicious Blueberry Cobbler
  • Strawberry Shortcakes for the Strawberry Lover
  • Cinnamon Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Bites
  • Chocolate Lovers, Chocolate Sour Cream Cake
  • No Bake Easy Tiramisu for the Coffee Lover
  • Peanut Butter Caramel Pie for your Sweet-tooth
  • The Best Homemade Nutella Brownies
  • Other Popular Dessert Ideas
  • Comments

Easy Apple Strudel Recipe made with Frozen Puff Pastry

Recipe courtesy of AmyG from Easy Homemade Recipes

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An Easy Apple Strudel recipe is a quick and simple dessert to make with pre-made ingredients. that are in your pantry.     Using pre made puff pastry this dessert will be ready in less than one hour. A great dessert for Thanksgiving, Easter or anytime.

Easy Bananas Foster recipe for Banana Lovers

Recipe courtesy of Abi Saldaña from Life Begins with Dessert

banana foster in a glass cup

This is the tastiest and best Easy Bananas Foster recipe you’ll ever make! It requires very few ingredients, is quick to throw together, but tastes like it’s a fancy dessert.

The Easiest Cherry Cream Cheese Strudel Recipe

Recipe courtesy of AmyG from Easy Homemade Recipes

Cherry Cream Cheese Strudel on a baking sheet

This Easy Cream Cheese Strudel recipe is a quick and simple dessert to make with pre-made ingredients. that are in your pantry.     If you are looking to impress someone special or a guest, look no further.

Delicious Blueberry Cobbler

Recipe courtesy of Paula Montenegro from Vintage Kitchen Notes

blueberry cobbler in a white plate

This dessert for Easy Blueberry Cobbler comes together very quickly and can be on the table in under an hour! Serve it plain or warm with whipped cream or ice cream. A cobbler that can be made with fresh or frozen blueberries so it's a year-round recipe.

Strawberry Shortcakes for the Strawberry Lover

Recipe courtesy of Julie Andrews from The Gourmet RD

Strawberry shortcake mini desserts on a platter

These Mini Strawberry Shortcakes have mini buttery biscuits layered with fresh strawberries and light whipped cream. They make for the perfect dessert for all summer occasions.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Bites

Recipe courtesy of AmyG from Easy Homemade Recipes

Cinnamon Cream cheese puff pastry in a wire basket

These Cinnamon Cream Cheese Puff Pastry bundles are like little bundles of crispy, flaky, and a delightful pieces of heaven.  Each one filled with a surprise cream cheese and chopped almond filling and then covered with sugar and cinnamon.

Chocolate Lovers, Chocolate Sour Cream Cake

Recipe courtesy of Alexandra Cook from It's Not Complicated

Chocolate Sour Cream Cake in a white plate

This Chocolate Sour Cream Cake takes just 5 minutes to prepare! Once it is baked til perfection and cooled, we love to serve it with whipped cream and berries. It has a delicious, rich taste and fantastic light texture.

No Bake Easy Tiramisu for the Coffee Lover

Recipe courtesy of AmyG from Girl With a Spatula

tiramisu cake dessert on a glass platter on counter.

No bake Tiramisu is a classic Italian dessert that originated in Italy and has gained immense popularity worldwide. It is a decadent treat made with layers of espresso-soaked ladyfingers and a rich mascarpone cheese mixture, dusted with cocoa powder.The best part is that it doesn't require any baking, making it a quick and easy dessert option that's perfect for any occasion. With its creamy texture and delicious flavor, Tiramisu is a dessert that's sure to impress.

Peanut Butter Caramel Pie for your Sweet-tooth

Recipe courtesy of Nagi from Recipe Tin Eats

Peanut Butter Caramel Pie

This Peanut Butter Caramel Pie recipe comes together in less than an hour and is so rich and tasty that with one bite you will think that you are in heaven.

A cookie crust with a rich creamy peanut butter caramel filling. This Peanut Butter Caramel Pie tastes like a Snickers Bar, in pie form! A pie that not only adults will fall in love with, but also children will swoon over to get another piece.

The Best Homemade Nutella Brownies

Recipe courtesy of AmyG from Easy Homemade Recipes

Homemade Nutella Brownies

These Homemade Nutella Brownies are for your chocolate lover fanatic friends and family. Homemade with ingredients from your pantry, these brownies are chewy, soft and chocolatey all in one and are super easy to make.

Reflection: Cooking is like science, you need to experiment with different combinations to come up with the perfect result (for you). But, don't worry if it's not perfect. Pat yourself on the back for trying, you deserve it! Just try and figure out what you did wrong and do it different next time.

Other Popular Dessert Ideas

Here are some other dessert and snack recipes you might like.

  • frutti di bosco on a wooden cutting board with one slice removed
    Frutti di Bosco Tart
  • Italian Torrone with Nuts FI
    Soft and Chewy Italian Torrone (Nougat)
  • Single Serve Desserts Collage
    Single Serve Desserts Perfect for Two
  • baked nutella muffins on a kitchen towel
    Homemade Nutella Muffins

You can also go straight to my desserts section and see if you like something else.

Made one of these desserts? Drop a comment below to let me know how it turned out and what you thought.

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    Italian Zabaione Recipe
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    Ultimate Rum Cake Recipe
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    Calabrese Scalille Italian Christmas Dessert
  • Portuguese Pastries on a cutting board
    Easy Homemade Portuguese Pastries

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  1. Vijitha says

    April 03, 2021 at 4:44 pm

    Wow!! So many ideas for Easter desserts! I'm finding it hard to pick one from these coz they are all so good. Think I'll go with the blueberry cobbler coz I just bought blueberries yesterday. Can't wait to try it out!

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  2. NANCY says

    April 02, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    what a wonderful list of desserts! Thanks for sharing this easter weekend roundup!

    Reply
  3. Julia says

    April 01, 2021 at 12:33 am

    Love all these dessert options. I'm all about easy too!!

    Reply
  4. Marisa says

    March 31, 2021 at 11:10 pm

    These all look so yummy and I definitely would not be able to choose just one!

    Reply
  5. Bernice Hill says

    March 30, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    This is a superb roundup of treats. It's always great to have simple dessert recipes handy after all that intense cooking is done.

    Reply
  6. Vanessa says

    March 30, 2021 at 6:01 pm

    Lot's of great ideas! Hardest part will be choosing one.

    Reply

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