Whether you’re planning an intimate Christmas dinner menu for the family or baking up Christmas gift boxes to send to friends, baking Christmas treats is a great way to experience a little joy and peace. Make a day of baking these easy Christmas treats and let the kids help—even the young ones can sprinkle on the toppings or decorate with icing. No matter how full anyone feels after your holiday dinner (thanks to those oh-so-delicious sides), it’ll still be hard to say no to these treats. Get your ugly sweater on, crank up those holiday tunes, and take your dessert spread to the next level with these 15 Christmas treat ideas.

15. Santa Munch Christmas Popcorn

We love binging Christmas movies, and while we’re doing that we need snacks! One of the things I love to binge eat while binging TV is popcorn. I’m pretty sure Santa loves popcorn too, especially when it’s coated in white chocolate, mixed with pretzels, nuts, and M&Ms, and even more so when you package it in cute little bags. Santa munch popcorn snack mix is a little reminiscent of my Elf Munch recipe, which at some point I need to remake and reshoot and repost. Every year, I see that post pop up in my analytics and cringe a little, hoping that the reader clicks “home” after printing so they know I’m better now than I was then.
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14. Christmas Light Cupcakes

These Christmas Light cupcakes look so impressive but are actually so easy to make. You could have these done before your aunt can finish decorating her first sugar cookie. These cupcakes were some of the most fun cupcakes I have ever made. Especially since I got to snack on mini m&ms throughout the decorating process. Actually mainly because I got to eat so many m&ms. Having one container to decorate and one container to just snack on sure helped. It’s one of the best Christmas treat ideas I can share with you.
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13. Chocolate Peanut Butter Stacks

If you need a ridiculously easy, no-bake dessert for a party, holiday cookie exchange, or just have a spur of the moment craving for chocolate and peanut butter, this is a perfect recipe. What I love about these little cookies or cracker, stacks is that they’re salty and sweet, crunchy from the crackers yet creamy from the peanut butter, and gooey from marshmallow creme. Every awesome dessert quality has been rolled up into one little bite-sized bundle. They’re incredibly addictive. Read the blog posts for chocolate recommendations.
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12. Pretzel Christmas Tree

Chocolate Christmas Tree Pretzels are one of the easiest treats to make yet one of the most fun! Kids especially love this holiday snack. This recipe is a total hit for class parties at school! They go perfect with this Grinch Popcorn and these Peanut Butter Cup Christmas trees! If the kids love to get in the kitchen and make holiday treats but aren’t quite old enough for baking, this is perfect. You can hand over all the ingredients and let them go free! No matter if they look beautiful or a total mess they taste exactly the same. This is one of my best Christmas tree ideas and I love to make it.
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11. Chocolate Kiss Cookies

These buttery, melt in your mouth cookies are topped with a chocolate kiss to create an easy, moreish dessert you won’t be able to stop eating! These are SO simple to make, yet totally addictive. I ate 3 straight out of the oven. No regrets. As soon as the plain cookies came out of the oven, I put the chocolate kiss into the centre. I then left them to cool for 5 minutes then ate one and it was just incredible. The chocolate kiss looked like it had held its shape, but as soon as you bite into the cookie, you get a burst of melted chocolate.
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10. Rice Krispie Christmas Puddings

Hands up the chocolate lovers out there; I see you! And you guys know how much I love chocolate as well! Anything chocolate, from cakes to brownies, cookies to cheesecake. If there’s chocolate, I’m there! So it should come as a surprise that every year, it’s a chocolate Advent calendar for the Christmas countdown. Resisting the urge to open all the doors at once is always a test of my willpower. Let the festive baking begin with these festive Rice Krispie Christmas Puddings. Easy to make, they are a fun Christmas recipe to make with kids. Ready in no time, they make great last-minute treats or a cute handmade Christmas gift to share with family and friends.
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9. Santa Oreos

Easy Santa Oreo Cookies that are fun to make and perfect for kids to help with! I don’t whether it’s the fact that these Santa Oreos are no-bake or so stinking cute that makes me love them more. They are quick to make and so easy the kids can do most of the work themselves, making it a really fun activity for the whole family to get involved with. The reward at the end is sweet, Santa Oreos that taste delicious! This is one of the most delicious Christmas treat ideas I have ever made.
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8. Peanut Butter Snowballs

Festive Peanut Butter Snowballs are filled with sweet, creamy peanut butter and covered in vanilla candy coating and sprinkles! The best part is these peanut butter snowballs only require 4 ingredients! This year, we decided to make Peanut Butter Snowballs as one of our neighbour’s treats. They are more of a candy than anything else but were easy to make and incredibly delicious. It’s absolutely delicious and one of the best Christmas treat ideas you are gonna get.
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7. Rum Balls

Rum Balls are a classic holiday treat. Boozy, chocolatey and rich, store these beauties in the refrigerator for several days for an even better flavour! Rum balls are pretty similar to turtle cookie balls or peppermint oreo cookie balls – just…boozier. Rum Balls are made with vanilla cookie crumbs, pecans, cocoa, confectioners’ sugar, and spiced rum. Mix everything in a bowl and roll into balls, then you just give them a quick toss in any topping you can think of. These do taste like spiced rum, so keep that in mind. Although if rum isn’t your favourite, you could try making them with bourbon instead.
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6. Chocolate Gingerbread Men with Candy

These Chocolate Gingerbread Man Cookies have just a hint of chocolate with plenty of gingery spice. They are perfect for holiday cookie trays or for gift giving! Often, holiday baking includes my children. They love to help prepare (and eat!) all of the goodies we crank out! My kiddos especially love to help me make and decorate these Chocolate Gingerbread Man Cookies! With just a hint of chocolate and plenty of gingery spice, these cookies are sure to be a hit on any holiday cookie tray!
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5. Reeses Chocolate Christmas Trees

If you are a fan of Reese’s, these homemade Reese’s Peanut Butter Christmas Trees will sweep you off your feet! As a matter of fact, I do not know a single person who does not like Reese’s cups. Since Christmas is just around the corner, everyone’s favourite Reese’s Cups just got a new holiday makeover!!! For Easter, I made my homemade Reese’s cups in the shape of eggs. But, it’s time to make plans for Christmas, so I decided to make my homemade Reese’s in the shape of a Christmas tree.
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4. Candy Cane Kiss Cookies

Festive sugar cookies and chocolate cookies stuffed with a Candy Cane Hershey Kiss. Soft, chewy, and easy to make! Meet my new favourite Christmas cookie. There’s sugar, there are candy canes, there’s Hershey Kisses, there are sprinkles (!!). Surely you’re not surprised by my new favourite cookie to make around the holidays, right? When the fall holidays arrive, the Candy Cane Kisses begin to appear on supermarket shelves too. These are an incredibly delicious flavour delivered by the Hershey’s Kisses people. And they’re amazing tucked into a cookie too. These are too yummy and you are gonna love these Christmas treat ideas.
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3. White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies

These White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies are crispy, chewy, and delicious. The perfect sweet treat for the holidays! Candy canes and peppermint aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. They’re a staple during the holiday season, but not everyone likes the taste of mint, which is understandable. Personally, I am a huge fan of the mint and chocolate combo, especially when paired with dark chocolate. White chocolate does add more sweetness though, so these cookies are not lacking in that regard.
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2. Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies Recipe

Soft, luscious Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies are easy and perfect for holiday festivities. Whether it’s for a party, holiday cookie exchange or gifts for the neighbours, these are perfect. Who doesn’t love food with the word gooey or butter in the title! These are not only tempting and fun, the powdered sugar coating makes them extra special. Adding almond and orange extracts makes them taste like Christmas. They are usually a favourite around the holiday dessert table. These are so delicious and one of the best Christmas treat ideas ever.
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1. Christmas Red Velvet Sugar Cookies

Quick and easy Christmas Red Velvet Cookies are perfect for every occasion so you can make little presents of them. I can’t imagine New Year without these lovely sweet red velvet cookies. These cookies are so nice and I am sure that you will love them on the first bite. This recipe makes about 24 cream cheese red velvet sugar cookies, which I think will last you a few days during the holidays, with a few more to share for Santa! Now, when your holiday preparations are over I can wish you to spend the holidays in peace and harmony with your friends and family and enjoy this simple recipe!
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BONUS

Christmas Jello

We LOVE jello! I’m guessing you feel the same too! Be sure to check out our amazing collection of Jello recipes here! Everyone loves jello and this layered jello recipe is absolutely perfect for Christmas! This jello recipe is super easy to make too – all you need is 2 different flavours of jello and vanilla yoghurt! Jello recipe is made with cherry and lime gelatin for a delicious flavour combination in the perfect colours for Christmas! So what are you waiting for guys?? Christmas is near so try these amazing.
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