Growing up in Chile, Maria's family would make Tres Leches for every celebration, especially Christmas.  She says, "Right now, I can’t get back home to spend Christmas with my family, but little things like this make them feel close by. To me it's a taste of home". This dessert is delicate and delicious, and is best made a day ahead to allow the flavours to develop. Tres Leches is best served chilled, topped with Anchor cream and fresh strawberries.

Kalakand is a traditional Indian milk-based dessert. Made with our Anchor Blue milk, it’s a delicious treat that the whole family will love.

For so many Kiwis, family barbeques and gatherings during the hot days of summer are synonymous with one dessert: A pile of perfect, fluffy white meringues. If you've been searching high and low for the perfect meringue recipe this festive season, look no further. Jette Dixon’s Mum's meringues, topped with fresh lemon curd and Anchor cream are delicious.

Tapara's sweet take on the traditional rice pudding comes from holidays spent at her kuia's farm when she was a child. Her kuia lived on a farm and did not have electricity, so she relied on her woodstove or cooked outside on the open fire. Reid-Hiakita's kuia would buy butter, milk and cream from a local trading store when collecting the children from the service car, and on arriving home, would use the ingredients to make her  "tasty, delicious rice pudding". 

Michelle's quick and easy Gingernut truffles are perfect for gifting or entertaining this Christmas. Michelle has memories of making these truffles with her Mum when she was young. "We'd spend all day together, hand rolling truffle after truffle and then putting them in giftboxes - each with a handwritten note'".  Easy and fun to make – mix and match the coatings and toppings of these truffles.

Makerita’s Pai Fala is a delicious Pineapple Pie that is commonly made in the Pacifica community. She says "It’s never Christmas without this on the table." This is not just a delicious addition to the table int he festive season but also when catching up with family or friends. Top with our ready to dollop Anchor Thickened cream, fresh peaches and pomegranate. 

For Katie, a Christmas baking fail when she was a child meant a trip to the local dairy to get the much-loved Jelly Tip for dessert. This inspired a Raspberry Chocolate Trifle recipe and it’s been a favourite for their family ever since. This showstopper is easy-to-assemble with store-bought ingredients and will be a hit at Christmas – or any time!

This Dresdner Stollen is a Christmas cake that come’s from Rita’s grandmother Oma Irmgard in Germany. For Rita, growing up in communist East Germany meant treats were scarce, but a lot of preparation went into making the dense, buttery Christmas cake once a year. This is a scaled down version for just 1 small cake.