Here are 7 easy no bake recipes for Christmas Candies your kids can make! Christmas is a great time for fun family traditions and kids love to get involved in making treats, decorating and making and wrapping gifts for everyone!
In our family we love to make Christmas Candies! I’m chronically ill and just don’t have the energy to spend hours baking cookies so I like recipes that you can make and be done and out of the kitchen in 30 minutes or less. All these Christmas Candies are easy for the kids to make and you can supervise without wearing yourself out!
7 No Bake Christmas Candy Recipes Kids Can Make
Homemade Gum Drops Recipe
- Yield: Makes 64 pieces
Ingredients
1 cup applesauce*
1 cup sugar
1 sm. pkg. fruit gelatin (3 oz.)
extra sugar for coating
Instructions
- Combine applesauce and sugar in a saucepan.
- Bring to a boil.
- Cook 2 minutes.
- Dissolve the gelatin in the applesauce mixture.
- Pour into an 8×8 inch pan.
- After 24 hours, cut into 1 inch squares and roll in sugar.
- Roll in the sugar a second time 24 hours later.
Notes
This recipe is called Applesauce Candy in our Dining on A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1.
*You can use pureed fruit cocktail, peaches or pears instead of applesauce if you prefer.
Christmas Nougat Candy Recipe
Festive, fun, and oh-so-easy to make, this easy Christmas Nougat Candy recipe makes the ultimate holiday treat! Creamy, chewy, and studded with bright red and green candies, each bite is a sweet celebration of the season. Perfect for adding to your holiday dessert platter, gifting to friends and family, or simply enjoying with a cup of cocoa. This recipe comes together quickly with just a few ingredients, making it a stress-free way to spread holiday cheer!
Ingredients
2 (10 oz.) bags marshmallows
2 Tbsp butter
2 cups (2 boxes) Dots Candy
Instructions
- Cut each of the dots candy pieces in half.
- Butter or line with parchment paper 8×8 inch baking pan.
- Melt white chips, marshmallows and butter; Stir until blended.
- If using a microwave melt in 30 second increments until smooth. Stir after each microwaving.
- When blended, quickly add in all but 2 tablespoons of Dots candy and spread into pan with your fingers.
- Decorate the top with the reserved Dots.
- Let set up 4 hours to overnight.
Easy 2 Ingredient Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Ingredients
1 pkg. pretzels*
1 pkg. melting white, dark, milk chocolate or almond bark (or 1 bag chocolate or white chocolate chips)
Candy sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
- Melt chocolate, almond bark, or chocolate chips in the microwave in a microwave safe bowl. Melt in 30 second increments, stirring after each 30 seconds. (You can also melt in the top of a double boiler if you prefer.)
- When the chocolate is melted, dip pretzels in the chocolate to cover and set on waxed paper or silpat to harden. You can put them in the freezer for a few minutes to speed up the hardening process.
- If you want to use the candy sprinkles, sprinkle them over the pretzels before the chocolate hardens.
Notes
*You may use fortune cookies or Oreo cookies instead of pretzels.
Chocolate Covered Oreos
Oreo Cookies
12 oz. melting chocolate (wafers or almond bark)
Melt chocolate in microwave, stirring every 20 seconds. When melted dip Oreos halfway or all the way into chocolate and lay on waxed paper or silpat to harden. You can put them in the freezer for a few minutes to speed up the hardening process.
Peppermint Marshmallows
38-40 large marshmallows
1 package white chocolate coating
5-6 Peppermints crushed
Place marshmallows on a pan that is covered with wax paper and place in the freezer. They will be ready by the time you need to dip them.
Pour crushed peppermints in bowl.
Melt chocolate in microwave for a couple of minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
Place frozen marshmallows on skewer or tooth pick and dip in white chocolate and then in roll in peppermints.
Use a fork to slide them back on the wax paper. Chill.
2 Ingredient Easy Fudge Recipe
Ingredients
3 cups chocolate chips*
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
2 Tbsp. butter (optional)
Instructions
- Place parchment paper in an 8×8 inch baking pan and spray with cooking spray or grease with butter.
- Pour both ingredients into a microwave safe bowl.
- Melt in 30 second increments. Stir after each 30 seconds.
- When melted, pour into the greased 8×8 inch pan. Let cool in the fridge and then cut into pieces.
- Add Nuts as desired.
Notes
*3 cups of chocolate chips make a firmer fudge. If you would like a softer fudge or if you would like to save money on chocolate, you can use 2 cups chocolate chips. For white chips and other non-chocolate chips, you MUST use 3 cups or it won’t set up.
You can also try these tasty variations for this easy fudge:
- Cherry Mash: Use cherry chips to make to the fudge. Then pour melted chocolate chips on top with peanuts.
- Peanut Butter: Use peanut butter chips to make to the fudge. Then top with chocolate or don’t, if you prefer not to.
- Dark Chocolate: Use dark chocolate chips
- Mint: Use mint chips, mint pieces or 1 tsp. mint flavoring
- Chocolate Covered Strawberry: Stir in 2-3 Tbsp. of strawberry jam
- Rocky Road: Stir in 1/2 cup marshmallows and 1/4 cup chopped almonds
- Vanilla Fudge: Use White chips instead
- Candy Cane: Use white chips and stir in crushed candy canes
- M&M: Stir in 1/3 cup of M&M’s
- Spicy Mexican: Add 1 tsp. cinnamon and 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- Caramel: Swirl on top 1/4 cup caramel sauce
- Smore: Layer graham crackers on the bottom then put fudge on top and top with marshmallows or marshmallow cream.
- Coconut Cream Eggs: Add 1 1/2 cup coconut flakes and 1 tsp. coconut extract (optional)
Variations:
- Add Nuts as desired
- Cherry Mash: Use cherry chips to make to the fudge. Then pour melted chocolate chips on top with peanuts.
- Peanut Butter: Use peanut butter chips to make to the fudge. Then top with chocolate or don’t, if you prefer not to.
- Dark Chocolate: Use dark chocolate chips
- Mint- Use mint chips, mint pieces or 1 tsp. mint flavoring
2 Ingredient Nut Bark (Like Mr. GoodBars)
This 2-ingredient nut bark recipe makes a tasty sweet and salty snack, blending chocolate and peanuts together for a treat that tastes just like a homemade Mr. GoodBar!
Ingredients
12 oz. melting chocolate (milk, dark, or semi-sweet)
2 cups roasted peanuts, unsalted
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet or baking pan with parchment paper.
- Place the chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring well after each, until smooth and fully melted.
- Stir the peanuts into the melted chocolate until evenly coated.
- Pour the mixture onto the prepared cookie sheet, spreading it evenly with a spatula.
- Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or until the chocolate is firm.
- Once set, cut into squares or break into irregular pieces. Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
Notes
- Swap peanuts for almonds, cashews, or mixed nuts for variety.
- Add a pinch of sea salt on top before chilling for a sweet-salty twist.
- For a festive touch, sprinkle crushed candy or mini chocolate chips over the top before it sets.
No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe
Ritz crackers
Peanut butter
Chocolate almond bark
Spread peanut butter on a cracker and top with a second cracker. Melt the almond bark in the microwave and then dip crackers in the melted almond bark. Lay on wax paper.
Try spreading different things that sound good on the crackers like marshmallow fluff, Nutella, or even a combination of these.
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