Easy and fun Christmas recipes to make with kids... from reindeer brownies toChristmas marshmallow pops, a rocky roadwreath to reindeer food, a chocolate Christmas house to Christmas balls and more!
December is certainly full of excitement when you've got young ones in the house! These recipes are perfect to make in the lead up to Christmas, whether you're after a fun activity to fill in the afternoon, simple homemade gifts for school and kindy friends or an easy Christmas dessert... we've got you covered!!!
Table Of Contents
- Christmas Recipes To Make With Kids
- Easy Gingerbread Recipe
- Chocolate Christmas Puddings
- Chocolate Rocky Road
- Triple Layer Christmas Ice-Cream Pudding
- Raspberry Meringue Ice Cream Cake
- The Famous Shortbread Recipe
- White Chocolate Rocky Road
- Reindeer Biscuits
- Christmas Lamington Reindeers
- Reindeer Noses
- Reindeer Brownies
- Reindeer Food
- Malteser Rocky Road
- Kid Friendly Rum Balls
- Chocolate Christmas House
- Chocolate Ripple Christmas Balls
- Christmas Mint Slice Balls
- Christmas Jelly Cake
- Caramilk Rocky Road
- Christmas Chocolate Ripple Cake Wreath
- Peppermint Chocolate Christmas Slice
- Clinkers Rocky Road Wreath
- Licorice Allsorts Rocky Road
- Mint Christmas Ice Cream Cake
- Mint Rocky Road Wreath
- Tiny Teddy Christmas Candy Cane Sleighs
- Clinkers Rocky Road
- Christmas Bauble Cookies
- Christmas Marshmallow Pops
- SHOP: Christmas Baking Ebook
Christmas Recipes To Make With Kids
Easy Gingerbread Recipe
Christmas baking is so easy with our basic gingerbread recipe. It's perfect for letting kids cut out their favourite Christmas shapes using cutters! Plus it makes a great homemade gift for family and friends.
Gingerbread Recipe Recipe
The easiest gingerbread recipe ever... perfect for making gingerbread men and Christmas shapes todecorate with the kids!
5 from 58 votes
Chocolate Christmas Puddings
These Christmas puddings are SO much fun to make with the kids! Simply pour melted white chocolate over chocolate Royals (chocolate coated marshmallow cookies), add a Jaffa and sliced peppermint leaves and you're set to go!
Chocolate Christmas Puddings Recipe
The easiest little Chocolate Christmas Puddings made from chocolate Royals biscuits, white chocolate, spearmint leaves and jaffas.
5 from 6 votes
Chocolate Rocky Road
I'm sure the kids will be volunteering to help make this delicious rocky road! Just one bowl and lots of goodies to mix!
Chocolate Rocky Road Recipe
A classic Chocolate Rocky Road made from just 5 ingredients! 10 minutes prep time and completely no-bake.
5 from 74 votes
Triple Layer Christmas Ice-Cream Pudding
This over-the-top ice cream cake is always the first dessert to disappear on Christmas Day! Packed full of everyones favourite chocolates... it's so much fun to make with your little ones.
A completely over the top, super simple triple layer Christmas ice-cream pudding with a chocolate base, strawberry middle and vanilla top... and did I mention that it's filled with chopped chocolate honeycomb, white chocolate chips, Clinkers, Maltesers, chocolate biscuits and sprinkles!!!
5 from 18 votes
Raspberry Meringue Ice Cream Cake
Whilst it looks sensational, this easy mix ice cream cake is a dessert that the kids could easily be involved in makling and decorating!
Raspberry Meringue Ice-Cream Cake Recipe
A deliciously simple Raspberry Meringue Ice-Cream cake that takes less than 10 minutes to prepare... this is the perfect summer dessert!
5 from 2 votes
The Famous Shortbread Recipe
This is the easiest shortbread recipe you'll ever make! Let the kids mix together the flour, icing sugar and butter and then cut into Christmas shapes.
3 Ingredient Shortbread Recipe Recipe
The famous 3 ingredient shortbread recipe is the easiest melt-in-your-mouth shortbread you'll ever make... all you need is butter, plain flour and icing sugar!
5 from 385 votes
White Chocolate Rocky Road
Whether you're making a homemade gift for family and friends, or just whipping up a batch of Christmassy rocky road for yourself, this is the perfect recipe! Melt the chocolate in the microwave and let your kids mix through the yummy add-ins.
White Chocolate Rocky Road Recipe
A deliciously simple 5 ingredient White Chocolate Rocky Road recipe made with marshmallows, turkish delight and pistachios.
5 from 9 votes
Reindeer Biscuits
Such a fun activity with the kids, the faces may be all slightly different but each one will definitely be super cute!
Super Easy Reindeer Biscuits Recipe
The cutest little Reindeer Biscuits made with Tiny Teddies, strawberries and cream lollies, chocolate, edible eyes and biscuits!
5 from 4 votes
Christmas Lamington Reindeers
Cute AND easy! Lamington fingers are an all-time favourite Australian icon, and so easy to decorate with pretzels and Jaffas into special Christmas reindeer.
Christmas Lamington Reindeers Recipe
Christmas Lamington Reindeers take just 10 minutes to prepare and are a fun activity for kids to do in the lead up to Christmas!
5 from 2 votes
Christmas Lamington Reindeers Recipe
Reindeer Noses
This is such a fun activity to do in the lead up to Christmas. Make up bags of Reindeer Noses for your little ones to give to their friends at kindy or school.
Reindeer Noses
Reindeer Noses make the perfect homemade Christmas gift for friends and family! Simply add our super cute FREE printable labels to your gift bags and fill them with Maltesers and a Jaffa!
Reindeer Noses Recipe
Reindeer Brownies
Christmas baking has never been cuter! Whip up a chocolate brownie, cut it into small rectangles and have the kids decorate the pieces into reindeers with the help of pretzels, Jaffas, candy canes and silver baubles.
Super Easy Christmas Reindeer Brownies Recipe
These cute-as-a-button Christmas Reindeer Brownies are sure to be a hit at class Christmas parties and end of year celebrations!
5 from 3 votes
Reindeer Food
Have your little ones make a batch or two of reindeer food and then sprinkle it outside on Christmas eve!
Reindeer Food
Our Reindeer Food gift bags make the perfect Christmas present for kindy and school friends! Simply mix oats with red and green M&Ms in a gift bag and attach our free printable label... then sprinkle the magic 'reindeer food' outside on Christmas Eve for Rudolph and his reindeer friends.
Reindeer Food Recipe
Malteser Rocky Road
Rocky Road is always popular, and even more so when crunchy Maltesers are mixed throughout!
Malteser Rocky Road Recipe
The ultimate Malteser Rocky Road recipe! Soft marshmallows, crispy Maltesers, chewy raspberry lollies and crunchy peanuts all encased in smooth, creamy milk chocolate. Just 10 minutes prep time and 2 hours chilling time is all it takes to make this simple chocolate rocky road.
5 from 9 votes
Kid Friendly Rum Balls
The perfect recipe for getting kids in the kitchen, these Rum Balls (with no rum!) are great for little fingers to roll, and always popular, no matter what age!
Kid-Friendly Rum Balls Recipe
Super easy and kid-friendly rum balls made from crushed biscuits,sweetened condensed milk, cocoa and coconut and ready in just 5minutes. This is agreat recipe to make with the kids (and great for school lunch box treats).
5 from 72 votes
Chocolate Christmas House
Move over gingerbread houses... our Chocolate Christmas House is soooo much yummier (and super fun to make!).
Chocolate Christmas House Recipe
A super easy Chocolate Christmas House that makes an absolute showstopper of a table centrepiece! Use your favourite chocolates to decorate!
5 from 3 votes
A fun variation on everyones favourite Mars Bar slice recipe! Super cute and so easy for the kids to make.
Mars Bar Chocolate Christmas Crackles Recipe
These Mars Bar Chocolate Christmas Crackles can be made into cute little reindeers or Christmas puddings... in less than 10 minutes! The perfect end of year classparty treat...
5 from 3 votes
Chocolate Ripple Christmas Balls
These no-bake balls are quick and easy to make - and they come in 2 varieties: Peppermint Crisp and Cherry Ripe. What's your favourite?
Chocolate Ripple Christmas Balls | Peppermint Crisp Version Recipe
The easiest no-bake Chocolate Ripple Christmas Balls made in two yummyvariations - one with chopped up Peppermint Crisp bars and one with Cherry Ripes. YUM!!
5 from 6 votes
Christmas Mint Slice Balls
These look very similar to our Chocolate Christmas Puddings (see above) but they're made with a chocolate-mint cheesecake filling. YUM!
Christmas Mint Slice Balls Recipe
Super simple 5 ingredient Christmas Mint Slice Balls made with cream cheese and Mint Slice biscuits... the perfect no-bake Christmas dessert treat or homemade gift!
5 from 34 votes
Christmas Jelly Cake
This is an absolute showstopper of a Christmas dessert. The kids will love making the different jelly layers!
Christmas Jelly Cake Recipe
A delicious, fun and colourful Christmas Jelly Cake that makes the perfect no-bake dessert for the festive holidays.
5 from 12 votes
Caramilk Rocky Road
Dreamy, creamy Caramilk Rocky Road takes just10 minutes prep timeandno baking required - simply melt, mix and chill!
Caramilk Rocky Road Recipe
Smooth and creamy 5 ingredient Caramilk Rocky Road made with soft caramels, fluffy marshmallows, coconut and crunchy macadamias.
5 from 5 votes
Christmas Chocolate Ripple Cake Wreath
A Christmassy version of a classic choc ripple cake. Let the kids loose decorating this simple cake made from whipped cream and chocolate cookies.
Christmas Chocolate Ripple Cake Wreath Recipe
This Christmas Chocolate Ripple Cake Wreath is the perfect showstopper dessert! Topped with caramel sauce, Nutella, Malteser reindeers and silver baubles... it makes a great table centrepiece!?
5 from 3 votes
Peppermint Chocolate Christmas Slice
A super simple no-bake slice topped with M&Ms and crushed candy canes - a quick and easy recipe that the kids will love to help with.
Peppermint Chocolate Christmas Slice Recipe
The BEST No-Bake Peppermint Chocolate Christmas Slice made with peppermint chocolate and decorated with candy canes and M&Ms!
5 from 16 votes
Clinkers Rocky Road Wreath
If a batch of Rocky Road isn't enough to satisfy the chocoholics in your house, then this Rocky Road wreath made with Clinkers certainly will!
Clinkers Rocky Road Wreath Recipe
This Clinkers Rocky Road Wreath is a showstopper of a Christmas dessert! Filled with marshmallow, peanuts, coconut and chocolates and then decorated in a classic Christmas theme.
5 from 3 votes
Licorice Allsorts Rocky Road
Combining a classic Rocky Road with the addition of chopped licorice allsorts, makes this fun sweet treat even better in just a few simple steps!
Easy Rocky Road with Licorice Allsorts Recipe
This easy Rocky Road with Licorice Allsorts has the added appeal of fun, bright colours, with pieces of Turkish delight, marshmallows, sprinkles and of course, licorice allsorts!
5 from 6 votes
Mint Christmas Ice Cream Cake
Let the kids mix together the ingredients needed for the different layers - a fun and simple recipe.
Mint Christmas Ice Cream Cake Recipe
A delicious triple layer Christmas ice cream cake! Chocolate, vanilla and mint flavoured ice-cream layers packed full of cookies, chocolates and more!
5 from 5 votes
Mint Rocky Road Wreath
Just like our Clinkers Rocky Road Wreath, but this version is packed full of all your favourite mint chocolates. The kids can make the Christmas table centrepiece!
Mint Rocky Road Christmas Wreath Recipe
This Mint Rocky Road Christmas Wreath is packed full of marshmallows, raspberries, peanuts, and mint chocolate for a show-stopping Christmas dessert.
5 from 2 votes
Who doesn't love crunchy honeycomb? All the kids need is a couple of bowls and a freezer to have fun making the layers and decorating this gorgeous ice cream cake.
A delicious two layer honeycomb & chocolate ice-cream cake that is the perfect summer dessert. With chunks of gooey honeycomb and crunchy pieces of Oreo cookies... this simple ice cream cake is always a favourite.
5 from 3 votes
Tiny Teddy Christmas Candy Cane Sleighs
These cute little Christmas sleighs are a fun variation on our Tiny Teddy Racing Cars - set out the ingredients and let the kids make their own Christmas sleighs!
Tiny Teddy Christmas Candy Cane Sleighs Recipe
Tiny Teddy Christmas Candy Cane Sleighs are the perfect treat for a Christmas party or sweet little DIY food gifts. Who could resist something so cute!
5 from 2 votes
Clinkers Rocky Road
Get the kids to make a batch of this Clinkers Rocky Road to share with friends or to package up prettily and gift to someone special in their lives - like Grandma!
Clinkers Rocky Road Recipe
Our famous Clinkers Rocky Road is the only rocky road recipe you'll ever need! Made from milk chocolate, raspberry lollies, marshmallows and Clinkers... and ready in less than 10 minutes!!
5 from 24 votes
Christmas Bauble Cookies
If you're running short on time and need a quick and easy kids Christmas recipe, this is the one for you! Simply decorate store-bought biscuits with Christmas M&Ms, Rolos and frosting.
5 Minute Christmas Bauble Cookies Recipe
These 5 Minute Christmas Bauble Cookies are just the thing for a last minute Christmas treat... and they're super cute too!
5 from 1 vote
Christmas Marshmallow Pops
Place marshmallows on to cake pop sticks, dip in melted milk chocolate, pour over melted white chocolate and decorate! So simple but also super cute!
Christmas Marshmallow Pops Recipe
These 3 ingredientChristmas Marshmallow Pops look just like mini Christmas puddings and are a funactivity to makewith the kids for end-of-year class gifts!
5 from 7 votes
SHOP: Christmas Baking Ebook
This ebook is a collection of 30 of my favourite (and most popular!) Christmas recipes - from homemade foodie gifts to fun kids’ recipes, easy fudges and rocky road to decadent desserts, and more!
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