Holiday Desserts with Peppermint: 20 Festive and Easy Dessert Recipes

When it comes to making holiday desserts, there are plenty of seasonal and festive flavors to choose from. One of the most classic Christmas dessert flavors is peppermint. Peppermint desserts pair amazingly well with chocolate, and span from homemade candy to homemade ice cream. The cool feeling of eating peppermint mirrors the chilly weather this time of year, making it the perfect treat to indulge in. Below, you'll find Holiday Desserts with Peppermint: 20 Festive and Easy Dessert Recipes that you can make this holiday season. Many of the easy dessert recipes below would make great gifts for friends, family, or neighbors. Other copycat dessert recipes are perfect for warming up on a chilly winter night. Whatever the occasion, you'll surely find the perfect dessert recipe to suit your needs from our list of the best peppermint dessert recipes!

Table of Contents
Peppermint Frozen Desserts
Hot Drinks with Peppermint
Peppermint Candy Recipes
More Peppermint Holiday Desserts

Peppermint Frozen Desserts

Even when the weather outside is frightful, a frozen peppermint dessert still sounds amazing. Enjoy a refreshing frozen peppermint dessert in the comfort of your own home with these easy copycat recipes. Homemade ice cream is easier than you think to make, and tastes wonderful with a drizzle of warm fudge sauce. You don't need to venture out in the cold to purchase a delicious holiday-inspired dessert: just head to the kitchen! All you need is a spoon or straw, and you've got the perfect treat.

• Homemade Chick-fil-A Peppermint Chocolate Chip Milkshake

• Copycat Hot Chocolate Peppermint Coffee Coolatta

• Homemade Peppermint Ice Cream

• Copycat Dairy Queen Candy Cane Chill Blizzard (pictured)

• Homemade Candy Cane Ice Cream

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Hot Drinks with Peppermint

Snuggle up on the couch with one of these hot peppermint dessert drinks. These are copycat recipes of your favorite seasonal coffee house drinks. Every sip of these sweet drinks will warm you up from the inside out. They make the perfect party drink because you can easily make a large batch and pour into mugs. When you top each drink with fresh whipped cream and chocolate shavings or sprinkles, they become an impressive drink everyone will remember.

• Copycat Starbucks Peppermint Latte (pictured)

• White Peppermint Hot Chocolate

• Copycat Starbucks Peppermint Mocha

Peppermint Candy Recipes

Make homemade candy this holiday season with these easy copycat recipes. Who wouldn't love a beautiful tin of homemade peppermint bark or marshmallows? Homemade desserts make a festive and easy gift for people who might be hard to shop for. Not only that, you can save a trip to the store (and some money) by whipping up holiday gifts made with love in your own kitchen. 

• Copycat Williams Sonoma Peppermint Bark

• Homemade Peppermint Bark

• Copycat York Peppermint Patties (pictured)

• Make at Home Peppermint Patties

• Homemade Peppermint Patties

• Homemade Peppermint Marshmallows

Get inspired this holiday season and host a cookie exchange! We've got  17 Easy Christmas Cookies for Hosting a Christmas Cookie Exchange Party for you to try this year.

More Peppermint Holiday Desserts

There are so many fantastic holiday desserts that use peppermint. Even if you don't feel like baking, we have you covered with no-bake dessert recipes. For chocolate lovers, we have plenty of baked goods that combine sweet and rich cocoa with refreshingly cool peppermint. Make sure to bring these holiday desserts to your next holiday party or family gathering. Everyone will go crazy for these sweet treats!

• Homemade Peppermint Oreos (pictured)

• Peppermint Crunch Popcorn

• Peppermint Puppy Chow

• Homemade Baker's Square Candy Cane Pie

• Homemade Starbucks Peppermint Cake Pops

• Homemade Peppermint Patty Brownies