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Home » FOOD & DRINKS » 10 Easy And Delicious No-Bake Desserts
What’s Christmas without delicious cookies? But, there are elaborate steps involved in preparing many of them and if you are a novice baker and also a perfectionist at heart that is the stuff for nightmares. Shopping for the right ingredients in the right quantities, preparing the dough to the perfect texture, melting this and that, preheating the oven to the right temperature, making the cookies look visually appealing… that’s just too much work for a novice baker! Usually that’s the way the cookie crumbles! Thankfully, easy no-bake Christmas cookies is an option for you. We have done the dirty work and put together 10 super easy no bake cookie recipes for you that aresuper easy to prepare, delicious, visually appealing and foolproof.
1. Brownie Bites (No Bake)
And then God said let there be chocolate and some more of it! This super delicious sinful double chocolate desert requires less than five minutes to prepare, less than five ingredients and has a ton of chocolate in it. To prepare this you need one brownie mix, half a cup of miniature chocolate chips, dry pudding mix and 3/4 cup of butter.
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2. The Oreo Melting Snowman Truffle
This one is going to look little bit messy end melty, but don’t worry that’s part of the master plan. To prepare this bake a pack of Oreo cookies, crush it in a Ziploc bag and empty the crumbs into a mixing bowl. Take some softened cream cheese, mix with the crumbs and roll the dough into balls. Refrigerate the balls for a while and in the meantime fashion out snowman hats using the Rolo candy and Oreo (use the candy for hat top and Oreo for hat rim). Now melt some candy and put a blob of it on parchment paper to prepare the “melted” part of the melting snowman.
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3. Marshmallow Snowmen
Some big marshmallows, some small marshmallows, icing sugar, liquorice lace and gum drops are all you need to prepare this colorful and sumptuous desert. Fashion out the snowman’s face using a small marshmallow and use icing sugar for decoration. Use a large marshmallow for the torso and fix the head to it using icing glue. Set it aside while you give your snowman marshmallow arms. Make sure you hold the parts in place for a while until they set. Drape around the red liquorice lace in the form of a scarf and use a gum drop for the hat. 25 minutes, 5 ingredients and ton a ton of love is all you need to prepare this sweet and mushy no bake Christmas treat.
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4. Avocado Pudding With Chocolate And Peanut Butter
This one is all about the Godly mix of chocolate and peanut butter getting married to tasty Avocado pudding. You need 1 and ripe avocados, a ripe yellow banana, a cup of unsweetened cocoa,cup of salted peanut butter, cup of honey or any other natural sweetener, quarter cup of almond milk and some coconut whipped cream for toppings.
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5. Brownie Pops (peppermint)
This one is super easy to prepare. You need a box o fudge brownie mix, some peppermint extract, some chocolate, lollipop sticks and some peppermint sprinkles. Mix the brownie batter and peppermint extract and bake according to instructions. Fashion balls out of the baked brownie mix and dip in molten chocolate. Insert lollipop sticks dipped in molten chocolate into the balls and sprinkle some peppermint sprinkles. You are done!
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6. Pumpkin Pie Shot (Jelly Shot)
In a saucepan soak gelatin and then heat the dissolved gelatin for 5 minutes. Mix pumpkin puree, yogurt, spices, syrup and food coloring in a medium sized bowl and pour the gelatin over it. Mix thoroughly and then add a dash of vodka. Pour into condiment cups and refrigerate until fully settled. After a few hours add green frosting leaves to the condiments as topping and serve. You might also use some brown candy on the top for the stem.
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7. Ice Cream Cake
Lay down some ice-cream sandwiches onto a 9×13 pan and generously pour some caramel sauce on them. Then add whipped topping and drizzle some chocolate sauce. Refrigerate for a couple of hours before serving. It’s super simple and delicious.
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8. Funfetti Fudge
That sounds sumptuous, doesn’t it? It actually is! Heat some milk and white chocolate in a microwave for 2-3 minutes and then stir to buttery consistency. Add almonds and vanilla and stir. Add rainbow sprinkles and let the mixture settle for a while in a baking pan in the refrigerator or in normal room temperature. Once fully settled cut out cubes and serve. Easy, isn’t it?
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9. Caramel Apple Delight
Slice off the head of an apple to form an apple bowl and then scoop out the soft stuff inside with a melon baller. Fill up the area with ice cream and you are done. This is the simplest of all easy no-bake Christmas cookies!
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10. Nutella Cookies (no bake)
Mix butter, cocoa, sugar and milk and heat to a boil. Cook efor about a minute and add vanilla, nutella and salt. Remove from heat and add coconut flakes, hazelnuts and oats. Let it set for a while at room temperature and then serve.
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