It's not long until Christmas and we can almost smell the crispy roast duck coming out of the oven. Colorful decorations, mulled wine, stollen and lots of cookies – we love Christmas time! For us, there is hardly anything better than enjoying a delicious Christmas dinner with our loved ones. TheChristmas menu and desserthave they already been decided? Great! But how about treating your loved ones to a few unusual snacks every now and then? And no, we don't mean a classic cheese platter or simple appetizers. OurRecipes for ChristmasSnacks not only taste wonderful, but also put you in a good mood and a festive mood when you first see them. Whether it's crispy Christmas tree tortilla chips, cream cheese reindeer, olive penguins, etc. - these fun Christmas snacks are guaranteed to delight all your guests! Enough said – have fun reading and enjoy!
Christmas snacks: cream cheese reindeer
We don't know about you, but after all the cookies we've been snacking on over the last few weeks, we haveFancy some variety. And that's why we have a great idea for you on how to prepare hearty Christmas snacks. Fun, delicious and eye-catching, these cream cheese reindeer will immediately make guests smile.
Ingredients:
- A pack of cream cheese in a triangle shape
- Pretzels
- Sultanic
- Dried cranberries
Preparation:
- Press a pretzel into the back left and right corners of the cheese.
- Press sultanas into the cheese as eyes.
- Add cranberries for the red nose and voila - you can quickly prepare delicious hearty Christmas snacks!
Christmas tree tortilla chips and Grinch guacamole
A little creativity and a little time - that's all you need to prepare Christmas snacks. These Tortilla Chips and Grinch Quacamole are the perfect accompaniment to theChristmas movie marathon with the family!
Ingredients:
- 3 Spinach Tortillas
- Guacamole according to your favorite recipe
- 1 root Paprika
- 1/2 head of cauliflower, cut into florets
- Black and green olives
Preparation:
- Place the guacamalo on a large plate and use your hands and a spoon to shape the Grinch head. If you want, you can print out a template and cut it out onto parchment paper.
- For the hat, add cauliflower for the trim and place a piece of red pepper on top. Then use some cauliflower for the “pom pom”.
- Halve the green olives and position them as eyes.
- Use a small piece of pepper for the nose.
- Shape the mouth and eyebrows with black olives.
- For the tortilla chips, preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Place tortillas on a cutting board and cut out with a cookie cutter.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until crispy.
- Top the tortilla chips with guacamole and serve!
Puff pastry stars
Beautifully crispy, delicious and quick to make - you can either use these puff pastry cheese starsServe Christmas appetizeror enjoy as a Christmas snack. We used cheese for our recipe, but if you prefer it sweet, you can also fill the morsels with jam or Nutella.
Ingredients:
- 2 sheets of puff pastry
- 1 egg yolk
- 90 grams of cheddar cheese, grated
- 90 grams of Parmesan, grated
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
- Roll out the puff pastry on a floured work surface and cut out small stars.
- Sprinkle half of the stars with cheddar and place on top with the remaining stars. Press the ends together slightly.
- Sprinkle with egg yolk and then Parmesan and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown and crispy.
Christmas snacks: Hearty puff pastry Christmas trees
You want to whip up something delicious quickly that will impress your guests. Then you should make these fun and easy puff pastry Christmas trees!
Ingredients:
- 1 puff pastry
- 200 grams of ham
- 100 Gramm Gouda
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tbsp milk
- wooden skewers
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Soak the wooden skewers briefly in water and set aside.
- Roll out the puff pastry and cut 16 strips on the narrow side.
- Also cut the ham into suitable strips.
- Cover strips of puff pastry with ham and then shape it into a snake shape like a Christmas tree.
- Place the Christmas trees on the wooden skewers and place them on the baking tray.
- Cut out small stars from the Gouda.
- Bake the puff pastry skewers for 15-17 minutes until golden brown and stick on the stars!
- And your quick Christmas snacks are ready!
Funny olive penguins
And here's a great Christmas snack that you'll want to make with the kids! These olive penguins with cream cheese are a fun activity for the holidays and taste incredibly good.
Ingredients:
- 20 pieces of extra-large jumbo olives, black and pitted
- 20 small black olives
- 1 carrot
- 1 root Paprika
- 200 grams of cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon each of paprika and garlic powder
- Salt and pepper
Preparation:
- Mix cream cheese, paprika and garlic powder in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper.
- Carefully cut the large olives lengthwise, but do not cut completely through.
- Stuff the olives with the cream cheese mixture.
- Peel the carrot and cut into 20 slices.
- For the feet, cut a notch into each carrot slice.
- Stick carrot pieces into the middle of the small olives as beaks.
- Place the large olives on the slices with the opening facing forward and place a small olive on top.
- Carefully insert a toothpick through the top of the head to secure the olive penguins.
- Cut the peppers into very thin strips and use them as a scarf.
Russian eggs “Santa Claus”
If your family has been pretty good this year, you can reward them with these fun “Santa Claus” Russian eggs.
Ingredients:
- 12 hard-boiled eggs
- 120 grams of mayonnaise or Greek yogurt
- 60 grams of cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 EL Dijon-Senf
- 50-70 grams of ham, cut into 24 pieces
- 2 roasted peppers, cut into 24 thin strips
- Capers
- 1 teaspoon each of paprika and oregano
- 2 tsp red food coloring
- Some hot water
Preparation:
- Halve the eggs lengthwise, remove the yolks and place in a small bowl.
- Fill a large bowl 1/3 full with hot water and stir in food coloring.
- Dip the narrow end of each egg in it for 10-15 seconds and drain on paper towels, cut side up.
- Mix the egg yolks, mayonnaise, mustard and spices in a bowl and fill the egg whites with them.
- Place capers for eyes, ham for nose and small pieces of pepper for mouth.
- Pour cream cheese into a piping bag and use it to outline the eyebrows, mustache and beard.
- Refrigerate until serving and your Russian eggs “Santa Claus” are ready.
Christmas Snacks: Melted Snowman Oreo Truffles
And here oneIdea for ChristmasSnacks for everyone with a sweet tooth! These Snowman Oreo Truffles are a fun and delicious dessert that make a great little Christmas gift from the kitchen.
Ingredients for 24 pieces:
- 40 pieces Oreo cookies, crushed into fine crumbs
- 180 grams of cream cheese, softened
- 340 grams of white chocolate
- 100 grams of vanilla icing
- Food coloring gel in red, yellow and black
- 24 Mini-Oreos
Preparation:
- Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper.
- Mix crumbled Oreos, cream cheese and vanilla frosting in a large bowl.
- Form 24 small balls and place them on the baking tray.
- Place in the freezer for 15 minutes and in the meantime melt the white chocolate in a water bath or in the microwave.
- Dip the Oreo truffles into the white chocolate and decorate with the food coloring gel.
- Place the mini Oreos on top as hats and place the Oreo truffles in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.
