These 3 easy cute Christmas treats for kids include reindeer brownies, marshmallow snowmen and Santa Claus Rice Krispies for some fun, but simple, holiday food crafts.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Yield: 8brownies, 8 snowmen, 12 Santa Rice Krispies
Ingredients
For the reindeer brownies:
1(18 oz) boxed brownie mix, baked according to package directions (or your favorite homemade brownies)
8-10pretzel shaped pretzels (regular or yogurt covered) for antlers
8sets candy eyes for eyes (or white icing)
8red hots for nose (or red icing)
For the marshmallow snowmen:
24regular sized marshmallows
32thin stick pretzels, for arms and legs
24mini chocolate chips, for buttons
16mini chocolate chips, for eyes
Brown or black icing to dot on mouths
8piecescandy corn for nose (or use icing)
For the Santa Rice Krispies:
1batch Rice Krispie treats made in a 9x13 glass pan or baking dish, cut into 12 circles
Red icing, to make hat
White icing, to make hair and beard
12sets candy eyes for eyes (or use white icing)
12red hots for nose (or use red icing)
Instructions
Make the reindeer brownies. Bake the brownies in a 9x9 pan according to the package directions and let cool completely. Cut into 8 triangle shapes but cutting a line horizontally across the pan and then using diagonal cuts to make the triangle shapes.
Place the triangles with the bottom point tip facing you. Add broken half pieces of the pretzels at each side of the top wide part of the triangle to make the antlers. Add candy eyes or use icing to dot on two eyes for each reindeer. Add a red hot, or use red icing, to make a nose at the bottom tip of the triangle. Repeat with each brownie.
Make the marshmallow snowmen. Stack three marshmallows together to make the body of the snowman, attaching them together either with icing as glue or with small pieces of pretzel sticks.
Place three mini chocolate chips in a vertical line in the middle snowman to make buttons. Use two mini chocolate chips in the top marshmallow to make the snowman’s eyes. Add a piece of candy corn or another colored icing to make the snowman’s nose. Dot on some brown or black icing to make the mouth. (You can also use melted chocolate and dot it on using a toothpick. I don’t recommend using red icing for the mouth; it ends up looking kinda creepy in my opinion.)
Finally, add the pretzel sticks as arms coming out of the sides of the middle marshmallow and as legs coming out of the bottom of the bottom marshmallow. Repeat to making the remaining marshmallow snowmen. Serve with a mug of hot chocolate!
Make the Santa Claus Rice Krispies. Prepare the Rice Krispies according to package directions and press lightly into a 9x13 dish. (Don’t pack them in or they will get tough.) Once cooled, use a 2 or 3-inch round cookie cutter or biscuit cutter to cut out circles to use for your Santa Claus faces. Depending on the size of your cutter, you should be able to get 9-12 circles.
Use red icing to make a hat across the top of each one. Add a little white icing directly underneath the hat to look like white hair poking out. Use white icing again on the bottom of each circle to make Santa’s beard. Add candy eyes and a red hot (or red icing) for Santa's nose. Let the icing set up then enjoy!
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Notes
Brownies: You can use your favorite store-bought mix or homemade brownie mix. They need to be baked and cooled completely before making the reindeers, so please plan accordingly.Rice Krispies: The rice krispies also need to be made and allowed to cool and set up before you cut out the circles and decorate your Santa faces. Decorations: Feel free to use the decorations listed (and I tried to give a couple of options) or get creative with your own icing or sprinkles or decorations for making the eyes, noses, etc. for these cute treats. Leftovers: Leftovers of each of these treats will keep in a covered container at room temperature for up to a week.