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12 Easy Holiday Dessert Recipes

Here are 12 Holiday Dessert Recipes that are easy and fun to make that you can have ready in a flash! Everything from colorful Chocolate Bark to a show stopping Strawberry Triffle that is even dressed up in holiday colors!

2nd Day of Christmas Week Recipes

Christmas Week has been lots of fun! I put together the recipes from Day two and added the links to the recipes so you won't miss out on a single recipe!  Time is running out so these recipes are perfect for last minute parties, last minute gifts or a last minute... knock them over dessert that is fancy enough for Christmas Day Dinner.

Please check out each of the 35 Bloggers that have participated in Christmas Week. They are all listed below event if they don't have a recipe on day 2. You will find some amazing recipes on their websites.

Don't forget to enter our HUGE giveaway!  There is still time to enter! Just Use the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post for easy ways to enter to win one of our gift card prizes!

We are giving away one $500 AMAZON Gift Card PLUS one $250 AMAZON Gift Card PLUS one $50 AMAZON Gift Card!  That is THREE gift cards to THREE lucky winners!  (Giveaway continues to December 26)

CHRISTMAS WEEK GIVEAWAY

Christmas Week and The Giveaway

Welcome to Day 2 of Christmas Week. This annual event was started in 2012, and is hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic. This year we have over 35 bloggers sharing festive sweet recipes for the event. Plus we all chipped in for a huge Amazon Gift Card Giveaway so be sure to enter!

Participants for Christmas Week:

Cravings of a Lunatic

Desserts Required

Poet in the Pantry

The Redhead Baker

Pineapple and Coconut

All Roads Lead to the Kitchen

Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks

Cupcakes & Kale Chips

Cooking on the Front Burner

The Little Ferraro Kitchen

Crumb: A Food Blog

The Bitter Side of Sweet

Amee's Savory Dish

Comfortably Domestic

Food Done Light

Farm Fresh Feasts

Flour On My Face

Mother Would Know

Food Lust People Love

My Catholic Kitchen

Daily Appetite

Try Anything Once Culinary

That Skinny Chick Can Bake

Savory Experiments

Cooking In Stilettos

Food Babbles

Mind Over Batter

Rants From My Crazy Kitchen

Lauren Kelly Nutrition

Big Bear's Wife

Everyday Southwest

From Gate to Plate

Karen's Kitchen Stories

Savoring Italy

Dixie Chik Cooks

The Tomato Tart

Aloha Flavor

CopyKat Recipes

Recipes from Day 2 of Christmas Week! Please visit all our talented participants:

Mini Peanut Butter Cup Christmas Crack aka Chocolate Saltine Toffee from Cravings of a Lunatic

Caramel and Chocolate Fudge from Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks

Cranberry Bliss White Chocolate Bark from Cupcakes & Kale Chips

Gingerbread Cinnamon Rolls from Food Done Light

Maple Doodles from Farm Fresh Feasts

Blue & White Christmas Bark from Flour On My Face

Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle from That Skinny Chick Can Bake

Spiced Pear and Cranberry Coffee Cake from From Gate to Plate

Cranberry Cake with Orange Glaze from Lauren Kelly Nutrition

The Little Ferraro Kitchen

Pineapple Cream Pie from Aloha Flavor

Williams Sonoma Peppermint Bark from CopyKat Recipes

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Have fun visiting the wonderful Bloggers in our this year's Christmas Week!

—Sandy

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  1. kenneth

    December 20, 2015 at 10:28 am

    Cranberry walnut coffee cake. Coffee with eggnog creamer.

    Reply
  2. Tom Bellamy

    December 21, 2015 at 9:42 am

    My favorite sweet treat to make is peanut butter cookies.

    Reply
  3. Amber Terry

    December 21, 2015 at 9:51 am

    Peppermint bark!

    Thanks for the chance to win 🙂

    Reply
  4. Terri S

    December 21, 2015 at 12:05 pm

    I always make a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting for Christmas. YUM!!

    Reply
  5. Lorie

    December 21, 2015 at 12:12 pm

    Humdingers...YUM!

    Reply
  6. Judy Schechter

    December 21, 2015 at 1:02 pm

    I like making chocolate chip cookies! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

    Reply
  7. Ashley B.

    December 21, 2015 at 1:03 pm

    I love making peppermint bark and also pretzel bark (perfect combination of salty & sweet)

    Reply
  8. Kara Marks

    December 22, 2015 at 3:51 am

    I love making Christmas cookies!

    Reply
  9. Jerrica Evans

    December 23, 2015 at 12:11 am

    I love making potato candy for my family.

    Reply
  10. lady D

    December 24, 2015 at 12:20 pm

    cheese cake would be my favourite

    Reply
  11. Michelle Olms

    December 25, 2015 at 7:53 am

    I like making cookies for the holidays.

    Reply
  12. laurie murley

    December 26, 2015 at 6:49 pm

    my family always wants me to make a caramel pecan cheesecake

    Reply
  13. robyn donnelly

    December 29, 2015 at 10:33 am

    I love anything fruity or chocolate like fudge or brownies for treats.

    Reply

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