The Top 10 New Recipes from BestChristmasDesserts.com from this year, 2025! From gooey cake mix cookies, to chewy oatmeal cookies, to sweet and salty, homemade candy shop favorites, and more! These are recipes you’ll love for the holidays, and all year long!

Every year I post a round up of the most popular new recipes from the year. It’s so fun for me to see which of the recipes are your favorite, and I hope its fun for you to find some new favorites you might love as well!
I hope you know how grateful I am for you. For every time you visit our site, share one of our recipes, leave a comment saying what you thought, and of course when you make one of our recipes! I’m always so happy when one of our recipes becomes a new favorite for your family, and so happy I can be part of your holiday season, and hopefully helping you satisfy your year long sweet tooth cravings.

10) Oatmeal Toffee Cookies – Oatmeal cookies are always a classic, so no wonder these cookies were so popular this year! These ones are loaded with toffee, chocolate chips, and such a favorite all year long!

9) Peppermint Rice Krispie Treats – The best no bake treat, gets a nice minty twist. Thanks to my special tips for the gooiest rice krispie treats, these are extra sweet, and extra special.

8) Buttercream Candies – Just like you’ll get from a candy shop. Who doesn’t love a homemade candy that’s as good as the real deal?! No fancy tools required either!

7) M&M Christmas Cookie Bars – These might be the best cookie bars you’ll ever make for the holidays. They are soft, chewy, and loaded with chocolate. Next time you want cookies, try cookie bars instead.

6) Santa Hat Cheesecake Bites – The cutest cheesecakes you can ever make, these are simply decorated and perfect for a party. I can see why these got so popular so fast.

5) Saltine Cracker Cookies – Such a delicious sweet and salty cookie, these cookies are thick, soft and gooey in the centers and loaded with chocolate chips and your favorite Cracker Toffee for the best crunch!

4) Church Windows – A no bake classic, these are a nostalgic favorite, that is colorful, fun, and so festive! They look like stained glass windows of a church when sliced, and are so pretty!

3) Iced Gingerbread Oatmeal Cookies – These are a fun twist on the classic version from the store, extra chewy, hearty, and perfectly spiced! Even my picky kids love them!

2) Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies – A cake mix hack is always a good idea! These are only a few ingredients, and have the best gooey centers, and crackly powdered sugar coating.

1) Peanut Butter Meltaways – These three ingredient candies are so easy, and taste like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup! They took facebook by storm and are worth all the hype!
In case you want to see which recipes were favorites this year (but weren’t brand new). Here are a few more favorites.
And if you want to see our most popular recipes from the past.
- Here’s the Top 10 of 2024!
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