16 Cute Kids Christmas Party Food Ideas

These cute Christmas party food ideas are perfect for kids and adults!

It’s snowing here today and it reminded me of one thing: Christmas is coming! These kids Christmas party food ideas will make a family table holiday festive and they’re special enough for a children’s christmas party, too.

But if you want to up the cutest factor even more, the ideas in this round up include:

Peanut Butter Chocolate Reindeer Cookies, Santa Nutter Butters, Chocolate and Covered Candy Cane Reindeer
Rudolf Pancakes, Candy Cane Hearts Pops, Frosty Snowman Pretzels and Nutter Butter Snowman
Reindeer Cupcakes, Christmas Present Pretzels, Krispie Treat Christmas Trees and White Chocolate Popcorn
Snowman Mason Jar Treat, Santa Suit Candy Cups, String Cheese Snowman and Marshmallow Snowman treats

1. Peanut Butter Chocolate Reindeer Cookies

From Sweet Simple Stuff

If you love peanut butter and chocolate, then you will love these peanut butter chocolate reindeer cookies.

Make up a batch of your favorite peanut butter cookie dough and add a few edible embellishments to create the cutest chocolate peanut butter reindeer to top them off!

2. Santa Nutter Butters

From Penguin Stamper

Why serve ordinary Nutter Butters during the Christmas season when a few simple steps can result in these adorable Santa cookies?

A little white chocolate, red sprinkles, mini chocolate chips and a red hot later and you have a jolly cookie to add to your holiday dessert spread.

3. Chocolate Covered Candy Cane Reindeer

From By Stephanie Lynn

If you need a last minute semi-homemade Christmas treat, these chocolate covered candy cane reindeer are perfect.

Dip the candy canes in melted chocolate and add jelly bean & sugar pearl eyes and a red Skittles nose. Quick and easy!

4. Rudolf Pancakes

From I Heart Naptime, Inspired by Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons
Chances are pretty good that you already have the ingredients on hand to create these adorable Rudolf pancakes.

So round up your pancake mix, large marshmallows, chocolate chips, bacon and cherries for a meal your kids will love.

5. Candy Cane Hearts Pops

From One Little Project

The ingredients list to make these candy cane hearts pops is really simple: candy canes, white chocolate, sprinkles and sucker sticks. Plus, the prep time is quick—only 20 minutes.

6. Frosty Snowman Pretzels

From Hungry Happenings

Would you believe that pretzel rings, melted white chocolate and mini chocolate chips provide the basic foundation for these too-cute-for words Frosty the Snowman pretzels?

Candy coated sunflowers make up the “carrot” nose, and strips of Fruit Roll-Ups serve as the snowman’s scarf.

7. Nutter Butter Snowman

From Life Love Liz

Nutter Butters are so versatile! A little coat of white chocolate and some candy embellishments turn some naked cookies into wintry snowmen.

8. Reindeer Cupcakes

From Spaceships and Laser Beams

Whether you bake up from-scratch cupcakes or buy ready-made from the store, it’s easy to transform simple cupcakes into cute little reindeer. Pretzels make for perfect antlers, don’t they?

9. Christmas Present Pretzels

From Capturing Joy

These Christmas present pretzels are the right combination of sweet and salty. Plus, they are easy to store and transport.

Make up a batch for your home and another batch to gift to loved ones.

10. Krispie Treat Christmas Trees

From Raining Hot Coupons

Forming Rice Krispie treats into tree shapes is such a great idea! Kids will love adding frosting accents and decking their trees in candy ornaments.

11. White Chocolate Popcorn

From The 36th Avenue

Not only is this white chocolate popcorn recipe a fabulous mix of sweet and salty, it is festive and delicious.

12. Snowman Mason Jar Treat

From Polkadot Chair

If you aren’t sure what to do with your Mason jar stash, this snowman Mason jar treat idea is genius.

Filled with white chocolate pretzels, this is a great no-bake treat option that also makes an impressive gift.

13. Santa Suit Candy Cups

From Hungry Happenings

These festive Santa suit candy cups are a definite labor of love, but can be filled with candy, nuts and even pudding. You’ll definitely wow guests.

14. String Cheese Snowman

From No Biggie

What a genius idea to dress up string cheese like a snowman.

Grab your black and orange permanent ink pens, some winter ribbon for a snowman scarf and some scrap black craft paper for a stove pipe hat. These are easy to assemble for home or school.

15. Marshmallow Snowman Treats

From Amanda’s Parties to Go

Kids will love helping you build and eat these marshmallow snowman treats.

Displayed on a skewer, they can be wrapped to make darling Christmas or winter party favors too.

16. Reindeer Treats

From Lil Luna

These bite-sized reindeer treats are easy enough for little hands to make. Plus, they only require 4 ingredients—square pretzels, pretzel sticks, Rolos and red Sixlets.

Create your own delicious Christmas party food with these supplies:

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Peppermint Candy Canes
Melting Chocolate
Pretzel Snaps
Mini Pretzels
Chocolate M&M Candies
White Melting Chocolate
Marshmallows
Nutter Butter Cookies
Christmas Candy Sprinkles
Christmas Baking Molds
Christmas Baking Cups
Santa Belt Baking Cups

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