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Home › Holidays › Christmas

Mexican Christmas Recipes

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – and that includes food! Browse my Mexican Christmas Recipes and choose the perfect recipe for your familia! Warm up next to the fireplace with my Champurrado (Mexican Chocolate Drink), or gather your family around for some time-honored Red Chile Pork Tamales.

Reader favorites include Mexican Christmas Ponche, Mexican Buñuelos, and Christmas Sangria.

Dulce de leche brownie squares on a wooden pedestal with a brown background.

Dulce de Leche Brownies

stack of golden, crisp Mexican buñuelos on a wooden table with lace doilies.

Authentic Mexican Buñuelos (Buñuelos Mexicanos)

hand carved barro holding cafe de olla with a cinnamon stick stir stick.

Café de Olla (Mexican Spiced Coffee)

Mexican Hot Chocolate in Mexican barro pot next to a matching mug filled with Mexican hot chocolate.

Mexican Hot Chocolate

Instant Pot Tamales with Pork and Roasted Green Chile plated on a black plate.

Instant Pot Tamales (With Pork & Roasted Green Chiles)

wooden table with a hand thrown mug filled with champurrado next to a platter of pan dulce.

Champurrado (Thick Mexican Chocolate Drink)

close up shot of a corner of a large rectangular serving tray filled with dozens of orange biscochitos of different shapes on a grey table with a few whole oranges around.

Orange Biscochos (a.k.a. Biscochitos de Naranja)

Polvorones Cookies (Mexican Wedding Cookies) plated on a vintage sliver round tray with babies breath on the side with a blue laced napkin

Polvorones Cookies (Mexican Wedding Cookies)

spiced pomegranate cranberry holiday margarita garnished with rosemary, cranberries, and orange peel.

Spiced Pomegranate Cranberry Holiday Margarita

two copper moscow mule cups filled with tequila mules garnished with cranberries.

Cranberry Pomegranate Mexican Mule

serving platter of birria flautas with creamy avocado sauce and birria consomme for dipping.

Baked Beef Flautas with Birria

hands holding a hand-carved wooden tray filled with wrapped tamales.

Mexican Tamales: Sweet or Savory, Always Delicious!

holiday table runner on a wooden table with a large silver oval serving platter filled with savory mashed chipotle sweet potatoes.

Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Chipotle

overhead shot of a dark plate with 4 enchiladas divorciadas with the left half coated in red chile sauce and the right half coated in salsa verde.

Enchiladas Divorciadas (Christmas Enchiladas)

Ensalada de Coditos (Macaroni Salad) in a Mexican brown barro bowl with wooden spoon and striped napkin.

Ensalada de Coditos (Mexican Macaroni Salad)

hand painted rectangular serving plate piled high with low-fat chocolate chip meringue cookies with a bunch of pink and orange tulips in the background.

Low-Calorie Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies (No Flour!)

Overhead shot of a DIY yogurt bar laid out for breakfast complete with fresh fruits, dried fruits and nuts, granola, and chia seeds.

DIY Yogurt Parfait Bar

single serving of coctel de camarones on a black serving plate with a pile of saltines

Coctel de Camarones (Mexican Shrimp Cocktail)

mexican hot chocolate cookies cooling on a metal rack after baking.

Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

mexican chocolate christmas cookies on a silver platter

Mexican Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

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