Get ready to spread holiday cheer with our delightful Santa Rice Krispy Treats all holiday season long! These festive and irresistible delicious treats are the perfect addition to your Christmas celebration. Crafted with love, they feature Santa Claus decorations with his edible hat, making them a hit with both kids and adults. These Christmas rice Krispie treats recipe will be a favorite treat instantly for kids of all ages and adults too.

Simple Santa Claus Hat Rice Krispie Christmas Treats Recipe

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Santa Hat Rice Krispies Treats

Difficulty: Easy

This Santa Hat best Rice Krispie Treats recipe is perfect for beginners in the kitchen, kids, and adults with no time!  

Prep time: 10 minutes for this easy treat

Bake time: N/A, this festive dessert is no bake!

Servings: 16 Rice Krispies

Santa krispie Treat recipe Simple Ingredients:

16 Rice Krispies, unwrapped (or make your own with the rice krispie cereal mixture but if you are short on time like me grab a few packages at the grocery store premade so its a no bake yummy treat!)

½ c red candy melts

½ c white chocolate chips or candy melts

¼ c shredded coconut

½ c mini marshmallows / I just grab a bag or two of marshmallows vs cups marshmallows

¼ c red sanding sugar

1 T. red cinnamon candies or M&M’s (about 16)

¼ c candy eyes (about 32)

parchment paper

Santa Hat Rice Krispie Treats Directions:

1. Line your work space with parchment or wax paper.

2. Unwrap the rice crispy treats and lay out on your work surface.  

3. Melt the white candy melts in a microwave safe bowl.  Heat in 15-30 second increments and stir well between each interval until smooth. 

4. Dip the bottom ¼-⅓ of each rice krispie in the white melted chocolate.  Scrape the excess back into the bowl and set back on the parchment. 

5. Immediately sprinkle some shredded coconut over the white to create the beard.  Allow to set.  

6. Transfer the remaining melted white chocolate to a piping bag or ziploc, set aside until needed for these Christmas rice krispies treats.

7. Melt the red candy melts in a microwave safe bowl.  Heat in 15-30 second increments and stir well between each interval until smooth. 

8. Dip the top ¼-⅓ of each rice Krispie in the red candy melts.  Scrape the excess back into the bowl and set back on the parchment. 

9. Place your mini marshmallows along the edge of the red line to create the fur of the hat.  Then sprinkle with a pinch (or more) of the red sanding sugar to create the easy Christmas hat.

10. Cut a small hole in the end of the white chocolate piping bag (you can always cut it bigger if needed but start smaller than you think). 

11. Pipe a small dot on each eye ball candy and set into place on each rice krispie perfect treat. 

12. Finally pipe a small dot on a red candy and place the nose onto the rice krispie. 

13. Allow to set for the chocolate to reharden and viola the Santa Hats and this fun dessert is done!

Storage: Store the decorated rice krispies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 weeks.  There likely will not be any of this rice krispie treat recipe left, but just incase now you have storage info ready!  Check out these Grinch inspired rice krispie treats and these Reindeer rice krispie treats too, your friends and family will not be able to get enough of these cute christmas rice krispie treats.   If your friends are hosting a cookie exchange, blow your friends delciious treates out of the water with these melted snowman cookie simple recipe. Bring on all the fun christmas delicious treatsand make your next holiday party a huge success.