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Easy, Family-Friendly Christmas Recipes

Christmas cheer is just one recipe away. No matter how you like to celebrate the holiday, we’ve got all the most festive treats your family and friends are sure to love. If you’re making goodies for your neighbors, check out our always-popular Snicker’s Fudge. Need a gift idea for your co-workers? We’d recommend our Slow Cooker Candied Almonds. Want to be the star of the show at a cookie exchange? Bring these Santa Sugar Cookies.

Christmas Dinner Ideas

A cooked ham with crispy edges is displayed on a white plate, garnished with green leaves and slices of yellow fruit.

Dr. Pepper Glazed Ham Recipe

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Slow Cooker Honey Baked Ham Recipe

slow cooker maple glazed ham

Slow Cooker Maple Glazed Ham Recipe

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5 Ways to Cook a Thanksgiving Turkey

A whole roasted chicken with crispy skin, garnished with herbs, placed on a white plate.

How to Roast a Turkey in a Convection Oven

Instant Pot Maple and Brown Sugar Pork Tenderloin Recipe

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A spoon holds a scoop of red cranberry sauce above a white bowl filled with the same sauce.

Dips, Sauces, + Seasonings

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

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Whether using the Instant Pot or stovetop, make our homemade cranberry sauce with fresh cranberries, orange juice, cinnamon and maple syrup.

Christmas Side Dishes

Need the perfect compliment to your main dish? You’ll want to try these delicious side dishes.

Slow Cooker Stuffing in a Bowl

Slow Cooker Stuffing Recipe

Twice-baked sweet potato topped with marshmallows and chopped nuts on a white plate.

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Classic Green Bean Casserole in casserole dish with a serving spoon lifting out a scoop.

Classic Green Bean Casserole

A white casserole dish filled with seasoned croutons and herbs, baked to a golden brown.

Apple, Onion & Celery Stuffing

A bowl of mashed potatoes topped with a pat of butter and garnished with finely chopped herbs.

Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes Recipe

A white bowl filled with sweet potato casserole topped with pecans and a spoon in it on a cloth surface.

Mom’s Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

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Christmas Appetizers

You could say we have a passion for appetizers!

A dessert ball studded with chocolate and caramel chunks, surrounded by apple slices and cookies on a white plate.

Snickers Cheeseball Recipe

Small cheese balls coated with chopped nuts and bacon, each with a pretzel stick in the center, arranged on a white plate.

Holiday Cheeseball Bites

A cheese ball coated with crushed nuts, partially sliced and surrounded by assorted crackers, is displayed on a white surface.

Dips, Sauces, + Seasonings

Grandma’s Holiday Cheese Ball Recipe

Three stuffed mushrooms filled with a savory mixture are placed on a white plate, with more stuffed mushrooms visible in the background.

Parmesan Spinach Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe

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Christmas Beverages

Nothing complements a delicious meal quite like a thirst-quenching beverage.

A mason jar filled with a red iced drink and a red-and-white striped straw. A glass pitcher filled with the same drink is in the background.

Sparkling Red Party Punch Recipe

Cranberry Punch poured in mugs and pitcher

Cranberry Citrus Party Punch Recipe

Two glasses filled with a red drink, each garnished with an orange slice and cranberries.

Warm Cranberry Citrus Drink Recipe

Three clear glasses filled with a creamy dessert, each topped with raspberries, are arranged on a light pink surface.

Grandma’s Frappe Party Drink Recipe

Two glasses of brown liquid with cinnamon sticks and a slice of lemon on a wooden tray; a bowl of oranges in the background.

Grandma’s Warm Spiced Cider Recipe

Four champagne flutes filled with a non-alcoholic holiday bubble drink are placed on a wooden table, surrounded by gold ribbon decorations.

Non-Alcoholic Bubbly Drink Recipe (aka Mock Champagne)

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A white bowl filled with chocolate muddy buddies, mini peanut butter cups, and red and green candy-coated chocolates.

Christmas Reindeer Chex Mix

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Christmas Cookies

Sugar cookie with white frosting and green and red sprinkles. 2 other sugar cookies with sprinkles off to the side.

Super Soft Sugar Cookies

A plate of cookies decorated with chocolate, pretzels, and candies to resemble reindeer faces. The cookies have red noses, white eyes, and pretzel antlers.

Chocolate Reindeer Cookies

A plate of chocolate cookies topped with red and green candy-coated chocolates.

Cake Mix Christmas Cookies

A dozen frosted cookies with white icing and red sprinkles arranged on a white surface with a red and white cloth in the background.

Peppermint Snowball Cookies

A festive green cornflake wreath with red candy decorations arranged on a white surface.

Cornflake Christmas Wreath Cookies

Three chocolate-covered round cookies topped with crushed peppermint candy and drizzled with additional chocolate.

No-Bake Ritz Cracker Thin Mint Cookies Recipe

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Christmas Pies & Tarts

A slice of chocolate pie with whipped cream and chocolate shavings on a white plate, with a fork holding a small piece. Other slices are visible in the background.

Easy Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe

A slice of pink peppermint pie with a chocolate crust, topped with whipped cream, chocolate drizzle, and a peppermint stick, on a white plate.

Peppermint Crunch Ice Cream Pie Recipe

Lion House copycat cheesecake on a plate with a strawberry slice on top

Lion House Restaurant Style Cheesecake Recipe

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A plate full of broken pieces of Christmas Crack. With a sprig of a pine tree and a Christmas towel underneath the bowl.

Christmas Crack

White Chocolate, Christmas Decorated Cake Pops in a mug.

Christmas Cake Pops

slow cooker maple glazed ham

Slow Cooker Maple Glazed Ham Recipe

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Eggnog Eclair Cake Recipe

Homemade chocolate caramels with sea salt stacked in a pile.

Homemade Chocolate Caramels with Sea Salt

Homemade Microwave Caramels wrapped individually in pieces of wax paper and in a bowl.

Homemade Microwave Caramels

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Christmas Tree Dinner Rolls Recipe

roasted ham shank

Roasted Ham Shank Recipe

Top view of a Ginger Cookie with Eggnog Frosting.

Ginger Cookies with Eggnog Frosting

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Cranberry Pecan Sweet Potato Bake Recipe

slow cooker sweet potato mash

Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Mash Recipe

homemade potato rolls

Homemade Potato Rolls Recipe

A stack of waffles topped with whipped cream and cranberries on a white plate, with festive decorations and folded red-striped napkin in the background.

Gingerbread Waffles

A close-up of a plate with several oatmeal cookies. The cookies have a coarse texture and visible oats. The plate is white with a gold rim and is placed on a white surface.

Oatmeal Gingerbread Cookies Recipe

Brown Sugar and Bacon Green Beans in a white serving bowl.

Brown Sugar and Bacon Green Beans

Cherry Chocolate Nut Bar pieces stacked

Cherry Chocolate Nut Bars Recipe

Small cheese balls coated with chopped nuts and bacon, each with a pretzel stick in the center, arranged on a white plate.

Holiday Cheeseball Bites

Pieces of Divinity on wax paper topped with crushed walnut pieces.

Easy Divinity

Small round cookies topped with white icing and sprinkles, arranged on a wire rack.

Gingerbread Cookie Cups Recipe

A stack of rocky road chocolate squares with visible marshmallows and nuts, placed on a light blue plate.

4 Ingredient Rocky Road Fudge

White chocolate bark decorated with candy eyes, red candies for buttons, mini peanut butter cup hats, and pretzel sticks for arms, resembling snowmen.

Melted Snowman Bark

A dozen frosted cookies with white icing and red sprinkles arranged on a white surface with a red and white cloth in the background.

Peppermint Snowball Cookies

Several chocolate-covered caramel and nougat bars with peanuts, some cut in half, are displayed on a white surface.

Snickers Fudge

a bunch of slow cooker green beans in a white bowl

Slow Cooker Green Beans Recipe (Easy Side Dish)

Paper cups filled with clusters of chocolate-covered almonds placed on a white surface.

Instant Pot Chocolate Clusters

Three green cookies with chocolate chunks on a white plate, with one more green cookie on a cooling rack in the background.

Andes Mint Grinch Cookies

3 Orange Creamsicle Fudge pieces stacked on top of each other. Remaining fudge pieces in the background.

Orange Creamsicle Fudge

Sugar cookie with white frosting and green and red sprinkles. 2 other sugar cookies with sprinkles off to the side.

Super Soft Sugar Cookies

A white tray filled with irregular pieces of chocolate-covered toffee bark, garnished with chopped nuts.

Saltine Cracker English Toffee

A stack of chocolate and peanut butter fudge cubes arranged in a pyramid shape. The fudge has a creamy texture with distinct chocolate and peanut butter layers.

Double Decker Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge

Two red bowls filled with multiple cubes of yellow fudge on a wooden surface.

Two Ingredient Peanut Butter Fudge

A white bowl filled with chocolate muddy buddies, mini peanut butter cups, and red and green candy-coated chocolates.

Christmas Reindeer Chex Mix

Close-up of white chocolate-covered peanut butter balls, one of which is bitten into, revealing the peanut butter filling.

Peanut Butter Snowballs (No Bake Truffles)

A plate of homemade scalloped potatoes and ham

Homemade Scalloped Potatoes

Three chocolate-covered round cookies topped with crushed peppermint candy and drizzled with additional chocolate.

No-Bake Ritz Cracker Thin Mint Cookies Recipe

A tray of pretzel treats topped with melted chocolate and red and green candies.

Chocolate Pretzel Bites

A cheese ball coated with crushed nuts, partially sliced and surrounded by assorted crackers, is displayed on a white surface.

Grandma’s Holiday Cheese Ball Recipe

A close-up of nine small caramel-filled pastries drizzled with chocolate, arranged in rows on a white surface.

Salted Caramel Cookie Cups Recipe

Homemade caramel candies arranged on a white surface.

Homemade Caramels

Two Andes Mint Cookies slightly stacked, surrounded by other Andes Mint Cookies and unwrapped Andes Mints.

Andes Mint Cookies

A cooked ham with crispy edges is displayed on a white plate, garnished with green leaves and slices of yellow fruit.

Dr. Pepper Glazed Ham Recipe

Top view of Soft and Chewy Ginger Cookies.

Ginger Cookies

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