8 Perfect, Quick and Easy to Prepare Christmas Desserts You Can Impress Everyone With!

To enrich your holiday table with some sweetness, in additionChristmas classics, in case you find yourself with some excess pandoro dessert, we offer you 8 easy, quick and original Christmas desserts. In any case, these are simple preparations to amaze your guests and win over everyone – even the kids!

Among the recipes proposed there are those to be made with a base of pandoro, and then two show stopping desserts: a delicious red velvet roll and the inevitable almond brittle.

1. Chocolate Pine Cones

Chocolate Pine Cones are delicious no-bake treats, perfect for the holiday table: they can be prepared in 10 minutes with just 4 ingredients. In addition to serving them as a dessert, you can also use them as a Christmas placeholder and they are also beautiful to give to your guests. In our recipe, we made the base of the pine cones with crumbled pandoro mixed with mascarpone and hazelnut cream. The pine cone flakes, on the other hand, will be made with cornflakes or chocolate cereals in the shape of a petal.

2. Pandoro Tiramisu in a Glass

Pandoro Tiramisu in a Glass is a simple and delicious dessert: a variation of the classic tiramisù in which pandoro replaces the classic base of ladyfingers or sponge cake. The pieces of pandoro will be soaked in coffee syrup, filled with a mascarpone cream and served in a glass. A quick recipe, perfect to serve at the end of a Christmas lunch or to prepare immediately after the holidays, to recycle leftover pandoro.

3. Pandoro Yule Log

The Pandoro Yule Log is a quick and delicious dessert perfect as a Christmas or New Year's Eve table decoration. A no-bake variation of the classic Christmas log, filled with a delicate cream made with ricotta, cream and chocolate chips. Once ready, the log will be simply decorated with bitter cocoa powder and served. The recipe is easy and ready in a few minutes: you will only have to wait for the cooling times to make the cream more compact.

4. Almond Crunchy Bars

Almond Crunchy Bars is a very popular Christmas dessert and easy to make at home. It is a delicious crunchy nougat made of almonds and caramel. To prepare it, we toasted the almonds in the oven, before pouring them into the mix of melted sugar, honey and lemon juice. The mixture will be poured into the rectangular pan, so as to form the thickness you want for your brittle. Then you just need to let it solidify at room temperature, before cutting it into pieces and enjoying it.

5. Red Velvet Roll

The Red Velvet Roll is a variation of the red velvet cake, a beloved dessert here in the U.S.. Although it may seem like an elaborate dessert, its preparation is not that difficult, just follow the steps carefully. The result will be a soft and creamy dessert. The filling is made with a cream of spreadable cheese and whipping cream, while the base is made with a sponge cake to which cocoa and red food coloring are added. The whole thing is decorated with coconut flakes.

6. Pandoro Cannoli

Pandoro Cannoli are a simple and delicious idea to use leftover pandoro, ideal for enriching the Christmas or New Year's buffet or to make as a delicious dessert. The dessert is inspired by the classic Sicilian cannoli, making the outer casing with slices of pandoro, which will be flattened with a rolling pin, cooked in a pan with butter and rolled on the cannoli molds. For the filling we mixed ricotta with sugar and chocolate chips, but you can fill them with hazelnut cream, if you prefer.

7. Pandoro Roll With Hazelnut Cream Filling

Pandoro Roll with Hazelnut Cream Filling is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert, excellent to enjoy as a snack or as a tasty dessert during the Christmas holidays and even after, using leftover pandoro. To prepare it, simply cut the pandoro into slices, arrange them well joined on the film, soak it in coffee and fill it with a cream made from mascarpone and hazelnut cream. After resting in the fridge, the roll will be ready to be cut into slices and served.

8. Pandoro Zuccotto

The Pandoro Zuccotto is a simple and delicious no-bake dessert, ideal to serve as a dessert during the Christmas holidays, but it is also an excellent anti-waste idea, which allows us to reuse leftover pandoro. A scenic and easy-to-make recipe, which will please both adults and children: in our preparation we have filled the zuccotto with a delicious mascarpone cream, but you can also fill it with ricotta and chocolate chips or with the filling you prefer, so as to customize it according to your tastes.