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The biggest party to end the year is a favorite time for grazing. A BIG part of that snacking includes these decadent New Years Eve desserts!

Collage of New Year's Eve dessert recipes.

gotta Love Some Sweets!

What better way to celebrate the New Year than with an indulgent treat or several?

Before everyone recommits to healthy eating on January 1st, we pull out all the delicious desserts to serve for our New Year’s Eve party! We’ve rounded up plenty of yummy desserts for New Year’s, it will be hard to choose just a few! It’s a great chance to showcase some of your most delicious and fanciest sweets. 

Serving circular desserts is said to bring good luck for the new year, but we have plenty of treats of all shapes and sizes. Be sure to let us know which New Year’s Eve desserts are your favorites to make for the 31st!


Our Top 10 New Years Eve Dessert Picks

5 from 2 votes

Chocolate Fondue Recipe

Easily whip up the perfect Chocolate Fondue in under 30 minutes! You'll be dipping your favorites in no time.
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4.84 from 18 votes

Chocolate Mousse Recipe

Chocolate Mousse is a sophisticated, smooth, and creamy dessert perfect for dinner parties or any time you are feeling fancy!!
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5 from 8 votes

Crème Brûlée

A fancy restaurant-quality crème brûlée is easy to achieve at home!! Just 5 ingredients to create a sugar-crusted creamy vanilla custard!
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5 from 14 votes

Dirt Cake Parfait Recipe

Dirt Cake Parfaits are just like a classic dirt cake, but in single servings made from alternating layers of crushed Oreos and a light cream filling.
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4.98 from 35 votes

Peppermint Chocolate Delight Recipe

Deliciously fluffy layered Peppermint Chocolate Delight is simple and kid-friendly. It's our new favorite Christmas dessert!
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5 from 1 vote

Hot Chocolate Charcuterie Board

This party-perfect hot chocolate charcuterie board is ideal for mixing up one-of-a-kind hot cocoa, filled with your favorites!
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4.78 from 9 votes

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake Recipe

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake is a favorite Cheesecake Factory copycat. It's rich, creamy, and easy to make!
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4.93 from 84 votes

Cream Puff Recipe

Our homemade cream puff recipe is filled with fluffy, delicious cream and is easier to make at home than you'd think!
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4.99 from 99 votes

Pistachio Dessert Recipe

Delicious pistachio dessert has a crunchy shortbread cookie base for the perfect combination of crunchy, creamy, sweet + salty.
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5 from 11 votes

Dessert Kabobs Recipe

Dessert Kabobs are a simple and delicious way to serve several "mini" treats at once. They are perfect for parties, BBQs and every day!
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More New Year’s Eve Desserts

4.96 from 154 votes

Pecan Pie Cheesecake

Pecan pie cheesecake combines a creamy cheesecake layer with a buttery, caramel-pecan topping. It is perfectly indulgent!!
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4.95 from 20 votes

Hot Cocoa Cheesecake Minis Recipe

These Hot Cocoa Cheesecake Minis are the cutest and most delicious way to enjoy the winter season and spread Christmas cheer.
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5 from 9 votes

Peppermint Brownie Trifle Recipe

Beautiful Peppermint Brownie Trifle is a festive chocolate and peppermint dessert topped with crushed candy canes!
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5 from 5 votes

Peppermint Bark Recipe

This peppermint bark recipe requires just a few ingredients to make this holiday classic. Top with crushed candy canes, toffee bits, or nuts!
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5 from 18 votes

Peppermint Cheesecake Bars Recipe

Simple, Cool & Creamy Peppermint Cheesecake bars are topped with candy cane pieces and perfect for a quick holiday treat!
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5 from 17 votes

Chocolate Lava Cake Recipe

This deliciously decadent chocolate lava cake recipe is perfect for company or a date night and is made in just 30 minutes!!
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5 from 56 votes

7 Layer Bars

7 layer bars are filled with gooey layers of baking chips, pecans, and coconut on a buttery graham cracker crust. They are pure magic!
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5 from 24 votes

Peppermint Brownies

Beautifully layered peppermint brownies are fudgy and delicious with a dusting of crushed candy – they're perfect for the holidays!
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4.98 from 173 votes

Homemade Brownie Recipe

This fudgy homemade brownie recipe is so simple to make and worth every single calorie. They're delicious and better than any box!
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4.97 from 411 votes

Scotcheroos

A family FAVORITE, these chocolate peanut butter scotcheroos whip up in minutes for a quick and easy no-bake dessert.
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5 from 14 votes

Cookies and Cream Cupcakes Recipe

Cookies and Cream Cupcakes have a crunchy Oreo bottom and are topped with heavenly marshmallow fluff Oreo frosting!!
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4.97 from 55 votes

Cheesecake Cupcakes

Bite-size cheesecake cupcakes are a simple 6-ingredient cheesecake treat. Top with cherry pie filling, or any other topping you like!
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5 from 23 votes

Better Than Anything Cake Recipe

Quick and Easy Better than Anything Cake is a sweet cake filled with caramel and topped with cool whip and toffee bits!
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5 from 507 votes

Gooey Butter Cake Recipe

Simple gooey butter cake includes a crumbly cake crust with a gooey cream cheese topping that is completely addicting!
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4.99 from 156 votes

Cream Puff Cake Recipe

Smooth + rich Cream Puff Cake is a take on the popular cream puff dessert. Drizzle it in chocolate for a perfect bite!
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5 from 38 votes

Chocolate Sheet Cake

Our best-loved chocolate sheet cake topped with chocolate buttercream is simply delicious and feeds a crowd!
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4.97 from 274 votes

Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe

Our easy chocolate cake recipe is topped with a delicious chocolate frosting and is made with pantry staples.
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4.97 from 224 votes

Frosted Sugar Cookies

Our ALL-TIME favorite frosted sugar cookies are so soft and have the best, creamy frosting with hints of almond!
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4.92 from 49 votes

White Chocolate Lasagna Recipe

Layers of Golden Oreos, cream cheese, pudding, whipped cream and white chocolate curls make up this DELICIOUS White Chocolate Lasagna that is a hit at every function.
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5 from 66 votes

White Sheet Cake Recipe

This white sheet cake is moist, and is topped with an amazing frosting with hints of almond throughout. It also feeds a ton, making it great for parties and get together.
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4.96 from 22 votes

Turtle Thumbprint Cookie Recipe

With chopped pecans on the outside, a caramel filling and chocolate all around, these Turtle Thumbprint Cookies are hard NOT to love!
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4.93 from 90 votes

Cookie Bars Recipe

This chocolate chip cookie bars recipe is our family's go-to Sunday night dessert! It's your favorite cookie in bar-form, perfect with ice cream!
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4.90 from 28 votes

Sugar Cookie Bars

Frosted sugar cookie bars are one of everyone's favorite cookies in bar form! They're ready in 30 minutes, and perfect for sharing.
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5 from 252 votes

Churro Cheesecake Bars

Pairing two dessert favorites in one, our churro cheesecake bars use a simple shortcut for a 30-minute twist on a Mexican treat!
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5 from 5 votes

Peppermint Chocolate Truffle Recipe

Easy homemade peppermint chocolate truffles are simple and the perfect addition to any holiday party or cookie tray.
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4.97 from 53 votes

Peanut Butter Snowballs

4 ingredient peanut butter snowballs have a smooth and creamy center and hard candy shell – they're a favorite, festive Christmas candy!
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4.52 from 27 votes

Cheesecake Bites Recipe

There's no better no-bake treat than our chocolate-coated cheesecake bites recipe! Just 6 ingredients and perfect for parties, gifting and more.
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5 from 10 votes

Sheet Cake Bites Recipe

Sheet Cake Bites – delicious chocolate sheet cake topped with a yummy homemade chocolate walnut frosting – in bite sized form!
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5 from 42 votes

Mini Pecan Pies

Mini pecan pies are everyone's favorite pecan pie baked in mini form! They are sweet, bite-sized, crunchy, and delicious.
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5 from 16 votes

Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball

This decadent chocolate chip cheese ball is a cool, creamy treat filled with mini chocolate chips and perfect for dipping!
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5 from 135 votes

Peppermint Cheesecake

Oreo crust peppermint cheesecake is packed with both white and milk chocolate and loaded with peppermint flavor!!
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4.79 from 14 votes

Eggnog Cookies Recipe

Everyone loves these soft and tasty Eggnog Cookies with hints of cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. These cookies are also topped with an eggnog glaze and are perfect for the holidays.
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5 from 6 votes

Caramel Cake

Caramel cake is tender and tasty, with layers of light cake smothered with caramel frosting and topped off with caramel syrup!
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5 from 6 votes

Chocolate Cheesecake

An Oreo crust, chocolate cheesecake layer, and rich chocolate ganache topping combine to make this ultimate dessert for chocoholics.
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5 from 13 votes

Snickerdoodle Bars Recipe

Chewy snickerdoodle bars taste just like the famous cookie only thicker, for a more filling bite. Powder sugar glaze is the icing on top!
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Slice of lemon jello cheesecake
5 from 55 votes

Jello Cheesecake Recipe

This easy jello cheesecake is completely no-bake and perfect for summer! You'll love the tangy, creamy filling and graham cracker crust.
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5 from 7 votes

Chocolate Macaron Recipe

Crispy, chewy, chocolate macarons are delicious. These delicate little french pastries are filled with chocolate buttercream for a perfect bite!
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5 from 3 votes

Peppermint Fluff Recipe

Simple + Creamy Peppermint Fluff is used for dips or for adding to hot cocoa. It takes just minutes to make and is so tasty!
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5 from 11 votes

Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe

This timeless cream cheese pound cake recipe is soft, flavorful, and perfect topped with powdered sugar and fresh fruit.
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5 from 13 votes

Peppermint Meltaways Recipe

Soft and butter-y Peppermint Meltaways are a delicious holiday cookie topped with a peppermint glaze and crushed candy canes!
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3 Comments

  1. Kristina says:

    Your cream cheese filled strawberries are one of my favorites and i never have leftovers when I take them to a party.

  2. Joy says:

    You better believe that we have an assortment of desserts for New Year’s!! In the past, we’ve made your cream puff cake, lots of your bars & cookies, dirt cake, so many!!

  3. Olivia says:

    Desserts are always at the top of our list. It’s always a favorite in our home. You cant go wrong with any of these choices! Thank you for the variety!