These sweet holiday treats are pretty creative and easy to make. From tree decoration to Santa's cookies, decorate your Christmas table to impress family, kids and relatives. Or just involve your whole family in making these easy Christmas treats.
Check out the following Christmas treats for inspiration. They’re easy to make, and sure to please a crowd.
These little Santas are almost too cute to eat. A delightful Christmas party recipe that only takes 10 minutes to prepare.
What You’ll Need:
- 1 dozen strawberries
- 1 cup whipped cream
- a handful of chocolate sprinkles
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Christmas Tree Meringue Cookies, fun and festive meringue cookies that are light as air and melt in your mouth! Super cute for your holiday party! So easy to make and charming enough you won't to eat them... but you will.
What You’ll Need:
- 4 egg whites at room temp
- 1 Cup granulated sugar
- pinch cream of tartar
- 1/8 tsp almond extract
- green gel food coloring
- multi color sprinkles
- star sprinkles
- frosting of your choice
Bring festive color to your dessert table with beautiful cookies the resemble poinsettia blossoms. This dish can be an added beauty to your Christmas table.
What You’ll Need:
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 box (4-serving size) raspberry-flavored gelatin
- 1 egg
- 2 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons yellow candy sprinkles
These cute meringue cookie snowmen will not melt, but are sure to disappear from your Christmas dessert table. Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-Ups, candies, chocolate chips and pretzel sticks make decorating fun.
What You’ll Need:
- 3 egg whites
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 18 thin pretzel sticks (2 1/4 inch), broken in half
- 36 miniature semisweet chocolate chips (about 3/4 teaspoon)
- 18 pieces candy corn, tips only
- 54 miniature candy-coated chocolate candies
- 3 to 4 rolls Betty Crocker Fruit Roll-Ups chewy fruit snack (any flavor), cut up as desired
A square cookie cutter and a little frosting is all you need to make these easy, festive present cookies! Get creative and decorate with brightly-colored frosting.
What You’ll Need:
- 1 pouch Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie mix
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 container Betty Crocker Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
- Assorted gel food colors
- Assorted sprinkles, decorating sugars, edible glitter, as desired
Kids will love making their own wonderland with this Ginger Bread House easy recipe. Let them have their own time in the fantasy world.
What You’ll Need:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup light molasses or dark corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons water
Gather the kids for a lot of Christmas cookie and frosting fun! Your kids can help decorate the Santa faces.
What You’ll Need:
- 2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup Gold Medal all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cans (6.4 oz each) Betty Crocker Easy Flow white decorating icing
- 6 miniature marshmallows, cut in half
- 1 tablespoon Betty Crocker red sugar
- 24 blue miniature candy-coated chocolate candies
- 12 red miniature candy-coated chocolate candies
Winter party? Welcome kids and kids-at-heart into a warm home with frosty snowmen cupcakes. These snowman cupcakes were so fun to make, easier to serve, require no slicing, no plates, and no forks.
What You’ll Need:
- 1 box Betty Crocker SuperMoist white cake mix
- Water, vegetable oil and egg whites called for on cake mix box
- 1 container Betty Crocker Whipped fluffy white frosting
- White decorator sugar crystals
- 1 bag (16 oz) large marshmallows
- Pretzel sticks
- Betty Crocker Fruit by the Foot chewy fruit snack rolls, any red or orange flavor
- Assorted candies (such as gumdrops, gummy ring candies, peppermint candies, chocolate chips, pastel mint chips, Betty Crocker candy decors, string licorice)
Your kids will love decorating these little trees just as much as they do the real one. An easy, eye-catching way to serve a holiday cheese ball. The best news? You can make it up to a month in advance!
What You’ll Need:
- 3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (16 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons basil pesto
- 1 tablespoon grated onion
- 1/4 teaspoon yellow mustard
- Red pepper sauce
- 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley or cilantro
- 1/4 cup pine nuts or sliced almonds
- 2 tablespoons chopped red bell pepper
- Piece of lemon peel, if desired
- Assorted crackers, if desired
These would make great treats for neighbors, teachers, classmates or as party favors.Wrap in a plastic treat bag, and relish in the oohs and ahhs as you deliver them to your friends!
What You’ll Need:
- Large Marshmallows (I prefer Jet-Puffed over the store brand)
- Lollipop sticks, popsicle sticks, or pretzel sticks
- Ribbon
- Melting Chocolate (I prefer the ones you buy at the craft store for their smooth texture)
- Cinnamon dots, Hot Tamales or Mike & Ike’s Reds
- Small Pretzels
- Pearl Sprinkles (or other candies for the eyes)
- Foam block
Easy Holiday Cheeseball Party Appetizer to look like a pine cone. The outstanding presentation of this appetizer will make people think you spent more time on it than it really took.
What You’ll Need:
- 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup light mayonnaise
- 5 strips of bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
- 1 Tbsp chopped green onion
- 1 tsp chopped dill weed
- ? tsp pepper
- 1¼ cup whole almonds, toasted
These sweet little treats are as tasty as they are impressive! Plus, they are so easy to make, and will make such a big impression on all of your party guests.
What You’ll Need:
- Strawberries
- White melting chocolate
- Coconut flakes
- Mini marshmallows
These edible Santa Suit Candy Cups can be filled with candies, as pictured, and used as party favors, or they can be filled with anything from chocolate mousse to ice cream for Christmas dessert.
What You’ll Need:
- melted red colored confectionery coating/candy melts (or use white and add red coloring)
- melted white confectionery coating
- small plastic cups – do not use paper cups or your candy cups will look dull not shiny (about 2 1/2 inches tall – the bathroom cup size)
- white modeling chocolate (click here for recipe and instructions)
- black food coloring
- powdered sugar to dust cutting board
- Fill your Santa Suit Candy Cups with:
- candies, nuts, trail mix, dried fruit, mini cookies, chocolate mousse, pudding, ice cream, etc.
The great thing about making a wreath is that you can make it as large or as small as you like. Just remember to have plenty of Jelly Belly jelly beans on hand!
What You’ll Need:
- 9 cupcakes, your favorite flavor, baked in green paper liners and cooled
- 1 1/2 cups canned vanilla frosting, divided
- Red and green food coloring
- 1/2 cup each, Kiwi, Margarita and Green Apple Jelly Belly jelly beans
- 13 red Cherry Sours by Jelly Belly
- 2 whole graham crackers
- 4 thin pretzel sticks
- 1/2 cup Very Cherry or Cinnamon red Jelly Belly jelly beans
- Coconut Jelly Belly jelly beans
Kids will love this two-layer peppermint-flavored chocolate cake that's been cleverly frosted to look like Santa Claus.
What You’ll Need:
- 1 box (18.25 ounces) devils food cake mix
- 1 1/3 cups water
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2/3 cup mini chocolate chips
Frosting
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 2 teaspoons peppermint extract
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 boxes (16 ounces) confectioners sugar
- 6 - 7 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup prepared chocolate frosting
- Red food coloring
- Assorted candies for decoration
Get inspired with these cute, fun, decorative and colorful treats and try these out on your table and impress everyone on the Christmas eve. Merry Christmas!
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