Our selection of Christmas ginmill recipes has every smack from deep brown and mint to fruits and egg — plus , no - baking and make - ahead delicacy .

Jason Donnelly

These festal Christmas bar recipes — include lucre cooky bars , peanut butter cookie bar , and classical pixie — make scrumptious gifts and vacation sweet . With make - ahead option , storehouse - buy crosscut , and mix - and - match topping idea , the difficult part of your holiday dessert homework will be choose which of these tall cookie Browning automatic rifle recipes to render first .

Layered chocolate-pistachio bars

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Copycat Musketeer Bars

Andy Lyons

call all chocoholics ! Like the confect bar that inspired these copycat bar , these squares have fluffy marshmallow creme filling between layer of chocolate . Bar cooky that are as yummy as a candy taproom ? double delicious .

No-Bake Butterscotch Bars

Kritsada Panichgul

When your oven ’s full , a no - bake holiday afters — made with dear — can be a perfect , time - save addition to the menu . These crispy , no - bake , butterscotchbar cookies feature a trifecta of indulgent layer , include crunchy peanut butter cereal , rich butterscotch pud , and a candy bar - stud coffee spread .

mental test Kitchen Tip : Cut cost when gain desserts that call for purchased grain by opt for a bulk bag of a generic mixed bag .

Copycat musketeer bars

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Crème Brûlée Cheesecake Bars

This is one Christmas bar recipe showy enough to share at fancy dinner gatherings . Combine two favorite desserts into one with these crème brûlée cheesecake bars . You cancaramelize the sugaron top under a broiler , but a culinary torch gives the good results .

Pistachio Bars

Holiday guests will gonutsfor these pistachio - studdedno - bake cooky taproom . Creamy pudding fill up a graham cracker crust and liquid chocolate topping for cooky greatness without the peck - by - mickle baking .

Chewy Cherry-Almond Bars

Blaine moat

These fruity cookie bars feature a bed of cherry preserves bake inside a hearty oat - Prunus amygdalus impudence . Not a cherry fan ? swop the preserve for orange , raspberry , strawberry , or babble out .

No-bake butterscotch bars

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creme brulee cheesecake bars

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Chewy Cherry-Almond Bars

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