Candied Fruit Recipes

A holiday baking staple, candied fruits are at once tart, chewy and sweet. Classic recipes with candied fruits include fruitcakes, cookies and, of course, homemade candied fruit.

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Upside-Down Fruitcake

2 reviews

I get tired of people bad-mouthing holiday fruitcakes. It's one of my favorite holiday flavors and I look forward to it every year. This year, I decided to combine it with everyone's favorite, upside-down cake. Try to say no to this fruitcake; I dare you! —James Schend, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

Stollen Butter Rolls

5 reviews

My family members enjoy my stollen so much and say it’s just too good to be served only on holidays....


Carrot Fruitcake

4 reviews

Even those who don't care for fruitcake love this special holiday dessert. It's a fun way to dress up that...


Better-Than-Fruitcake Cookies

20 reviews

Mostly fruit and nuts, these sweet and chewy clusters make excellent gifts, freeze well, can be shipped easily, and most...


Eggnog Fruit Bread

5 reviews

Presents from the pantry are a tradition in my family, and this moist, fruity quick bread is a favorite. I...

Miniature Christmas Fruitcakes

2 reviews

I’ve found that people who normally won’t eat fruitcake make an exception when they sample these. Using mini muffin pans...


Fruitcake Bars

4 reviews

"This recipe has been a family favorite for years," tells Terry Mercede of Danbury, Connecticut. "People who declare they won't...

Southern Fruitcake

5 reviews

"I've never found anyone who didn't like this lovely fruitcake," remarks Ruth Marie Lyons of Boulder, Colorado.


Candy Orange Slice Fruitcake

2 reviews

My version of yule fruitcake has a citrusy twist. When you share it, be prepared to pass around the recipe....


Moist Applesauce Fruitcake

6 reviews

The recipe for this flavorful cake has been handed down in my husbands' family for four generations.


Vanilla Wafer Fruitcake

2 reviews

This was my dear grandmother's recipe. She was a farmer's wife and a very good cook. Even folks who don't...

Banana Nut Fruitcake

6 reviews

Combining two popular baked goods - banana bread and fruitcake - yielded this treat. Even people who don't care for...


Cherry Pineapple Fruitcake

This is the finishing touch to our Christmas dinner. My family always claimed they didn't like fruitcake, but they love...


Cherry Date Fruitcake

It's a Christmas tradition for me to serve this fruitcake at parties and to give it to friends and family....


Danish Julekage

Cardamom and lots of fruit enliven this unique holiday bread. The recipe was handed down from my grandmother, who came...


Cherry Christmas Slices

19 reviews

Brilliant red and green candied cherries add extra sparkle to these delicious holiday delights. What I really like best is...

Easy Candied Fruit Cookies

1 review

Family and friends always want me to have these for Christmas, so I make lots of them. They're easy to...


Fruitcake Pie

1 review

This recipe came from a friend who knows how much we love fruitcake. The pie has similar flavors, but it’s...


Candied Fruitcake Squares

3 reviews

I'm not big on citrussy fruitcake, so when I found this version decades ago, I knew I'd found "my" recipe....


German Stollen

1 review

My family and friends agree that the holidays just wouldn't be the same without this traditional stollen. —Valeria Mauik, Elkhart...


Cherry Kisses

5 reviews

Cookies that melt in your mouth and are practically fat-free—is it any wonder these crispy meringue morsels disappear as fast...


Almond-Filled Stollen

2 reviews

I’ve been making this during the holiday season for nearly 50 years. When we flew to Alaska one year to...


White Fruitcake

14 reviews

Our white fruitcake recipe modernizes the infamous Christmas fruitcake. Light, cakey and not weighed down by alcohol or molasses, we...


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Fruitcake Christmas Cookies

18 reviews

A twist on classic fruitcake, these easy fruitcake cookies are as festive as they are fun to bake.


German Christmas Cookies

4 reviews

Looking for a new holiday cookie to make this year? Our German Christmas cookies look like little snowballs and are...

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Cherry Coconut Bars

8 reviews

I came across these easy maraschino cherry bars while stationed at a Michigan Air Force base in 1964 and have...


Cherry-Pecan Icebox Cookies

5 reviews

During the holiday season, I keep a roll of dough for these crisp cookies in the freezer. It's nice to...


Julekake (Norwegian Christmas Bread)

1 review

When my husband became a minister for a church in an area populated with Norwegians, my father-in-law was delighted because...


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Fruit Cake

21 reviews

This chewy, sweet and, most importantly, simple fruit cake recipe will bring joy to any holiday gathering. It's filled with...


Daisy’s Fruitcake

5 reviews

I added pecans and candied fruits to an apple cake recipe for my Texan take on traditional English fruitcake. —Daisy...


Lebkuchen

6 reviews

Dense, chewy lebkuchen is a great addition to your Christmas-cookie routine, but you can make it any time of year....

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