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Christmas Recipes

Step into a winter wonderland of flavors with our delightful collection of Christmas recipes! Decorate a batch of our Perfect Cut-Out Sugar Cookies with the family, make your own Homemade Eggnog, or make a holiday memory with the kids by crafting Homemade Cinnamon Ornaments. We've got hundreds of Christmas recipes to make your holiday spectacular!

Our top 10 Christmas recipes

Want to just nab the best of the best Christmas recipes? Savor the holiday season with our top 10 most popular Christmas recipes.

Christmas Cookie Recipes

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Indulge in the joy of baking this holiday season with our delightful assortment of Christmas cookie recipes, each bite a taste of holiday magic.

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Affordable, thoughtful, and easy—our huge collection of DIY food gifts will make your holiday gift-giving to much easier! These gifts are well-loved and well-reviewed by thousands of readers.

All the latest recipes

Looking for more Christmas cooking inspiration? Check out our entire list of Christmas recipes that will make your holiday season unforgettable.

Pouring maple syrup over a single slice of french toast casserole with fresh fruit.

Baked French Toast Casserole (Vegan Option!)

A hand holding a sausage ball dipped in ranch dressing.

Quick & Simple Sausage Balls Recipe

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Easy Holiday Cheese Ball Recipe

Overhead of an easy goat cheese appetizer platter served on a wooden tray with goat cheese balls, forks, honey, and jam.

Fried Goat Cheese Balls

Mug of cocoa surrounded by sugar cookies

Creamy Crockpot Hot Chocolate Recipe

A gingerbread latte in a glass mug. Two gingerbread cookies sit next to the mug.

Homemade Gingerbread Latte

Maple Rosemary Bar Nuts on a white background

Maple Rosemary Bar Nuts

Top view of the creamy foam and espresso bean garnish on a classic espresso martini with additional beans alongside.

Espresso Martini Recipe

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Easy Christmas Puppy Chow (Reindeer Chow)

Overhead of a baking dish filled with green bean casserole, a serving scooped onto a plate beside it.

Classic Green Bean Casserole with Fresh Green Beans

Top view of a black bowl piled high with sweet and salty popcorn.

Kettle Corn Recipe for Gifting or Snacking

A jar of hot cocoa mix sits next to a fresh mug of frothy hot chocolate with marshmallows on top

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix Recipe

Top view of a holiday roast topped with herbs and garlic on an oval platter with fresh rosemary and cranberries around it.

Classic Roast Beef Recipe

Close view of a peanut butter blossom cookie cooling on a rack.

Four-Ingredient Peanut Butter Blossoms

A spoon dips into a creamy potato side dish served family-style in a large white bowl.

Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Whole Roasted Turkey in a metal roasting pan

How to Dry Brine a Turkey

Twice baked potatoes served on a white platter topped with snipped chives.

Twice-Baked Potatoes Recipe

A mixed cranberry gin fizz cocktail stands beside an open flip-top bottle of cranberry simple syrup.

Holiday Cranberry Gin Fizz Cocktail

A hand bastes slow cooker ham with a white brush. The dish sits on a white tablecloth.

Easy Christmas Dinner Ideas

Salt Dough Ornaments painted white, red, silver, and gold lay on a white background.

Salt Dough Ornaments

A bowl filled with buckeye candy rests on a countertop alongside buckeye ingredients.

Buckeye Balls Recipe (Peanut Butter Candy)

Clementine and Clove Spritz Cookies on a white plate with clementines and cloves nearby

Clementine and Clove Spritz Cookies

Lofthouse Sugar Cookies decorated in white, green, and red frosting, topped with sprinkles

Copycat Lofthouse Sugar Cookies

A hand bastes slow cooker ham with a white brush. The dish sits on a white tablecloth.

Slow Cooker Ham with Honey-Mustard Glaze

Close view of a breakfast bake studded with red and green peppers, ham, and bread cubes.

Denver Omelet Casserole

Honey glazed carrots served on a wooden tray with small bowls of honey and fresh thyme on either side.

Honey Glazed Carrots Recipe

Close view of homemade mint chocolate bars stacked on a plate, three distinct layers in each bar.

No-Bake Mint Chocolate Bars

Close-up of a glass of holiday punch surrounded by Christmas ornaments and pine branches.

Jingle Juice Christmas Punch

A white wicker serving tray with frosted morning buns on parchment paper and a decorative serving knife.

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Overhead of homemade turkey gravy in a saucepan on a striped kitchen linen.

No-Fail Turkey Gravy Recipe

Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Close view of a whipped cream garnished peppermint mocha in a metal mug as two fingers place a mini candy cane as an additional garnish.

Homemade Peppermint Mocha Recipe

A creamy martini cocktail stands in a martini glass with a crushed candy cane rim.

Peppermint Martini (Candy Cane Martini)

vegetarian five bean soup mix

vegetarian five bean soup mix

Chewy Gingerbread Cookies

Soft Gingerbread Cookies

A holiday coffee drink stands on a white counter in front of decorative christmas trees.

The Best Christmas Coffee Drinks to Help You Feel Festive

Grain-Free Paleo Sugar Cookies with Coconut Butter Frosting and Christmas sprinkles on a white platter

Grain-Free Paleo Sugar Cookies

Mama J's Cheese Fondue

Mama J's Cheese Fondue

A hand sprinkles a pinch of nutmeg over the whipped cream topping a mug of hot buttered rum.

Classic Hot Buttered Rum Recipe

A sprinkling of nutmeg rains down over the whipped cream garnish on a festive holiday latte.

Jolly Eggnog Latte for the Holidays