It’s December. Do you know what that means? Time to dust off your holiday-themed cookie cutters and think about your Christmas dinner menu!
We’re not sure if it’s because it aligns with the end of the year, when you start overthinking about all the things these 12 months have meant for you, but some of us here love finding comfort in the kitchen. You know, the smell of freshly baked gingerbread, the sight of your holiday cookies cooling on a rack. It’s like the festive season is just begging for us to bake — that cozy deliciousness is enough to make our mouths water!
Whether you celebrate Christmas to honor your faith or just because it’s winter and it’s freezing outside and everyone seriously needs some rest, you’ll probably feel the need to seek refuge in some flour and butter.
But what if you’re not feeling up to making your usual batch of Christmas cookies? What if you want something different, something more… unique? There are always those baking enthusiasts with freaky culinary skills who go above and beyond the standard Christmas treats and post them on social media. Some of them hide in plain sight and their creations have made their guests (and the Internet) go wild!
We’ve rounded up some stunningly creative Christmas treats from people who have gone above and beyond to make their Christmas special. These folks don’t hold back when it comes to food — it’s a list full of delicious treats, from buttery Christmas cakes to festive gingerbread houses! So if you’re looking for inspiration for your holiday party, look no further than these Christmas treat ideas. You’ll be amazed by what these people came up with — and maybe even inspired enough to try your hand at making something similar yourself!
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Made A Snow Globe Cake For Christmas!
Some Of My Favorite Cookie Friends!! So Proud Of These Little Guys!! They’ll Be Making An Appearance At The Family Dinner Table At Christmas This Year
These would make the cutest ornaments 🥰 I couldn't eat them but I'd love to hang them on my tree 🎄
Every Christmas I Make Fashionable Gingerbread People For My Nephew And Niece, And It’s Become One Of Our Well-Loved Traditions
Sweet nails! 💅🏼 And that cookie looks like a dapper little gentleman. 🧑
My Christmas Cake Creation
Christmas Tree Cake I Made For My Aunts Christmas Party
Friend's Daughter Was Getting Married And Couldn't Find A Local Bakery Willing To Make A Nighmare Before Christmas Cake, So She Asked If I Would Do It. Think It Turned Out Great!
Christmas Mood Cake! Hand-Drawing On The Mirror Glaze
Edible Chocolate Pinecones
Winter Wonderland Animals
Gingerbread House My Dad Made For Christmas
First Proper Attempt At Decorating A Cake
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Santa Sushi! That’s clever and funny - and it seems a shame to eat it because it’s so pretty.
Amazing Christmas Cake My 18 Year Old Daughter Made
100% Edible, Hand-Piped Christmas Gnome Cake!
I sometimes find gnomes running around in my garden. I've always wondered what one tastes like (fuzzy, I bet), but have been too gentle to just pick up a wild creature and crunch it down. I'd like to try this cake.
I Made The Cutest Darn Christmas Cookies
Very cute! I wonder if those were done with transferable edible wafer paper.
We Have A Running Joke With My Friends That I Only Cook Hotdogs. I Hope They Enjoy Thier Christmas Cookies!
I Present To You - Robot Christmas! Beep Boop!
I Made A Fish Cake For Christmas Lunch With My Family
Christmas Yule Log Cake
Cheese Stuffed Garlic Pull Apart Christmas Tree
Christmas Village Cake
Christmas Cakes I Made For Work
Christmas Wreath
Snow Globe Cupcakes I Made To My Sons Mother In Law. She Was Hosting A Christmas Party
My Friend's Christmas Cake From Last Month
Strawberry Christmas Pie
Christmas Tree Cake I Made For My Grandma On Her Birthday. All Buttercream
Dinosaur Christmas Cookies! Seasons Eatings Y’all
Gingerbread Lighthouse I Made For My Mother This Christmas. Didn’t Have Any Piping Tips So The Connections Aren’t Covered Like I Planned But Still Proud Of It!
Christmas Themed Cakesicles
Base Is Cookie Butter Cake With Vanilla Butter Cream And Rudolph Is Hot Cocoa Cake With Chocolate Buttercream
Got The Honeycomb Pan For Christmas! I Felt Like A Baking Goddess When I Removed The Cake From The Pan
My Little Buttercream Christmas Penguin Cake. I Just Think He's The Cutest
It’s Never Too Soon For Christmas
Avo Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Birchbark Christmas Cake
I Made This Whimsical Gnome (Cake) For Christmas And Took Him On A Memorable Road Trip - From Sunny Cali To Snowy Reno To Give Him A Snow Home!
This Years Christmas Gingerbread Creation
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!
Homemade Yule Log For An Early Christmas Dinner
Did you add the fly agaric mushrooms because of the theory that the story of Santa Claus originated from them?
Gingerbread Carousel That I Made For Christmas
We Went All In With The Design Choices For Christmas This Year At The Bakery
Here's My "Rafaello" Candle-Cake For Tonight
Oh my goodness, I LOVE Raffaellos, and I love how much it looks like a real candle! Now I just need 8 more🕯🕎
My Christmas Cake This Year. Spice Cake With An Orange Buttercream
Chocolate Treats
Gingerbread Castle I Made Last Christmas
So I Attempted Making A Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington Cake. Cake Is All Swiss Meringue Buttercream, Jack And Pumpkins Are Made Of Fondant
Chocolate Cake Combined With Chocolate Mousse With Chili Can Make It Hot
A Few Of The Christmas Cakes And Cupcakes Mum Has Baked This Month
Christmas Cookies Are The Best Cookies
Under The Fine Sugar Dome Is A Cinnamon Creme Chantilly And Sponge, Caramel Apple Tatin, Hazelnut And Biscoff Crunch And Vanilla Creme Patissiere
Tried The Panty Hose Trick To Tidy Up Icing And It Worked! Christmas Cookies Done
Christmas Tree Meringues
My Christmas Fault Line Buttercream Cake. I Just Love The Christmas Colors
I Decided To Try Some "Ugly Christmas Sweater" Cookies This Year
Got Laid Off & Am Taking This Baking Thing More Seriously (Mainly Still For Hobby). I Am Super Obsessed W/ Christmas Right Now
Was Feeling Festive And Made Some Christmas Ornament Cupcakes
I Baked A Muppets Christmas Apple Pie
Christmas Chocolate Bonbons, Cookies And Cream And Gingerbread And Speculaas
Christmas Tree Macarons
My Take On A Christmas Cake!
Christmas Dinos Might Be My New Favorite
Meowy Christmas
The United States Of Christmas Cookies
Snoopy Christmas Gingerbread House
Christmas In July Cake
My Christmas Baby Yoda (Grogu) I Just Love Him. Do You Think His Cute?
Homemade Christmas Chocolates
I Made You An Isomalt Snow Globe Pie With Danish Rice Pudding And Chocolate Filling. Happy Christmas!
This Years Christmas Cake, Turned Out Better Than Expected
Went Overboard With This Candyland Christmas Cake! Chocolate Cake Filled With Peppermint Cream And Crushed Candy Canes, Topped With... Everything!
Happy Christmas Eve
Golden Christmas Ornament
The Christmas Poinsettia
Today's Lemon Christmas Cake
Christmas, But Make It Pink! Inspo From 1992 Wilton
A Steam Punk Themed Christmas Cake From Few Years Ago
Sharing What Me And My Mum Did This Christmas
A Neighbor Asked For Christmas Cookies For A "Christmas In July" Get-Together... So Glad I Asked If I Could Get Creative. Lemon Sugar Cookies With Lime Flavored Royal Icing
Chocolate-Vanilla Layered Cake With Chantilly Nutella Filling, Nutella Drizzles & Nutella Infuse
My Niece And Nephew Requested Gingerbread People For Christmas (“But Make It Chocolate”). Here’s Ellie’s Gingerbread Girl, Dressed In Ralph Lauren
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas…
Christmas Wreath
What A Beauty
Merry Christmas! The Knit Hat Cake I Served This Christmas Eve
Happy Friday!
Christmas Pinwheel Cookies
Nutcrackers
Merry Christmas From Norway - Viking Boat Gingerbread We Made
Christmas 2020 Cakes
Fruit Cake Baked By Mum, Decoration Was A Team Effort, Me & Mum. Merry Christmas!
Christmas Vacation Cake
I love this, from the topper to the phrasing to the fried cat. Just such a win all around.
Christmas Cupcakes!
Little Early For Christmas But I Wanted To Share This One Cuz It Came Out So Pretty
Not Sure I Can Top This Cute Christmas Moose From Last Year. Isn’t He Fun?!
Unicorn Christmas Cookies!
Buddy The Elf Theme Cake With Lapis Surabaya Cake Inside!
Lapis Surabaya cake: https://www.sidechef . com/recipes/8692/lapis_surabaya/
Made Christmas Cookies
Christmas Charcuterie Board
Merry Christmas Eve Eve Everybody
Merry Christmas!
Im A Chef And I Love Christmas! Here's My Gingerbread House
My Week-After-Christmas Gingerbread House
Holiday Cactus And Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies!
Merry Christmas Everyone
A Christmas Wreath I Made Today
Christmas Birthday Cake
Penguin Caramel Apple
Preparing For Christmas Cake Orders With This Gorgeous Reindeer Cake!
My Christmas Trifle!
Made A Christmas Pizza At Work, And The Boss Actually Approved
Matcha Cookie Christmas Tree Stacks
Snickerdoodle Christmas Party Cake
Christmas Cakesicles
Merry Christmas From Us To You! Hope You Have A Safe And Jolly One
My First Ever Christmas Cake! Those Stripes Were Harder Than I Thought But I Think I Did Ok!
Pistachio Christmas Tree Cake With White Chocolate Mousse, Fresh Raspberries And Toasted Meringue
Christmas Unicorn Cake - My First Ever Decorated Cake!
Little Christmas Bear I Made In An Online Class This Morning. Quite Chuffed With It!
Christmas Themed Cake
This Reindeer Cheese Ball Is So Simple To Make And Is Almost Too Cute To Eat... Almost!
Reindeer Cupcakes
A Christmas Themed Cake! I’ve Never Successfully Piped On The Sides Of The Cake Until Now And I Love It! A Buttercream Wreath
Baking Some Ninja Bread Men For Christmas This Year!
Christmas Koala Cookies
Cuteness Overload!
My First Time Doing A Christmas Cake!
Holiday Pink Magic
Gingerbreadman Bubblebath
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
As much as I LOVE food, my appreciation for the beauty and detail would win the battle against eating these! Well done everyone!
it really doesn't look like you can eat them... so perfect
Load More Replies...All these very talented artists. Excellent job! Has lifted my stressed out spirits. Thank you
Brilliant. All of these are amazing, from the "mum helped me decorate this" to "my latest creation (AKA masterpiece)". I would LOVE a "bake sale contest" where you judge these then auction them off for charity. Everyone gets to enjoy beauty, then take it home to eat it.
this made me sad i spent like an hour getting the flavor of frosting right this morning (i made a cake with mint in it and mint frosting) and then i didnt have enough food coloring.
Stop downvoting Dexter. I understand that you don’t like what he said (neither do I), but I don’t think he deserves to be banned. If a person get more than 10 downvotes the person gets banned.
I am so proud of every single one of these extremely talented people! You make the world a better place. Thank you for the smiles!
As much as I LOVE food, my appreciation for the beauty and detail would win the battle against eating these! Well done everyone!
it really doesn't look like you can eat them... so perfect
Load More Replies...All these very talented artists. Excellent job! Has lifted my stressed out spirits. Thank you
Brilliant. All of these are amazing, from the "mum helped me decorate this" to "my latest creation (AKA masterpiece)". I would LOVE a "bake sale contest" where you judge these then auction them off for charity. Everyone gets to enjoy beauty, then take it home to eat it.
this made me sad i spent like an hour getting the flavor of frosting right this morning (i made a cake with mint in it and mint frosting) and then i didnt have enough food coloring.
Stop downvoting Dexter. I understand that you don’t like what he said (neither do I), but I don’t think he deserves to be banned. If a person get more than 10 downvotes the person gets banned.
I am so proud of every single one of these extremely talented people! You make the world a better place. Thank you for the smiles!