Easy Kid-Friendly Christmas Recipes

Add a little magic to your food this holiday season with these easy Christmas recipes. These kid-friendly, festive recipes are incredibly simple to make and are sure to bring a smile to children, big and small!

As the holidays approach, I become giddy with excitement that I get to play with my food! From Christmas Cookies to No-Bake Christmas treats, I love making festive holiday recipes.

But as much as I love playing with my food, I do not do complicated! I just do not have the time or artistic skills for that!

That is why every Christmas-themed recipe I am sharing with you today, is easy and does not require any special tools, ingredients, or long amount of time. Let's be honest, even if you are crafty, the holidays are already busy enough!

Have a little fun with your family and your food this year! The memories will last for years!

Santa Pancakes

These Santa pancakes are adorable and are a simple way to make pancakes of any kind and make them into a festive breakfast fit for the Christmas season.

To Make Santa Pancakes

• Start with your favorite pancake recipe. I typically start with my whole wheat pancakes, but Gluten Free Pancakes or Vegan Pancakes are both great choices as well.
• Slice up bananas and arrange them at the bottom of the pancakes in an upside-down triangle to represent Santa's beard.
• Slice fresh ripe strawberries and then arrange them in a triangle at the top of the pancakes for Santa's hat.
• Outline the strawberry hat with whipped cream to replicate the white tassel and white trim on Santa's hat.
• Use 2 chocolate chips as Santa's eyes.
• Use a round strawberry slice as Santa's nose.
• Add additional whipped cream for Santa's mustache.
• Deliver a smile for breakfast.

Christmas Tree Vegetable Tray

This Festive Veggie Tray is again simple and is a great way to encourage kids to eat their vegetables! Add a side of hummus, tzatziki, or homemade ranch on the side for a healthy Christmas treat everyone will dig into.

To make a Christmas Tree Veggie Platter

• Place cleaned and trimmed broccoli florets in a large triangle in the middle of a serving tray to resemble the tree itself.
• Add sliced red peppers as garland for the tree.
• Use the stem of red pepper for the trunk of the tree.
• Using a star cookie cutter, cut out a star from a large yellow pepper slice.
• Decorate with sliced olives as ornaments.

Peanut Butter Reindeer Treats

This little Rudolph Snack Cake is my kids' favorite after-school snack around Christmas and it only takes minutes to prepare. This means that even after a busy day, you can look like you put effort into making snack time fun. 

How to Make a Rudolph "Sandwich"

• Spread rice cake (or pancake or bread cut into a circle) with peanut butter, almond butter, or soy butter.
• Add 2 pretzels for antlers.
• Add maraschino cherry as Rudolph's nose (you can also use a red candy morsel for the reindeer's nose.)
• Give Rudolph eyes by placing two slices of bananas on the rice cake and then topping each slice of banana with a chocolate chip.

Candy Cane Pizza

We have pizza night weekly at our house and this is the PERFECT pizza for Fridays in December. You can follow the full recipe for Candy Cane Pizza, or follow the step-by-step directions below.

To make a Candy Cane Pizza

• Shape your favorite pizza dough into a cane shape–a lot easier than rolling, I must say–the kids had it done in seconds flat.
• Spread the dough with pizza sauce.
• Add pepperoni slices for the candy cane stripes.
• Bake until cheese is melted and browned.

More Easy Christmas Recipes

• Reindeer Sugar Cookies
• Christmas Tree Deviled Eggs
• 3D Christmas Tree Cookies
• Homemade Hot Chocolate
• Peanut Butter Ritz Cracker Cookies
• Reindeer Pretzels

I hope you enjoy some festive fun with these simple homemade treats!