15 Easy Christmas Treats Recipes

Looking for some last minute Christmas treats inspiration? There’s nothing more fun than rustling up some delicious treats for you or your loved ones.

Or maybe you forgot to get someone a present and you’e panicking about what to get them? It’s too late to order anything online at this stage. Make them something delicious! There’s nothing more personal than something that’s been lovingly made by hand especially for someone.

Check out below for 15 Easy Christmas Treats Recipes!

Biscuits and Cookies

Cranberry Apple Crumble Bars

These Cranberry Apple Crumble Bars are a deliciously festive spin on the traditional Apple Crumble Bars. They’ve got a crispy buttery base, following by a smooth, fruity and slightly tangy cranberry apple filling and topped with more buttery crispy shortbread biscuit. They’re a super easy tray bake to throw together and contain only 5 ingredients

• Hazelnut Shortbreads
• Hazelnut & Chocolate Chip Biscotti
• Best Vanilla Christmas Biscuit (Sugar Cookie)
• Christmas Biscuit Decoration Ideas

No Bake Recipes

Baileys White Chocolate Whipped Ganache

Smooth, creamy and boozy white chocolate whipped ganache flavoured with Baileys. Put this Baileys White Chocolate Whipped Ganache on everything during the festive season, cakes, cupcakes, hot chocolate, mince pies and thank me later.

• No Bake Apple Butter Cheesecake with Caramel Jelly
• Peppermint Candy Cane Chocolate Bark
• Cardamom White Wine Poached Pears

Traditional Christmas Treats

Fruity Mince Pies

Boozy, fruity delicious mince pies packed full of flavour.

• Light Fruit Cake Recipe – No Alcohol
• Cranberry White Chocolate Layer Cake
• Pumpkin Spice Scones

Gluten Free Goodies

Vegan Gluten Free Whole Orange Cake

A deliciously fragrant vegan and gluten free orange cake made with a whole cooked orange.

• Peppermint Meringues
• Mini Strawberry Pavlovas

How to reduce waste at Christmas

Although I am a huge fan of giving edible gifts, try not to give more than you think the gift receiver would logically eat. There is a huge amount of food unnecessarily wasted at Christmas.

There’s a number of ways you can reuse leftovers for more delicious treats.

• If you have any leftover biscuits and cookies, you can be blitz into crumbs and store in an airtight container for at least 1 week or freeze for up to 3 months. These crumbs can be used to make a cheesecake base or used as a topping for yoghurt instead of granola for a sweet treat. or used as a coating for chocolate truffles for texture.
• You can transform your leftover mince pies into mince pie ice cream. Break into pieces and stir through your favourite no churn recipe or store bought ice cream for an indulgent treat.
• Leftover meringues can be broken up and made into eton mess. A dessert that consists of broken meringues, whipped cream and some sort of fruit sauce typically. You can add any leftover fruit to this too!

If you try any of my recipes or use any of my tips, please do let me know by leaving a review on the recipe or tagging me in your creations over on Instagram, @pinkhairedpastrychef .