Easy Christmas Desserts for a Crowd

First up: Chocolate bark! The perfect easy Christmas dessert for a crowd! This one is topped with quinoa, cherries and pumpkin seeds for a red and green confetti theme. It's so easy to whip up a batch: once the chocolate is dry, smash it into irregular pieces. It's perfect for a cookie tray!

Of course, cookies are the most obvious choice in Christmas desserts for a crowd! These almond thumbprint cookies are total crowd pleasers. They're topped with a homemade jam made of real fruit, and the base is perfectly chewy, made mostly of almond flour. Drizzled with our 1-minute powdered sugar icing, they're perfectly festive!

This Christmas pudding is a stunner! My family makes it every year. While it's a little bit of a process (you need a pudding steamer and a few hours!), it's 100 percent worth it and the perfect Christmas dessert for a crowd, if there ever was one. Top this spongy pudding in a dreamy, creamy butter sauce and prepare to be amazed.

What's better easy Christmas dessert for a crowd than a big apple crumble! This is the best classic apple crumble (or apple crisp, because they’re pretty darn similar). It’s a big 9 x 13 pan to feed a crowd, and fresh ginger accentuates the gooey filling perfectly.

What’s your ultimate cookie? These vegan peanut butter cookies are where it’s at for us! They’re soft but perfectly crumbly, and salty sweet. Decorated with the classic criss-cross pattern, they’ve got a sparkle of sugar. And a chocolate icing drizzle makes them look even more fun. They're the perfect addition to any Christmas cookie tray.

Snowballs are a Christmas classic, and this one is a unique spin! It's made of almond flour (ground almonds), so it's filling and works for many diets. The kicker? It's flavored with chai spice: cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and cardamom. It adds the perfect cozy holiday flair.

Why not add homemade peanut butter cups to your tray of Christmas desserts for a crowd? These peanut butter cups are other-worldly. The peanut butter filling is salty-sweet, and the chocolate is smooth and crisp. Top that with a little sea salt, and it's the best peanut butter cup you've ever had.

What's more classic of an easy Christmas dessert for a crowd than gingerbread cookies? These have a wholesome spin, made with almond butter and applesauce to keep them soft. They're topped with chunky turbinado sugar for an all-natural glitter.

Who loves buckeyes? This chocolate peanut butter cookie is popular at Christmas: it was always my favorite growing up! Here's a healthy spin on buckeyes: instead of using lots of butter, the centers are a mix of Medjool dates and peanut butter! (Medjool dates are used in energy bars like Larabars to bring natural sweetness.) Coat them in dark chocolate, and they're fabulous easy Christmas dessert.

Last up in our easy Christmas desserts for a crowd (and maybe our favorite idea): affogato! This one is a play on the traditional Italian affogato dessert, where warm espresso is poured over vanilla ice cream. As a holiday twist, we've used peppermint ice cream and homemade hot cocoa. It's 100% festive! Use store bought ice cream to make it ridiculously easy (and fun).