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5 Holiday Snack Hacks That Make Everyday Food Way More Fun

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Great for kids and adults alike, these simple holiday snacks dress up store-bought ingredients for a quick treat during the busiest (and most festive!) time of the year.
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Kid-Approved Treats

Creating quick and fun snacks for kids during the holidays is easier than it looks. Use shortcuts with store-bought snacks, and add simple embellishments to make holiday parties, potlucks and last-minute get-togethers super low stress.

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Snowman Donuts

Store-bought powdered donuts are transformed into snowmen by simply adding mini chocolate chip eyes, mouths and orange gummy candy noses.

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Snowman Donuts

As an added bonus, these are a yummy nut-free treat that are perfect for school parties.

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Strawberry Santa Hats

Create a flat surface on both ends of an upturned strawberry and use piped white icing to create these adorable snowmen Santas.

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Strawberry Santa Hats

A second strawberry "glued" into place with more icing and a couple of chocolate chips are all you need to make Santa’s face and hat.

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Cupcake Christmas Trees

Ready-make cupcakes are transformed into festive Christmas trees with some easy (and tasty!) tricks. Top an iced cupcake with an ice-cream cone, and pipe green icing all the way around the cone. Finish the look with nonpareils as mini ornaments.

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Rice Cereal Presents

Elevate standard (but always welcomed) rice cereal treats with decorative red icing piped on to look like a wrapped gift.

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Sprinkle Cookie Sandwiches

Dress up simple vanilla wafer cookies with this quick macaroon-style dessert. Sandwich two cookies with vanilla icing and finish with festive sprinkles.

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Sprinkle Cookie Sandwiches

Use a spoon to lightly add sprinkles to the middle of the cookies. The icing will work as a glue to hold the sprinkles in place.