This Fun with Food is for all my friends that celebrate Christmas! Edible Christmas trees, apple wreaths, candy canes made out of fruit, and festive pancakes are all on the menu. These are vegan and gluten-free Christmas snacks for kids!
It's time for another round of Fun with Food: Christmas edition! You may remember from Halloween and Hanukkah that I LOVE making themed snacks for my little ones. They get involved in the process, it gets us in the holiday spirit, and I enjoy getting creative and brainstorming creative ways to make seasonal snacks!
Fun with Food: Christmas Tree Waffles
O Tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, how delicious are thy branches! These green waffles came from a little green food dye, my favorite grain-free waffle mix, and a circular waffle iron. I just cut the circle into quarters, stacked them up, and decorated to my heart's content! We made a banana star and tree trunk with pomegranate and raspberry decorations. You could let your kids help dig around the pantry and refrigerator to find unexpected ways to decorate their trees. They could to a pretzel tree trunk, blueberry ornaments, miniature chocolate chips...endless possibilities!
Fun with Food: Apple Wreaths
I absolutely cannot get over how sweet these apple wreaths are. My favorite touch is definitely the wreath bow, made from fresh mint or raspberry leaves! I spread a little bit of my Creamy Vegan Vanilla-Cinnamon Fruit Dip on each cored apple slice. This makes the coconut "snow" and pomegranate arils stick on, in addition to adding some really wonderful flavor (seriously...this creamy white fruit dip is addicting). For apples with a reddish interior look for Lucy Glo or Lucy Rose apples. Aren't they gorgeous?!
Fun with Food: Strawberry Banana Candy Canes
This is the perfect Fun with Christmas Food to get little ones involved with! They can practice making a pattern and following a shape, all while sampling nutritious fruit. To make it even yummier you could outline the cane shape out of whipped cream or fruit dip on the plate for them to follow. Challenge older kids to do two red stripes, then one white...or make up their own pattern! No matter what, this is a really simple and tasty Christmas-themed snack.
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman Pancakes
This is one of my most recent posts and I cannot get over how CUTE these little cheery characters are! These sweet pancakes are gluten-free and vegan and my kids ADORE them. They have so much fun making little snowman outfits and poking Rudolph's bright red nose. It's a favorite around here!
If you make any of these fun Christmas snacks I hope you'll post and tag me on Instagram! I love seeing what you make!
More Christmas Recipes
- Vegan Turmeric Eggnog
- Cinnamon Roll Cookies (paleo)
- Mint Chocolate Smoothie
- Shredded Brussels Sprouts Salad (this salad is red and green and beautiful on a holiday table)
- Gingerbread Steamers
- Hot Chocolate
- Cranberry Pomegranate Spritzer
- Cinnamon Roll Cookies (paleo)
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