12 Easy No-Bake Holiday Desserts

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15 Easy No-Bake Christmas Treats — 🧑🏻‍🎄🎄🙌🏻 No time to bake? Here are 15 FAST and EASY no-bake desserts! Whether you want chocolate, peanut butter, bark, or truffles, these recipes have you covered!

15 Easy No-Bake Christmas Treats — No time to bake? Here are 15 FAST and EASY no-bake desserts! Whether you want chocolate, peanut butter, cheesecake, bark, or truffles, these recipes have you covered!!

Simple No-Bake Christmas Treats

While I love baking Christmas cookies, more often than not my oven is full to capacity around the holidays and there’s no room left for a tray of cookies! And sometimes, I am just beat and don’t have the energy to make anything too complicated or time-consuming.

Enter: these no-bake Christmas desserts. These are simple Christmas desserts that you can make without an oven, and in most cases without a stovetop! 

These are all very easy Christmas desserts to make ahead and are perfect for including in care packages, gifting to family and friends, or bringing to cookie swaps. 

In addition to being quick and easy, these are all such cute Christmas desserts too!

15 No-Bake Christmas Desserts 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Stacks – Easy, no-bake treats that are a holiday favorite! They have it all: Salty, sweet, crunchy, and gooey with chocolate and peanut butter! Great for cookie exchanges or impromptu parties!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Stacks - EASY, NO-BAKE treats that are a holiday favorite!! They have it all: Salty, sweet, crunchy, and gooey with chocolate and peanut butter! Great for cookie exchanges or impromptu parties!!

Melt in Your Mouth Homemade Toffee — Irresistible, buttery, ADDICTIVE, and just melts in your mouth!! EASY and perfect for holiday parties, gift-giving, or cookie exchanges!!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls — EASY, NO-BAKE chocolate peanut butter balls that are a holiday favorite!! They have it all: Salty, sweet, crunchy, with chocolate and peanut butter! Great for cookie exchanges or impromptu parties!!

The Easiest Foolproof Fudge – Look no further than this recipe for the EASIEST and most FOOLPROOF fudge that takes less than 3 minutes to make!

Holiday White Chocolate Fudge (+ No-Bake Option) — This EASY foolproof white chocolate fudge recipe is perfect for Christmas and holiday parties!! A double dose of white chocolate with an Oreo Cookie crust for the WIN!!

Gingerbread Truffles — Packed with your favorite gingerbread flavors, minus the effort of rolling and cutting the dough! 

Homemade Chocolate Turtles — Fast, easy, no-bake and just 4 ingredients! Chewy, gooey, salty-and-sweet! Homemade always tastes better! Yum!!

Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars — Safe-to-eat raw cookie dough that’s every bit as good and satisfying as the real thing! Easy, no-bake, and no eggs required! 

Reindeer Chow — A holiday twist on classic Muddy Buddies that’s EASY, ready in 15 minutes, and perfect for hostess gifts or cookie exchanges!! Chex, chocolate, peanut butter, pretzels, M&M’s, and sprinkles make this dessert snack mix totally IRRESISTIBLE!!

No-Bake Oreo Balls— This Oreo balls recipe uses just 4 simple ingredients! If you’re looking for an easy no-bake dessert for cookie swaps or gift exchanges, this is it!

Loaded Christmas Bark — This easy, no-bake chocolate bark is loaded with goodies! Oreos, M&M’s, peanuts, pretzels, and sprinkles! Great for holiday parties and cookie exchanges! Salty, sweet, and addictively good!

Loaded Christmas Bark - This EASY, no-bake chocolate bark is LOADED with goodies!! Oreos, M&M's, peanuts, pretzels, and sprinkles! Great for holiday parties and cookie exchanges! Salty, sweet, and addictively good!!

Cowboy Bark: Trader Joe’s Copycat Recipe – Just like the real thing and ready in 5 minutes. Salty, sweet, and supremely good!

Cowboy Bark: Trader Joe's Copycat Recipe - Just like the real thing & ready in 5 minutes. Salty-and-sweet & supremely good!

White Chocolate Peanut Butter Clusters — No-bake clusters of peanut butter and white chocolate with peanuts and marshmallows! Salty-sweet and naturally gluten-free!

White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Clusters (no-bake, gluten-free) Recipe at averiecooks.com

Buckeye Fudge — Easy, no-cook, no-fuss, foolproof fudge that’s ready in 1 hour! Dense, chewy and full of rich peanut butter flavor with a smooth, fudgy chocolate topping! It’s irresistible!

Buckeye Fudge - EASY, no-cook, no-fuss, FOOLPROOF fudge that's ready in 1 hour!! Dense, chewy and full of rich peanut butter flavor with a smooth, fudgy chocolate topping! It's irresistible!!

Fudgy Bourbon Balls — Easy, no-bake, ready in 15 minutes, soft, chewy, and fudgy! Sugar and booze all in one bite-sized treat! Great for hostess gifts, holiday parties, and cookie exchanges!

Fudgy Bourbon Balls - Easy, no-bake, ready in 15 minutes, soft, chewy, and fudgy!! SUGAR and BOOZE all in one bite-sized treat! Great for hostess gifts, holiday parties, and cookie exchanges!!

Enjoy!

15 Easy No-Bake Christmas Treats — No time to bake? Here are 15 FAST and EASY no-bake desserts! Whether you want chocolate, peanut butter, bark, or truffles, these recipes have you covered!!

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  1. This is perfect! I found your site years ago when I was looking for a cake recipe and you never fail to disappoint. These recipes are going to help me make home made Christmas goodies. Thank you!!

  2. thank you so much for sharing your yummy recipes – have not tried these yet but all your recipes are super great! wishing you the best Christmas ever and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR – hugs (Vernon B.C.Canada)

    1. Thank you Trudeen, and I appreciate knowing that you’re enjoying my recipes! Have a lovely holiday season as well!

  3. I can’t thank you enough!! I love baking but don’t have time like I used to. Finding this site was a huge blessing and huge time saver for me. Thank you for sharing.

  4. I’ve made so many of your recipe, both sweet and savory—all wonderful! And your photographs are amazing. How do you slice your bars so perfectly? Is there a trick (Utensil? Technique?) to getting a super clean line that allows people to see every layer of goodness in your desserts?

    1. Thanks for making so many of my recipes and the compliments! To get a super clean line, I always line pans with foil, lift dessert out using the foil and place it on a cutting board, and use a very large and very sharp knife. Takes some practice but not that hard :)

  5. Hi Averie….! i like your idea and recipe. Really i have enjoyed your recipe, and your dessert looks soooo good and incredible. Thanks for sharing……..!

  6. Stunning desserts as expected. Just wanted to let you know that I made your Snickers Chocolate chip cookies and they were amazing. I used Milky Way and M & M’s instead. You nailed it on the cornstarch and the 8 minute baking mark. Great advice!!! It was the first time my super critical mom (it is what it is) complemented anything I made. She said they were delicious! And I’m almost 40 so that’s a big deal for my self-esteem. Haha.

    1. I am glad those cookies were able to win your mom over :) That’s a great feeling at any age, but especially now in life! Happy Thanksgiving :)

  7. Great round up! I could have one of each and have difficulty picking a favorite. I love that these are all no bake–nothing can accidentally get a little too done around the edges! Have around wonderful Thanksgiving!

    1. Accidentally having things get a little too done around the edges is my specialty when I am multitasking LOL. So these are perfect! Happy Thanksgiving :)