Looking for festive kid-friendly treats for the holidays? Find 48 fun Christmas snacks and treats that kids will love to make (and eat!) all season long.
When my own kids were little, I carried on that same tradition. I can still remember how their faces would light up as they decorated cookies and treats. It always reminds me to find the magic despite how busy and stressful the holidays can be. Just slowing down and making those memories are so special.
So, I thought I would share some fun and festive Christmas snacks and treats you can make with your kids this holiday season. They are perfect for a holiday movie night, a classroom party, or just a fun activity to do with your kids during Christmas break.
These kid-friendly snacks and treats are guaranteed to put a smile on everyone’s face this Christmas. Find chocolate-covered pretzels, reindeer-shaped treats, as well as snowmen and Santa-shaped snacks, that are perfect for celebrating the holiday season.
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Sour Cream Christmas Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Wondering how to make Christmas sugar cookies? These cookies with cream cheese frosting are perfect for Christmas!
Festive Cornflake Wreaths are an easy no-bake Christmas treat made with crunchy cornflakes, gooey marshmallows, and buttery sweetness, perfect for holiday parties.
This Coconut Snowman Cheese Ball is the cutest and tastiest treat on the holiday table! This adorable dessert has coconut snow for the perfect festive addition to your Christmas spread!
This no-bake Grinch fudge combines creamy white chocolate, sweetened condensed milk, and festive green food coloring topped with a red heart sprinkle to make a whimsical and easy holiday treat.
These Christmas light cupcakes are the ultimate festive dessert. With colorful decorations and simple steps, they turn any basic cupcake into a holiday showstopper. Perfect for Christmas parties, classroom celebrations, or winter bake sales.
Christmas Puppy Chow is a festive twist on the classic snack mix, made with Chex cereal coated in melted chocolate, peanut butter, and powdered sugar, then tossed with holiday-colored candies and sprinkles. It’s a sweet, crunchy treat that’s perfect for gifting or snacking by the tree.
This Easy White Chocolate Peppermint Bark has only 2 ingredients and is ready to eat in 10 minutes! It’s perfect for gifting, Christmas parties, and making with kids!
Make festive Reindeer Grahams with this easy cookie recipe—perfect for holiday parties, kids’ treats, or edible gifts. Fun, simple, and loaded with charm!
These Kitchen Sink Christmas Cookies are the ultimate salty-sweet combination cookie. Packed with red and green M&Ms, crushed pretzels, potato chips, chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and red and green sprinkles, they are a festive, delicious cookie and my kids’ absolute favorite.
Chocolate Christmas Tree Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
These Chocolate Christmas Tree Cupcakes are the cutest and most festive cupcakes ever! Made with chocolate cake mix and homemade vanilla buttercream frosting, these delicious Christmas Tree Cupcakes are almost too pretty to eat.
Nutter Butter Reindeer: No Bake Christmas Cookie Recipe!
These cute no bake reindeer are the perfect treat for kids (they can even help decorate)! With a Nutter Butter base, candy, and pretzels, you can customize a fun and edible holiday snack!
Christmas tree brownies make for a holiday dessert that’s both tasty and adorable! These little trees are perfect for holiday parties, cozy family nights, or even as homemade gifts!
A soft, chewy, and easy-to-make Christmas Fudge is a kid-friendly fudge recipe that everyone will love. It takes only 10 minutes to put together and 2 hours to firm up.
These chocolate orange slices are a tasty, easy to make dessert. Candied orange slices dipped in dark chocolate and sprinkled with sea salt or chopped nuts.
These cute 3 ingredient Christmas Oreo Pops are both super easy to make and totally delicious, plus they can be customized with your favorite decorations. Make them for Christmas parties, edible gifts, hostess gifts, and more.
Cutest Mini Chocolate Reindeer Treats For The Holidays
Mini Chocolate Reindeer Treats come together fast with simple ingredients like pretzels, candy eyes, and chocolate almond bark. They’re a cute, kid friendly no-bake snack that’ll have everyone jingling all the way to your dessert table.
Reindeer cookies are soft chocolate cookies with candy faces and pretzel antlers. This is the easiest Christmas cookie recipe – no mixer, no chilling necessary!
Chocolate Covered Pretzels are a cinch to make with pretzel twists or rods, melted chocolate and sprinkles, coconut, or nuts. These quick and easy candies are perfect for Christmas gift giving. If stored properly, these tasty treats can stay fresh for up to two weeks.
Create winter wonder with Melting Snowman Chocolate Bark! This winter dessert for kids is simple, playful, and doubles as an adorable edible snowman craft.
Christmas Reindeer Crack Toffee is a festive treat that combines saltine cracker toffee, chocolate, and fun reindeer decorations with pretzels, candy eyes, and noses.
Aren't these Reindeer Cookie Balls just adorable? These delicious no-bake Christmas cookies are a fun holiday activity with kids - mess-free! Just mix 2 ingredients, shape the balls, and add reindeer decorations!
Snowman Fruit Cookie Pizzas are made with store-bought sugar cookie dough, then topped with a tangy cream cheese frosting made with marshmallow creme and cream cheese.
A triple layer of white and bittersweet chocolate infused with peppermint and crushed candy! A super easy holiday treat that also makes as a fun, homemade gift.
Start the holiday season off right by making these festive Gingerbread Men Cookies! They are a perfectly spiced and delicious treat that is so fun to make!
These Christmas Rolo pretzel bites are the easiest holiday treat! Made with pretzels, chocolate, and festive M&Ms, they’re the perfect combination of sweet and salty.
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