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Super Simple Christmas Donuts – 9 ways!

September 14, 2020 By Morgan Last Updated: November 25, 2020

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Decorating Christmas donuts is the new cookies! With these super simple holiday treats, you’ll be able to have festive fun on your desserts table without the stress.

Every year, I have grand plans to do all of these crazy cute Christmas snacks and crafts with my kids.

Annnnd every year, I pretty much fail. Because you know, life, and present wrapping, and cold season.

You win some you lose some, your guys.

This post originally went live November 2018 and has since been updated for user experience.

a variety of easy christmas donuts decorated festively on a blue platter

Enter: Christmas Donuts for Storebought Fun!

That’s why I love fun treats that utilize store-bought items to make something adorableĀ andĀ impressive.

Taking premade mini donuts, candy, and frostings, these treats are sure to please. They’re so easy, it would be a really fun Christmas activity to do with little kids.

They may become your new favorite tradition!

Tips for decorating storebought donuts

  • Use decorating frosting instead of gel frosting if you plan to pack them up. This way they will dry firm and not smear.
  • If your chocolate ones look a little lacking in chocolate on top, decorate the bottoms!
  • Planning to make all of these for a party? Make 3-4 of the same kind at once using a production line method.
  • For powdered sugar donuts, brush off some of the sugar if you can’t get something to stick!

If you’re looking for a more traditional Christmas breakfast, you’ll love these Eggnog Pancakes!

Super Simple Christmas Donuts

Okay so, are you ready to see these super adorable and easy holiday donuts? Let’s get to it!

A white powdered sugar donut with red striped to look like a candy cane  on a blue plate
If you plan to pack yours up and travel with them, use decorating frosting instead of gel – it will dry so you won’t have to worry about a mess.

Candy Cane

You’ll need:

  • Powdered sugar donut
  • Red gel frosting

Gently draw evenly spaced lines across your donut – that’s it!

a powdered sugar donut with black squiggles and mini chocolate candies to look like Christmas lights

Christmas Lights

You’ll need:

  • Powdered sugar donut
  • Mini colorful chocolate candies
  • Black decorating frosting

Draw a twisty, tangled ‘string’ in black frosting for your lights before adding mini candies on the frosting as your lights.

a white powdered sugar donut with a mini PB cup made to look like a snowman donut

Snowman Donut

You’ll need:

  • Powdered sugar donut
  • Orange chocolate candies
  • Candy eyes
  • Mini peanut butter cup
  • Chocolate melting chip
  • Mini chocolate chips
  • Frosting

Layer your peanut butter cup, frosting, and the melting chip to make a hat using frosting as glue. Adhere to the top of your donut.

Insert the chocolate candy into the center of the donut, using frosting as glue if necessary.

Next, press mini chocolate chips into the donut in the shape of a smile.

Finally, glue the eyes on with frosting.

red and green decorating gel covering a donut to make a grinch heart

Grinch Donut

You’ll need:

  • Powdered sugar donut
  • Green decorating frosting
  • Red decorating frosting.

Spread green frosting over the donut, before using the red decorating frosting to add a red heart.

You can sub the red frosting for a large red heart sprinkle.

MORE Grinch treats: This simple Grinch Christmas Smoothie is super fun and healthy!

a chocolate donut with 2 pretzel antlers and candy to make it look like rudolph the red nose reindeer on a blue plate.
The Rudolph version might be my favorite – use a paring knife to gently cut the pretzel without breaking.

Rudolph Donut

You’ll need:

  • Chocolate covered donut
  • Mini PB cup
  • Pretzel twists
  • Candy eyes
  • Red chocolate candy
  • Frosting

Gently cut your pretzels to make 2 antlers and insert into the top of your donut.

Glue the PB cup down to the center of the donut before topping with red candy. Glue on eyes.

A powdered sugar donut decorated to look like a Christmas oranment on a blue plate.
Experiment with different patterns and colors on this fun ornament donut – red and green are traditional, but try golds, white, or even sprinkles!

Ornament Christmas Donut

You’ll need:

  • Powdered sugar donut
  • Red decorating frosting
  • Green decorating frosting
  • Mini PB cup
  • Pretzel
  • Frosting

Cut pretzel to make a small hook and press into to the base of your mini peanut butter cup.

Using frosting, glue to the top of your donut.

Add a design to make your ornament pretty using decorating frosting.

powdered sugar donut with chocolate chips and candy eyes to look like a polar bear
A cut marshmallow can make a fun little nose on a polar bear donut, or a belly on a penguin. 

Polar Bear Donut

You’ll need:

  • Powdered sugar donut
  • Candy eyes
  • Mini marshmallow
  • White chocolate chip
  • Chocolate chip

Press the marshmallow to the center of the donut. Top with a bit of frosting and a chocolate chip.

Using frosting as glue, press the edges of your chocolate chips into the top of your donut to make ears.

Glue on candy eyes with frosting.

a chocolate christmas donut decorated to look like a penguin on a blue platter
Different sized, colorful chocolate candies help to make a beak and feet on this super cute penguin Christmas donut.

Penguin Donut

You’ll need:

  • Chocolate frosted donut
  • Candy eyes
  • Mini marshmallow
  • Orange Candy chocolates (mini and normal)

Cut the marshmallow in half and add to the center of the donut.

Press the normal sized candy into the center sideways, securing with frosting as needed.

Glue on eyes and mini candies as feet.

And that’s it! I think these would be so fun to do with kids, and it would also be a fun holiday treat to take to school for your kid’s Christmas party.

If you are looking for a healthier option for fun food, try this!
15 Easy, Healthy Christmas Snacks Your Kids Will Love

We also love these Christmas pasta shapes!

Okay, so which did you love most? Let me know in the comments!

Other fun donuts you may enjoy…

Easy Turkey Donuts

Scary Easy Halloween Donuts

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