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Easy Christmas dessert ideas

Easy versions of your favourite Christmas desserts, including crumbles, trifles and rocky road. Look no further for brilliant alternatives to complicated puddings.

Christmas apple and mincemeat crumble

by Annie Rigg

This twist on the apple crumble is a great way to use up Christmas marzipan and the jar of mincemeat you have leftover post-Christmas. Let’s get ready to crumble.

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Easy chocolate trifle

by Justine Pattison

Tiramisu

by Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi

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Christmas rocky road

by Nigella Lawson

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by Lorraine Pascale

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by Nadiya Hussain

Chocolate mousse cake

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by Angela Hartnett

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by Liberty Mendez

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by Karla Zazueta

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Easy chocolate cheesecake

by Lorraine Pascale

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by James Martin

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by The Hairy Bikers

Ginger, mango and lime trifle

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by Nigella Lawson

Mary Berry's easy sticky toffee pudding

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