Christmas food ideas, recipes and dishes to make with kids
Looking for easy recipes and dishes to make at home this Christmas? Take a look at our handy guide for festive inspiration!
Best Christmas food ideas, dishes and recipes for kids
Christmas is the perfect time of the year to get creative in the kitchen. Whether you're looking to make the ultimate Christmas dinner, delicious sweet treats or tasty Christmas Eve snacks, there's plenty of ideas here to help. Time to get your chef hats and baking aprons on, let's cook!
🍴 Christmas dinner ideas and recipes
Stay faithful to the traditional trimmings with our recipes for Yorkshire Puddings or try something new like a whole roast cauliflower.
Whole Roast Cauliflower - Try Matilda Ramsay's Mum's amazing Christmas dish for a whole roast cauliflower for yourself! It will put a unique twist on a Christmas roast dinner classic!
Gordon Ramsay's Yorkshire Puddings - No Christmas lunch is complete without these - have a go at Tilly's Dad's recipe for perfect Yorkshire Puddings.
Poppy's Henry-shaped potato faces - Follow this recipe to whip up these Henry-shaped potato faces for a Blue Peter twist on the classic.
😋 Savoury snacks for Christmas Eve
Whilst you're waiting for the big man to come down the chimney, cook up these savoury snacks and share with your family and friends.
Make Dumping Ground Tear and Share Bread - Have a go at making The Dumping Ground's delicious tear and share bread - perfect to serve for a Christmas feast with your family and friends!
Meat Free Sausage Rolls - These are so good! Mushroom, spices and herbs wrapped in puff pastry! Yum!
Vegan Samosas - Wow! These samosas are packed with veggies and spice.
🧁 Christmas sweet treats, puddings and desserts
These sweet treats are great to enjoy at Christmas - but they're perfect for all year round!
Nikki Lilly's coconut and lime cupcakes - Why not have at go at making Nikki Lilly's super delicious coconut and lime cupcakes... The exact same cupcakes that Nikki famously made for Nicole Scherzinger!
No-bake unicorn fudge - Fin, the winner of Junior Bake Off 2019, shares an easy recipe for tasty and colourful fudge, that you don't need to bake!
NOT Victoria's sponge by Nadiya Hussain - The queen of baking meets the king of bad jokes! Nadiya Hussain teaches Radzi her amazing recipe for Victoria sponge...with a TWIST! Try making it yourself.
Make Hetty Feather's Jolly Wobbly Jelly - Create the perfect end to a Christmas feast at Calendar Hall with Hetty Feather's jolly wobbly jelly!
Bunch of Apple Flowers - Tasty apples made to look like flowers!
Rocky road Christmas pudding - Cooking Buddies make a chocolatey Christmas pudding that all the kids will love.
😍 Vegan Christmas food
We've got loads of vegan recipes for kids you can make to enjoy at Christmas - including sausage rolls, apple crumble and cookie dough.
Vegan Apple Crumble - This is a real sweet treat! Delicious squishy apples with a crumbly top!
Omari's Vegan Chocolate Cookie Dough Cups - These sweet treats are totally irresistible, with their melted chocolatey outside and moreish cookie dough insides.
Meat Free Sausage Rolls - Delicious meat free sausage wrapped in vegan pastry - a Meet The McQueens favourite!
Omari's vegan banana fritters - Award-winning vegan chef Omari cooks up some deliciously good vegan banana fritters that you can try at home.
Watermelon Fruit Cake - Healthy eating and epic-looking cakes don’t normally go together, but this recipe has it all! It looks amazing, tastes so fresh and is good for you.
Make Your Own Vegan Carrot Cake - This double decker mega delicious (and vegan!) cake is perfect for special occasions and is great fun to decorate any way you like.
💭 Take our Christmas food quiz
Quiz: Ultimate Christmas Food - Think you know everything about Christmas food? Think again! Try this tricky quiz and see if your knowledge of Christmas pudding, mince pies, old traditions and foreign Christmas traditions is up to scratch.
Christmas homemade DIY decorations, ornaments and gift ideas for kids
Christmas is the perfect time to unleash your creativity and make your own gifts. From DIY decorations to Christmas ornaments, we've got plenty of ideas to kick start your imagination.
Take a look at our Christmas crafts and activities guide for more creative Christmas gift ideas.
Find more Christmas fun on CBBC
Get into the festive spirit with Christmas on CBBC and check out our free Christmas games, quizzes, makes and more.
🎅 Join characters from your favourite shows and play our free Christmas games with the likes of Hacker, Dodge, Danger Mouse and more.
🎄 Get crafty this Christmas and make your own DIY Christmas gifts with our handy festive guides.
🎁 Test yourself and your friends with our epic Christmas quizzes.