Christmas is always that season for some sweet treats for the entire family. If you’re bored of the usual, but would still like the taste of your favorite holiday treat, try these Christmas treat box ideas that are easy to make and tastes like the holidays!
Christmas treat box ideas: Cookie Snowglobes
These magical cookies are simple and a total hit! It’s time to shake things up in the kitchen.
What you’ll need:
- sugar cookie dough
- clear hard candy
- sprinkles
- royal Frosting
You’ll cut a ring out of the cookie dough and place a clear hard candy in the middle.
You’ll bake until the candy is fully melted and pull it out to see a crystal-like window in your sugar cookie.
While they cool place sprinkles of your choosing in the middle (enough to shake around). Then you’ll grab another finished window cookie on top by gluing it down with royal icing.
Voila! you’ve got yourself a snowglobe cookie.
Hot Cocoa Snowflake
Craving some marshmallow Christmas treats? If you find little marshmallows in your hot chocolate such a yawn, it’s time to spice up that warm cup of cocoa with a super fun homemade snowflake marshmallow.
All you need is:
- marshmallow fluff
- piping bag
- hot cocoa (of course)
On a baking sheet, you’ll draw out a snowflake using the marshmallow and piping bag.
Drawing is much easier than it sounds. Just follow the design in the photo below, and once finished dust them with cornstarch and let them settle for 1 hour.
Then they’re ready to throw in your mug of hot cocoa, your family will thank you.
Eggnog Truffles
This tasty truffle DIY will have your fam begging for the recipe!
What you’ll need:
- iced vanilla cupcakes with sprinkles
- eggnog
- mashers
- white chocolate
- sugar sprinkles
With your already-baked-and-iced cupcakes throw them in a mixing bowl.
Throw about a cup of eggnog in the bowl and mash cupcakes. You’ll want it to look like a dough and add more egg nog for better consistency. Then you’ll form little balls out of your cupcake dough.
Now you’ll melt your white chocolate and throw your mini Christmas desserts into the chocolate.
Then you can add whatever color sprinkle you’d like. Present them in mini cupcake paper or other food-grade wrapper and ta-da! You’ve got some perfect individually wrapped Christmas treats!
Candy Cane Cookies
These cookies are as striking and delicious as it gets and the perfect mini Christmas desserts!
What you’ll need
- Sugar cookie dough
- red sugar sprinkles
Divide your dough equally so one can be white and leave the rest to place red sugar sprinkles in.
Then you’ll use a rolling to flat out the down. Now you’ll cut out to equal length dough strings of one white and roll the other in the red sugar sprinkles.
Then you’ll twist the dough around each other to create candy cane cookies. Bake and enjoy!
Snowman Pretzels
If you’re looking for no bake Christmas treats, you might consider buying a few pretzel sticks. These cute Christmas pretzel treats are a total fan favorite! I mean what’s better than a good salty-sweet combo?
What you’ll need:
- pretzel stick rods
- white chocolates
- m&ms
- black frosting
- sour belts
- orange sprinkles
You’ll melt your white chocolate and start dipping the pretzels halfway.
Once dipped you wrap a sour belt straw around the pretzel to look like a scarf. Then you’ll put 2 matching m&ms on each side to look like earmuffs. Finally, you’ll add an orange sprinkle for the nose and draw eyes and buttons on your snowman using black frosting.
Gingerbread Holding Mints
These aren’t your usual gingerbread men. They’ve got lots of spunk that will surely capture your guest’s hearts.
What you’ll need:
- gingerbread cookie dough
- gingerbread man cookie cutter
- white frosting
- aluminum foil
- soft peppermints
Roll out the gingerbread dough and cut out shapes using a cookie cutter.
Then, you’ll want to form small aluminum foil balls to place in the gingerbread man’s arms. You’ll want to wrap their arms around the foil so they bake holding it. Bake them in the oven and remove foil balls. Then you’ll place the soft peppermints in the gingerbread’s arms and it will look as if they’re holding it.
Finally, you’ll doll up your gingerbread man using white frosting to create buttons and a smiley face.
Takeaway
These Christmas gift box ideas are all delicious no matter your age. Children or adults would love a piece or two of these desserts, and each bite would always feel like Christmas!
Source: So Yummy,