Typically, my Christmas Day Desserts are made from scratch but the last few years I have found myself spending more time in the kitchen than with my guests on the big day. Epicure was introduced into my life and since then has helped make my holiday meals simple, fast and delicious.
Epicure offers clean eating with real, whole and gluten-free ingredients and innovative cookware. Clean products and recipes work together to form timesaving, practical solutions for real life situations.
4 Delicious Christmas Day Desserts
1.) Eggnog Cheesecake – Made with the Eggnog Cheesecake Mix; it tastes like the drink, vanilla bean, nutmeg & cinnamon. Alternatively, make with yogurt & a gingersnap crust or bite-size using Perfect Petites.
2.) Bread and Butter Pudding – Made with Epicure’s ground Cinnamon; using the Multipurpose Pot.
- Cinnamon 68 g 2.4 oz / 68 g 2,4 oz – A versatile spice; use for more than just baking! Try it in oatmeal, Mexican sauces, or smoothies; season roasted root vegetables & spiced nuts.
- The Multipurpose Pot 2 L (8 C) / 2 L (8 T) – Pour spout, ergonomic stay-cool handles & interior measurements on both sides for left- & right-hand use. Comes with a clear, tempered-glass lid with built-in strainer (2 sizes).
3.) Festive Yule Log – Made with Epicure’s Pure Cocoa, Baking Powder and Coconut Lime Sweet Dip; using the Bake & Roll and Baking Sheet.
- Pure Cocoa 500 g 17.6 oz / 500 g 17,6 oz – Rich, pure cocoa. Contains up to 22–24% cocoa butter solids for dense chocolate flavour. Blends easily with wet & dry ingredients.
- Baking Powder 225 g 7.9 oz / 225 g 7,9 oz – Aluminum free. Makes cakes & muffins airier.
- Coconut Lime Sweet Dip – Made with the Coconut Lime Sweet Dip Mix and greek yogurt. The Coconut Lime Sweet Dip Mix is 142 g 5.0 oz / 142 g 5,0 oz: Coconut, lime leaf & organic cane sugar. Dip sliced mango & grilled pineapple. Decorate cookies & cupcakes.
- Bake & Roll 42.5 x 30 x 2.5 cm (16¾” x 11¾” x 1″) / 42,5 x 30 x 2,5 cm (16 ¾ x 11 ¾ x 1 po) – Flexible, non-stick silicone baking mat. Bake treats; roast meat & veggies. Custom fit for the Baking Sheet.
- Baking Sheet 45 x 33 cm (17¾” x 13″) / 45 x 33 cm (17 ¾ x 13 po) – Seamless aluminum evenly holds & distributes heat. Rolled edges for easy gripping. Pair with the Bake & Roll, Perfect Petites & Waffle Mold.
4.) Nanaimo Bars – Made with Epicure’s Pure Cocoa, this classic dessert will bring back many holiday memories.
Epicure kicks up your holiday cooking up a notch with products that inspire good food experiences and making memories. I’ve purchased Epicure products for years and have many favourites in my cupboard; two of my absolute must have are:
- Extraordinary Trio spices to make the well-known Extraordinary Cheese Dip™ in the Mini Baker.
- Extraordinary Trio – Versatile blends to take you from breakfast to dinner. Make classic cheese dip, quesadillas, & fish sticks. Includes Cheese, Chives & Bacon Dip Mix, 3 Onion Dip Mix, Lemon Dilly Dip Mix & recipe cards.
- Mini Baker – 500 ml (2 C) – 12.5 cm (5″) / 500 ml (2 T) – 12,5 cm (5 po) Glazed stoneware & lid keep food warm. Go from fridge, to oven, to table. Great for potlucks.
- Red Pepper Jelly to make Baked Brie with Red Pepper Jelly in the Mini Baker. Epicure Red Pepper Jelly 160 ml 5.4 fl oz / 160 ml 5,4 oz: Sweet & subtly spiced prepared jelly. Serve with cream cheese & crackers. Top baked brie; glaze meatballs. Spread on lamb or chicken burgers.
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#SJHolidayGifts TWITTER PARTY
If you’re looking for Christmas gift ideas for more people on your list, make sure to check out the rest of our Holiday Gift Guide features and don’t forget to join us for the #SJHolidayGifts Twitter Party on December 3rd at 9pm EST where Epicure will be giving away an amazing prize! RSVP HERE.
WIN a Epicure Entertainer Collection!
Calling all cooks or to those who would love an Epicure Entertainer Collection to set you up for your holiday cooking. One lucky winner will receive 1 Epicure Entertainer Collection valued at $214.00!
This collection is the hottest gifts for those who like to see and be seen. The Entertainer Collection includes Bacon, Leek & Tomato Dip Mix, Christmas Tea, Dip & Spreader, Extraordinary Trio, Gingerbread Spices, Little Italy Sauce Mix, Mini Appetizer Plates, Mini Baker – Aubergine, Mulling Spices, Multipurpose Pot – 8 C, Paris Bistro Sauce Mix, Red Pepper Jelly & Waffle Mold.
Entry is simple, just fill in the form below. All entries will be verified, this contest ends on December 10th, 2015. The winner will have 48 hours to respond.
*Open to Canadian residents, excluding Quebec.
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post, all opinions are my own.
I love shortbread as dessert. I’m a foodie so I’d keep this gift to myself.
Struffoli is my favourite Christmas dessert. I would gift this to my oldest Niece.
My favourite Christmas dessert is my mom’s apple dumplings with rum sauce (we use rum flavouring). This prize would be a Merry Christmas gift to me.
My sister’s candy cane cheesecake! I’d share this gift with her.
My favourite dessert is my daughter’s Lemon Squares. She has been making them for several years now and they get better every year. This gift would be for her.
Toffee cheesecake bites to be shared with anyone and everyone
I make shortbread cookies every Christmas and I like to attempt to make my grandmothers potato candy but mine never turns out, if I win this I would like to keep this set, but if I gift it, I would be gifting to my eldest daughter!!
This would my gift to myself as I’m always trying to find something great to ask for. My favourite Christmas dessert is nanaimo bars.
My favorite Christmas Dessert is shortbread and I would give it to some of my elderly neighbors at Christmas time!
Love carrot cake for desert..it’s my favourite desert to make for family and friends
We love Pumpkin and at Christmas we still have pumpkin pie for dessert. I froze my pumpkin puree I made from the halloween pumpkin and will use it to make the pumpkin pie for Christmas.
I love shortbread and i think I would actually keep this one to make my own cookies and treats.
My fav dessert is apple crisp. I think if I didn’t keep this for myself I probably would end up giving it to my sister she always is entertaining.
My favourite Christmas dessert is all the cookies. I think I’ll be keeping this one.
My favorite Christmas dessert is Cherry Breeze Pie, especially for my son!
My favourite Christmas dessert is the lemon squares my mom makes. If I win this prize it would go to her as a gift.
My favourite Christmas dessert is my Grandma’s butter tarts.
Gingerbread cookies made with my boys are my favourite Christmas dessert! I would gift this to my husband so we can try new things to cook and bake together :)
My favorite Christmas dessert is homemade vanilla cake with brown sugar cream sauce.
I’m in love with nanaimo bar!
I always make homemade Carmel Popcorn with lots of different nuts :) yummy
My favorite christmas dessert are my grandmas date cookies.
treats are my fave but hate to make,, ill do all the gingerbread people ..love epicure. thanks
I love Millionaire’s Shortbread and this gift would be for me. I could give it to my husband if you’d like me to gift it. :P
lemon pie
My favourite is the Festive Yule Log. I would give it to my daughter.
My favourite Christmas dessert are gingerbread cookies. This gift would be for my sister.
mmm nanaimo bars are delicious.
My favorite Christmas dessert is mini caramel cheese cake! I think I would gift this to my daughter. (If I could part with it!)
I love Triffle for dessert. This gift would be for me, of course. lol
My rite Christmas dessert is Yuletide log.I would share this gift oirls night out.
I like bark and this gift would be for my daughter-in-law who loves baking
I’m blocked from following SoberJulie on twitter – anyway to get unblocked please?
My favorite Christmas dessert is shortbread and this would be a gift for my daughter.
Favourite dessert is trifle! A gift for my family who also love this!!
my fave is Black Forest Cake & I would be gifting this to me !
my moms homeamde log cake
I LOVE whipped shortbread. I would give this gift to me!
my favourite christmas dessert are butter tarts and this would be a happy birthday/merry christmas gift for me :) Its just too awesome to share lol. Thank you for the chance.
My favourite Christmas dessert is mince tarts, and this gift would be for my step-dad who loves everything to do with cooking and who is amazing at it!
I love butter tarts.
My favourite dessert is PECAN PIE. Yes, I have to shout it, I love it that much LOL
I’d probably keep some of this for myself, and share with my sister and my mom!
I love baking pies, this would be for my MIL
Mt favourite desert is hot apple pie
strawberry cheese cake. I would gift this to my mom who loves to bake
I absolutely love creme brule and would probably keep a few items and share with my mom and sisters!
My favorite Christmas dessert is strawberry shortcake. Anytime, anywhere!!
My favorite dessert is pecan pie. I also love pumpkin pie and ice box cookies. I might have a sweet tooth.
I love pumpkin pie! This would be for my awesome mom.
Nanaimo Bars are MY absolute fav treat. I can pound back a tray in a day for sure. LOL I try not to have a large quantity on hand.
Oh! and ld keep this set!! I don’t have a lot of experience with Epicure!!
My favourite Christmas dessert would be apple pie topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and cinammon tu-bees honey drizzling down.
My favorite is pumpkin pie with lots of whipped cream. I would spit it between me and my sisters.
If I were to be lucky enough to win, I would be gifting this to my Mother-In-Law. It would be something the culinary chef in her would love and appreciate.
Big fan of Palmiers
This gift would be for me as I’m anticipating baking things for the holidays – like fruit pies – and much of the prize pack would be put to use.
I love shortbread cookies and this would be for my mom :)
my favourite Christmas dessert is Sticky Toffee Pudding
and I would give this to my sister, because she is the baker in the family :D
cheesecake and gift for myself
I love the traditonal Yule log cake, I would keep this for myself to use for baking it.
My favourite Christmas dessert is my Nan’s cherry cake. I would give this to my mom if I won.
My favourite Christmas dessert is Plum Pudding with hard sauce. (all butter and icing sugar I think. lol) I love how it melts over the warm pudding. So rich and so good.
ps. I would be keeping this gift for myself. Again shhhhh…….
Mine is Gingerbread and shortbread, the gift would be for my grandmother
Nanaimo bars I would give to my sister.
Eggnog cheese cake and the prize would be for me.
I love tiramisu and I’d gift this to my mother.
It would be great to win a Epicure Entertainer Collection.
In response to your questions of
What is your favourite Christmas dessert? and Who would this gift be for?
My favourite christmas dessert is Gingerbread and Shortbread cookies
and i would give this to my mother as a gift.
Thank you for having this giveaway.
My favourite Christmas dessert is Bakeapple Cheesecake and if i were to win i would gift this to my Mom
I love trifle, and I’d keep it for myself
My favourite Christmas dessert is trifle. I would love to have this set for myself!
homemade aged Christmas pudding with a hot rum sauce,,,
My fave xmas dessert is bouche de noel. I would give this to my mom.
Butter tarts and pete de soeurs are my fave and I would share with the family.
Lemon Cheesecake! My mom loves it looks forward to it every year!
I love pineapple bars.
I love trifles at Christmastime! Cherry, Whipped Cream, Angel Food Cake, Chocolate – YUM!!
Tough choice between apple pie & cherry winks!! I’d love this gift for myself!
I love the profiterolles that my mom makes.
love anything gingerbread..
I would keep the gift for myself
My favourite Christmas dessert is rocky road bars. I would keep it for myself….just being honest.
my favorite dessert is pumpkin pie and ice cream and the person i would LOVE to win this for is my mom who introduced me to the Epicure line
My favourite Christmas dessert is cheesecake
My favourite christmas dessert is my sister’s chocolate log cake with whipped cream icing, it’s amazing… I think she invented the recipe. I would share my prize with her if I were lucky enough to win.
My favourite dessert would be either shortbread cookies, or Yule Logs, and this present would be for me!
I love shortbread, I could eat it every day! I love Epicure, this would be the perfect gift for my mom!
Our Christmas favourite is butter tarts!
My favorite Christmas nom noms would have to be my Gran’s whipped shortbread. I’ve tried Epicure once or twice, and would relish the chance to try more. My sister loves it, so would definitely be sending some to her
My favorite Christmas Dessert is shortbread that Imake for family and friends
My favourite Christmas dessert is gingerbread cookies.
I would give this gift to my kids’ school for their basket raffle.
My favourite Christmas dessert is pumpkin cheesecake, I would give this to my daughter..she’s becoming quite the foodie
I loved minced pies at Christmas! I would gift this to my co-worker who is a huge fan of Epicure!
My favourite Christmas dessert is cranberry walnut banana bread. I’d either keep this for myself or give it to my sister.
I love homemade trifle. I would give this to my mother in law!
My Fave Christmas dessert is Strawberry cheesecake and i would gift this to me Mom , she loves to bake and cook :)
I love gingerbread cookies or shortbread cookies.
Rice pudding is my favorite dessert. This would be a gift to my mom
Shortbread
My face dessert is cheesecake. The gift would be for my mom.
forgot to add this would be for my friend Cindy to share with me!
I love just about everything but can not stop eatting shortbread will never turn them cookies down
nanaimo bars to my big brother Steve because he loves them
I would make cheesecake and gingerbread cookies and gift them to my son and daughter.
Fav dessert is flan and this would be for my mother in law
My favourite Christmas dessert is the cake: Buche de Noel in Vanilla flavour!
My favourite dessert for Christmas is Floating Island and I would share with my daughter.
Cheery pie is always my fav – any time of the year!
My favorite dessert is my daughters grandmothers cheesecake. I would gift this to her. Thanks so much for the chance
Love cheesecake! gift for my gilrls
Shortbreads of course..it wouldn’t be Christmas without them.
Definitely Plum Pudding with custard, heavenly. Though these days I can only manage a tiny piece after the turkey dinner, I used to be able to eat a normal sized piece but these days it’s too much. Christmas cake (fruit cake with royal icing) comes a close second.
my fave christmas dessert is anything candy cane taste –i love my cheesecake though
I love all kinds of Christmas cookies,I cannot pick a favorite! This would be for myself if I won :)
I just love melt away short bread and yule logs .. I am a single mom this is being gifted right to myself would not giift this to anyone to be honest .
BUTTERTARTS
My chocolate chips cookies and they will be given out to my BFFs
This would be a dream to win. I bake a lot-I got the baking bug from my mom and grandmother. It’s tradition! My fondest memories contain baking with them. The trials and tribulations of our baked goods. I’d love to win and bake-keep tradition going. I find it fun and therapeutic :)
I have to be honest-I’d share it with my Mom-we love to make traditional amaretti cookies at Christmas, gingerbread and Tiramisu and panettone are staple.
My fav dessert is angel pie. My Mom always made it but since she passed away, I’m next in line to try to perfect it the way she did. I would love to win this set for myself, actually! It’s something my Mom would have given me. :)
Would gift to my cousin who got me hooked on the cheese, chives and bacon dip. You can put it with anything! Crackers, veggies, its sooo good!
Love apple pie. I would so keep this for me!
Fa v is plum pudding, i serve it to my family on xmas.
I love to make Christmas cookies to give to my friends and co-workers.
I love to cook! I would keep this if I’m lucky enough to win. It certainly would come in handy this Christmas season
Omgosh these items are awesome I love baking & would love to try these recipes Xx
Shortbread for my Mom
I love butter tarts and shortbread. I would keep this for myself.
My favourite is the classic French St. Honoré cake ! I would definitely gift this amazing collection to my wife as she loves to cook!
I love chocolate mousse cake. I’d have to keep this for me!
I love apple pie during the holidays. I’d love to win this for my mom.
Shortbread Cookies are a Christmas must!
This prize pack looks awesome!
mince tarts with home-made ice cream. it would be a gift for a family member. thanks
pumpkin pie and I would keep this for myself (shhh . . I know thats bad) lol
Shortbread and the gift would be for my sister.
My favorite Christmas desert is pineapple cheesecake. I would gift this to a very dear friend of mine who loves to bake.