Vanilla Wafer Santa Treats

These fun vanilla wafer Santa treats are super easy to make and fun for the holidays. Serve these at holiday parties or as a fun Santa treat for kids!

Christmas Vanilla Wafer Cookies

So cute and fun! Mini chocolate chips are used to make Santa’s eyes. M&M’s are used for the nose. Sugar glitter and a mini marshmallow makes Santa’s hat.

Why You’ll Love These Santa Wafer Christmas Cookies

• You only need 5 ingredients to make these Christmas wafer cookies!
• They’re easily customizable with different colors. These use red and white for Santa but you can change it to green or other colors if you want.
• These cookies are fun! They’ll be a great treat for holiday parties, school parties, or as a cute sweet treat for kids.

Ingredients 

• Vanilla wafer cookies
• White candy melts
• Red sugar crystals
• Mini marshmallows
• Mini chocolate chips
• Red M&Ms

How To Make Vanilla Wafer Santa Treats

1. Melt the candy melts like directed by the package instructions.
2. Dip each wafer cookie in the melted candy to fully coat them, remove with a fork, and place them on parchment paper.
3. Immediate sprinkle red sugar crystals on the top and add a mini marshmallow onto to make Santa’s hat.
4. Add two mini chocolate chips for Santa’s eyes and add one red M&M for his nose.
5. Let the cookies sit on the parchment paper until they dry completely.

Tips & Notes When Making These Wafer Santa Cookies

• Dipping the wafers: Sink the wafers into the melted chocolate and use a fork to remove them. Tap the excess chocolate off before placing the coated wagers on the parchment paper.
• The melted candy will start to dry quickly so be sure to try and add the sugar crystals, marshmallows, M&M’s, and mini chocolate chips as fast as you can.

Substitutions & Variations for Vanilla Wafer Santa Cookies

• Sugar Crystals: Instead of using red crystals you can use any other color. You can also use sprinkles if you want.
• Candy Melts: If you want to use chocolate candy melts, you can. The process stays the same but it will add some extra flavor to the cookies.
• Wafers: Any flavor you want can be used.
• Chocolate Candies: You can use your favorite mini candies instead of M&Ms and chocolate chips.

How to Store the Vanilla Wafer Santa Treats

You can store these Santa wafer cookies in a Ziplock bag or airtight container as long as it’s in a cool place. Be careful though because you don’t want the chocolate to melt. You can also put them in the fridge if you make them ahead of time.

More Christmas Treats

If you love this fun recipe, be sure to check out some of our other favorites:

• Christmas Present Brownies
• Apple Pear Cheese Charcuterie Board