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December 10, 2020 By Brandy 10 Comments

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Candy Trains With Coal Tutorial (Video)

Filed Under: Christmas, Craft Tutorials, Gift Ideas, Kids Crafts Tagged With: Kids Holiday Crafts

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Candy trains are so fun to make during the holidays! These ones are extra special because they carry coal! Perfect for kids to make as gifts for siblings and friends.

You might also like these cute snowboarding polar bear treats!

Watch our step by step video!

You can’t help but associate trains with the holiday season! Beautiful trains that circle around the Christmas tree, holiday movies like “The Polar Express”, train craft kits, and candy trains.

Candy trains have been a tradition in our family for years. I remember receiving one as a child and thinking it was the BEST gift ever. I also remember making them in elementary school! They are so easy to make and very fun to eat.

hand holding candy train

I couldn’t wait to start making them with my own children when they hit the preschool years. Mac (4) decided to make them for siblings this year. We had such a great time putting together this little fleet of trains and he couldn’t wait to put them in holiday bags and set them under the Christmas tree.

Scroll to the bottom for our Thomas and Friends variation!

candy train with coal

We made a deluxe version that carries coal, haha. This was super easy to do by adding 3 boxes of nerds and two pieces of chocolate coal. We found everything we needed at Dollar Tree and Walgreens!

variety of candies needed to make candy trains

Candy Trains With Coal

Supplies

  • Gum
  • Life Savers
  • Hershey Kiss
  • Mini Candy Bars
  • Chocolate Santa or snowman
  • Starlight mints
  • Nerds
  • Chocolate coal
  • hot glue/gun

Finding gum packs: Gum doesn’t generally come in little packs of 5 sticks anymore. I found these at Dollar Tree, and Walmart also carries them.

Finding Life Savers: Walgreens always carries the Lifesaver storybooks during the holidays that have 6 rolls of candy. You can also purchase the mint Lifesavers in the candy section at most grocery stores.

If you can’t find the exact candies that I used, get creative, and use something similar!

4 candy trains

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How To Make Candy Trains With Coal

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Holiday Candy Trains With Coal

Candy trains are so fun to make during the holidays! These ones are extra special because they carry coal! Perfect for kids to make as gifts for siblings and friends.
Prep Time5 mins
Active Time5 mins
Total Time10 mins
Yield: 1 train
Cost: $2

Equipment

  • hot glue gun
  • hot glue sticks

Materials

  • 1 package Gum (5 sticks)
  • 1 roll Life Savers
  • 1 Hershey Kiss
  • 3 Mini Candy Bars
  • 1 Chocolate Santa or snowman
  • 8 Starlight mints
  • 3 boxes Nerds
  • 2 Chocolate coal candies

Instructions

  • Hot glue the roll of Lifesaver candies on top of the pack of gum.
    Glue two mini boxes of Nerds together, then add them to the back of the train.
    hot gluing boxes of nerds
  • Add a 3rd box of mini Nerds on the back of the train, vertically.
    gluing boxes of nerds to gum and lifesavers for train
  • Glue a Hershey kiss as a smoke stack and 3 mini candy bars to the top of the train.
    Glue mint candies for the wheels, 4 on each side.
    hand gluing mini candy bars to candy train
  • Glue a Santa or holiday character to the front of the mini candy bars. Glue 2 pieces of chocolate coal to the boxes of nerds.
    hand gluing chocolate coal to candy train
  • Enjoy your holiday candy train!

Video

 

Thomas and Friends Candy Trains

candy trains with thomas and friends faces

Here is a fun variation of a holiday candy train—make a Thomas and Friends version! Use our printable face template to cut out the faces of Thomas and his friends. Wrap the candy in cardstock to coordinate with each character.

hand holding up thomas candy train

 

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About Brandy

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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  1. thefirsttastekc says

    November 8, 2016 at 9:38 am

    Such a cute idea! Wish I had this when my brothers and nephews were younger! Pinning for later, never know when a new niece will grow up to love trains and Thomas too!

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  2. Pale Blue Corner says

    November 9, 2016 at 12:21 am

    Great idea, thanks for showing to us!
    Cheers,
    Emese

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  3. Camille says

    November 9, 2016 at 9:00 pm

    Love the candy train. The kids will have fun making them.

    Reply
  4. justmeasuringup says

    November 10, 2016 at 8:02 am

    This is too cute!! My toddler will love it! (Visiting from Organized 31)

    Reply
  5. JESS44903 says

    November 11, 2016 at 8:34 am

    Oh gosh, what a cute idea!

    I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/

    Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

    Reply
  6. Julie says

    November 11, 2016 at 4:19 pm

    What a fun idea! I have several little boys at my house who would absolutely love this! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  7. Charlotte Burkholder (@pursueproject) says

    November 13, 2016 at 11:56 am

    What a cute idea! These would make cute birthday party favors too! Come share at Family Joy Blog linkup at http://www.pursueyourproject.com

    Reply
  8. The Freshman Cook says

    November 25, 2018 at 10:19 pm

    My son was a huge Thomas fan when he was little! He is 28 now! It is so much fun to see these cute candy trains! I imagine everyone will love these! Thank you for sharing at Celebrate it!

    Reply
  9. C.C. says

    November 6, 2019 at 12:18 am

    Those trains are so cute! I would love to make them with my grandson, who loves Thomas the train, but where do you get the faces?

    Reply
    • Brandy says

      November 6, 2019 at 8:20 am

      Yay! They are so fun to make. You can download a copy of the faces right here. If this doesn’t work let me know and I can just e-mail you a copy. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1m2SR4aI1ThQ2plbGtRTFBMQ0U/view?usp=sharing

      Reply

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