In Italy, during the Christmas festivities is customary to prepare traditional recipes and also Christmas desserts. Traditional Italian cuisine has a lot of recipes that change depending on the area of provenance and that are strictly related to the territory, in fact every region has its traditional recipes typical of Christmas time. So, here are Christmas’s typical desserts that are still prepared to this day in Italy. Here you can discover the gastronomic specialties of the different regions of Italy from North to South.

The Christmas desserts typical of Northern Italy

- Christmas go-to dessert has to be panettone. This traditional recipe from Milan today can be found all over the country. It is a dessert that needs to rise multiple times and that is stuffed with raisins and candied fruits.