Fun Christmas Recipes for Santa, Rudolph and Friends

Gotta give Rudolph and his friends something to sustain them during that long Christmas Eve trip, right? Magic reindeer food (also sometimes called magic reindeer dust) is the treat of choice. Kids love making this simple recipe and sprinkling the reindeer food all over the lawn to guide Santa's sleigh to their homes.

Think Santa is a chocolate-lover? Leave him these peppermint kiss cookies. These cookies are very easy to make, and even the littlest kids can help by putting the Hershey kiss in the middle.

Although I've never asked him myself, Santa seems like the kind of guy who'd appreciate a snack of rice crispy treats just as much as cookies, don't you think? And these Christmas tree rice crispy treats are a great recipe to make with the kids.

Santa needs something to wash down all those cookies with, right? You could leave him some cold milk, but these gingerbread milk steamers are warm, soothing, and they smell like Christmas. In fact, they're a great drink to serve the kids before bed on Christmas Eve!

Milk is, of course, the classic beverage for Santa. It goes so well with cookies, after all. But this rich hot chocolate tastes pretty darned good with cookies, too.

And this Christmas recipe is so simple, the kids can make it all by themselves (you can even make this hot chocolate in the Crockpot). Add a homemade marshmallow, and he'll be smiling all evening long.