No-bake Christmas desserts

Your oven works hard at Christmas. Give it a break while you rustle up one of our no-bake Christmas dessert recipes.

These easy-but-impressive recipes include spectacular trifles, cheesecakes, delicate jellies, chocolate puds and festive fridge cakes. If you’re entertaining over Christmas, why not have a couple of these no-bake dessert recipes chilling in the fridge?


A gold glitter roundel, with the words GLOW UP! in the centreWant even more flavour? Try our five Glow-Up hacks – including a candied pecan crumb to add crunch to your festive dishes.

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Triple chocolate baubles

Show-stopping Christmas dessert recipes

Triple chocolate baubles

Decoration or dessert? These beautiful baubles require patience but they’re fairly easy to make. With a triple-threat of white chocolate...

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Orange and ginger cake trifle

Trifle recipes

Orange and ginger cake trifle

Orange trifle makes a glorious Christmas dessert. Orange jelly is topped with ginger cake, white choc pannacotta and an unapologetically...

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Traditional English trifle

Trifle recipes

Traditional English trifle

Raspberry jelly, thick vanilla custard, sherry-soaked sponge fingers and pillowy mounds of whipped cream: it’s the ultimate traditional trifle recipe....

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Tiramisu mess

Tiramisu recipes

Tiramisu mess

A heavenly mash-up of two dessert classics: Eton mess and tiramisu. This tiramisu mess is speedy enough for a midweek...

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Chilled chocolate soufflés with salted almond praline

No-bake desserts

Chilled chocolate soufflés with salted almond praline

Looking for an impressive make-ahead dessert? These decadent chocolate soufflés topped with salted almond praline can be made 1-2 days...

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Terry’s Chocolate Orange cream pie

Christmas chocolate recipes

Terry’s Chocolate Orange cream pie

Looking for an easy make-ahead Christmas dessert? Try our luscious chocolate orange cream pie, with a choc custard filling and ...

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Chocolate and caramel popcorn trifle

Trifle recipes

Chocolate and caramel popcorn trifle

Trifle can be an epic undertaking, but this crunchy chocolate and caramel popcorn trifle, despite being made from scratch, only...

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Sherry trifle with praline and orange custard

Trifle recipes

Sherry trifle with praline and orange custard

Our stunning sherry trifle is topped with orange scented custard, a billowing layer of cream and praline shards. Some crafty...

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Chocolate and pistachio tiffin

Christmas chocolate recipes

Chocolate and pistachio tiffin

Our rich chocolate and pistachio tiffin is filled with nuts, dried fruit and biscuits and topped with a thick layer...

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Terry’s Chocolate Orange rocky road

Easy baking recipes to make with kids

Terry’s Chocolate Orange rocky road

This moreish rocky road uses Terry’s Chocolate Orange wedges as decoration for an extra chunky texture. It’s the perfect recipe...

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Baileys chocolate tiramisu trifle

Baileys recipes

Baileys chocolate tiramisu trifle

What do you get if you cross tiramisu with chocolate trifle? Make this gloriously decadent but (shh!) easy dessert and...

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Oreo cookie chocolate trifle

Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes

Oreo cookie chocolate trifle

This Oreo cookie trifle is set to be a new festive favourite and requires just 20 minutes of prep plus...

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Crème caramels with caramel oranges

Dinner party dessert recipes

Crème caramels with caramel oranges

These vegan crème caramels with caramelised orange slices make a spectacular (and easy) dinner party dessert – just sprinkle with pomegranate...

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Clementine, pomegranate and cranberry jelly

Make-ahead Christmas dessert recipes

Clementine, pomegranate and cranberry jelly

We’ve combined festive flavours of clementine, pomegranate and cranberry to create this fruity Christmas jelly. Feeling nostalgic? These rhubarb and...

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Baileys and hazelnut parfaits

Frozen dessert recipes

Baileys and hazelnut parfaits

These nutty and boozy parfaits would make a fabulous dinner party dessert served with a jug of extra Baileys for...

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Baileys trifle

Baileys recipes

Baileys trifle

Everyone loves a splash of Baileys at Christmas time. We’ve created the ultimate in decadent desserts with this Baileys and...

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