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40 Favorite Classic Christmas Candies and Treats

9-photo picture collage of 40 Favorite Classic Christmas Candies & Treats with the text of the title centered and overlaid on the photo collage of white chocolate peppermint crisps, candy bar fudge, peanut butter fudge, butterscotch crunch fudge, mint oreo muddy buddies, jello popcorn balls, reindeer poop fudge, and chocolate fudge.

 40 Classic Christmas Candies and Treats

Fabulous fudge, amazing caramels, easy Chex mixes, salty and sweet pretzel treats, fancy popcorn, homemade candy, and no-bake treats are in this lineup of 40 Favorite Classic Christmas Candies and Treats. You will also find many of them in my list of 25 Family Christmas Movies and the Best Snacks to Eat with Them.

If you’re anything like me, Christmas candies and treats bring back memories. Every year my mom would make Classic Chocolate Fudge and peanut brittle without a candy thermometer. Now that I have children of my own, I love sharing and making these recipes with them.

These classic Christmas candies and treats always shine on a holiday platter. So find a candy and/or treat below to make, put on your favorite Christmas playlist, and start making memories. Your family will love you for it.

Fabulous Fudge

Chocolate fudge pieces sitting on a white plate with a plastic sprig of holly on the left.Classic Chocolate Fudge
8 pieces of peanut butter fudge on a small plate. Faded in the background are more pieces of fudge and the leftover slab of fudge.Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
A stack of square inch pieces of the fudge on a white plate.Reindeer Poop Fudge Recipe
butter pecan fudge cut into one inch squares sitting on a piece of parchment paperButter Pecan Fudge

stack of small white plates with pieces of fudge with fudge in the back groundHershey Bar Fudge
A small white plate stacked with fudge pieces and a few Oreos around the plate with other pieces of Oreo fudge in the upper background.The Best Oreo Fudge
Crazy-Good-Mint-Fudge-13Crazy Good Mint Fudge
toasted coconut and pecan fudge, cut and stacked so you can see the creaminess and the pieces of pecan and coconut throughout.Toasted Coconut and Pecan Fudge

The Best S'more Fudge on brown parchment paper partially cut with two pieces of fudge stacked on top.The Best S’more Fudge
Candy-Bar-Peanut-Butter-Fudge-3Candy Bar Peanut Butter Fudge
Butterscotch Crunch Fudge with a Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl

Amazing Caramels

A slab of caramel cut into one inch pieces. A hand is picking up one of the pieces to eat.Rebecca’s Amazing Caramels
8 caramels wrapped in wax paper.The Best Microwave Caramels
A small white plate with 5 slices of caramel shortbread with chocolate chips and coconut scattered around the plateChocolate Caramel Slice
Merry Widow Caramels.....not sure where the name comes from but they sure are DELICIOUS!Merry Widow Caramels

Easy Chex Mixes

a white bowl full of pretzels and chex and m&ms covered in white chocolate. it also has peanuts in it. there is more of it scattered on the counter around the bowlWhite Chocolate Christmas Chex Mix Recipe
classic-chewy-chex-mix-Classic Chewy Chex Mix
BEST-EVER-Party-Chex-Mix-2Best Ever Chewy Chex Mix
Mint Oreo cookies and mint muddy buddies scattered around a small white bowl of Mint Oreo Muddy Buddies.Mint Oreo Muddy Buddies

A white bowl of churro muddy buddies.Churro Muddy Buddies
Amazingly flavorful snack that will keep you going back for secondsButterscotch and Milk Chocolate Puppy Chow

Salty & Sweet Pretzel Treats

Candy cane white chocolate pretzel crisps in a bowl with a green and red patterned napkin and candy canes surrounding the bowl from the bottom left up to the top right corner.White Chocolate Peppermint Pretzel Crisps
white-choc-bugle-pretzel-mix5White Chocolate Bugle Pretzel Mix
cinnamon-sugar-white-chocolate-pretzels-1Cinnamon Sugar White Chocolate Pretzels

Fancy Popcorn

white bowl of popcorn mix with colored M&MsChristmas Marshmallow Caramel Popcorn
A dark blue white polka dotted Polish pottery plate of peppermint bark crunch popcorn.Peppermint Bark Crunch Popcorn
Caramel-Marshmallow-P0pcorn-and-popcorn-ball-recipeCaramel Marshmallow Popcorn
Jello Popcorn BallsJello Popcorn Balls with Mini Marshmallows

Homemade Candy

Golden Oreo Peanut Butter Truffles {Three Ingredients}
Several pieces of peanut brittle stacked on one another on top of a piece of brown burlap material. Raw peanuts are scattered around the peanut brittle pieces.Mom’s Best Peanut Brittle Recipe
An old-fashioned cherry mash chocolate bit in half held between a thumb and point finger. Faded in the background are more cherry mash chocolates.Old Fashioned Cherry Mash Chocolates
blue plate with Christmas soda cracker crack candy on it. Chocolate squares with nuts sprinkled on topThe Best Christmas Soda Cracker Candy

Homemade Toffee with Chocolate and AlmondsHomemade Toffee with Chocolate and Almonds
Easy-Choc-Cream-Cheese-Truffles2Easy Chocolate Cream Cheese Truffles
peanut-butter-cup-barsPeanut Butter Cup Bars {No Bake}
Peanut-Butter-Balls-1Peanut Butter Balls with Coconut and Rice Krispies

Last--but not least--No-Bake Treats

A white bowl of caramel corn puffs sitting on top of a white and blue striped kitchen towel with candied corn puffs surrounding the bowls.Caramel Corn Puffs {Hands Down, the BEST treat EVER!}
Caramel-Rice-CrispiesCrazy Good Caramel Rice Crispies
No-Bake-Peanut-Butter-Corn-Flake-Treats-recipeNo-bake Peanut Butter Corn Flake Treats
Rainbow Clusters {Five Minute Recipe}

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