The 32 best Christmas puddings

Gluten-free Christmas pudding

A gluten-free diet doesn’t mean lowering your standards. This gluten-free Christmas pudding is bursting with fruit and flavour for a festive treat.

Frozen Christmas pudding

This sweet and creamy Christmas pudding pairs two types of homemade ice-cream to create a delicious frozen dessert to serve during the festive season.

Mini plum puddings

Steamed citrus brandy fruit pudding

Looking for a pudding with a difference this year? Our steamed citrus brandy pudding has all that you love about the classic fruit with added zing.

Mini boiled Christmas puddings

Till the season for Christmas pudding! These delicious and rich mini boiled Christmas puddings are perfect for the festive season!

Panettone puds

Panettone is a sweet yeasted bread originally from Italy. Serve on warm on Christmas eve in fancy tea cups and dust with ice sugar.

Cheat’s frozen Christmas puddings

These deliciously sweet frozen puddings are perfect for a hot Australian Christmas celebration. We’ll show you the quick way to make these impressive desserts with minimal effort.

Summer stone fruit pandoro pudding

Pandoro cake is used in this bread-and-butter style Christmas stone fruit pudding. Served with a sweet mango sauce.

This recipe has everything you need to perfect the classic Christmas pudding this festive season.

This delicious sago plum pudding is great for sharing with friends at your Christmas lunch or dinner.

Easy christmas pudding

A simple Christmas pudding recipe that’s bursting with fruit and lightly spiced.

Golden boiled pudding

We used Grand Marnier in this recipe but you could use any citrus-flavoured liqueur you like. Serve warm with lashings of cream, custard or hard sauce.

Sticky date and fig steamed pudding

Sticky date pudding with boozy toffee sauce

For an alcohol-free version of the toffee sauce, swap the brandy for water. This recipe can be used for individual sticky date puddings too.

Boiled christmas pudding with homemade citrus peel

This is a recipe for the seasoned Christmas pudding maker, filled with all of the classic flavours and then some. It makes a great addition to the holiday festivities.

Gluten-free steamed pudding

Cranberry and orange hazelnut steamed puddings

Rich boiled pudding

Golden syrup steamed pudding

Sweet, dense and oozing with sticky golden syrup, this gorgeous steamed pudding is perfect served warm with a dollop of cream or ice-cream for an indulgent weekend treat.

Chocolate stout steamed pudding

Caramel banana steamed pudding

Classic boiled Christmas pudding

No Christmas is complete without a classic pudding in all its rich and boozy glory.

Orange and pomegranate steamed puddings

These tangy steamed puddings are a delightful after dinner treat. They can also be made ahead and reheated. And they are suitable for diabetics.

Microwave christmas puddings

Julie Goodwin’s last-minute Christmas pudding

Run out of time to make a proper Christmas pudding? You can still have a tasty treat on your festive table with this last-minute recipe thanks to Julie Goodwin.

The recipe for these adorable mini Christmas pudding truffles is so simple that these cute little puddings are sure to become a Christmas celebration tradition! These little chocolate Christmas puddings also make marvellous end of year presents.

Mini steamed puddings

Mini versions of an old classic dessert that are perfect for individual serving.

The whole orange at the heart of this jaffa steamed pudding perfumes the entire dish as it cooks.

Macadamia and fig Christmas pudding

The addition of sweet and juicy figs and crunchy Australian macadamia nuts puts a delightful twist on the classic steamed Christmas pudding. Cut yourself a big slice and serve warm with a drizzle of cream.

Spicy pear steamed pudding with orange syrup

These little Christmas puddings, all figgy and fruity and dark with Guinness, make for a sophisticated festive pudding. Pile a dollop of brandy butter on top of each pudding and drizzle with brandy sauce to create the full effect.

Individual boiled Christmas puddings

Nothing says the festive season quite like Christmas pudding – dense, moist and loaded with delicious dried fruit.