Christmas Candy Board
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This fun Christmas Snack Board is a festive way to serve snacks this holiday season. Filled with a variety of sweet and savory treats, the board includes fruit, cheese and a selection of sweet holiday inspired snack foods.
This festive Christmas Snack Board is sure to be a hit at your next holiday party. Filled with a variety of fruit, cheese, and sweet and savory goodies, there’s sure to be something for everyone.
It’s also a great project for kids to help make because it’s super easy to put together. Just make sure they don’t eat all the mini marshmallows and M&Ms first.
This Holiday Snack Board will delight guests of all ages and is perfect for any Christmas party or for a family night watching your favorite holiday movies.
Why Try This Recipe
- Delicious – This easy holiday snack board offers a nice selection of sweet snacks and a few savory options for a nice balance of flavors.
- Easy Recipe – This is super easy to put together and the snacks can be prepped ahead of time. This appetizer or dessert is made with simple ingredients easily found at the grocery store.
- Festive – These snacks are perfect for a holiday season movie night or any Christmas party. Like my Christmas Charcuterie Board, this holiday snack board will delight guests of all ages.
Holiday Snack Board Ingredients
This Holiday Snack Board uses simple ingredients you can find at your local grocery store.
- Hershey Kisses
- Pretzels – mini squares and sticks
- M and Ms – preferably the green and red package
- Candy Eyeballs – for the reindeer
- Melting Wafers
- Marshmallows – the miniature kind
- Chex Cereal
- Strawberries and Grapes
- Cheese Slices and Crackers
Equipment Needed To Make A Christmas Snack Board
- Large Serving Tray or Platter
- Small bowls
- Sharp knife
- Cutting board
Substitutions & Alterations
- You can substitute the snacks in this board. For example, Holiday nuts, Grinch bites or Christmas eggs would work well on this board.
- You can change out the fruit on this board.I like to include bright fresh fruits that go well with chocolate such as raspberries, apricots or cherries.
- You can change the cheese. You could add this Reindeer Cheese ball and a few crackers. I like to include some non-sweet stuff on the board. You can garnish with cherry tomatoes or pomegranate seeds
- Turn this into a Christmas dessert board – add candy canes, homemade candy and christmas cookies.
How to Make the Best Christmas Snack Board
This is a simplified overview of the instructions. For complete details and recipe instructions, see the recipe card below.
Step 1 – Prepare Square Pretzels
Step 2 – Prepare the Chex Mix
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Step 3 – Prepare the Reindeer Pretzels
Step 4 – Fill the bowl on the serving board with the Chex Mix
Step 5 – Add remaining snack board ingredients around the bowl
Time Saving Tips & Tricks
- Prepare the pretzels first, they need some time to set before serving.
- When making the pretzel reindeers, if you try to put the eyeballs on right after you have dipped the pretzels in chocolate, they will slide off and won’t stick. You need to wait about a minute and then attach them.
- You can make the Chex mix ahead of time and store it until ready.
- Store any leftovers in airtight containers.
How to Make Your Holiday Snack Board
I like to place a bowl in the center of the serving board and fill it with the Holiday Chex Mix, then fill out the board with the additional items. See photos for decorative ideas.
Storage Instructions
Store leftovers in airtight containers. See the individual recipe posts for specific storage instructions.
More Holiday Charcuterie Board Ideas
These other snack boards are perfect for the holiday season
Christmas Snack Board
Ingredients
Mini Pretzel Bites
- 20 sugar cookie or peppermint Hershey Kisses
- 20 square pretzels
- 20 red/green M&Ms
Pretzel Reindeers
- 30 straight mini pretzel rods
- 30 candy eyeballs
- 15 mini red M&Ms
- â…“ cup brown chocolate melting wafers
Christmas Puppy Chow
- 2 cups Rice Chex cereal
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
- 2 cups square pretzels
- ¾ cup white chocolate melting wafers
- Red sanding sugar
- Green sanding sugar
- â…“ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup red/green M&Ms
Charcuterie board Ideas
- Mini marshmallows
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Green grapes
- Red/Green M&Ms
- Cheese slices – I like Cheddar or Mozzarella
Instructions
Make the Pretzel Bites
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the pretzel squares onto the baking sheet with a Hershey kiss on each.
- Bake for 3 minutes. Once removed, immediately put an M&M on the top of each one and slightly press down. Set aside to cool.
Make the Reindeer Pretzels
- Melt the chocolate according to the package directions.
- Dip two pretzel rods together into the chocolate about â…“ of the way and place on a piece of parchment paper. Repeat to make 15 sets. Allow to fully cool.
- Once cooled, repeat the dipping process again for each set coating the pretzels half way.
- Once the chocolate has slightly set but is still soft, put the eyeballs and mini red M&M in place to make the face. Set aside to cool.**
Make the Christmas Puppy Chow
- Combine the cereal, marshmallows and pretzels into a large bowl.
- Melt the white chocolate wafers according to the package and drizzle on top of the mixture.
- Once the pieces are coated, spread out onto the baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Sprinkle on the red and green sanding sugar.
- Dust on the powdered sugar and transfer into your serving bowl. Add the M&Ms on top.
Assemble the Snack Board
- Assemble the board with the Puppy chow in center, the pretzel hugs and chocolate reindeers on each corner.
- Fill in the extra space with marshmallows, M&Ms, raspberries, strawberries, green grapes and cheese or other items you choose.
Notes
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