Simple Christmas Rice Krispies Treat Recipe

Kids of all ages will want to help make this perfect holiday treat! These simple Rice Krispie treats can be a fun addition to Santa’s plate of cookies. If your family loves to go caroling then hand out some of these yummy treats to your neighbors. Let your kids decide if they want to decorate the Rice Krispie treats with a Christmas or Winter theme. Now grab a box of Rice Krispies, marshmallows, & some candy melts, and let’s get creative!

My oldest, Luke, and I made this Christmas Rice Krispies Treats for his school Christmas party class treats and we had a blast! It took a little bit to teach him to use an icing pipe (aka.. a zip lock bag) but once he got the hang of it, he was a decorating machine! Check out how to make these cute Simple Christmas Rice Krispy Pops below!

Take a classic recipe to the next level with some extra holiday spirit! Grab your favorite brand of white chocolate melts or chocolate wafers and let’s make some fun Christmas memories with your kids! I’ve made these so many times for lots of Christmas parties for the kids.

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What you need to make Christmas Rice Krispy Treat

Rice Krispie Treats

Rice Krispie Cereal
Real Butter
Marshmallows or Melted Marshmallows Fuff

Make 1 or 2 batches of rice crispy treats following this recipe or follow the recipe on the side of the box.

Snowman, Rudolph, & Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treat Decorations

White chocolate chips
Chocolate almond bark or Chocolate Candy Melts
Gel Food Coloring
Mini M&M’s
Candy eyeballs
Christmas Candy Sprinkles

Supplies:

Wooden Popsicle Sticks or
Large Pretzel Stick
Oil in case the chocolate gets dry. vegetable, coconut, olive oil, or almond (I used almond oil)
Knife and cutting board
Microwave-safe bowl
Ziplock baggies
Mixing bowl and spatula
Parchment Paper
Cookie Trays

How to Make Christmas Rice Krispy Treats

Let’s make the hit of the dessert table this holiday season!

The first thing you need to do is make your rice crispy treats. This is the best recipe for gooey Rice Krispie Treats or follow the instructions on the side of the box for the classic treats. Pour the rice Krispy mixture onto a large cookie sheet with edges or jelly roll pan. Once you have your cereal mixture made you will need to let them set for an hour or so until they are set and the marshmallows had time to harden a little. You could put it in the freezer for a few minutes to harden quickly but I like to just let them set at room temperature.

Using a cookie cutter, butter knife, or pizza cutter, cut the shapes you want by pressing the cookie cutter into the rice cereal treat or take a butter knife and cut squares. Don’t worry about the leftover rice Krispie treats you can use them for some candy kabobs or just an afternoon snack. If you have several triangles left over make a tree by stacking them and pushing a lollipop stick through the bottom. Decorate the leftover pieces with leftover candy bark and sprinkles.

Next, you will need melted white chocolate.

Grab your large knife, cutting board, and several cubes of chocolate. Chop several cubes of chocolate almond bark or you can use candy melts. I started with white chocolate to make my snowmen first. Carefully cut your chocolate into smaller chunks and place them in a medium bowl that is microwave-safe. A better way to melt chocolate is in a double boiler over low heat, but I like to speed things up a bit.

You will need to microwave your chocolate for about 10-20 seconds the first time then stir. The closer you get to the melted consistency decrease the amount of time you heat your chocolate. Don’t forget to stir!

How to fix burnt chocolate in the microwave

We all love how fast a microwave is but if you don’t heat your chocolate correctly by stirring every 10 seconds or so you can burn it. If you heat your chocolate too much don’t panic, just grab some oil (coconut, vegetable, whatever you have on hand) and mix in 1 tsp of oil at a time. Keep adding the oil and stirring until it becomes smooth again. Burnt it too much? Just toss it out and start over again but no one wants to hear that when they just heated up the last of the almond bark in the house!

Set up a workstation with a cookie sheet or two both of them need a Silpat or parchment paper. The chocolate will not stick and you can actually peel them off, but if you are really worried about sticking use a light coating of cooking spray.

Once you have your chocolate melted open a sandwich ziplock bag and roll down the sides at least one good turn. Spoon in some chocolate, zip the top while trying to get as much air out as possible.

Now twist your bag trying to contain the chocolate into one corner like above. Take your scissors and clip a very SMALL piece of the point to pipe your chocolate through. I start with a small cut the make a slightly bigger cut until I have the right amount of yumminess coming out.

How to Make Melted Chocolate Shapes

Make your Holiday treats extra special by adding cute shapes, designs, red or green M&M, and mini tootsie roll to your cereal treats. You. only need a handful of ingredients to create an adorable reindeer rice Krispie treat.

Snowman time!! To make these cuties you will need a cookie sheet covered with wax paper. Quickly using your warm chocolate pipe 3 circles any size you want making sure they will fit on your rice crispy treat. Now just fill in the circles with chocolate and you have a snowman. Make an extra snowman or two in case they break when coming off the wax paper.

Easy treat! Right?

Now you will need to let them set and cool down hardening the chocolate again. To do this quickly I pop them into the freezer.

They will be done in no time! If you want to get extra creative, make a little candy cane for each snowman to hold.

To remove your snowman (and trees below) just carefully peel off the wax paper. If they break it’s ok! Just add a little more white or maybe a scarf to your snowmen when you attach them to the rice crispy. Decorate your snowman any way you want with button M&M’s, sprinkles, or more chocolate.

Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats

Bring some holiday cheer to all you know with these cute cereal bar treats! This is a great recipe for kids to make for a cookie exchange or a holiday treat for Santa.

To make these Christmas trees take your white chocolate and melt it the same as for the snowmen. Add a few drops of green food coloring until you reach your desired color. Top your cute Christmas dessert with M&M’s or sprinkles while they are still warm.

Notice the top right tree? It’s a great example of dry chocolate so be sure to add some oil as you mix in your green.

Snowman Christmas Rice Krispie Pops

If your kids love to make homemade rice krispie treats or even the classic rice krispie recipe. My favorite Christmas rice krispie treats recipe to make is these Gooey Marshmallows Treats. Add in some mini marshmallows that aren’t melted to make it the perfect treat!

You have reached my FAVORITE Simple Christmas Rice Crispy Pops. I loved these big face snowmen the most.

Don’t fret! It’s super simple to make these too. Just pipe white chocolate for the face, yellow chocolate for the nose, regular chocolate almond bark for the mouth, and candy eyes that you can find in a craft store or on your cake decorating aisle at Walmart.

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Christmas Rice Krispie Pops

The reindeer is just as easy as the snowmen above. To make these melt regular chocolate and pipe antlers right onto your rice crispy. Dot a mouth and add on eyeballs and a nose by placing a chocolate dot right under the candy to secure it into place.