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30 Last Minute Christmas Treats

30 Last Minute Christmas Treats that you can make just in time for Christmas! Lots of great recipes here that take just a handful of ingredients and less than 15 minutes!

Don’t miss these favorites: Christmas Crack, Snow Day Snack Mix, Pralines and Peppermint Snowball Cookies.

12 image collage showing quick and easy christmas treats that can be made at the last minute.

With just a few days until Christmas, I wanted to share some of my favorite last minute Christmas treats with you! These are my favorite easy, fast, festive recipes just in time for Christmas! Most of these recipes call for just a handful of ingredients and take less than 15 minutes to make. I hope you find just what you’re looking for here today and under your Christmas tree this year as well!

Just click on the picture or the link below the picture to be taken directly to the recipe!

Merry Christmas!

Homemade Christmas Gumdrops

buckeyes on a silver plate with one of the candies having a bite taken, and also in a white mug. more candies are scattered about.

Buckeyes

christmas crack recipe on wood stand piled high with nuts sprinkles mms 2

Christmas Crack

Peanut Butter Balls with Rice Krispies

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Hot Cocoa Fudge

Three Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars in a stack with more bars in the background.

Christmas Sugar Cookie Bars

red bowl filled with red and green puppy chow. the bowl is on a white surface which christmas decorations in the background.

Christmas Puppy Chow

gingerbread truffles in white paper cups with gingersnap cookies crumbles sprinkles on top of the white chocolate coating. one truffle has a bite out of it.

Gingerbread Truffles

red bowl filled with reindeer pretzels with red candy noses and pretzel antlers.

Pretzel Reindeer

melting snowman oreo balls on a white plate topped with mini oreos and rolo candy.

Melting Snowman Oreo Balls

Peanut Butter Pretzel Truffles

Practically Perfect Peppermint Fudge

Almond Joy Cookies

OREO Penguin propped up on a wood tray next to more penguin cookies. Penguin has red earmuffs.

Oreo Penguins

Rocky Road Peanut Clusters

Peppermint Fluff

Peppermint Crunch Popcorn

M&M’s Marshmallow Dream Bars

Peppermint Snowball Cookies

Cranberry Fluff

Peanut Butter M&M Fudge

Buttermilk Pecan Pralines

coconut macaroons on white plate with blue background

Best Coconut Macaroons

Chocolate Peppermint 4-Layer Dessert

Dark Chocolate Peppermint Sugar Cookie Cups

Peppermint Eggnog Milkshake

Christmas Peppermint Patties

four candies sitting on small cupcake stand with red burlap beneath them. top candy is cut in half to show coconut and cherry intererior.

Martha Washington Candies

Snow Day Snack Mix

Chocolate Caramel Christmas Wands

peppermint shortbread cookies with red and white twine laid on parchment with title overlay at top of image

Peppermint Shortbread

Perfect Soft Ginger Cookies

Rolo Pretzel Buttons

Maple Nut Fudge

cherry fluff recipe in clear bowl with spoon AND title overlay

Cherry Fluff

chocolate-mint-patties-recipe titled

Chocolate Covered Mint Patties

White Chocolate Dipped Pretzels

Holiday Dipped Peppermint Oreos

top down look at a lot of christmas decorated chocolate bark in a dark wooden tray.

Christmas Bark

Mint Chocolate Chip Snowball Cookies

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Comments

  2. Holly says

    Hi Trish- do you have a regular shortbread recipe you can share? My mom passed away without me knowing her recipe and I never been able to find one that is close to it

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  3. Liz says

    Hi Trish!

    Yummy Blog!

    Thanks for this, I had an easy time to prepare for last years holiday. Its so delicious and festive, my kids enjoy it as much as me. I can’t wait for another easy recipe list on your blog! Do you have something vegan?

    Reply

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