10 Festive Holiday Desserts for the Season

What’s your favorite part of the winter season? Maybe it’s trimming the tree with sentimental ornaments collected through the years, driving around your neighborhood checking out the lights, or baking red-and-green sprinkled sugar cookies with the kiddos. For us, it’s the holiday meal, with overflowing plates of oven-roasted ham, scalloped potatoes, veggies, and delicious desserts from gingerbread to pumpkin pie perched atop the family table.  

Since store-bought sweets can be loaded with corn syrup, sugar, and all manner of unwanted ingredients, we love to make and bake our own. Besides being able to control all the components that go into your dessert, you'll also fill your home with fragrant baking scents of cinnamon, vanilla, and cocoa throughout the season. Live your most wonderful holiday life, and satisfy the whole crowd of family & friends, by whipping up one of these mouthwatering holiday dessert recipes made with your favorite pantry staples.

Pumpkin Pie Bars

It simply wouldn't be the holidays without a heaping helping of pumpkin pie! We took the classic recipe and made a "gourd-geous" gluten-free version that combines all the heartwarming spices of the season with two types of collagen (Vanilla and Chai Tea) for a handheld treat that's a sweet ending to any winter meal.    

Candy Cane Smoothie 

The refreshing peppermint taste of the childhood classic in a frosty shake! Our tasty twist on this red-and-white swirled candy tucks Unflavored Collagen in with peppermint extract, milk, and that solid leftover goodness from the coconut milk can for a fun holiday treat that really shakes up your ordinary dessert routine!

Sweet Potato S’mores

This campfire classic gets a holiday twist with the addition of seasonal sweet potatoes filled with chocolate and homemade marshmallows crafted with our Vanilla Coconut Collagen . Everyone in your family will be begging for s’more of this scrumptious, chocolatey dish. 

Pecan Sticky Buns

Skip the usual “press here with spoon” refrigerated cinnamon buns and make your own from scratch! Our gluten-free recipe is made with rich, sticky coconut sugar caramel and includes Primal Kitchen Collagen Peptides for hair, skin, and nail support in every ooey, gooey bite. 

Pumpkin Spice Donuts

If you prefer old-fashioned cake style donuts to the greasy fried glazed ones, you’ll love these mouthwatering oven-baked donuts. Spiked with classic pumpkin pie spices, they’re delicious solo or dunked in your favorite cold brew. 

Snickerdoodle Skillet Cookie

Enjoy all the cinnamon-sugar goodness of the decadent restaurant dessert without cane sugar or grains! Dreams of this warm and gooey skillet cookie made with our seasonal Snickerdoodle Collagen will be dancing in your head all winter long.  

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Wishing for a tall, dark, and handsome delight this holiday season? Look no further than this rich, velvety frosted layer cake that’s also gluten-free and vegan to boot. It’s sinfully delicious—without the sin!

Holiday Buckeyes Candy

Part cookie dough and part truffle, this keto-friendly peanut butter candy is the perfect addition to a holiday dessert platter and a sweet homemade stocking stuffer. Made with natural peanut butter plus our Peanut Butter Flavor Collagen Fuel® Drink Mix, these salty-sweet gems delight peanut butter and chocolate lovers all year round. 

Grain-Free Pumpkin Bread

Made with almond flour, this delicious gluten-free bread gets its dreamy texture and pie-like flavor from real pumpkin puree combined with almond butter and our delicious Vanilla Coconut Collagen. Top your loaf with pecans or a sprinkle of pumpkin seeds for an extra toasty, nutty taste. 

Pecan Sandie Cookie Mix in a Jar

If you've ever seen those premade "in a jar" cookie mixes at your local big-box store, this is like those but so much better! This easy DIY gift lets the recipient craft their own delicious, scratch-made, gluten-free cookies with ingredients like almond flour, nuts, Primal Kitchen Vanilla Collagen Fuel, and Whey Protein.