17 Christmas Movie Night Snacks
A cozy Christmas movie night isn’t complete without the snacks to go with your hot cocoa. Whether you’re watching a Christmas movie with kids or binging your favorite cheesy Netflix rom-coms (looking at you, The Knight Before Christmas!), having a mix of sweet and salty Christmas treats makes it feel extra festive.
If you’re looking for movie night food ideas, these easy Christmas snacks are perfect for munching on while you watch. Simple to prep, easy to serve, and guaranteed to make your Christmas movie night feel like a family tradition worth repeating.
Let’s make some movie night treats!
Popcorn Marshmallow Snowballs
These cute Christmas snowballs are like Rice Krispie treats, but made with popcorn instead of cereal. They’re sweet-and-salty upgrade to plain old popcorn while you watch Christmas movies.
Grinch Peanut Butter Snowballs
These Grinch Peanut Butter Snowballs are a Dr. Seuss book-inspired Christmas treat. Similar to buckeye balls, these are rolled in powdered sugar instead of chocolate.
Christmas Marshmallow Pops
These Christmas marshmallow pops are simple to put together and can be eaten straight or used in hot chocolate during your movie night.
Here’s how to make them:
- Push three full sized marshmallows on kebab sticks
- Melt brown and red candy melts according to package direction and put into piping bag (or ziplock bag and cut the tip off a corner)
- Pipe on antlers, eyes, red nose and a scarf for reindeers
- For snowman, pipe on face, carrot nose, and arms and buttons.
Candy Cane Pretzel Rods
Candy cane pretzel rods are a great salty-sweet snack for a Christmas movie night. They also come together with only three ingredients and just a couple steps.
Christmas DQ Blizzard Copycat
Christmas DQ Blizzard Copycat are all the fun of a Dairy Queen blizzard, but made at home with your favorite Christmas candy. Creamy ice cream plus crushed candy canes, M&M’s, or whatever’s left from stocking stuffers makes this an instant holiday win.
Eggnog Candy Truffles
White chocolate and eggnog come together for these creamy Eggnog Candy Truffles. They have cranberry and pistachio mix-ins for a touch of red and green for the holidays. And they’re the perfect size for snacking during a movie.
Rudolph Chocolate Bark
This Rudolph Chocolate Bark is decorated with pretzel antlers, candy eyes, and red noses to look like Rudolph. Easy to break apart and fun to eat, it’s a treat that both kids and adults will enjoy.
Sweet & Salty Reindeer Cookies
Sweet & Salty Reindeer Cookies are biscoff cookies dipped in chocolate with pretzel antlers and candy eyes make for easy Christmas cookies. They are such a cute addition to a Christmas movie night.
Reindeer Pretzel Rods
Here’s one last spin on chocolate-dipped reindeer treats. This time, pretzel rods become cute Rudolph’s, perfect for snacking on during a movie.
How to make them:
- Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper
- Break pretzels in half for reindeers and organize two candy eyes and red hot nose in groups so you’re ready to work quickly.
- Melt chocolate or candy melts according to package instructions in a cup
- Dip pretzel rods in chocolate and lay on parchment. Dip tips of pretzel antlers in chocolate and adhere to the pretzel rod. Press on candy eyes and red nose.
- Repeat with rest of pretzels.
Apple Dip with Heath Bits
Sliced apples plus this Apple Dip with Heath Bits is all you need for a movie night food that’s a little healthier. It’s simple, sharable, and one of those movie night snacks that kids will love.
S’more Pretzel Bites
If you’re watching your Christmas movie by the fireplace, then a s’more treat is pretty much a must. And how cute are these s’more bites with teddy grahams? Perfect for a Christmas movie night for kids.
Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Snowmen
Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Snowmen dipped in white chocolate, decorated with little faces and scarves to look like snowmen. They’re light, fruity, and add a bit of fruit to a movie night spread.
Oreo Truffles
Oreo Truffles are made with crushed Oreos mixed with cream cheese, rolled into truffles, and dipped in chocolate. Add festive sprinkles and you’ve got the ultimate no-bake Christmas movie snack.
Candied Cranberries
Candied Cranberries are tart cranberries coated in a sparkly sugar shell. They’re sweet, tangy, and add a refreshing pop to balance out heavier Christmas sweets.
Non-alcoholic Cranberry Spritz
Non-alcoholic Cranberry Spritz is a fizzy, festive drink made with cranberry juice and sparkling water, served over ice with fresh cranberries. It’s light, refreshing, and keeps the holiday vibes going without alcohol.
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
These pumpkin whoopie pies are perfect for a holiday movie night. First, they’re delicious. Second, they’re nostalgic. And third, they have those cozy holiday spices that make them feel like a Christmas pumpkin pie.
Christmas Wreath Pretzels
These Christmas Wreaths made of pretzels are a clever holiday treat. The pretzels are held together by melted chocolate and made to look like Christmas wreaths with sprinkles.
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