These reindeer celery sticks are so cute, easy, and fun to make for the holidays! The best part about these snacks is that they’re low in sugar and totally healthy! Make them with the kids using simple ingredients at home, or serve them at your holiday party!
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Do you need a simple and healthy holiday snack? Look no further! These reindeer celery snacks are fun and cute. For more healthy holiday treats, try my Grinch fruit kabobs, Christmas tree veggie tray, and holiday wreath fruit platter!
These Rudolph celery sticks are inspired by classic celery and peanut butter sticks. Your kids will have a blast making them; I know they will take pride in their creations. This Christmas-themed snack is not to be missed!
💗 Why You’ll Love These Reindeer Celery Sticks
- Easy Snack
- Fun and simple recipe to make with the kids
- Uses simple and healthy ingredients
- It takes less than 10 minutes to make.
- Cute, festive and fun!
- Only five ingredients
- No bake, and easy clean-up!
🥣 Ingredients and Notes
Celery Sticks: These serve as a vessel to hold all the ingredients together.
Peanut Butter: The glue to keep all the pieces together.
Pretzel Twists: Cut them in half to look like antlers.
Candy Eyes: It gives these treats real personality! You can use store-bought or make your own vegan version!
Fresh Raspberries: Place on the end of the celery stick to create a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer look!
📖 Variations and Substitutions
You can switch up these Rudolph celery snacks in many ways to make them suitable for those with allergies or dietary restrictions.
Nut-Free: Use sunbutter, hummus, and regular or vegan cream cheese to make this recipe nut-free.
Other Nut Butter: Use chocolate Nutella spread, cashew butter, or almond butter.
For the Eyes: Instead of candy eyes, try using chocolate chips.
For the Nose: Use blueberries, fresh cranberries, red candy melts, or a candy malt ball for the nose.
👩🏻🍳 How to Make Reindeer Celery Sticks
- Break pretzels in half to create the antlers.
- Cut celery into 3 to 4-inch sticks. Spread peanut butter in the center.
- Place broken pretzel twists on top of the celery stick so that the circles are pointing toward the center. Gently press them into the peanut butter to make them stick.
- Place two candy eyes under the pretzel antlers, gently pressing them into the peanut butter so that they stick.
- Place a raspberry at the bottom of the celery stick, gently pressing into the peanut butter to make it stick.
📝 Expert Tips
- Breaking the pretzels in half is pretty tricky. It took me a few tries to get them to break correctly. You may need a few extra pretzel pieces to get the right break and end up with a few extras.
- Use thick rather than runny peanut butter. It will help the pretzel antlers and eyes stick more easily.
- Sort through your celery sticks and find the ones with a larger open center so that you have more space to work with when attaching the antlers, eyes, and nose.
❓ FAQS
One easy method to make homemade vegan candy eyes is to use the cream from the center of an Oreo, roll it to make small balls, then gently press a mini dairy-free chocolate chip in the center.
The recipe as written makes six servings, but you can make as many as you want.
🍽 Serving Suggestions
This simple recipe makes a great snack or appetizer. You can serve them at a holiday party or make it with the kids anytime they ask for a holiday snack! This would also make a fun activity to do in a classroom for a holiday party! Due to allergies, I would suggest using a chocolate spread instead of peanut butter.
🫙 Storage
Store the reindeer celery sticks covered in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve them. These will keep for 1-2 days in the refrigerator.
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Recipe
Reindeer Celery Sticks
Ingredients
- 6 celery sticks 3-4 inches
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- 6 raspberries
- 6 pretzels cut in half
- 12 candy eyes
Instructions
- Break the pretzel twists in half to create the antlers.
- Cut the celery into 3-4 inch sticks. Spread the peanut butter in the center.
- Place the broken pretzel twists on the top of the celery so that the circles are pointing towards the center. Gently press them into the peanut butter to make them stick.
- Place two candy eyes under the pretzel antlers, gently pressing them into the peanut butter so that they stick.
- Place a raspberry at the bottom of the celery stick, gently pressing it into the peanut butter to make it stick.
Notes
- Breaking the pretzels in half is pretty tricky. It took me a few tries to get them to break in the right way. You may end up with a few extra pretzel pieces.
- Use a thick rather than a runny peanut butter. It will help the pretzel antlers and eyes stick more easily.
- Sort through your celery sticks and find the ones with a larger open center so that you have more space to work with when attaching the antlers, eyes, and nose.
Bless my food by payal
This will be fun to make and kids will love to join. Awesome
Emmeline
This is maybe the best idea ever. So cute even I might eat a piece of celery!
Sharon
These are the cutest way to get kids snacking on healthy treats this holiday season. I love the raspberry noses.
veenaazmanov
This is so much of fun and creativity. Kids to love it. Cute and festive.
Chris Collins
These are so cute!! I bet they taste delicious too 🙂