Easy Christmas candy recipes and best holiday sweet treats for homemade food gifts, candy exchange ideas, popular Christmas desserts for parties, homemade baked goods gifts, and old-fashioned Christmas vintage recipes. Add these homemade Christmas candy recipes to your kids’ food crafts and baking for holidays!
Best Christmas Candy Recipes And Sweet Treats For Holidays
My go-to favorite holiday candy recipes for Christmas party foods, homemade gifts, Christmas goodie tray ideas for New Year’s Eve party foods or holiday dessert table, Christmas candy platter for a classroom holiday party, or quick and easy family snacks for holidays.
Homemade Christmas Candy Ideas Everyone Loves!
- Peppermint bark recipe
- Grinch bites
- Reindeer poo party treats (Christmas bites brownies)
- Christmas fudge with nuts or without nuts
- Old-fashioned peanut brittle homemade recipe
- Dipped chocolate Oreo Christmas cookies
- Toffee popcorn
- Peanut butter white chocolate no bake cookies
- Candy coated Christmas popcorn recipe
Get the links to these sweet holiday recipes and Christmas candy and treats below!
DIY Holiday Candy Recipes To Make And Give For Gifts (Or Eat For Christmas Parties!)
Homemade Peppermint Bark Recipe Old-Fashioned Christmas Candy
While holiday shopping, I always see peppermint bark in holiday tins for ridiculous prices (like $20 and up!).
I think maybe people don’t realize how easy it really is to make DIY Christmas bark candy.
Whenever we make this holiday candy and put in a Christmas tin or on a Christmas party platter, people love it!
This is our go-to vintage Christmas recipe.
GET THE PEPPERMINT BARK CHRISTMAS RECIPE
Grinch Poo Cookie Balls
If you’re having a children’s Christmas party, need Christmas party favors for kids, or need cheap and easy holiday gifts for a group, make this Grinch Poop recipe.
It’s really just cookie balls dipped in green melts, but they’re really yummy and always get a laugh.
Also, is a unique holiday party recipe you won’t see everywhere else.
- RECIPE TIP: Pack them up in these cute Grinch treats bags!
Reindeer Poo Brownie Bites
I added this one in this DIY candy handmade gifts list because it’s another fun one for a kids’ Christmas party or family party favors to take home.
Just add a few of these brownie bites to a cute reindeer gift bag like this with a “reindeer poo” tag.
Kids think this recipe is hilarious for Christmas.
- KIDS CHRISTMAS PARTY TIP: Play this Guess What Rudolph Ate game for a theme!
Print The Reindeer Poo Brownie Bites Recipe
2-Ingredient Fudge Recipe
This recipe for peanut butter fudge is such a simple holiday recipe.
You’ll never believe it’s a recipe made with only two ingredients (three ingredients if you add the nuts, which I like, but are totally optional).
This is another great Christmas treat for party snack boards or for cookie swap party ideas.
PRINT THE RECIPE FOR CHRISTMAS FUDGE
Homemade Peanut Brittle For Vintage Christmas Candy Recipes
If you’re only going to make one Christmas candy for homemade food gifts, make it this old-fashioned peanut brittle recipe.
I call this grandma’s Christmas candy because my daughter made this for my mom one year and it was a huge hit.
Everyone loves this candy recipe when we make it.
It’s a recipe that’s part crispy peanut brittle and party chewy (which I think makes the best brittle!).
PRINT THE OLD-FASHIONED PEANUT BRITTLE RECIPE
MORE CHRISTMAS FUN:
- How To Do The Night Before Christmas Box Tradition
- Host An Ugly Christmas Sweater Cookie Decorating Party
- Have a Journey to Bethlehem Dinner for Fun Family Activity For Christmas
Chocolate Covered Oreos Christmas Cookies
These dipped Oreos make festive food gifts to go in a Christmas gift basket or on a party platter and are more like candies than cookies (in my opinion).
No matter, they’re an easy Christmas cookie recipe with only a few ingredients!
We made our cookies green with different colored Christmas sprinkles, but you can made them any color you want.
You can even add flavoring like this!
PRINT THE CHOCOLATE OREOS RECIPE
- Also Check Out This For Holiday Foods: Simple Christmas Cookie Recipes For Cookie Exchange Ideas
Toffee Popcorn Food Gift
For me, this easy toffee popcorn is a close second to the peanut brittle for things to give as gifts for Christmas treats gift box ideas or for your Christmas party platter dessert board for a Christmas party dessert table.
Grab some of those cute holiday containers from the dollar store and fill it with this popcorn for an easy DIY gift for friends and family.
I also thought these were really good tips left by a reader:
“Excellent results, revitalised some theatre popcorn first then followed your recipe exactly except I also added coconut. It was eaten by the family before it was able to cook completely, will definitely make again.”
I never thought to use up leftover popcorn in this way, but it’s a great idea for leftover foods from parties or from Christmas movie night popcorn.
PRINT THE TOFFEE POPCORN RECIPE
No Bake Ritz Cracker Christmas Cookies
This is a holiday dessert that we ALWAYS have at Christmas dinner.
It’s my moms recipe that she’s made for as long as I can remember since childhood.
They’re so popular that my mom even makes them as homemade food gifts for everyone!
LEARN HOW TO MAKE WHITE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER RITZ COOKIES
Candy Coated Christmas Popcorn
This chocolate Christmas popcorn is another great holiday present if you’re looking for home made gifts to put in Christmas tins.
We made red popcorn with white sprinkles and also white popcorn with blue sprinkles, but you can make this in any holiday colors you like for beautiful and easy holiday treats.
GET THE COATED CHRISTMAS POPCORN RECIPE
ALSO MAKE EASY HOLIDAY DESSERTS LIKE THIS!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!
I hope you enjoy making some of my best Christmas candy recipes!
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