Make your holiday feast a little easier with these Christmas Crockpot Recipes. From tasty main courses and sides to sweet treats and more, these recipes are sure to make your holiday cooking a breeze.
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Christmas Slow Cooker Recipes
The Christmas season is full of shopping, parties and most of all a lot of cooking. With all the hustle and bustle, preparing a Christmas menu to feed a large family can seem overwhelming. But that’s where the magic of these crockpot Christmas recipes come in! These recipes are like little helpers that make your cooking much easier during this busy time.
The best part is, with such a wide variety, there’s a holiday crockpot recipe for every meal! Whether you’re looking for juicy holiday ham and turkey, comforting soups, or indulgent desserts these dishes are guaranteed to add extra deliciousness to your Christmas season.
Why We Love These Christmas Crock Pot Recipes
- Easy recipes: Each of these recipes are easy to prepare, making cooking your Christmas feast a little bit less stressful.
- Saves oven space: Holiday meals can require a lot of oven space. Using a crockpot frees up the oven for other dishes.
- Perfectly portable: Crockpot dishes are great for Christmas potlucks and parties because when they’re done, you just lock the lid and they’re ready to go.
Crockpot Christmas Appetizers
1. Crockpot Smokies
Made with just four simple ingredients, these Crockpot Smokies are certain to be a hit. The combination of Worcestershire, brown sugar, and ketchup create quite a flavorful trio!
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2. Crockpot Meatballs
Crockpot meatballs are a simple recipe that combines basic ingredients you have on hand to make an easy dish that’s tender, juicy, and a fan favorite! Serve them as a meal or as an appetizer for a party – you’ll have everyone asking for more!
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3. Crockpot Spinach Artichoke Dip
This crockpot spinach artichoke dip is an insanely easy and delicious dip recipe. Made with spinach, cream cheese, and a few other ingredients, it makes the ultimate game day or holiday party appetizer that can easily be made in advance!
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4. Slow Cooker Cranberry Turkey Meatballs
These Slow Cooker Cranberry Turkey Meatballs are easy, festive, healthy and WW friendly, making them the perfect holiday appetizer!
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5. Slow Cooker Pumpkin Soup
This deliciously creamy and savory slow cooker pumpkin soup recipe is chock full of flavor, with herbs, spices, carrots, and more veggies. It’s the perfect appetizer before any holiday main course.
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6. Slow Cooker Marinated Olives
Made with fresh garlic, herbs, lemon peel, and a variety of olives, this Slow Cooker Marinated Olives recipe is sure to be a hit with your guests! Simply toss everything in the slow cooker and you’ll have an easy and delicious appetizer that’s perfect for entertaining!
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Crockpot Dinner Recipes
7. Slow Cooker Turkey Breast with Vegetables
Free up your oven on Thanksgiving and make this Slow Cooker Bone In Turkey Breast. Perfectly seasoned and always juicy, it's perfect for a smaller crowd or family dinner.
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8. Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie
This Crockpot Chicken Pot Pie is a fast and simple way to make a hearty meal the whole family loves. The chicken is perfectly baked in a creamy sauce with healthy vegetables and topped with buttery biscuits. It literally makes itself in the crockpot.
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9. Christmas Soup
This heirloom, vegetarian recipe for creamy tomato basil Christmas Soup is a family tradition. Make this slow cooker soup for your Christmas Eve dinner.
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10. Crockpot No Peek Chicken
This crockpot no peek chicken is an easy holiday dinner the entire family can enjoy! Tender chicken and creamy rice make for the best comfort food.
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11. Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings
There’s not much more comforting than chicken and dumplings, and when made in the Crockpot, it’s such an effortless process!
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12. Crockpot Whole Chicken
Prepare a whole chicken while you’re gone all day with this deliciously, juicy slow cooker whole chicken recipe! It's even better than oven roast chicken!
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13. Slow Cooker Turkey Legs
Delicious turkey legs made right in the slow cooker, smothered with homemade BBQ Sauce! Easy to make and delicious, this will be your new go-to easy weeknight or holiday meal.
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14. Slow Cooker Red Wine Short Ribs
Slow Cooker Red Wine Short Ribs are fall off the bone tender, juicy and full of flavor. These short ribs make the perfect romantic dinner paired with your favorite mashed potatoes and fresh vegetable.
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15. Dr. Pepper Spiral Ham Crockpot Recipe
Dr. Pepper Ham is a fantastic holiday meal that’s easy to make in a slow cooker. The glaze for the Christmas ham is sweet, tangy, and so good!
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16. Crockpot Pot Roast Recipe
This flavorful, juicy, and melt-in-your-mouth tender crockpot pot roast recipe is a full meal with vegetables made in the slow cooker.
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17. Crockpot Chicken Legs
How to make slow cooker chicken legs. Tender and tasty you just throw them in with some seasonings and enjoy for dinner.
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Crockpot Christmas Breakfast Recipes
18. Crockpot Scrambled Eggs
Crockpot scrambled eggs with sausage and cheese like an omelette but cooked in your slow cooker is a great breakfast for a crowd!
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19. Slow Cooker French Toast Casserole
Slow Cooker French Toast has never been so easy. Loaded with brown sugar and cinnamon, perfect for brunch or for a crowd.
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20. Overnight Cheesy Grits Casserole
Overnight cheesy grits casserole is some down-home delicious Southern breakfast or brunch fare and perfect for prepping ahead!
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21. Melt in Your Mouth Crock Pot Cinnamon Roll Casserole
Crock Pot Cinnamon Roll Casserole is where every bite tastes like the soft sweet center of a Cinnamon Roll. Just like Crock Pot Cinnamon Rolls but gooey and melt in your mouth good!
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22. Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole in a Crockpot
This cheesy hashbrown potatoes Crockpot style is a great breakfast side dish or brunch item for Christmas, Thanksgiving or any holiday.
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Crockpot Christmas Side Dishes
23. Slow Cooker Cranberry Sauce
Perfectly blending the sweetness of sugar with the tartness of cranberries, this ridiculously easy Slow Cooker Cranberry Sauce is delicious!
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24. Slow Cooker Sausage Stuffing
Pull together this easy to make Slow Cooker Sausage Stuffing that you make right in your crockpot – easy peasy!
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25. Homemade Brown Sugar Cinnamon Applesauce
This brown sugar cinnamon applesauce is a simple & easy recipe made in the slow cooker. It’s naturally gluten-free and vegan, & can be customized for paleo.
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26. Slow Cooker Roasted Beets
Healthy and delicious, beets are a great addition to any diet. This recipe is the easiest way to roast beets that can be used in an endless number of ways.
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27. Best Slow Cooker, Gluten-Free Stuffing Recipe
Yes, you can still enjoy stuffing! This flavorful recipe for gluten-free stuffing made in your slow cooker will leave you missing nothing while saving precious space in your oven on Thanksgiving.
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28. Slow Cooker Green Bean Casserole
Fresh green beans and no canned soup in this great side dish for your holiday table.
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29. Candied Yams with Bourbon
Bourbon Candied Yams recipe. Yams or Sweet Potatoes candied in brown sugar cinnamon spiced bourbon sauce. Take your mom’s candied yams recipe to the next level with bourbon and black walnut bitters.
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30. Slow Cooker Southern Green Beans
These fresh and tender crock pot green beans cooked Southern style are loaded with so much flavor, they take veggies to a whole new level!
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31. Crockpot Mashed Potatoes
These Crockpot Mashed Potatoes have the skin on, but you can peel them if you want. Making mashed potatoes in the slow cooker is perfect for the Christmas holidays!
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32. Slow Cooker Barley & Chickpea Risotto
When you make this Slow Cooker Barley & Chickpea Risotto, your crock pot does all the work for you! Slow cooked whole grains with chickpeas and vegetables.
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33. Honey Roasted Baby Carrots and Brussels Sprouts
Upgrade your side dish routine with this simple recipe for honey roasted baby carrots and Brussels sprouts. It goes with almost any entrée and is a great way to get your family to eat more veggies during the holiday season.
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34. Easy Crockpot Brussel Sprouts with Bacon
Crockpot brussel sprouts with bacon or without is the best side dish ever. Tender and delicious green vegetable that is mouth watering.
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35. Delicious Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes and Apples
Delight everyone on Thanksgiving Day with these tender Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes and Apples featuring a sweet brown sugar glaze!
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36. Honey Garlic Roasted Carrots
Honey garlic roasted carrots are incredibly easy and delicious. Perfect for a gorgeous Holiday dinner or weeknight supper.
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Crockpot Christmas Desserts
37. Slow Cooker Mixed Berry Cobbler
This crockpot cobbler with cake mix is one of the easiest and best tasting cobblers you’ll ever make. It’s an incredibly rich and decadent dessert recipe that lets the slow cooker do all the work for you. This treat is so rich and delicious, with a warm and sweet berry filling and a gooey and buttery topping baked to a perfect golden brown.
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38. Crockpot Pumpkin Dump Cake
This Crockpot Pumpkin Dump Cake is so simple to make and is always a crowd pleaser. Everyone at our house prefers this over pumpkin pie!
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39. Salted Caramel Fudge
This Salted Caramel Fudge is made with only four ingredients and right in your crockpot! It is the perfect addition to your Christmas candy spread or for gift giving.
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40. Easy CrockPot Apple Dump Cake
Need an easy dessert? Throw together a CrockPot apple dump cake with pie filling and a cake mix. Perfect for the fall and holiday season!
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41. Peppermint Crockpot Candy Recipe
Peppermint Crockpot Candy – These easy homemade candy clusters are packed with white chocolate, peanuts, pretzels, cereal and topped with a drizzle of melted chocolate and festive sprinkles.
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42. Slow Cooker Easy Chocolate Fudge
This slow cooker easy chocolate fudge recipe is just perfect! Creamy, rich, and delicious. It’s everything a great chocolate fudge should be!
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43. Slow Cooker Cinnamon Sugar Candied Almonds
Make candied almonds right in your crock pot that taste just like the kind you get from the mall! They make awesome Christmas gifts too.
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Bonus: Crockpot Christmas Beverages
44. Crockpot Hot Chocolate
Crockpot hot chocolate is such a simple way to make a big batch of rich hot cocoa! Our recipe combines cocoa, milk, sweetened condensed milk, and chocolate chips for an extra creamy chocolate you’ll love to sip.
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45. Crockpot Apple Cider
All the fall flavors are encapsulated in this crockpot apple cider made with apple juice, spices, and fresh orange and apple slices.
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46. Christmas Morning Punch
Christmas Morning Punch is a great addition to Christmas morning as it is a tasty drink to enjoy all morning long. You can spike it too!
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47. Caramel Apple Cider Recipe
This caramel apple cider recipe combines tangy apple cider and sweet caramel sauce to make a delicious fall drink that’s perfect for all ages!
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48. Easy Slow Cooker Mulled Wine
Slow cooker mulled wine as winter’s sangria. It’s spicy flavors and aromas are a big crowd pleaser, and it’s so easy to make in a large batch.
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49. Crock Pot Peppermint Hot Chocolate
Crock Pot Peppermint Hot Chocolate is rich and creamy with the refreshing flavor of peppermint. It takes just a few ingredients and it’s perfect for holiday parties and Christmas!
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50. Slow Cooker Hot Buttered Rum
Slow Cooker Hot Buttered Rum is easy to make and perfect for parties as a self-serve cocktail. Sweet, buttery, spiced liquid mixed with rum topped with whipped cream and nutmeg. There's a mocktail option too!
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Best Christmas Crockpot Recipes
Make your holiday feast a little easier with these Christmas Crockpot Recipes. From tasty main courses and sides to sweet treats and more, these recipes are sure to make your holiday cooking a breeze.
Ingredients
- Crockpot Smokies
- Crockpot Meatballs
- Crockpot Spinach Artichoke Dip
- Slow Cooker Cranberry Turkey Meatballs
- Slow Cooker Pumpkin Soup
- Slow Cooker Marinated Olives
- Slow Cooker Turkey Breast with Vegetables
- Crockpot Chicken Pot Pie
- Christmas Soup
- Crockpot No Peek Chicken
- Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings
- Crockpot Whole Chicken
- Slow Cooker Turkey Legs
- Slow Cooker Red Wine Short Ribs
- Dr. Pepper Spiral Ham Crockpot Recipe
Instructions
- Choose your favorite Christmas crockpot recipe.
- Gather up the ingredients.
- Slow cook, serve, and enjoy!
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