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Experience the festive delight of Christmas Lasagna – a layered holiday dessert that’s colorful and delicious! Made with a buttery shortbread base, a minty peppermint cheesecake layer, a smooth green pudding layer and then topped off with a fluffy Cool Whip topping and marshmallows with candy cane pieces!
Christmas Dessert Lasagna Recipe
You’ll love this Christmas Lasagna because it’s a perfect blend of sweet and creamy layers. Every bite of this layered dessert is a burst of holiday flavors. If you are looking for a similar chocolate layered dessert try our Hot Chocolate Lasagna.
What You’ll Need
- Cookie layer: The base layer is made up of butter, powdered sugar, flour, cocoa powder, salt, red gel food coloring
- Cheesecake layer: The cheesecake layer is in the middle. It consists of cream cheese, powdered sugar, Cool Whip, and peppermint extract. You can substitute whipped topping with Homemade Whipped Cream.
- Pudding Layer: This layer is made up of a creamy white chocolate pudding made with milk, dyed green.
- Topping: It is all topped with Cool Whip or whipped cream, mini marshmallows, and crushed peppermint candy canes.
How to Make Christmas Lasagna
- Prepare the Cookie Layer: This is the red layer. Mix flour, salt, and cocoa powder in a small bowl. In a mixer, blend butter and sugar until smooth. Add red food coloring, and mix well. Slowly add the flour mixture at low speed. Press the crust into a baking dish, and bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Peppermint Cheesecake Layer: This is the white layer. Blend cream cheese and powdered sugar in a large bowl until smooth. Add 1 ½ cups Cool Whip or whipped cream and peppermint extract, and mix. Spread cream cheese mixture over cooled cookie layer. Freeze to harden.
- Green Pudding Layer: This is the green layer. Mix instant pudding mix, milk, and green food coloring for 5 minutes. Spread over cream cheese layer. Freeze for 1 hour.
- Topping: Spread 1 ½ cups Cool Whip over pudding layer. Sprinkle mini marshmallows and crushed candy canes on top.
Tips and Tricks for Christmas Lasagna Recipe
- Preparation is Key: Ensure your ingredients are at room temperature for smooth blending and baking.
- Parchment Paper: Line your baking dish with parchment paper for easy removal and clean edges.
- Chilling Time: Let each layer chill properly, especially the cheesecake and pudding layers. This ensures a firm and delightful texture.
- Creative Toppings: Have fun with toppings! Crushed candy canes and mini marshmallows add a festive touch and contrasting textures. Feel free to get creative and add other things.
- Sharp Knife for Neat Slices: When cutting the dessert into slices, use a sharp knife dipped in warm water for clean, beautiful servings.
- Serve Chilled: Christmas Lasagna is best enjoyed cold, so keep in the refrigerator until serving for the most delightful experience.
- Experiment with Flavors: Feel free to play around with extracts or food coloring to customize the dessert to your preference.
More Delicious Holiday Desserts
- Christmas Tree Brownies
- Hot Cocoa Marshmallow Cookie Cups
- Christmas Cake Batter Fudge
- Christmas Donut Wreath
- Frosted Hot Cocoa Cookies
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Christmas Lasagna
Experience the festive delight of Christmas Lasagna – a layered holiday dessert that's sure to bring joy to your taste buds. Get ready for a delightful blend of flavors and textures in every bite!
Servings: 16 servings
Prep: 2 hours hrs
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Ingredients
Cookie Layer:
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon Hershey cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3-6 drops red food coloring
Peppermint Cheesecake Layer:
- 8 ounce cream cheese softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 ½ cup Cool Whip or whipped cream
- 1 teaspoon pure peppermint extract
Pudding Layer:
- 2 boxes 3.9 ounce white chocolate instant pudding
- 3 cup milk
- 2-4 drops green food coloring
Topping:
- 1 ½ cup Cool whip or whipped cream
- 3 cup mini marshmallows
- 1 cup candy canes crushed
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 and tear of a large sheet of parchment paper to cover a 9×13 baking dish.
In a small bowl whisk together flour, salt and cocoa powder.
In a standing mixer, beat butter and sugar until smooth.
Add red food coloring and mix well.
Turn you mixer on low speed and gradually add flour mixture.
You may need to use your hands to mix throughly to make sure that you get all the flour mixture.
Press the mixture into bottom of baking dish and bake for 18-20 minutes.
Remove from the oven and cool completely.
Peppermint cheesecake layer:
Using the standing mixer, beat the cream cheese and powder sugar until smooth
Add 1 ½ cup Cool Whip and peppermint extract and mix until combine.
Spread over cooled shortbread layer.
Place into the freezer to harden while you make the pudding.
Green pudding layer:
In a large mixing bowl, combine the two boxes of pudding, milk and green food coloring and mix for 5 minutes.
Spread over cream cheese layer.
Place into the freezer for 1 hour.
Topping directions :
Spread 1 ½ cup Cool whip over pudding layer and top with mini marshmallows and crushed candy canes.
Place in the fridge for overnight.
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Nutrition
Calories: 334kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 187mg | Potassium: 115mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 555IU | Calcium: 85mg | Iron: 0.7mg
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- Christmas
- Desserts
- Holidays
- Recipes
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4 comments on “Christmas Lasagna Dessert”
Tina J
Oct 31, 2017 at 4:29 pm
This looks amazing! I have a question – what is cool whip? We don’t have that in Australia. Will thickened whipped fresh cream do the same?
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Jill
Nov 15, 2017 at 5:06 pm
whip up some heaving whipping cream combined with a little bit of sugar
Maria
Oct 31, 2017 at 3:24 pm
Thank you for the inspiration on this! My family has a “green pudding” on the table every year that includes pasticio jello, pineapple and marshmallows. I’m sure I could change things up a bit this year thanks to you! Merry early Christmas.
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kural
Oct 31, 2017 at 5:54 am
super care
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