Christmas is a wonderful time of the year. Even more exciting are the Christmas parties that you get to attend. The best thing about the Christmas parties are the foods that you get to devour.
Want to enjoy the deliciousness of a well-crafted dessert (or several) during the festive season without the mess, stress and complications of following elaborate recipes? Tray bakes are a great option. They often feature few ingredients, are comforting to eat and if you want to you can often eat them straight from the tray–perfect for the those late night sugar cravings and lazy weekends at home when you just want to sit back, relax and indulge!
These recipes offer a tasty selection of different styles of tray bakes that are sure to please even the fussiest of dessert lovers, with the recipes ranging from yummy slices, to raspberry and orange bites, to chocolate, toffee and peanut squares– and that’s just the beginning!
Here are 10 delicious and innovative recipes for tray bakes you can make for yourself and your guests! I hope you enjoy carrying out each of them.
1. Lemon and Cranberry Cube Cakes
If you love lemon, cranberry, and cake, you are sure to like this one. It is a delicious take on a new recipe. Get the whole family together for this party pleaser because I’m pretty sure the cube cakes will be gone in a flash. Grab yourself a plate beforehand because I doubt anybody will leave you some to eat. They’ll be gobbled up in no time.
I hope you enjoy this one– I predict you’ll love it!
2. Chewy Chocolate Oat Squares (Let’s get it on!)
These are definitely as yummy as they look! Check out the recipe. It isn’t hard as it sounds. You can make it in the comfort of your own lovely home.
3. Sticky Marshmallow and Chocolate Bake
My mouth is watering just at the sound of this particular dish. You’ll eat this the first chance you get. Try it and see for yourself.
4. Slimming World’s Raspberry and Orange Bites
This recipe is my favorite. These are delectable little squares with just the right amount of sweetness and happiness in each one.
5. Chocolate, Toffee and Peanut Squares…. oh my! (This is a party pleaser!)
Delicious is the one word that comes to my mind when I look at these squares! I hope it’s the same for you too. I love chocolate, so this is a sure favorite of mine.
6. Strawberry and macadamia blondies
I love strawberry so this one is a winner in my opinion. Just look at the picture above. Don’t you want to grab one off the screen! Well, make the recipe and you’ll get to taste it in reality! You’ll love it. This recipe would also be great at Christmastime.
7. Cherry and pistachio bake
Look at the colors on this one. If this is not festive enough for you, then I don’t know what is. This is the perfect tray bake for your guests to get into the mood of Christmastime and the beautiful holiday season! Just check out the recipe for yourself.
8. Flapjack fingers
These are mighty fine for Christmastime. Your guests will love them as they will be finished by the time the party even begins! Just be careful, because you’ll be jealous if you save one for yourself, and then one of your guests eats it while you’re in the kitchen preparing dinner. You don’t want to miss out on these delectable fingers– edible, of course!
9. Lemon Cheesecake slices (this one’s for the cheesecake lovers out there!)
These are as good as they sound, and as good as they look. Try the recipe. You will devour them– I guarantee it.
10. Jammy Coconut Squares
These are good. Try and see for yourself! I would die for these…truly, they’re just amazing! As pretty as they look, they are equally delicious.