10 Easy Dessert Recipes for the Holidays

What better time of the year to make fresh, homemade desserts than over the holidays? These incredibly easy dessert recipes are simple enough to make any day of the year, but oh-so-shareable with friends and loved ones gathered around.

Close up of peanut butter cookies sprinkled with sea salt.

I spend so much of the year crafting everyday wholesome recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner that sometimes even I forget to slow down and enjoy a sweet treat here and there. So, I curated this simple little dessert guide to remind myself to make an extra goodie or two over the holidays. 😉 Feel free to make these anytime of the year though; they are all super, super easy to make!

If you're looking for easy dinner recipes to go along with these goodies, I've got those too.

3 ingredient peanut butter cookies on white plate atop a white napkin.

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies (with Brown Sugar)

These easy 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies with brown sugar are soft, chewy & ready in 20 minutes. The perfect small batch cookie recipe.

Freshly baked soft and chewy double chocolate chip cookies on a white serving plate.

Small Batch Soft & Chewy Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

These chewy double chocolate chip cookies are soft, rich and packed with chocolate chips. An easy and rewarding small batch cookie recipe.

Chocolate bark with almonds, dried cranberries and sea salt.

Homemade Dark Chocolate Bark

Learn how to make an easy and festive DIY dark chocolate bark recipe with almonds, sea salt, dried cranberries, all from your own kitchen!

Triple Chocolate Cookies

These easy triple chocolate chip cookies are soft, chewy and melt-in-your-mouth gooey. The ultimate cookie recipe for chocolate lovers!

Homemade copycat Starbucks cheese danishes.

Easy Homemade Cheese Danish (Starbucks Copycat)

Skip the coffee shop line! This Starbucks inspired cheese danish recipe is every bit as flaky, creamy and delicious with bakery-fresh flavor.

Banana Nutella Crepes

When you need pure breakfast decadence with all the comfort and none of the fuss. These banana Nutella crepes are so easy and so delicious!

Eight square chocolate brownies are arranged in a scattered pattern on crinkled white tissue paper.

Small Batch Brownies (One Bowl, Extra Fudgy)

These one-bowl small batch brownies come together fast, no mixer required. Rich, fudgy and perfect whenever you need a little chocolate fix.

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

These gluten free cookies are so good, you'd never know they're gluten free! Featuring perfect crispy edges and soft, chewy middles.

Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies

These mini chocolate chip cookie bites are perfect for sweet cravings! Featuring super soft and chewy middles with delicate, crispy edges.

Small batch chocolate chip cookies in a stack with a blue and tan plaid napkin.

Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies (For One or Two)

These easy small batch chocolate chip cookies make just one sheet of homemade cookies with perfectly crispy edges and soft chewy middles.

Short on time but still want to make a quick homemade sweet or two? Try this 2-minute chocolate sauce over some vanilla ice cream, or serve this whipped yogurt on a slice of pie instead of whipped cream. You'll likely get rave reviews and both of these easy dessert recipes take just minutes to make.

Enjoy!