25 Healthy Christmas Snacks and Party Foods
Adding Christmas cheer to snacks and party foods for kids can be simple and fast- and not filled with sugar! Just the way you plate up raw vegetables or a tray of fruit can elevate ordinary fruits and vegetables to merry morsels. We have 25 ideas for healthy holiday themed snacks and party foods that your kids are going to love!
25 Healthy and Fun Christmas Food Ideas that you and your kids can enjoy as you celebrate the season:
Grinch Kabobs
All you need are mini marshmallows, strawberries, banana slices, and green grapes to make a festive, fun, and simple snack that’s ready in minutes!
Christmas Frozen Yogurt Bark
Just 4 ingredients is all you need for this refreshing holiday snack. Best part? It’ll stay fresh in the freezer for a ready-to-go snack all month long!
Rudolph and Snowman Sandwiches
Simple cookie cutters elevate an every day sandwich into a fun winterland meal!
Layered Christmas Smoothies
Who wouldn’t love to be presented with this refreshing and lovely holiday hued smoothie?
Rudolph Celery Snacks
Classic ants on a log gets a makeover in these cute little Rudolph snacks that your little elves can help assemble!
Vegetable Christmas Tree
Serve up your raw veggies tray the Christmas way. Use broccoli florets to make a Christmas tree shape and add grape or cherry tomatoes as ornaments. You can also add strips of yellow pepper as strands of lights. Cut a star shape from yellow bell pepper to use on the top of your tree. Use a handful of pretzel sticks (or a piece of a celery stalk) as your tree trunk. Finally, add a touch of cauliflower florets as snow under the tree. What a fun way to present after school snack or your raw vegetable assortment for a class party.
Whole Wheat Gingerbread Cookies
These gingerbread cookies are a healthy version of a Christmas favorite. Kids love Christmas cookies, so isn’t it great to have a healthier version of a favorite available?
Avocado Christmas Trees
These little trees couldn’t be easier. Try them as a fun holiday lunch idea!
Reindeer Cracker Snacks
Make these adorable Rudolph crackers with ingredients you probably already have in your pantry!
Penguin Frozen Bananas
Adorable little penguins make the perfect chilly treat!
Maple Gingerbread Popcorn
All the flavor of gingerbread in a light and healthy snack!
Christmas Tree Snack
A Laughing Cow triangle serves as the perfect tree topped with fresh veggies. It’s fast, delicious, festive, and the kids will love it.
Cheese Stick Snowman
Leave the cheese stick in its plastic wrapper, and tape on a construction paper hat. Use sharpies to make the face and buttons, and tie a strip of material around the “neck” for a scarf.
Coconut Snowballs
You can whip these up in no time to have a fun and healthy snack ready to go when the kids take a break from playing in the snow.
Watermelon Christmas Trees
Watermelon is naturally holiday-hued, making it the perfect Christmas snack!
Cheese Cubes and Tomatoes Christmas Tree
Alternate rows of cheese cubes and grape or cherry tomatoes to form the shape of a Christmas tree with lights, and add a cheese or yellow bell pepper star for the top. A pretzel stick trunk completes the tree.
Fruit Christmas Tree
Make individual trees using green apple slices as the branches, raspberries, blueberries, raisins, cranberries, or halved purple grapes as the ornaments, a slice of cheese cut into the shape of a star as the top of the tree, and pretzel sticks placed together as the trunk.
Mini Christmas Tree Pizzas
Step aside, Christmas cookies! Pull out the pizza ingredients and have the kids go to town decorating their own pizza trees.
Rudolph Holiday Snack
Use a triangle of cheese, small pieces of olives, a circle of red bell pepper, and pretzel twists to turn ordinary snack foods into Rudolph.
Santa Hat
Make a Santa hat by placing a hulled strawberry, with the very tip of the strawberry dipped into yogurt, onto a thick slice of banana.
Christmas Tree Roll Ups
Creamy, savory roll ups shaped into little Christmas trees that kids and grown ups will both love!
Snowman Popcorn Cups
Using a small, clear plastic cup, add eyes and a mouth with a black sharpie, glue on a carrot nose using orange construction paper or draw it on with an orange sharpie, and glue (or draw) on a ribbon as the scarf. Fill the cup with popcorn for a snowman snack.
Healthy Holiday Snack Mix
Healthy Holiday Snack Mix with cereal, dried cranberries, pistachios, almonds and coconut! Yum!
Reindeer Apple Slices
Core an apple and slice to make apple rings. Spread a layer of peanut butter and top with cookies, blueberries and pretzels for a wholesome and adorable reindeer treat.
Holiday Veggie Wreath Tray
Use a round platter with a bowl in the middle to design your veggies to look like a beautiful holiday wreath.
Adding Christmas touches to healthy snacks can be simple and quick while inspiring great feelings of holiday merriment and joy!
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Natalie Monson
I'm a registered dietitian, mom of 4, avid lover of food and strong promoter of healthy habits. Here you will find lots of delicious recipes full of fruits and veggies, tips for getting your kids to eat better and become intuitive eaters and lots of resources for feeding your family.
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I love how fun these snacks look!
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