The holiday season is the perfect time to get creative in the kitchen, and what better way to spread some festive cheer than with adorable and easy-to-make Christmas treats?
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Whether you’re baking with the kids, preparing goodies for a party, or just looking to add a little sweetness to your holiday, these 50 cute and easy Christmas treats are sure to bring smiles. From cookies to candy, there’s something here for everyone to enjoy—let’s dive into the delicious fun!
Snowman Cupcakes
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Snowman Cupcakes are a fun, sweet way to celebrate winter holidays with the kids. Vanilla cupcakes are topped with a delicious vanilla buttercream frosting, complete with a marshmallow snowman.
Snowman Cupcakes are great for holiday parties, Christmas dessert, and winter birthday parties, or just because!
Easy Christmas Sugar Cookie Pizza
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Pizza doesn’t have to be savory. This cookie dough pizza boasts a cookie dough crust and sweet toppings, promising so much wonderful sweet flavor in every bite.
The green, red and white colors give this holiday cookie pizza a festive look. It’s a super-easy recipe and you can change the kind of icing or the toppings to make this Christmas dessert pizza your own.
Christmas Marshmallow Pops
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These super-cute Christmas marshmallow pops are easy to make and boast chocolate and marshmallow flavors in every bite. A fun alternative to cake pops!
These Christmas marshmallow pops are absolutely adorable and perfect for Christmas parties, sharing with friends, etc. Kids love these simple holiday treats.
Christmas Popcorn
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Christmas Popcorn: a caramel-and-molasses coated popcorn drizzled with chocolate then tossed with Christmas M&Ms and mini marshmallows.
Whether you’re looking for an afternoon popcorn snack to munch on or a festive holiday popcorn to wrap up and give away, this Christmas popcorn is gingerbread popcorn that combines caramel popcorn with chocolate and molasses.
Chocolate Covered Popcorn
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Chocolate Covered Popcorn (aka Hot Chocolate Popcorn) is popcorn drizzled with chocolate then tossed with mini marshmallows and sprinkles.
It’s one of the easiest recipes you can make with 4 ingredients. Snack on it while watching tv or wrap inside a coffee mug as a thoughtful homemade gift.
Christmas Ornament Oreo Pops
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These Christmas Ornament Oreo Pops are fun, festive treats perfect for gifting or sprucing up cookie trays. Oreos are dipped in chocolate and then decorated to look like a cute ornament with mini Reese’s peanut butter cups.
You only need a handful of ingredients, plus the lollipop sticks, to make them! Grab the kids because they’ll love making them with you! These pops are great for parties or for adding to a holiday tray for gifting.
Christmas Oreos
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Christmas Oreos, commonly known as holiday Oreos, are a limited-edition variety of Oreos with a red creme filling and festive winter decorations!
These Christmas chocolate covered Oreos can be customized with white chocolate or with your favorite decorations! You can also decorate Oreos for Christmas gifts! They’re always a wonderful sweet treat! Perfect for this chocolate-covered holiday Oreos recipe!
Frosted Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
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Frosted chocolate peppermint cookies are soft, cake-like chocolate peppermint cookies. These cookies are topped with rich chocolate buttercream frosting and crushed peppermint candy.
The cookies are soft and cake-like, and the frosting is rich and creamy. The cookies can be made in about 30 minutes, so they’re as quick and easy as they are tasty!
Christmas Tree Cupcakes
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Christmas tree cupcakes are tender vanilla cupcakes topped with green buttercream “trees”. These easy Christmas cupcakes are as tasty as they are festive!
The base of these cupcakes is a moist and tender vanilla cupcake. The cupcakes are the perfect canvas for the festive green buttercream “trees” that adorn them. Perfect treat for any Christmas party or gathering.
Reese’s Cup Reindeer Treats
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Adorable peanut butter cup reindeer treats made with miniature Reese’s cups, pretzels, and M&Ms. These cute peanut butter cup reindeers make the perfect Christmas treat for classroom parties, family gatherings, or fun sweets to make with the kids.
All you need are a few simple ingredients and there’s no baking required! Kids will love to help make their own red nose reindeer snacks. They make great kid-made gifts and the cutest holiday treats!
Christmas Oreo Balls
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Oreo balls are a no bake dessert that’s made with blended oreos and cream cheese. You mix those ingredients together until thick, roll in balls or squares, and dip in melted chocolate.
Your family will want to make these Christmas oreo balls each season! The green and red candy melts, along with the royal icing bows take them to the next level! They are so cute to look at and even better to eat!
White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge (3 Ingredients!)
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Enjoy the perfect blend of creamy white chocolate and festive peppermint in this mouthwatering White Chocolate Peppermint Fudge recipe. A holiday treat that’s irresistibly delicious and simple to make!
It’s so easy to make and perfect to enjoy throughout the holiday season! You can give this great recipe to friends and family as a homemade gift or keep it for yourself and your guests during the holidays.
Christmas Jello Shots
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These Christmas Jello Shots are made with simple ingredients and will put the holiday spirit into your holiday season. Red and green jello are layered together then topped with whipped cream and festive sprinkles.
This Christmas jello shot recipe is the perfect addition to your Christmas cocktails lineup. Perfect for holiday parties!
Christmas Jello Roll Ups – only 3 ingredients!
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Bright red and green Christmas jello roll ups are the perfect Christmas treats for adults and kids. Everyone loves their sweet taste and super-fun texture.
These bright-colored desserts are a cross between a jello dessert and homemade candy. Tasty jello and sticky marshmallows combine to make an iconic holiday dessert that everyone will ask for over and over again.
Adorable Santa Krispies Treats
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Adorable Santa Krispies treats are holiday favorites dipped in chocolate. Imagine biting into a crispy, marshmallow-infused Rice Krispies Treat, only to be met with a luxurious layer of melted chocolate. The contrast of textures and flavors is pure bliss!
These fun rice krispies Santa treats are a fun activity for the kids to help make. Allow them to help with the sanding sugar, dipping them into the chocolate, or adding the decorations! These treats are perfect for your festive holiday gatherings.
Nutella Peanut Butter Muddy Buddies
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These Nutella Peanut Butter Muddy Buddies are the traditional puppy chow recipe with a twist! A sweet and crunchy treat for the whole family!
You will need to use creamy peanut butter for this homemade puppy chow. QA classic snack mix that is perfect for peanut butter lovers, this will easily be a crowd favorite.
Easy Gingerbread Man Cookies
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These Easy Gingerbread Man Cookies are the ginger molasses cookies you’ve been looking for! The perfect blend of spices for the holiday season!
If you bake cookies during the holiday season, these Easy Gingerbread Man Cookies are a fun and traditional way to celebrate! This is a great recipe that anyone can make with the right cookie cutters
White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
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These White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are perfect for the holidays! They are soft buttery cookies that are dipped in white chocolate and coated in crushed peppermints.
The white chocolate coating just takes these cookies over the top. You won’t regret making these cookies this holiday season.
Easy Christmas Holly Cupcakes Recipe
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These easy Christmas holly cupcakes are a cinch to make and are festive additions to any Christmas celebration. They’re such a simple holiday cupcake that you can have them decorated and ready to serve with minimal time and effort.
If you need a quick and beautiful cupcake for a Christmas party, you definitely have to make these awesome holly cupcakes.
3 Ingredient Christmas Cookies
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For a festive easy cookie recipe, check this most delicious one out. 3 Ingredient Christmas Cookies are a great last minute dessert recipe that takes no time at all and everyone loves them. Bake some soon and enjoy!
With only 3 ingredients and a few simple steps, you have the most delicious cookie that will be devoured as soon as you serve them.
Snowman Cake Pops
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This Snowman Cake Pops recipe will be sure to please young and old! Traditionally made with white cake mix and frosting but decorated to a whole new level.
These adorable cake pops are sure to please everyone for the holidays. They are easy to make and will light up everyone that sees them.
Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies
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These adorable Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies are the perfect buttery bite-sized morsels! They dress up any cookie platter and are the most fun cookies to customize and decorate.
These Cream Cheese Spritz Cookies really are a cinch to make. Enjoy these festive cookies during the Christmas holiday party.
Christmas Reindeer Brownies
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Christmas Reindeer Brownies is an easy recipe that will quickly become a holiday tradition. Homemade brownies, chocolate buttercream frosting and candy bring Rudolph to life!
These red nose reindeer brownies are a holiday treat that’s so much fun for kids to make and eat!
Peppermint Oreos
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Peppermint Oreos are dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled with crushed peppermint candy. Dipped oreos is an easy no-bake cookie recipe that’s festive for the holidays and pretty and delicious too.
Dip them in melted white chocolate and sprinkle with crushed peppermint candy and you’ll have an absolutely irresistible sweet treat. With just three simple ingredients, these holiday cookies are so quick and easy to make.
Snowman Truffles
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These cute snowman truffles are easy and fun to prepare and are perfect for Christmas or Winter! They consist of 2-ingredient coconut truffles and store-bought decorations.
These snowman truffles are no-bake, easy and fun to make. The whole family will love decorating these snowmen.
Vegan Caramel Tart with Gingerbread Crust
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Vegan caramel tart with a gingerbread cookie crust and chocolate ganache topping! This indulgent dessert is perfect for the festive season.
This easy vegan caramel tart uses only basic pantry staples and equipment! No dates, no candy thermometer, no condensed milk and no blender.
Rice Krispies Christmas Puddings
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Rice Krispies Christmas Puddings are a festive treat made from a mixture of Rice Krispies, melted marshmallows, and chocolate, shaped into small pudding-like forms.
These will be a hit at your Christmas get together, or make the perfect little Christmas present. Just bag them up and put a nice little ribbon on them. I am sure they will be appreciated by kids and adults alike!
The Best No-Bake Cookie Truffles
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The best no-bake cookie truffles are easy-to-make treats combining crushed cookies, cream cheese, and chocolate. Rolled into bite-sized balls and coated in chocolate or sprinkles, these truffles offer a rich, indulgent flavor without the need for baking.
These were just so quick to whip up, pack a punch and are adorable to decorate with your kids. Perfect for any occasion, they’re a fun and delicious way to satisfy your sweet tooth with minimal effort.
Peanut Butter Balls (Simple And Easy)
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Simple and Easy Peanut Butter Balls are a holiday favorite homemade candy! Made with creamy peanut butter and coated in chocolate, they are perfect for serving at parties, on cookie trays, and always a welcome gift for neighbors and friends.
You only need 5-simple ingredients that you probably already have on hand. They can be made ahead of time for parties, cookie exchanges, dessert trays, etc.
Crock Pot Chocolate Pecan Candy
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Made with just five simple ingredients, Crock Pot Chocolate Pecan Candy is the perfect sweet treat to make this holiday season.
It’s easy to prep with a quick cooking time, making it an excellent homemade gift for teachers, neighbors, and special people you can’t live without!
Chocolate Covered Pretzels Christmas Trees
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The holidays are the perfect time to indulge in tasty treats! These Chocolate Covered Pretzels Christmas Trees make for a fun festive snack idea.
These delicious little Christmas snacks are great for parties, as a special treat for yourself or as a special gift wrapped up with bright ribbons and bows.
Reindeer Pretzels
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Festive Reindeer Pretzels are sweet and salty at the same time. These reindeer desserts are dipped in melted chocolate and decorated with candy eyes, red M&Ms and pretzel twist antlers.
With only a few ingredients, you can enjoy these treats in 20 minutes.
Christmas Spritz Cookies
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Making a batch of these buttery and tender Christmas Spritz Cookies is one of my favorite old-fashioned holiday traditions. They’re super easy to make ahead and decorate using a classic cookie press, giving you the most festive and beautiful treats for the season!
These are the perfect cookies for the holiday season, especially when you decorate them with festive sprinkles. They look so happy and cheerful and are even more fun to make!
Candy Cane Brownies Recipe
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These easy fudgy brownies are made with crushed candy canes to create sweet peppermint flavors that are perfect with chewy brownies rich in chocolate! Enjoy these candy cane brownies when you have a craving for both minty and sweet.
Making peppermint candy cane brownies is festive, fun, and so easy to make. The gooey, fudgy brownie flavors are baked with crunchy chocolate chips and smooth butter to create holiday brownies that are easy to bite into with the perfect amount of chewy.
Easy Sugar Cookie Recipe (How to Make Sugar Cookies)
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This easy and delicious Sugar Cookie Recipe makes versatile vanilla sugar cookie dough that is easy to roll and holds its shape while baked, giving you sharp, beautiful, defined edges perfect for decorating with your favorite homemade or storebought frosting.
These sugar cookies are all about simple ingredients, time spent with family, and sharing love through tasty homemade treats.
Reindeer Rice Krispie Treats for Christmas
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Reindeer Rice Krispie Treats for Christmas are always fun and special to make during Christmas. These cute little snacks are a fun holiday treat. Reindeer friends made with crispy rice cereal and marshmallows for a fun and simple treat idea.
Just a few ingredients and some for decorating is all you will need. It does not take long to make this perfect holiday treat idea and they are so much fun to make. Kids can help you decorate them too!
Easy Peppermint Fudge
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This Easy Peppermint Fudge recipe is made with just four ingredients and makes a wonderful Christmas candy. Perfect for gift giving too and always appreciated!
This peppermint version is perfect for the holiday season. It takes butter and a couple of pantry ingredients. The result is a delicious, chocolatey fudge!
Candy Cane Sugar Cookie Truffles
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Smooth candy cane sugar cookie truffles with a touch of peppermint candy cane crunch inside. Dip in chocolate and sprinkle with candy canes. A fun dessert for all ages. This would also be a fun treat to make with the kids for vacation week, especially to use up the leftover candy canes!
These sugar cookie truffles are so fast to make using ingredients you probably have in the pantry. And they are perfect for kids to help, from crushing the candy canes to rolling the balls.
Reindeer Chow
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Make sure Santa stops at your house by attracting reindeer! This Reindeer Chow recipe turns the classic muddy buddies puppy chow into a Christmas treat that the kids will love.Reindeer chow is based on the puppy chow with chex mix.
It is quickly and easily made by melting chocolate and peanut butter together in the microwave. Lastly, add in the milk chocolate M&Ms or peanut M&M’s. Then, package this in individual servings with a little label that says “Reindeer Chow”.
Holiday Oreo Balls
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Holiday Oreo Balls, fun and festive, made with mint Oreos for an extra holiday twist! Oreo Balls – easy to make and super tasty! These Rudolph Oreo Cookie Balls are super easy to make yet look so impressive!
You do need a little extra time to make these. I suggest making the Oreo cookie balls the day before, freezing them and then decorating the next day.
Super Easy Peppermint Fudge (So Stinking Good!)
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This easy peppermint fudge is a delicious and quick treat that has a creamy richness and deliciously refreshing minty pop. It’s perfect to whip up during the holiday season.
It combines delicious creamy white chocolate with the minty pop of crushed peppermint candy. This fun Christmas dessert recipe is a real treat, perfect for anyone who loves to mix, melt, and create something sweet. Plus, it’s so yummy, you’ll want to share it with everyone!
Rice Krispie Christmas Trees
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Rice Krispie Christmas Trees only take a few extra ingredients to turn regular marshmallow squares into gooey marshmallowy holiday crispy treats, and are so much fun! These little trees are full of holiday cheer.
Only a few simple ingredients are needed for this easy Christmas recipe, and they don’t take a lot of time to prep. Perfect for parties, potlucks, bake sales and cookie trays, school events, school lunches or any other event during the holiday season.
Christmas Present Oreo Truffles
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These Christmas present Oreo truffles are fun to make and look like the most adorable little presents! Best of all they are full of a creamy chocolate center and will be the cutest addition to any cookie tray or treat platter!
These holiday truffles are simply adorable, and a fun way to celebrate the Christmas season or any holiday! They look great in a little gift box as a present.
Vegan Gingerbread Cupcakes
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These easy vegan gingerbread cupcakes are a must for your holiday bake list. Topped with vanilla cinnamon cream cheese frosting and caramel, they are moist, fluffy, and full of gingerbread spice flavor.
Each hand-held cake consists of fluffy gingerbread spice sponge topped with cinnamon cream cheese frosting and a drizzle of homemade caramel topped with a vegan gingerbread man. The perfect vegan Christmas cupcakes to bring to your next festive gathering or office party!
Easy Cut-Out Vegan Sugar Cookies
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These vegan sugar cookies are soft, light, and buttery with a slightly tangy vanilla bean flavor. Decorated with naturally colored vegan royal icing, these easy sugar cookies make a fun Christmas baking project!
You can decorate them with naturally colored eggless royal icing with different shades of green, or add a pop of color with sprinkles, and gold leaf to resemble baubles and tinsel! These vegan cut-out cookies make an amazing addition to a Christmas cookie box.
Christmas Crack
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There is no better Christmas candy recipe than some delicious Christmas crack! Easy to make with just 5 ingredients and great to serve at parties or gift to loved ones.
The best part of all though is how easy this is to make. It only takes 15 minutes in total. It is a real crowd-pleaser and makes a great edible Christmas gift as well! You can even customize it to include your loved ones’ favorite candies on top.
Peppermint Bark Muddy Buddies
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Peppermint Bark Muddy Buddies (aka Puppy Chow or Reindeer Chow) are an easy holiday treat made using Chex cereal, peppermint bark, and powdered sugar.
The minty peppermint bark pairs with crunchy rice cereal for a sweet and crunchy Christmas treat full of holiday flavor that will have everyone reaching for another handful. A perfect holiday recipe for getting the kids in the kitchen to help make and a wonderful edible holiday gift.
Christmas Rice Krispie Treat Recipe
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Christmas Rice Krispie Treat recipe uses just 4 ingredients and is the perfect way to welcome the holidays with some festive fun and delicious goodness.
This recipe is easy enough for kids to help with, and is great for bringing to holiday parties, school events, and more!
Homemade Christmas Truffles Recipe – 2 Ways
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Make this easy Christmas truffle recipe for your holiday party this year. This no-bake recipe is the perfect dessert to bring to dinner on Christmas Day with its short ingredient list and easy prep.
These homemade truffles are perfect for the chocolate lover in your life. You can roll them in cocoa for a classic look. Try crushed candy canes or Christmas sprinkles for a festive treat. Chocolate sprinkles look really good as a truffle garnish also and add a bit of crunch.
Easy, Four Ingredient Chocolate Pecan Turtles
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Whether for yourself or to give as a gift, homemade chocolate pecan turtles are a delicious treat that comes together quickly and is super easy to make.
With their gooey caramel, crunchy pecans, rich chocolate, pecan turtles have always been one of my favorite candies. They’re my top pick in any chocolate shop and great to make and give at Christmas time.
Soooo many excellent ideas !!!!!
Thank you and Merry Christmas 🤶