25 ADORABLE CHRISTMAS TREATS FOR KIDS

Need Christmas treats the kids can actually help make? Here 25 easy, no-fuss ideas that are more fun than fussy.

Winter break with kids underfoot means you need activities, and edible ones are the best kind. These treats are simple enough for small hands, mostly no-bake, and use ingredients you probably already have.

Some are snacks, a few are just for looking cute in a lunchbox or on a plate for Santa.

Many of these Christmas treats for kids are simple to make, easy to serve, and great for little hands. They work well for classroom Christmas treats, school party snacks, holiday dessert tables, bake sales, and Christmas party food.

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CHRISTMAS TREATS FOR KIDS

1. Marshmallow Snowmen For Hot Cocoa

A marshmallow on a stick, decorated as a snowman face, that melts right into a mug of hot cocoa. Simple, and it doubles as the stirrer.

Great for a hot cocoa bar if you’re having a few kids over.

Ingredients:

• Large marshmallows
• Mini chocolate chips
• Orange candy piece, for the nose
• Black icing pen

Instructions:

1. Skewer a marshmallow onto a lollipop stick or cocoa stirrer.
2. Use a dab of melted chocolate to attach mini chips as eyes and buttons.
3. Add a small orange candy piece for the nose.
4. Let set, then drop into a mug of hot cocoa.

2. Brownie Christmas Trees

Brownies cut into triangles, frosted green, and decorated like tiny trees. An easy way to dress up a boxed brownie mix.

Kids can handle the decorating step start to finish (adults just do the cutting).

Ingredients:

• Baked brownies, cooled
• Green frosting
• Holiday sprinkles
• Mini star candy

Instructions:

1. Cut the brownies into small triangles.
2. Pipe green frosting in zig-zag rows to look like tree branches.
3. Decorate with sprinkles as ornaments.
4. Top each with a mini star candy.

3. Christmas Oreo Pops

Oreos on a stick, dipped in chocolate, covered in sprinkles. About as simple as a treat gets.

Go slowly inserting the stick, the cookie can crack if you push too fast.

Ingredients:

• Oreo cookies
• Lollipop sticks
• Melting chocolate
• Holiday sprinkles

Instructions:

1. Carefully insert a lollipop stick into the cream filling of each Oreo.
2. Dip in melted chocolate to coat.
3. Add sprinkles right away, before the chocolate sets.
4. Stand upright in a foam block or cup to dry.

4. Pretzel M&M Hugs

Three ingredients, one baking sheet. Salty pretzels, a melted chocolate Hug, and an M&M pressed on top.

This is the one I hand to kids first when they ask to “help bake” (there’s really nothing to mess up).

Ingredients:

• Square pretzels
• Hershey’s Hugs or Kisses
• Holiday M&Ms

Instructions:

1. Arrange the pretzels on a lined baking sheet.
2. Top each with a chocolate Hug.
3. Bake at 200°F for 3 to 4 minutes, just until the chocolate softens.
4. Press an M&M into the center right away.

5. Melted Snowman Bark

White chocolate puddles decorated to look like a melting snowman. Silly, a little messy, exactly what kids like.

💡 Tip: work fast once the chocolate is spread, it sets quicker than you’d expect.

Ingredients:

• White chocolate melting wafers
• Pretzel sticks
• Mini candy eyes
• Orange candy and mini M&Ms

Instructions:

1. Melt the white chocolate and spread it into puddle shapes on parchment.
2. While still soft, add pretzel stick arms.
3. Add candy eyes and an orange nose.
4. Let set completely before serving.

6. Oreo Penguins

Oreos dipped halfway in white chocolate for the belly, then given candy eyes and a candy corn beak.

Cute enough for a classroom party plate, easy enough to make on a weeknight.

Ingredients:

• Oreo cookies
• White chocolate
• Candy eyes
• Orange candy corn

Instructions:

1. Dip half of each Oreo in melted white chocolate for the belly.
2. Let set on parchment.
3. Attach candy eyes with a small dab of chocolate.
4. Add a piece of candy corn for the beak.

7. Peppermint Reindeer Bark

Dark chocolate bark, crushed candy cane sprinkled on top, a few pieces decorated as reindeer faces.

Makes a big batch, so it’s good for gifting alongside the plain pieces.

Ingredients:

• Dark chocolate, melted
• Crushed candy canes
• Pretzel sticks
• Candy eyes and red mini candies

Instructions:

1. Spread the melted chocolate onto a lined sheet pan.
2. Sprinkle with crushed candy canes while still soft.
3. Once set, break into pieces and decorate a few as reindeer faces with pretzel antlers, eyes, and a red nose.
4. Store in an airtight container.

8. Hot Chocolate Spoons

A spoon coated in chocolate, topped with marshmallows, meant to be stirred into warm milk.

Double as a small handmade gift for a teacher or grandparent, not just a snack.

Ingredients:

• Chocolate melting wafers
• Plastic or wooden spoons
• Mini marshmallows
• Sprinkles

Instructions:

1. Melt the chocolate and spoon it generously onto each spoon.
2. Top with mini marshmallows and sprinkles while it’s still wet.
3. Let set upright in a cup or tall glass.
4. Stir into hot milk to serve.

9. Snowflake Pretzel Pops

Pretzel rods dipped in white chocolate and dusted with edible glitter, so they sparkle like little snowflakes.

Sweet and salty, and sturdy enough to pack in a lunchbox without breaking.

Ingredients:

• Pretzel rods
• White chocolate
• Edible glitter or coarse sugar

Instructions:

1. Melt the white chocolate and dip each pretzel rod to coat.
2. Sprinkle with edible glitter or coarse sugar while wet.
3. Lay on parchment to set.
4. Store in a cool, dry spot.

10. Reindeer Nutter Butter Cookies

Nutter Butters turned into reindeer with pretzel antlers and a candy nose. No-bake, and the peanut butter shape already does most of the work.

Good one for a school party since there’s no oven involved at all.

Ingredients:

• Nutter Butter cookies
• Mini pretzels
• Candy eyes
• Red mini candies
• Melted chocolate

Instructions:

1. Use a dab of melted chocolate to attach mini pretzels to the top of each cookie for antlers.
2. Add candy eyes.
3. Attach a red candy nose.
4. Let set before serving.

11. Sleigh Riding Teddy Bears

A Teddy Graham propped on a mini candy cane “sleigh.” Ridiculously simple, and toddlers especially love these.

Takes about two minutes per treat, so it’s easy to make a big batch fast.

Ingredients:

• Teddy Grahams
• Mini candy canes
• Frosting

Instructions:

1. Use a small dab of frosting to attach a Teddy Graham to a mini candy cane, seated as if riding.
2. Let set for a few minutes.
3. Arrange on a plate or in a treat bag.
4. Serve as is.

12. Chocolate Pretzel Christmas Trees

Pretzel rods dipped in green candy melts and covered in sprinkles, topped with a tiny star.

Line them up in a jar or vase and they make a decent centerpiece too, not just a snack.

Ingredients:

• Pretzel rods
• Green candy melts
• Holiday sprinkles
• Mini star candy

Instructions:

1. Melt the green candy melts and dip each pretzel rod.
2. Sprinkle with holiday sprinkles while wet.
3. Let set upright in a cup.
4. Top with a mini star candy once dry.

13. Frosty Snowman Pretzels

Similar to the snowflake pops, but with a mini marshmallow head and a full snowman face.

These two look great served side by side on the same tray.

Ingredients:

• Pretzel rods
• White chocolate
• Mini marshmallows
• Candy eyes and orange candy

Instructions:

1. Dip the pretzel rods in melted white chocolate to coat.
2. Attach a mini marshmallow “head” at the top while wet.
3. Add candy eyes and an orange nose.
4. Let set completely on parchment.

14. Reindeer Chow Snack Mix

The classic muddy buddies mix, holiday-ized. Cereal coated in white chocolate and powdered sugar, with a few candy eyes tossed in.

⚠️ Budget Note: one box of cereal and a bag of white chocolate makes enough to fill several treat bags for well under $10.

Ingredients:

• Rice Chex cereal
• White chocolate
• Powdered sugar
• Mini pretzels
• Candy eyes and red M&Ms

Instructions:

1. Melt the white chocolate and toss with the cereal to coat.
2. Shake in a bag with powdered sugar until fully coated.
3. Mix in the mini pretzels.
4. Scatter a few candy eyes and red M&Ms through the mix.

15. Christmas Cornflake Wreaths

Cornflakes tinted green and shaped into tiny wreaths, dotted with red candies like berries.

Shape them with a greased spoon while the mixture is still warm, it hardens fast once it cools.

Ingredients:

• Cornflakes
• Marshmallows and butter
• Green food coloring
• Red mini candies

Instructions:

1. Melt the butter and marshmallows together, then stir in green food coloring.
2. Fold in the cornflakes until fully coated.
3. Shape into small wreaths on parchment using a greased spoon.
4. Press red candies on top before they set.

16. Rudolph Reindeer Sandwiches

A triangle sandwich turned into Rudolph, with pretzel antlers and a red candy nose. Lunchbox-ready.

Works with peanut butter, a cheese sandwich, or whatever filling your kid actually eats.

Ingredients:

• Bread
• Sandwich filling of choice
• Pretzel sticks
• Mini chocolate chips and a red mini candy

Instructions:

1. Cut the bread into triangles.
2. Spread with the filling.
3. Add two pretzel sticks at the top for antlers, chocolate chip eyes, and a red candy nose.
4. Serve right away.

17. Waffle Cone Christmas Trees

A sugar cone, flipped upside down and frosted green, becomes a little tree. One of the easiest crafts-slash-treats on this whole list.

Let the kids pick their own sprinkles, this is really their project more than yours.

Ingredients:

• Sugar cones
• Green frosting
• Sprinkles
• Mini star candy

Instructions:

1. Turn the cone upside down and frost it green.
2. Decorate with sprinkles while the frosting is still wet.
3. Top with a mini star candy.
4. Let set before serving.

18. Hershey’s Christmas Mice Candy

A Hershey’s Kiss with a cherry stem tail and almond ears, turned into a little mouse. An old classic that still gets a laugh.

No baking, no melting, just assembly. Good one for very young kids to help with.

Ingredients:

• Hershey’s Kisses
• Maraschino cherries with stems
• Sliced almonds
• Candy eyes

Instructions:

1. Unwrap the Kisses and attach a cherry, stem out, as the tail.
2. Press sliced almonds into the sides for ears.
3. Add candy eyes near the point.
4. Serve chilled.

19. Snowman Dip

A sweet cream cheese and marshmallow dip, smoothed into a bowl and decorated with a snowman face.

Serve with graham crackers, apple slices, or both.

Ingredients:

• Cream cheese, softened
• Marshmallow fluff
• Vanilla extract
• Mini chocolate chips
• Graham crackers or fruit, for dipping

Instructions:

1. Beat the cream cheese, marshmallow fluff, and vanilla until smooth.
2. Spoon into a bowl and smooth the top.
3. Decorate with mini chocolate chips for a snowman face.
4. Serve with graham crackers or fruit.

20. Peppermint Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

A chocolate cookie with a thumbprint pressed in, filled with a chocolate kiss and crushed candy cane.

The one actual baking recipe on this list, but still simple enough for kids to help roll the dough.

Ingredients:

• Chocolate cookie dough
• Chocolate kisses
• Crushed candy cane

Instructions:

1. Roll the dough into balls and bake, pressing a thumbprint into the center halfway through.
2. Press a chocolate kiss into the warm indent.
3. Sprinkle with crushed candy cane.
4. Cool completely before serving.

21. Christmas Layered Jello Cups

Red and green jello, layered with whipped topping in small clear cups. Wobbly, colorful, and kids think it’s magic.

Needs a chill time between layers, so this one’s more of a project spread across an afternoon than a quick treat.

Ingredients:

• Red jello
• Green jello
• Whipped topping
• Small clear cups

Instructions:

1. Make the red jello and pour a layer into each cup. Chill until set.
2. Add a layer of whipped topping.
3. Pour the green jello on top and chill until set.
4. Top with a bit more whipped topping before serving.

22. Nutter Butter Polar Bear Cookies

The same Nutter Butter shape as the reindeer, just dipped white and given a polar bear face instead.

Make both this one and the reindeer version together, they only take a few extra minutes as a set.

Ingredients:

• Nutter Butter cookies
• White candy melts
• Mini chocolate chips
• Black icing

Instructions:

1. Dip each cookie in melted white candy coating.
2. Let set on parchment.
3. Add mini chocolate chip ears and eyes.
4. Use black icing to add a small nose.

23. Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats

The classic Rice Krispie treat, tinted green and shaped into little cones instead of squares.

Butter your hands well before shaping, the mixture is sticky while it’s warm.

Ingredients:

• Rice Krispies cereal
• Marshmallows and butter
• Green food coloring
• Sprinkles and mini star candy

Instructions:

1. Melt the butter and marshmallows, then stir in green food coloring.
2. Fold in the cereal until fully coated.
3. Shape into small cones on parchment while still warm.
4. Decorate with sprinkles and top with a star candy.

24. Marshmallow Snowmen On A Stick

Three marshmallows stacked on a stick and dipped in white candy coating, decorated as a full snowman.

These are sturdier than they look and travel well to a party without falling apart.

Ingredients:

• Large marshmallows
• Lollipop sticks
• White candy melts
• Mini candy eyes, orange candy, and black icing

Instructions:

1. Stack three marshmallows on a lollipop stick.
2. Dip in melted white candy coating to seal.
3. Add candy eyes, an orange nose, and dot on buttons with black icing.
4. Let set upright.

25. Graham Cracker Nativity Scene

A small stable built out of graham crackers, glued together with frosting instead of icing mortar. A nice alternative to a full gingerbread house.

Hold the walls together for a minute while the frosting sets, they slide before it firms up.

Ingredients:

• Graham crackers
• Frosting, as the glue
• Pretzel sticks, for support
• Shredded wheat cereal, for the roof

Instructions:

1. Use frosting to glue graham cracker walls into a small stable shape.
2. Let the frame set for a few minutes.
3. Add pretzel sticks as support beams if needed.
4. Top with shredded wheat cereal for a hay-covered roof.

Santa Nutter Butter Cookies

These Santa Nutter Butter Cookies are a fun and easy Christmas treat made with peanut-shaped cookies, melted candy coating, and simple decorations. They’re perfect for holiday parties, classroom treats, cookie trays, and Christmas baking with kids.

Ingredients

• 12 Nutter Butter cookies
• 1 cup red candy melts
• 1/2 cup white candy melts
• Mini marshmallows or white sprinkles
• Candy eyes
• Red candies or mini M&Ms for noses

Instructions

1. Melt the red and white candy melts separately according to package directions.
2. Dip the top of each Nutter Butter cookie in red candy melts to make Santa’s hat.
3. Dip or drizzle the lower part with white candy melts for the beard.
4. Add candy eyes and a red candy nose while the coating is still soft.
5. Add a mini marshmallow or white sprinkle to the tip of the hat.
6. Let the cookies set completely before serving or packaging.