18 Decadent Christmas Desserts

This classic chocolate mousse is light yet intensely chocolate. Don’t be fooled by the French name — it’s quick and easy to make!

With this recipe, a creamy, gorgeous, crack-free New York-style cheesecake is totally doable, even for beginners!

This bourbon-spiked challah bread pudding is the perfect dessert for a cozy night in.

This boozy, buttery rum cake is guaranteed to be the life of the party.

A slice of German chocolate cake has something for everyone, whether you’re a fan of chocolate, coconut, pecans—or all three!

Made with brown butter and bourbon, this pecan pie has a richer, more complex flavor than the typical pecan pie.

Molten chocolate cakes, also known as lava cakes, are rich individual chocolate cakes with oozing molten centers.

With a crisp, flaky crust and thick, cider-flavored apple filling, this is my idea of the perfect apple pie.

Flan is a rich, sweet custard topped with caramel sauce. It looks fancy, but it’s actually quite simple to make.

With a cakey pecan crust, pumpkin pie filling, and crunchy streusel, this pumpkin torte is an easy and elegant alternative to pumpkin pie.

This old-fashioned vanilla butter cake drenched in syrup is the 1963 winner of the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest.

This warm and comforting banana cake is loved by kids and adults alike.

Think of this chocolate peanut butter tart as a grown-up version of a Reese’s Peanut Butter cup.

Adapted from Melissa Weller, this chocolate chip ricotta cake has a rich flavor and an impossibly moist texture.

This marble cake may look fancy, but its flavor is pure old-fashioned goodness.

With cream cheese, ricotta cheese, and a ground almond crust, this ricotta cheesecake is a hybrid between an American and Italian-style cheesecake.

Nantucket cranberry pie is a simple and lovely dessert that says ‘holidays.’

Spiked with Baileys, Nigella Lawson’s Irish-style tiramisu is one of the best.