Craving bite-sized holiday magic? This isn’t your typical cookie-cutter roundup. We’re talking Hot Cocoa Cookies that taste like a cozy snow day, a Christmas Buttercream Board so indulgent it might just replace your charcuterie obsession, and Christmas Tree Brownies that are basically edible ornaments.
Whether you’re about to host a festive bash, searching out cute and easy Christmas Sweets And Treats to give away, or just want to sweeten up your couch-and-movie night, these recipes are as easy as they are irresistible.
Prepare to sleigh your dessert game. Let’s get baking! 🍪✨
Easy Christmas Sweet Treats
1. Christmas Jello “Poke” Cake
Do you remember the poke cakes of the 90s? Well, they’re back! This one uses a simple white cake mix, then the warm red and green gelatin gets poured over to create festive colors. So pretty, light, and yummy!
2. Christmas Tree Brownies
So simple, you’ll wonder why you didn’t think of these before. It starts with a brownie mix, bake and cut into triangles, then melt some green icing and decorate! The same brownies you know and love—Easy Christmas Treats with a festive touch!
3. Christmas Buttercream Board
Yep, you asked for this: A board with one ingredient—frosting! Dip cookies of all kinds as you walk by this festive Christmas tree shape and you’ll keep coming back for more.
4. Chocolate & Cookie Christmas Trees
These are fun to make and even more fun to eat! With some green chocolate melting wafers, Biscoff cookies and a few FANCY sprinkles, you’ll have adorable tree shapes to set out for guests in no time.
5. Snowman Cake Pops
One of our favorite Christmas sweet treats, this starts with our cake ball recipe, some high-quality white chocolate like Ghirardelli brand, snips of Twizzlers, and pop sticks. If you can keep them around long enough for photos, they’ll be the hit of holiday parties into the new year!
6. Christmas “Puppy Chow” Snack Mix
We have a serious thing for snacks in this house. This batch recipe makes a huge amount of “puppy chow” but it disappears by the handful around here. Pretzel sticks, red and green M&Ms, a dash of sprinkles, mini Reeses peanut butter cups, all level up one of the season’s best Christmas sweet snacks.
7. Italian Hangover Cake
While you can make this boozy cake year round, this one rivals famous rum cakes of yore, but with luxury liquors Disaronno and Grand Marnier. Applyseveral layers of this rich glaze for an unforgettable cake that starts with a humble box mix. It’s a lucky friend indeed who gets cakes like these as Christmas Food Gifts.
8. Cream Cheese Cookies
Why, yes they do look like snowballs! If you’re trying to think of Easy Christmas Treats For Gifts, nestle a few of these beauties into holiday cupcake liners among other cookies and candies in a cookie tin. These melt-in-your-mouth lovelies are just the ticket.
9. Dipped, Chocolate-Covered OREOs
We used a simple white chocolate and a big of vegetable oil to help keep the chocolate smooth and dippable. It was fun trying different colored sprinkles, and they are actually easy Christmas goodies you can make without turning on the oven.
10. Cranberry Brie Bites
This is one luscious combo, but added into easy prepared phyllo cups, you have Quick And Easy Christmas Treats on your hands! You can top the brie-cups with a jam if you want them sweeter, or a touch more savory with fresh herbs.
11. Triple-Chocolate Chip Gluten Free Cookies
I’m so, so proud of this recipe. I don’t always make my Christmas baking recipes gluten-free, but this recipe uses quality Challenge butter, cup-for-cup GF flour, and Ghirardelli semi-sweet, bittersweet and milk chocolate chips (or any three kinds of chips as long as they are Ghirardelli).
12. Easy Cinnamon Cupcakes from a Box Mix
Light cupcakes with the warmth and familiar flavor of cinnamon, this Christmas baked good includes the recipe for simple cinnamon buttercream frosting, too. As a huge fan of starting with cake mix for consistency, I think you’ll like how these turn out.
13. Hot Cocoa Cookies
Hoo boy, add tiny freeze-dried marshmallows and mini chocolate chips to these homemade chocolate cookies, and you get creamy, rich cookies that will disappear in a flash. Santa never had it so good!
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