Festive food ideas you can make with your little one

With the festive season in full swing, we’ve pulled together a list of fun and delicious recipes you can enjoy making (and eating!) with the kids this December. They’ll not only keep the little ones busy but will also make great party snacks for hungry guests or impressed hosts. These simple recipes are a great way to get the children excited about cooking, give them a try this Christmas!

• Cheese Stars – With just two main ingredients, these tasty puff pastry cheese stars make for a simple yet effective savoury festive snack. Find the full recipe here.  
• Polar Bear Peppermint Creams – These little treatsare a great one for the kids to get stuck in with and involve zero cooking! Simply mix icing sugar, egg white and a drop of peppermint essence together and decorate with sweets – full recipe here.
• Christmas Tree Pizza Tart – Upgrade your usual pizza base for a sheet of ready-rolled puff pastry and top with tomato sauce, mozzarella and whatever other toppings you fancy. Festive dinner is served! Read the full instructionshere.  
• Christmas pudding Rice Krispie cakes – These cute Christmas puddingsare a fun festive take on a classic Rice Krispie cake, perfect for serving as a Christmas party canape. Read the full recipehere.  
• Chocolate Spread Christmas Tree – A sweet version of theChristmas Tree Pizza Tart, simply sandwich your favourite chocolate spread between two sheets of puff pastry, before scoring and twisting to form the tree branches – read the step-by-step guide here.