5 No-Bake Recipes to Try with Your Kids This Holiday Season

Preparation

1. Thoroughly clean and dry the strawberries so that the filling will stay firmly in place.
2. Cut off and discard the end of the strawberry that has the leaf and stem. Next, cut the strawberry in two, keeping the pointy end big enough to become Santa’s hat. 
3. Set the strawberries aside and prepare the filling: In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Carefully transfer the mixture to a piping bag. If you don’t have one, you can use a Ziploc-style snack bag instead.
4. Once the strawberries have been cut and the filling prepared, it’s time to assemble the Santas! To do this, place the wide, flat end of the strawberry on a plate. Using the piping bag, pipe the cream cheese mixture on top. This will be Santa’s head and beard; you need to use enough of the filling to have room to decorate his face.
5. Finish off your Santa by placing his hat (the pointy end of the strawberry) on top of the filling. If you like, put a dot of filling on the tip of the hat to make a white pompom.
6. Use the decorative icing to draw on Santa’s eyes and nose. Feel free to get creative and come up with a variety of little Santas!

Now that we’ve got a cute squad of Santas, we need a team of reindeer. Our next recipe’s got you covered!

Preparation

1. Spread frosting on two cookies.
2. Place two pretzels on one of the cookies to create the antlers; the frosting will act as glue.
3. Place the other cookie on top to make a “sandwich.” This will hold the pretzels in place.
4. Frost a mini golden cookie to create the snout, then stick it on top of the cookies.
5. Glue the candy eyes and nose in place with a little frosting. Repeat with all the cookies.  
    

Preparation

1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Pulse the cookies in a food processor to make fine crumbs. Set aside a small amount for decorating.
3. Gradually add the cream cheese to the bowl of the food processor and blend until you get a smooth, creamy consistency. If the mixture seems too dry or isn’t holding together well, add a little more cream cheese.
4. Roll small amounts of filling into 2 cm balls. You should get about 24 balls from the mixture.
5. Carefully arrange the shaped balls on the baking sheet prepared in step 1.
6. Chill for 15–20 minutes in the refrigerator.
7. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate. To do this, melt it in a bowl placed over a pot of simmering water, or microwave it in 20-second increments.
8. Remove the balls from the fridge and dip them in the melted chocolate until completely coated, then place them back on the baking sheet.
9. While the chocolate coating is still soft and sticky, sprinkle the balls with crushed candy canes or Oreo crumbs. 
10. Once decorated, put the truffles back in the fridge to allow the chocolate to harden. We recommend waiting at least 10 minutes before eating!

Preparation

1. Pop the popcorn in the microwave, then transfer it to a bowl to cool.
2. Melt the chocolate drops and butter in a pot over low heat, stirring constantly.
3. Drizzle the chocolate and butter mixture over the popcorn and allow to harden.
4. Pour the milk into a saucepan.
5. Break the chocolate bar into pieces and add it to the milk.
6. Bring the mixture up to boiling point over low heat, stirring constantly.
7. Pour the hot chocolate into two cups.
8. Garnish cups with the chocolate popcorn.
9. Dig in and enjoy!
    

Preparation

1. Using the large cookie cutter, make 12 stars out of the bread slices.
2. Using the small cookie cutter, cut out the centre of the cucumber slices.
3. Stack three slices of ham and cut stars from the stack using the large cookie cutter. Repeat with the remaining ham slices, in stacks of three, to get 12 stars in all.
4. Repeat step 3 with the cheese slices.
5. Cut the tomatoes in half and insert a skewer through each piece.
6. Roll up the lettuce and place on top of the tomato.
7. Add the bread, ham, and cheese stars to the skewers, alternating to form the points of the tree. 
8. Place the skewer on the large cucumber round, which acts like a tree stand .
9. Add the small cucumber stars to the top of the skewer.
10. Finally, use the small cookie cutter to cut out 3 red bell pepper stars and place one on the top of each skewer, like a tree topper !