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17 Snacks and Treats We Couldn't Resist Turning Into Snowmen

Updated on December 05, 2025

Build yourself a delicious and adorable bite (no snow required!) with these inventive snowman recipes.

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Snowman Recipes To Make All Winter Long

Not every winter day looks like a wonderland. For every perfect, powdery snow day, we'll have plenty of gray, rainy or slushy ones, too. But with these fun recipes, you can turn every day into a day meant for building snowmen — just in the kitchen, instead of outside. Whether you're craving dessert, need a kid-friendly snack or a cozy cup of eggnog, you'll find your perfect snowman-themed idea in this roundup.

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Snowman Hand Pies

These smiley treats have tons of homemade flavor, but store-bought pastry crust means they are super-easy to make. Marmalade filling and lemon juice cut the icing's sweetness, and a touch of chocolate brings it all together.

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Snowman Eggnog

Give this comforting drink some extra personality with whipped cream, a few chocolate chips and a dried apricot. We challenge anyone not to grin at these rotund characters—the chubbier the glass, the cuter the snowman.

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Snowman Pizzas

The olive-slice eyes and mouths and the bell pepper noses give personal pizzas happy faces while the creamy ricotta and fresh garlic pack in the flavor. Serve these to your family for a fun weeknight dinner or to your guests as a party dish they'll devour.

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Marshmallow Melting Snowman Cookies

These adorable holiday cookies will charm and delight recipients of all ages. Simply pipe mounds of marshmallow creme on top of sugar cookie dough. As they bake, the marshmallow slumps off the side to create a melting snowman. Decorate with an assortment of candies and sprinkles to bring these snowmen to life.

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Giant Cinnamon Roll Snowman

This fun holiday brunch easily serves a crowd, using just a couple of tubes of refrigerated cinnamon rolls. After baking the dough, everyone can join in on decorating the giant snowman with store-bought frosting and colored icing gel. What better way to start the day than with this warm, friendly cinnamon-scented treat!

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Snowman Mochas

Turn your weekend morning into a mini celebration by dunking a snowman dipper into a warm mug of chocolate-flavored coffee (or hot chocolate for the kids).

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Snowman Cheese Ball

A classic cheese ball is transformed into a festive holiday hors d'oeuvre with a few simple additions, like a carrot nose and black-olive eyes. Serve with crackers for a silly (and, of course, delicious) party snack.

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Snowman Pancakes with Bacon Scarves

With just a few extra ingredients (bacon, whipped cream, strawberries and chocolate chips) your regular snow-day pancakes morph into an even more cheerful, on-theme breakfast.

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Melting Snowman Cake

A double-stack of peppermint-swirled bundts make for an impressive "hill" on which to place an adorable snowman. Sure, he's a little panicked dripping down the sides (!), but we can't help but smile at his cute face.

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Snowman Cupcakes

Boxed cake mix becomes an extra-special wintry dessert with the help of some marshmallows, chocolate and peppermint candy.

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Gigantic Standing Snowman

This impressive centerpiece is perfect for feeding a crowd at your ugly sweater party this holiday season. Coated with a meringue frosting, these bite-size cupcakes are as light as snow and easy to pull off and enjoy during the festivities.

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Meringue Snowmen

Pillowy Swiss meringue is perfect for making an army of teeny snowmen. It's very stable, the texture is smooth, and the snowmen bake up crisp, light and pale white. They're tasty alone, but also make cute cupcake toppers.

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Snowman Punch

This creamy and cool punch (inspired by a Ramos gin fizz) is a real knockout, complete with a snowman chilling out in drifts of bubbles. To make it ahead, you can assemble the snowman body in advance and pop it in the freezer, adding the scarf just before serving.

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Melting Snowman Bark

Puddles of creamy white chocolate harden into delightful holiday treats without turning on the oven. Add some playful decorations and your white chocolate bark looks just like a frosty friend!

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No-Bake Oreo Truffle Snowmen

These cookies-and-cream snowman truffles are almost too cute to eat. Coating them in melting wafers gives the snowmen a smooth, white finish that looks like what you'd get at a chocolate store, but is easy to achieve at home.

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M&M’S Snowman

Made with just a handful of ingredients you're likely to have in your kitchen already, these wintry treats are just the thing to make when you need to add a little festive flair to your holiday party.

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Pull-Apart Cupcake Snowman

Need a festive holiday dessert in a flash? Grab store-bought cupcakes and a few decorating supplies and you can have this adorable centerpiece on your treat table in no time!

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