Winter Wonderland Dessert Table
Create a winter wonderland dessert table with a monochromatic palette of white and silver with snowflake details. You’ll feel like you entered an icy haven full of sweet treats! It’s a fabulous focal point for a winter wonderland party theme.
Keep the desserts minimal but impactful. With a doughnut hole tree that makes a fabulous centerpiece, snowman meringues and snowflake-topped cupcakes, what more could you want?
Why You’ll Love It
- These ideas work well for an adult party or a child’s “Frozen” themed birthday party. And, it coordinates seamlessly with my winter wonderland tablescape!
- Set this up for an ice skating after-party, or a post snow sledding outing.
- It’s fun for a Christmas party theme for girls night, or a Christmas movie night for the kids.
What to Serve
Add white desserts and drinks to the dessert table display. They can include store bought candies and cupcakes or homemade mini desserts and parfaits.
- Place white or silver toned candies in apothecary jars. Good choices are silver wrapped Kisses, white gumballs or taffy, Sixlets or M&M’s,
- White chocolate covered pretzels or Oreo’s.
- Powdered sugar coated bourbon balls, or mini donuts.
- Mini cheesecakes and cupcakes.
- Coconut cake sprinkled with flakey coconut to look like snow.
See more ideas below.
Order decorated sugar cookies or make shortbread cookies and ice them with vanilla cookie icing. Sprinkle on snowflake decorator candies.
Make meringue snowmen and set them on a bed of flaked coconut to look like snow. Use edible marker to draw snowman features.
Serve cupcakes decorated with fondant snowflake cutouts. Find fondant at the craft store in the baking section, and use cookie cutters for the shapes.
To make it even easier, buy cupcakes already made!
Create an adorable donut hole tree. Wrap a crafting cone with saran wrap or wrapping paper and stick toothpicks into the side. Attach white powdered donut holes to the toothpicks and place a ribbon bow on top.
Add regular and cinnamon donut holes to create more interest.
Dip homemade Oreo truffles in white chocolate and place them on the table. For the holidays make peppermint Oreo truffles.
Another option is cake pops that you can place on lollipop sticks to make them easy to hold.
You’ll love these eggnog mini bundt cakes that look like little snow covered mountains. Garnish with white sprinkle candies or dragees and place on a tiered server.
Individual dessert cups are easy to make using a package mix of no-bake cheesecake, pudding or mousse. Just add it to shot glasses and top with whipped cream and sprinkles.
Sip on your dessert with this white chocolate martini with a “snowball” of ice cream placed in the middle of the glass.
Warm up with white hot chocolate and top it with a marshmallow snowflake.
Classic eggnog is perfect for a holiday party. Make my easy eggnog punch for a gathering of friends and family. It starts with commercial eggnog and gets dressed up!
Tips To Get the Look
- Re-purpose Christmas decorations such as glittery cone trees and “iced” branches to create a winter forest effect.
- A silvery sequined tablecloth base adds a magical “wonderland” feel to the setting. Or you can use a white base for more of a snowy effect.
- Fill glass jars with silver jingle bells for a whimsical detail.
- Use snowflake designs in strategic areas. Hang a small banner, make a backdrop with hanging snowflakes, and add embellishments to the sweets with fondant cutouts or marshmallows.
- Use complementary items like napkins or themed plates to further enhance the theme.
For a different take on a winter wonderland dessert table check out this pink & blue version.
More Dessert Table Themes
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