These Chocolate Apple Christmas Treats are a great no-bake holiday snack for kids! Apple rings dipped in chocolate and then decorated like cute snowmen and Christmas wreaths… what’s not to love?!
I’m always on the hunt for fun and EASY treats to make with my kids. My youngest daughter LOVES to help in the kitchen, and truth be told, she probably knows more about cooking than I do. And my oldest daughter is quick to offer a helping hand, especially if sugar is involved.
So when these Chocolate Apple Turkeys that I made for Thanksgiving turned out so well, I decided to make some yummy Chocolate Apple Christmas Treats too!
These yummy and healthy-ish apple Christmas treats for kids are a cinch to make, and your little ones will have a blast helping you decorate them. Make a bunch for classroom Christmas party treats or give them out as favors to your holiday dinner guests. Enjoy!
*And be sure to check out this post for even more fun snowman treats for kids!
Ingredients for Snowman and Wreath Apple Slices
For these super cute and yummy Christmas treats you will need:
- Honeycrisp apples – I prefer this variety because their crisp texture holds up to the heat of the chocolate. Plus, my girls like Honeycrisp best!
- half a can of store-bought frosting – Use your favorite brand. You will only need a small amount for the decorations.
- red and brown gel colors – Split your icing into separate bowls and add gel until you get your desired color.
- white melting chocolate wafers – Or you can substitute almond bark. You will need the white color for the snowman treats.
- green melting chocolate wafers – You will need green for the wreath apple treats. You could also use green food coloring to dye the melted white chocolate if you prefer.
- Wilton candy eyeballs
- red ball sprinkles – for the Christmas wreath apple treats
- green Jimmy sprinkles – for the Christmas wreaths
- large marshmallows – for the snowmen treats
- black ball sprinkles – for the snowman buttons
- candy corn – for the snowmen noses
- red peel-apart licorice – optional for snowmen scarves
Prepping the Apples
Start by cutting your apples into slices that are about 1/2″ thick. Be sure to cut the apple horizontally across, so that the core is in the center. Then, use a small round cookie cutter, the large side of an icing piping tip, or a paring knife to cut the core out of the center. *Don’t worry if your circle isn’t perfectly round – the hole will be covered by a marshmallow so you won’t see it.
Your apple slices should look something like this:
*TIPS – I used Honeycrisp apples because that’s the apple variety that my kids prefer. Honeycrisps are crisp and firm and can stand up to the heat of the melted chocolate, so they’re great for these chocolate apple Christmas treats. When cutting your apples, be sure to not cut the slices too thin because they could break in half.
Preparing the Icing Colors
Divide the canned frosting into two small bowls. Use the gel food colors to tint one bowl brown (for the snowman arms) and the other bowl red (for the bow on the wreath). Transfer the colored icing to icing bags with a fine piping tip.
Melting the Chocolate Wafers
Add the melting chocolate wafers to a microwave-safe bowl and heat according to package instructions. If you’re making both the wreath and the snowman treats, then focus on one at a time. Heat only the color of wafers that you will use first, so that the melting chocolate doesn’t harden back up on you.
How to Decorate Snowman Apple Treats
Once your apples, white melting wafers, and colored icing are prepared, it’s time to start decorating your chocolate apple slice snowmen treats! Just follow these steps:
- Dunk one side of the apple slice into the melted white wafers, until the entire top is covered. I didn’t coat the entire apple slice front and back, because I didn’t want it to be chocolate-overload.
- Before the chocolate has a change to set up, add one large marshmallow over the center hole and place the red peel-apart licorice around the marshmallow to look like a scarf. Then, add three black ball sprinkles down the front for the snowman buttons. Place the candies quickly – the melted chocolate will act as a glue to keep your decorations in place.
- Using a very fine piping tip, add brown stick arms to the side of the marshmallow for the snowman’s arms.
- Dip the end of a candy corn into the melted white chocolate and place it in the center of the marshmallow for the snowman’s nose. Then, using the melting chocolate as glue, add the two candy eyes.
And then your adorable chocolate covered apple snowman treats are ready to enjoy! So cute right?!
How to Decorate Chocolate Wreath Apple Slices
The wreath apple slices are even easier to make! When the green melting chocolate wafers are fully melted and the red icing bag is prepped, just follow these steps:
- Dunk the apple slice in the melted green chocolate.
- Before the chocolate has a chance to harden up, sprinkle on the green Jimmy sprinkles. Add a few of the red ball sprinkles to look like holly.
- Use the red icing and a fine tipped piping bag to pipe on a pretty red bow on one side of the chocolate apple wreath.
Here’s what your finished wreaths should look like:
And that’s it! Your cute Christmas treats for kids are all done!
How to Store Chocolate Apple Christmas Treats
These treats are best eaten pretty quickly. They will stay good in the fridge for a day or two in an airtight container, but after that the apples will start to get a bit soggy, and your kids probably won’t enjoy them. Or they’ll probably just eat the chocolate off the top!
More Christmas Treats for Kids
If you loved this Christmas snack idea, then be sure to check out some of my other Christmas treats for kids:
Snowman Donuts – These easy no-bake snowman donut treats are SO fun to make! This would be a perfect “craft” for a school Christmas party or a December activity for at home.
Snowman Oreos – These adorable snowman Oreos are perfect for your holiday party! Another fun treat for kids to help you make!
My kids absolutely loved these cute Christmas treats! And Mommy did, too. Plus, if you know me then you know that I have some serious personal philosophies on dessert, including “Fruit is NOT a dessert!”. Even if it’s covered in chocolate or rolled in liquid sugar. 🙂
So, I’m going to keep telling myself that these yummy APPLE treats are guilt-free, too.
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Chocolate Covered Apple Christmas Treats
These Chocolate Apple Christmas Treats are a great no-bake holiday snack for kids! Apple rings dipped in chocolate and then decorated like cute snowmen and Christmas wreaths... what's not to love?!
Ingredients
- 2 large Honeycrisp Apples
- ½ can of store-bought vanilla icing
- red, green, and brown gel colors
- 1 bag white melting wafers
- red ball sprinkles - for the wreaths
- green Jimmy-style sprinkles - for the wreaths
- large marshmallows - for the snowman head
- black ball sprinkles - for the snowman buttons
- candy corn - for the snowman nose
- candy eyes - for the snowman
- red pull apart licorice - for the snowman scarf
Instructions
- Prep the colored icing. Divide the ½ can of frosting into two small bowls. Add brown gel coloring to one bowl and red gel coloring to the other bowl. Mix each individual color well until desired colors are achieved. Add each icing color to its own piping bag with a fine piping tip. Set aside.
- Prepare the apple slices. Cut the apples into ½” thick slices, across the apple so that the core is in the center of each slice. Use a small circle cookie cutter or paring knife to remove the core from each slice.
- Melt the chocolate melting wafers. Divide the white chocolate melting wafers between two small microwave-safe bowls. Microwave the first bowl on medium power in 20-30 second increments, stirring in between, until melted. Be careful to not burn the chocolate! Set the 2nd bowl of wafers aside to make the wreaths after the snowmen.
- Decorate the apple snowmen. Dip the top of one apple slice into the melted white chocolate. Immediately place a large marshmallow in the center of the apple covering the core hole, and place a red peel-apart licorice around the marshmallow for the snowman scarf. Then place 3 black ball sprinkles down one side of the apple slice for the buttons. Repeat for the other 4 apple slices (if making 5 snowmen). Allow the white chocolate to harden, then use the brown icing bag to pipe on stick arms for the snowman. Then place two small dots of icing on top of the marshmallow where the eyes would go, and press two candy eyeballs into the icing for the snowman’s eyes. Below the eyes, place one dot of icing for the candy corn nose, and press the end of the candy corn into the icing so the nose is standing upright.
- Make the green chocolate for the wreaths. Microwave the 2nd bowl of white chocolate until melted. Stir in green food coloring to get desired color.
- Decorate the apple wreaths. Dip the top of one apple slice into the melted green chocolate. Immediately sprinkle on some green sprinkles, and add red ball sprinkles. Repeat with the other apple slices. When chocolate has hardened, pipe a red icing bow on one side of the apple slice.
- Serve. Allow the decorations to set, and enjoy! *You can store the decorated apple slices in the fridge for 1-2 days, but it’s best to eat them pretty quickly before the apples get mushy.
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