A collection of 24 of the BEST Christmas candy recipes for holiday treat platters! English toffee, cocoa bombs, caramels, mints, popcorn, fudge, and more!
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24 Christmas Candy Recipes for Holiday Cookie Boxes and Platters
It’s no secret that baking is my jam. I love sharing tried and true family favorites. I also have quite a few out-of-the-box ideas. Have you ever had Scotcheroo truffles? They’re insane!
If you’re looking for fudge recipes, I’ve got those. Chocolate? Of course. Marshmallows? Once you make your own you’ll be hooked! Looking for something a little different? Try our thin mint almonds! As an added bonus EVERY RECIPE includes a step-by-step video for the best visual learning experience.
TIPS FOR FREEZING HOLIDAY Candy
Many like baking holiday candy and treats ahead of time and freezing them until ready to serve. Most of my recipes include tips for storing the candy, but I found a guide on freezing homemade candy that I thought you might find helpful as well. The nice thing about candy is that it stays fresh longer than cookies and bars.
Without further adieu, here are my favorite Christmas candy recipes to make during the holidays! I’ve compiled 24. You don’t need to try them all, but I won’t judge you if you do! If you need ideas on how to creatively package up holiday treats, check out this post!
Tip: Hover over the title of each recipe for the recipe link.
Christmas Fudge Recipes
1. Peppermint Bark Fudge
Peppermint bark fudge is one of the easiest fudge recipes! Dark and white chocolate, with lots of peppermint flavor and crunch.
2. Thin Mint Fudge
Thin mint fudge is one of the easiest fudge recipes you’ll ever make and is a show-stopper! Thin mint cookies, chocolatey fudge, and a minty flavor.
3. Butterfinger Fudge
Butterfinger fudge is crunchy, sweet, and loaded with chopped candy pieces. You’ll love this milk chocolatey treat!
English Toffee Recipes
4. English Toffee for Beginners
If you’ve ever felt intimidated by candy making, give this English toffee recipe a try. Our recipe will help you get it right the first time with step-by-step instructions and photographs.
5. Take 5 Toffee
Take 5 Toffee! If you like the candy bar, you’ll love this toffee! Pretzels, peanuts, toffee, milk chocolate, and peanut butter. A fun spin on traditional English toffee.
6. Churro Toffee
This is the easiest churro toffee recipe! No candy thermometer, no dipping, and only a few ingredients! If you’re missing Disneyland make a batch today!
Chocolate Christmas Candy Recipes
7. Peppermint Bark Cups
Make your own Ghirardelli peppermint bark cups with our easy recipe! White and dark chocolate layers with peppermint candy. Make a batch this Christmas season!
8. Hot Cocoa Bombs
Our snowman hot chocolate bombs are so fun for kids! Watch the snowman melt and disappear in a mug of warm milk. Give it a stir and you’ll have a deliciously rich and creamy cup of hot chocolate! If you like these you’ll LOVE our original hot chocolate bombs!
9. Mounds and Almond Joy Bites
Make your own Mounds or Almond Joy bites that taste like the real thing! Our homemade coconut filling is made with only 3 ingredients!
10. Peppermint Patties
If you like York Peppermint Patties you’ll love our homemade peppermint patties! So delicious, perfect for holiday treat platters.
11. Peanut Butter Truffles
These white chocolate peanut butter truffles look (and taste) like they would be complicated to make, but they come together in minutes! Filled with a delicious peanut butter filling, they are perfect for any occasion.
12. Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzels
These chocolate peanut butter pretzels are simply the BEST. Pretzel rods are rolled in peanut butter and then dipped in chocolate. So easy, and so delicious.
13. Chocolate Peanut Butter Graham Crackers
These chocolate-dipped peanut butter graham crackers are just about the easiest dessert that you can make, but they are a FAVORITE over here! Sometimes we’ll use other crackers like Club or Ritz, but the result is always the same. Delish!
Scotcheroo Christmas Candy Recipes
14. Scotcheroo Bites
Scotcheroo bites are a fun spin on the classic chocolate, peanut butter, and butterscotch treat! Made in a mini muffin pan these are the perfect Christmas candy to add to a cookie box or treat platter.
15. Scotcheroo Truffles
If you like the combination of chocolate, peanut butter, and butterscotch in Scotcheroos you’ll love our Scotcheroo truffles. They are easy to make and delicious!
16. Chex Scotcheroos
If you like Scotcheroos made with crispy rice cereal, you’ll LOVE our corn Chex version! They might even be a little better! A great variation on the classic treat.
Nut Christmas Candy Recipes
17. Caramel Peanut Clusters
Homemade Christmas candy isn’t hard to make and these caramel peanut clusters come together in just minutes! Caramel, peanuts, and milk chocolate. Yum!
18. Thin Mints Almonds
Almonds covered in chocolate mint. Delicious, easy to make, and so snackable! If you like thin mint cookies, you’ll love thin mint almonds!
19. Slow Cooker Candy
These chocolate butterscotch candies are made in your slow cooker! As good as anything you’d find in a candy shop and they are SO easy to make! Perfect for Christmas candy and treats.
Christmas Popcorn Recipes
20. Marshmallow Popcorn Balls
Marshmallow popcorn balls are a family favorite recipe all year long, but are even more fun when packaged to look like snow globes for holiday celebrations! And you don’t have to put them into snow globe boxes, you can wrap them in plastic wrap to look like snowballs!
21. Baked Caramel Popcorn
Hands down the BEST baked caramel popcorn recipe you will find. Buttery caramel is poured over the popcorn and baked to perfection!
22. Zebra Corn (Black and White Popcorn)
Homemade caramel corn drizzled with white and dark chocolate. This zebra caramel popcorn is easy to make and is an incredibly addicting treat! Just as delicious as any gourmet popcorn and tastes fresh because you made it at home!
Marshmallow and Mints Christmas Candy Recipes
23. Homemade Marshmallows
Once you make your own marshmallows it will be hard to ever go back to store-bought! I’ll share how to make homemade marshmallows with only a few ingredients. It’s easier than you might think. Add them to holiday gifts, dip them in chocolate, or enjoy them as a snack!
24. Homemade Butter Mints
Use this old-fashioned butter mints recipe to make your own delicious mints for weddings, showers, or parties! Beautiful pastel colors and deliciously minty!
As a bonus I’ve added 2 more recipes. We can’t forget caramels!
Caramel Christmas Candy Recipes
25. Microwave Caramels
Our microwave caramels with sea salt are ridiculously easy to make, and are so nice to have on hand during the holidays! Butter, brown sugar, sweetened condensed milk and corn syrup! Sprinkled with sea salt.
26. Reindeer Caramels
You will LOVE these chocolate caramel reindeer treats this holiday season! A yummy spin-off of chocolate caramel turtles.
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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
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