Skip to content
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • About
    • About Christina
  • Contact
It Is a Keeper
  • Recipe Index
  • Kitchen Basics
  • Shop
  • My Faves

Christmas Recipes

These Christmas recipes will help you make the season extra special, without the stress. Every recipe in this collection has been tested and approved in my kitchen, so you can count on them to deliver big flavor with no guesswork.

If baking is on your holiday to-do list, you’ll love these easy Christmas cookie recipes and Christmas candy recipes — perfect for cookie exchanges, gifting, or just keeping the cookie jar full. Don’t miss my foolproof Christmas fudge recipes — they’re rich, creamy, and come together with just a few ingredients.

Feeding a crowd? I’ve rounded up the best Christmas party food recipes and Christmas potluck recipes that are festive, easy to prep ahead, and guaranteed to disappear fast. And for the main event, I’ve got reliable recipes for Christmas dinner that take the guesswork out of holiday cooking — from make-ahead sides to the perfect roast.

Here are some of my Favorites: Meringue Christmas cookies, Grandma’s old-fashion fudge, Christmas brownie balls.

A stack of three sugar-dusted welsh cookies.

Welsh Cookies

Crab stuffed portobello mushrooms topped with parsley and breadcrumbs rest elegantly on a white plate.

Shrimp and Crab Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

Three boursin cheese stuffed mushrooms filled with spinach and topped with breadcrumbs, served on a white plate. Parsley garnish in the background.

Spinach and Boursin Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

A veal marsala meatball topped with a mushroom cap, held together with a toothpick, is drizzled with savory sauce and artfully presented on a white plate.

Veal Marsala Meatball Bites

A tasty Roast shrimp cocktail.

Roasted Shrimp Cocktail

A garlic herb butter log with two slices cut, rests on a wooden board, garnished with fresh herbs. Garlic bulbs linger in the background.

Garlic Herb Butter

Whipped Ricotta Dip with Honey in a top shot surrounded by crusty bread.

Whipped Ricotta Dip with Honey

A closeup on the cranberry mimosa decorated with berries.

Cranberry Mimosas

Caramel and Nut turtle cookies on a platter.

Turtle Cookies

Close-up of a sliced Orange Jello Salad mold on a plate, with a mandarin orange slice elegantly garnishing the side.

Orange Jello Salad

Vintage Lime Cottage Cheese Jello Salad on a white plate.

Vintage Lime Cottage Cheese Jello Salad

A delicious dish of cranberry jello salad.

Cranberry Jello Salad

A bowl of the finished substitute for poultry seasoning.

Substitute for Poultry Seasoning

A plate of Crock Pot French Toast breakfast.

Crock Pot French Toast with Apples

A skewer featuring a stack of deli meats, cheese cubes, a mozzarella ball, and a small pickle on top sits proudly against a checkered cloth background, embodying the essence of Charcuterie Skewers.

Charcuterie Skewers

Close-up image of white chocolate cranberry cookies, featuring white chocolate chips and dried cranberries, stacked on a white plate.

White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

Pickle Roll Ups feature ham rolled with creamy cheese and tangy pickles, all neatly secured with toothpicks on a pristine white plate.

Ham and Pickle Roll Ups

A bowl of homemade butter sits on a wooden board next to a buttered slice of bread and a wooden knife.

Homemade Butter

A bowl filled with buckeye candy, showcasing chocolate-dipped peanut butter balls, one with a bite taken, displayed on a white marble surface.

Buckeye Candy

A baby carrot stands upright in a bowl of everything bagel dip, garnished with a mix of black and white sesame seeds. Blurred carrots are in the background.

Everything Bagel Dip

A white plate with the breakfast stuffed bread.

Breakfast Stuffed Bread

A white bowl filled with the cooked vegetables.

Glazed Instant Pot Carrots

A plate of shrimp deviled eggs garnished with parsley, served on a blue plate with a blurred background.

Shrimp Deviled Eggs

A vodka pomegranate cocktail with slices of lemon and cranberries.

Vodka Pomegranate Cocktail

Sweet and spicy glazed meatballs garnished with parsley on a white plate.

Cranberry Sweet and Spicy Meatballs

Four halves of deviled eggs without mustard, garnished with chives on a green plate.

Deviled Eggs Without Mustard

Quiche on a wood table with a blue napkin.

Ham and Cheese Spinach Quiche

A plate of fancy deviled eggs garnished with fresh herbs.

Caesar Fancy Deviled Eggs

Three spicy deviled eggs on a wooden board, garnished with herbs.

Sriracha Spicy Deviled Eggs

Platter of southern deviled eggs with relish, garnished with parsley.

Southern Deviled Eggs with Relish

Million Dollar Deviled Eggs garnished with paprika and parsley on a white plate.

Million Dollar Deviled Eggs

Glazed Ham.

Glazed Air Fryer Ham

A plate of marinated cheese and vegetables on a white plate.

Marinated Cheese

Bacon-wrapped tater tots on a white plate.

Bacon Wrapped Tater Tots

Peanut butter stuffed cookies on a white plate.

Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies

A baked cheese dip with bacon and green onions.

Baked Cheese Dip

A plate of vegetables with Sour Cream and Ranch Dip.

Sour Cream Ranch Dip

Olive Garden spinach dip with crackers on a white plate.

Olive Garden Spinach Artichoke Dip (Instant Pot)

Tater tot breakfast casserole on a white plate.

Tater Tot Sausage Breakfast Casserole

Older posts
Newer posts
← Previous Page1 … Page4 Page5 Page6 … Page8 Next →
Christina Hitchcock NY Times Best Selling Author and recipe developer behind It Is a Keeper

Hi, I'm Christina!

I'm a New York Times bestselling author and recipe developer behind It Is a Keeper. I've been testing and keeping recipes since 2010 — so you don't have to wonder if it'll work. If it's on IAK, it made the cut.

MORE about CHRISTINA

Popular Recipes

A plate of cheesy rotel chicken spaghetti garnished with chopped green onions.

Rotel Chicken Spaghetti

Plate of sliced slow cooker beef sirloin tip roast with potatoes, carrots, and onions, garnished with parsley.

Slow Cooker Beef Sirloin Tip Roast

Slices of roasted crock pot pork tenderloin topped with sauce and garnished with herbs on a white plate. Nearby is a small bowl containing additional sauce.

Crock Pot Pork Tenderloin with Parmesan Sauce

Close-up of crispy breaded Bang Bang Chicken drizzled with sauce and garnished with fresh herbs on a white plate. A small bowl of dipping sauce waits eagerly in the background.

Bang Bang Chicken

A plate of garlic Parmesan baked penne pasta with creamy sauce, tender chicken, and a sprinkle of parsley sits invitingly on a wooden board. In the background, a bowl of grated cheese awaits to enhance the savory delight.

Garlic Parmesan Pasta with Chicken

A marble container with all purpose seasoning inside.

All Purpose Seasoning

A tray of meal features stir-fried snow peas, bell peppers, and carrots, all topped with sesame seeds and chopped green onions.

Honey Sesame Chicken Vegetable Sheet Pan

A slice of Easy Apple Pie with Crumb Topping.

Easy Apple Pie with Crumb Topping

A glass jar filled with apple pie moonshine, surrounded by fresh apples and spices, sits on a countertop.

Apple Pie Moonshine

A mason jar of peach moonshine.

Peach Moonshine

Two cheese enchiladas topped with melted cheese and garnished with cilantro on a white plate, placed on a wooden board next to a fork and a bunch of fresh cilantro, reminiscent of our delectable Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas.

Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas

A bowl of Sheetz Boom Boom Sauce, rich and creamy, is garnished with parsley in the foreground. In the background, crinkle-cut fries are partially visible, ready to be dipped into this delicious blend.

Sheetz Boom Boom Sauce

Featured In

A list of the places It Is a Keeper has been featured on.
Logo with a red heart in a circle on the left and the words "It Is a Keeper - Recipes Worth Keeping" in stylized text, featuring the distinctive Keeper Logo.

BACK TO TOP

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube

Privacy & Disclosure Policies | Accessibility | Contact

© 2026 It Is a Keeper All Rights Reserved