Yesterday, I told you about mini reindeer donuts. Today, I have another fun holiday treat to show you – Christmas Tree Brownies. We shared this sweet dessert with my oldest daughter’s classroom to celebrate her birthday.

I baked my homemade brownies. I cut the brownies into triangles. NOTE: I was able to get clean lines by cutting the brownies using a plastic knife while it was still warm in the pan. A plastic knife makes a big difference versus using a regular knife.  A great tip I found on TheFrugalGirls.com.

After the brownies were completely cool,  I decorated them using Wilton Cookie icing – Green, mini red M&M’s as ornaments and mini yellow M&M’s as the stars.

Have you made any Christmas Tree shaped treats this holiday season?

You can get my homemade brownie recipe HERE.

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I had so much fun making these Mini Reindeer Donuts. Aren’t they cute? They are an easy-to-make Christmas treat.

Last year, I made Mini Snowman Donuts for a birthday snack for my twins’ classroom. They wanted a similar treat this year. I remembered all the cute Reindeer shaped treat ideas I posted previously. We decided on the mini reindeer donuts (seen on Free-N-Fun Christmas).

I used Wilton Candy Eyeballs. The antlers are made out of pretzels. I found using alphabet pretzels, specifically the letters “Y”, “T”, “F” and “J” work great. The noses are red M&Ms. I used Wilton Tube Decorating Gel – Brown to keep the eyes, noses and antlers in place on the chocolate donuts.

Have you made any reindeer treats this holiday season?

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I told you about 7 reindeer shaped treat ideas last week. This list included reindeer mini donuts. Did you know you could also make some cute Snowman Mini Donuts ? I found this idea on Free Fun Christmas.

Snowman Mini Donuts could be served as a fun Christmas or wintertime snack. You can serve it at a winter or snowman themed party. I recently made them for my twins’ birthday. We shared them as a birthday snack for their class.

All you need to make these Snowman Mini Donuts are mini powdered donuts, mini chocolate chips, orange candy and white frosting. The orange candy is for the nose. I used orange Mike and Ike Candies. You could use an M&M, Skittle, or candy corn. Stick the orange candy into the hole of the mini powdered donut. The mini chocolate chips are for the eyes and mouth.

Use the frosting to adhere the mini chocolate chips to the donut. I did have some minor issues adhering the chocolate chips to the donuts. The small size of the chocolate chips was tricky to handle and sometimes they would not adhere because there was too much powder on the donuts. Overall, I was happy I made these fun treats even with the minor issue.

Snowman Mini Donuts make a sweet whimsical winter treat! I’ll definitely make them again.

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Many people already know about this sweet treat – Chocolate Saltine Toffee Bars. I made it for the first time this year. Some people call it Saltine Toffee Candy or Saltine Toffee Cookies or Toffee Cracker Bars. Whatever name you give them, there’s a good chance you’ll say they are delicious, maybe even addicting.

I have made turtle bars in the past which are somewhat similar because of the toffee middle and chocolate topping. The big difference is the saltines. Chocolate Saltine Toffee Bars are so easy to prepare. All you need are saltine crackers, butter, brown sugar and chocolate.

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Chocolate Saltine Toffee Crackers Recipe (adapted – several recipes can be found online such as this one here.)

Ingredients
Saltine Crackers (about 1 sleeve) – I used salted ones.
1 cup butter (2 sticks) – I used unsalted butter.
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 cups (12oz) chocolate chips.

Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Line a cookie sheet with foil. (Most recipes call for a jelly roll pan, but I did not have one. The cookie sheet worked fine for me.) Place saltine crackers (salt side up) on pan in a single layer. Melt butter with brown sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and continue to boil for 3 minutes. Stir as needed. Pour over crackers. Make sure to spread it so it covers all crackers.

Bake in oven for 5 minutes. Take out of oven and immediately sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly on top. Wait about 3- 5 minutes for the chocolate chips to be soft and melted.

Spread the chocolate with a spatula. Place in refrigerator for about 2 hours so chocolate hardens.

Cut or just break into pieces. You do not have to cut these into perfect squares. Chocolate Saltine Toffee Bars look fine and taste great even when irregularly broken.

NOTE: You could sprinkle nuts or toffee bits to the top after spreading chocolate.

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My husband wasn’t sure what to think when he saw me lining my pan with saltine crackers. He was pleasantly surprised at how yummy these Chocolate Saltine Toffee Bars tasted. I also recently took some to a holiday party. I am happy to report they were a hit (especially to those who had never had Saltine Toffee Bars).

Are these an annual holiday treat in your house?

Here are some reindeer shaped treats to make this Christmas season. Most of them involve pretzels and chocolate – YUM! They would be fun additions to your holiday baking.

• Make Reindeer cookies using Nutter Butter cookies. Found this idea on Munchkin Munchies.
• Here’s another Reindeer Cookie idea using sugar cookie dough and bell shaped cookie cutter..
• Make some cute Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Reindeer.
• I love these Reindeer Mini Donuts.
• Check out these Reindeer Cupcakes over at Hoosier Homemade.
• One more cookie idea – Peanut Butter Rudolph Reindeer cookies.

This one is my personal favorite! Surprise your kiddos with Rudolph Pancakes for breakfast. Read more about it on Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons. 

Have you made any of these sweet reindeer treats?!

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