40+ Easy Christmas Treats Recipes – Best Holiday Treats!
A delicious collection of Christmas treats to eat and gifts, with peanut butter blossoms, peppermint bark, sugar cookie martinis, gingersnaps, reindeer chow and more!
Christmas Treats to get you Festive!
Who’s ready to get into the spirit of the holidays with delicious, easy Christmas Treats?
I’m talking cookies, candy, cocktails, and more! Ready for peanut butter blossoms, peppermint bark, and festive holiday drinks that will make this season merry and bright?
It’s so wonderful sharing the 1st Annual Beaming Holiday Treat-a-Palooza with you. I hope you’ve enjoyed everything and let me know what you want to see next year. Let’s bake and shake this!
Pantry Ingredients for Christmas Treats Recipes
Not to worry, we’ll be making Christmas treats with many of the pantry staples you probably already have on hand:
- Flour: all purpose flour
- Butter: unsalted butter, at room temperature is best for all of these recipes
- Eggs: room temperature, large eggs are best
- Sugar: granulated sugar that’s made with cane sugar is best here!
- Brown sugar: I’ll not when dark brown sugar or light brown sugar in particular are needed
- Salt: use fine table salt
- Baking soda, baking powder: make sure you use fresh containers of each, so your Christmas treats turn out spectacular
- Tools: remember to grab your favorite medium cookie scoop, small cookie scoop, and stand mixer. You’ll need all three to make most of these recipes.
Easy Christmas Treats Recipes - Best Holiday Treats!
A delicious collection of Christmas treats to eat and gifts, with peanut butter blossoms, peppermint bark, sugar cookie martinis, gingersnaps, reindeer chow and more!
Easy Christmas Treats // Easy Holiday Treats
Here are my favorite easy Christmas treats--from a 5-minute delight that will keep the fam happy for days on end to little cookies that resemble adorable snowballs!
Cheerful, festive, and colorful 5-minute Reindeer Chow has crunchy cheerios, savory pretzels, and rice chex mixed together with white chocolate and red ‘n green M&M’s for the perfect salty & sweet holiday treat!
This simple and easy treat is made by combining two mini candy canes and filling the centers with chocolate. An easy and sweet Christmas treat!
A tender, melt-in-your-mouth walnut-based cookie that’s coated in powdered sugar to charmingly resemble a snowball. Snowball Cookies are a wonderfully joyful Christmas treat. 🙂
Christmas Treats for Gifts
One thing I absolutely love doing this time of year? Making (and eating) and gifting Christmas treats! Who doesn't love an edible gift?
This Peppermint Bark Recipe is an easy, festive candy featuring decadent layers of white and semi-sweet chocolate infused with peppermint and topped with crushed candy canes. Perfect for gifting!
Sugar dipped peanut butter cookies with crispy edges & chewy centers are topped with a rich chocolate kiss for deliciously classic Peanut Butter Blossoms!
Crispy, crunchy keto coconut cluster goodness. A crunch you can actually hear! Crispy toasted coconut and chewy nuts, plus crunchy seeds make for the best keto coconut clusters.
Just 7 ingredients for the best tahini cookies—buttery-rich, crisp sesame coating, tender crumb. Delicious sesame tahini cookies that are irresistible!
Melt in your mouth, buttery, indulgent, and delightfully whipped shortbread cookies with crispy edges. No chilling, 4 ingredient recipe.
Easy No Bake Christmas Treats
What could be easier than easy no bake Christmas treats, which leave the hot oven out of delicious kitchen time?
Yep, all you need are 4 ingredients to make this peppermint, candy cane-inspired homemade crunch bar delight. Find the recipe here.
The best chocolate almond bark is made with thick pieces of indulgent almond bark packed with crunchy, roasted almonds and rich chocolate goodness.
Just a few minutes of prep for chewy ‘n satisfying no bake cookies packed with rolled oats and creamy peanut butter.
Delicious coconut chia seed pudding that packs creamy, luscious texture and divinely sweet coconut flavor. This coconut chia pudding is made with just 5 ingredients, including coconut milk!
Just 5 mins of prep for coconut chocolate clusters packed with chewy coconut flakes. The easiest chocolate coconut candy!
Dreamy ‘n creamy peppermint fudge made with just 3 ingredients! The best secretly keto mint fudge.
Christmas Treats for Kids & Adults alike!
There's no age limit when it comes to these fun and festive holiday treats. Find the perfect dessert delight to make with family members of all ages.
Crunchy, audibly snap-in-half Gingersnaps – thin ‘n crispy seasonal cookies bursting with sweet ginger, cloves and cinnamon!
Perfect coconut bars dipped in rich chocolate topped with roasted almonds and finished with beautiful chocolate drizzle.
An easy, 1-bowl recipe for soft, fluffy orange muffins with a hint of delicious cardamom flavor
Shiny tops, crisp edges, and soft, chewy centers bursting with fudgy rich chocolate flavor: the best Brownie Cookies!
The best cinnamon oatmeal cookies have crisp edges, unbelievably chewy centers and cinnamon sweet flavor to make this season bright!
Deep, rich chocolate and sweet orange come together for the best moist chocolate orange muffins. Think: the best chocolate cake ever + chocolate orange flavor = these guys!
Healthy Christmas Treats
Who says you can enjoy eating healthy during the holidays? All you need are a few of these goodies made with good-for-you ingredients, and you'll be sitting pretty. 😎
Chewy, crispy healthy coconut cookies bursting with coconut flavor. The best, most satisfying coconut cookies!
Lightly sweet healthy oatmeal cookies bursting with warm, cozy spices and buttery-rich flavor.
This 3 ingredient healthy rice krispie treats recipe is prepped in minutes! Learn how to make rice krispie treats without marshmallows.
Warm, cozy spices with chewy oats and sweet ‘n tart cranberries in the best healthy oatmeal cranberry cookies recipe!
Soft ‘n moist healthy orange bread made with healthy, whole ingredients. Bursting with delicious orange flavor.
An easy recipe for deliciously healthy peanut butter oatmeal cookies made with simple, whole ingredients.
Also try my Healthy Breakfast Bars for Christmas morning breakfast!
Gluten Free Christmas Treats
Afraid of missing out on the holiday fun because you can't eat gluten? Don't worry, I've got you covered!
Moist, classic pumpkin bread that’s lightly sweet, with perfect pumpkin spice flavors. It’s secretly the best vegan gluten free pumpkin bread!
The BEST ever gluten free oatmeal chocolate chip cookies! Lightly spiced, packed with indulgent chocolate chips or sweet raisins, and buttery flavor with chewy oats!
The ultimate batter for vegan gluten free muffins! Customize this gluten free vegan muffin batter to your liking with add-ins like chocolate chips and blueberries, lemon zest and so much more.
Irresistibly chewy coconut macaroons with crisp edges and sweet coconut flavor. Just 4 ingredients!
Soft ‘n fluffy gluten free pumpkin cookies bursting with chocolate chips or your favorite add-ins! An easy recipe for moist, cake-like vegan gluten free pumpkin cookies with warm fall spices.
The ultimate collection of delicious & easy gluten free dairy free desserts recipes for sweets lovers everywhere! My favorite gluten and dairy free desserts, all in one place.
Tools You Need
- Stand mixer
- Glass mixing bowls
- Cutting board
- Measuring spoons
- Cocktail shaker set
- Measuring jigger
- Stainless steel sifter
- Medium cookie scoop
Merry Holidays!!
I hope that you and your loved ones truly enjoy all of this year’s 1st Annual Beaming Holiday Treat-a-Palooza! Let me know which ones were your faves and what you’d like for me to share next year. And share pics tagging me at @beamingbaker and #beamingbaker on Instagram, Facebook, and more.
Happy Holidays to your and yours, from my home to yours. We wish you a safe, joyful, and happy holiday season.
Sending you all our love and maybe even a dove,
Xo Demeter and Erik! ❤️
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I made the candy cane hearts and peppermint bark for Christmas this year and they were huge hits! Thanks so much for such a great collection of recipes!
You’re so welcome, Tayler! I’m super happy you enjoyed them—-the bears of one of my faves.
This is such a well-rounded collection of Christmas recipes! All of my favorites including chocolate almond bark!
Thanks, Shelby! I know, chocolate bark is one of my all time faves. 😋
I really needed this collection of Christmas treats! Great ideas and easy-to-follow instructions. I’ll definitely use this list again next year!
Thanks, Holley! Hope you have loads of baking fun!
This is such a great collection of holiday cookies…although a few are making the permanent rotation throughout the year.
Yes! Glad to meet a fellow year-round cookie lover. 😄
I’m dairy free and a lot of my family is GF — that vegan GF pumpkin bread looks amazing. Thanks for the list!
Ooh I think you’re all really gonna love it! 😊
Thank you so much for all these cookie ideas! My kids and I had so much fun choosing our favorites to make. The chocolate and peanut butter ones were the major hit. A new family holiday tradition!
You’re so absolutely welcome, Sancha! 😊 It really warms my heart to know that the cookies were such a hit for you and your family.