Christmas Snacks For Kids

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Bring even more holiday magic to your Christmas party this year with these easy Christmas snacks for kids. They’re fun, festive, and sure to become your family’s favorite tradition!

Collage pin with 6 Christmas snacks for kids like marshmallow snowmen, gumdrops, reindeer celery sticks, santa rice krispie treats, popcorn balls, and snowman bark.

I’ve collected 17 of my favorite Christmas snack ideas for kids for you to come back to throughout the holiday season. This festive recipe collection is filled with cute Christmas desserts, easy treats, and fun Christmas food ideas that kids of all ages will love.

Whether you’re looking for something to serve at or bring to holiday parties, classroom parties, movie nights, or to wrap up and give away, you’ll find something for any occasion.

These quick holiday snacks contain Christmas candy recipes, Grinch desserts, plenty of chocolate bark, Jello Santas, Rice Krispie Christmas trees, and more kid-approved snacks to make this season extra magical!

Tips & Tricks

  • Quick and Easy. The best snacks for kids are ones they can help make! Keep it simple with just a few ingredients and easy steps.
  • Kitchen-safe tools. If you have little helpers, consider using kid-safe utensils, such as plastic knives, silicone spatulas, and smaller mixing bowls.
  • Consider allergies. Many, but not all, of the tasty treats below are nut-free and gluten-free. But double check the ingredients list if allergies are something you need to watch out for.
  • Get creative! Make substitutions wherever necessary. Clean out your pantry and add extra toppings on things like crushed candy canes, coconut, peppermint, dried cranberries, white chocolate chips, and plenty of holiday sprinkles.
Santa Hat Rice Krispie Treats
Turn classic rice krispie treats into Santa hats with a bit of red food coloring, marshmallows, and some decorations!
GET SANTA HAT RICE KRISPIE TREATS HERE
3 round Christmas Popcorn Balls with M&Ms and sprinkles in paper container for gifting with more popcorn balls in background
Christmas Popcorn Balls
A no-bake treat similar to rice krispies, but with popcorn and festive M&Ms instead!
GET CHRISTMAS POPCORN BALLS RECIPE
Celery reindeer decorated with pretzels, candy eyes, and M&Ms.
Peanut Butter Celery Reindeer Sticks
Give this healthy afternoon snack an adorably festive twist with just a few minutes and some creativity!
GET CELERY REINDEER RECIPE
Homemade red and green Christmas gumdrops cut into christmas shapes and piled on a white plate.
Christmas Gumdrops
Homemade gumdrops are easy to make, and when molded into Christmas shapes and coated in sugar crystals, they're the perfect edible gift or treat to snack on.
GET CHRISTMAS GUMDROPS RECIPE
Christmas Grinch Bark Candy with green sprinkles and red hearts
Grinch Bark
Green and white candy melts come together with little red hearts and green sprinkles to make a breakable, shareable, giftable snack!
GET GRINCH BARK RECIPE
Marshmallow Snowman Kebabs made with candy.
Marshmallow Snowman Pops
Skewered marshmallows on a stick make the cutest little snowmen! Dress them up with a hat and buttons, and you've got a festive treat for stocking stuffers, party favors, or to stir in your hot chocolate.
GET SNOWMAN POPS RECIPE
Bugle Santa Hats - Bugles dipped in red chocolate and decorated with white spinkles and mini mashmallows to look like santa hats.
Santa Hat Bugles
Salty bugles coated in sweet melted chocolate decorated like little Santa hands are just about the cutest sweet and salty snack for the holidays!
GET SANTA HAT BUGLES RECIPE HERE
Strawberry dipped in green chocolate and decorated with sprinkles to look like a Christmas tree. The berry is sitting on an oreo cookie topped with vanilla frosting.
Strawberry Christmas Trees
An Oreo base with a green chocolate-dipped strawberry for a tree! Every bite is bursting with fresh strawberries inside!
GET STRAWBERRY CHRISTMAS TREES RECIPE
Grinch Pretzel Bites on white plate with red heart sprinkles sprinkled around them
Grinch Pretzel Bites
You've got the sweet and salty, crunchy, and gooey in every caramel-filled bite of these green chocolate-dipped pretzels!
GET GRINCH PRETZEL BITES RECIPE
These easy-to-make, no bake, green Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats are sure to be the hit of the dessert table this Christmas– especially with the kids!
Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats
A no-bake treat the kids will love to help with! Whether eating or taste testing, they're always a hit around the holidays.
GET CHRISTMAS TREE RICE KRISPIE RECIPE
Melted snowman bark with gumdrop earmuffs, mini m&m buttons, and faces drawn on with icing.
Melted Snowman Bark
Snowman bark is a fun, edible gift for friends and family. Get the kids involved and make it a fun cold-weather activity.
GET MELTED SNOWMAN BARK RECIPE
Santa jello cups with whipped cream and sprinkles.
Santa Jello Cups
A cup of strawberry Jell-O dressed up as Santa with a belt, whipped cream, and sprinkles is as fun and easy as it gets.
GET SANTA JELLO CUPS RECIPE
Charcuterie board shaped like a Christmas tree with cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, grapes, salami, etc...
Christmas Tree Charcuterie Board
Set up your kids' favorite meat, cheese, fruits, and veggies on a board in the shape of a Christmas tree as a fun way to sneak in the healthy treats too!
GET CHRISTMAS TREE CHARCUTERIE BOARD RECIPE
These fun Christmas tree cupcakes are easy to make by topping cupcakes with sugar cones and then decorating them with M&Ms as ornaments. 
Christmas Tree Cone Cupcakes
Grab some green color mist spray and turn your sugar cones into cupcake topper Christmas trees!
GET CHRISTMAS TREE CUPCAKES RECIPE
Chocolate reindeer bark broken into irregularly shaped pieces, each decorated with broken pretzels, candy eyes, and a red M&M to look like Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
Reindeer Bark
Adding pretzels, M&M's, and candy eyes to chocolate bark makes the cutest little Rudolph the red nose reindeer treats!
GET REINDEER BARK RECIPE
Grinch Rice Krispie Treats for Christmas
Grinch Rice Krispie Treats
Dipped in green white chocolate and decorated with a signature red heart, these Grinch rice krispie treats are the perfect addition to your holiday dessert tray!
GET GRINCH RICE KRISPIE TREATS RECIPE
Christmas Puppy Chow with M&Ms
Christmas Puppy Chow
Grab a handful of this sweet and crunchy holiday snack mix coated in chocolate, peanut butter, powdered sugar, and M&Ms before it's gone!
GET CHRISTMAS PUPPY CHOW RECIPE

I hope you and your littles ones enjoy these easy Christmas treats and have a very Merry Christmas!

For even more Christmas dessert inspiration check out my recipes for Christmas cookies.

Three festive Christmas snacks for kids: popcorn balls, marshmallow snowmen, and celery reindeer sticks.

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