These Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Christmas Trees are so fun and easy to make. We show you how to make a variety of Christmas candy trees that are fun for kids to make and perfect for Holidays gifts.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Christmas Trees
When my boys were younger, we made these Candy Christmas trees every year for the Holidays and have so many fun memories making them. I also love to include a few of these on our Christmas cookie tray. Everyone always just loves them and there are so many fun ways to create them. Whether you’re making a fun edible Holiday craft with the kids or making these for festive stocking stuffers, these Reese’s peanut butter cup Christmas trees are sure to bring joy this Holiday season.
If you’re a Reese’s fan, you’ll also want to make our Reese’s Christmas Trees (even better than store-bought).
Ingredients Needed
Here are the ingredients you’ll need for a variety of sizes.
- Reese’s cups – Minis, miniatures, regular and white peanut butter cups.
- Chocolate chips – Chocolate (or white chocolate chips).
- Icing – White and green cookie Icing.
- Hershey Chocolate Kisses
- Assorted Sprinkles – stars, nonpareils or any type of Christmas sprinkles will work.
How To Make Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Christmas Trees
You can make mini, medium, and large using the regular chocolate or the white chocolate cups.
- Place a mini white chocolate cup upside down on your work surface.
- Add a dot of white icing on top. Then add your chocolate miniature cup.
- Add another dot of icing then your mini chocolate cup on top.
- Put another dot of icing and then add a chocolate chip on top.
- Squeeze your icing around the outside from the bottom ending at the top.
- Add your sprinkles on the icing.
- Then add your sprinkle star on the very top.
- Let that set for about 5 to 10 minutes.
Variations & Tips
Use a variety of Reese’s. There are a few different Reese’s options at the stores and you can use any of them. We used milk chocolate and white chocolate. Dark chocolate Reese’s would also be a great idea!
Decorating. Any icing or sprinkles will work from colored or basic chocolate icing. Melted chocolate or candy melts will also work well. Let the kids pick out what they want and have them create!
Hershey Kisses. We have found that these are the best option for topping the tree because it comes to a point. However, feel free to use any pointed candy that you find.
Wrapped Candy Christmas Trees
If you’re looking for the easiest Christmas treat that still delivers the cuteness, then this simple Reese’s candy Christmas trees are for you. Leaving the wrappers on is a great idea for gift giving or even stocking stuffers.
How To Make Candy Christmas Trees
These are probably the easier Christmas treats you will ever make by just gluing wrapped chocolate candies together.
- Start by heating up the glue gun.
- Glue together a golden wrapped Rolo and Mini Reese’s.
- Repeat with another Reese’s mini and top with a Hershey Kiss.
- Glue on a miniature bow on the front (optional).
Storing
Store these Reese’s trees at room temperature or in the fridge. You can also store them in the freezer!
Other Easy Christmas Treats
- Hot Cocoa Cookie Cups
- Christmas Candy Sleighs
- Candy Cane Reindeer Pops
- Homemade Gumdrops
- Snowman Truffles
- Reindeer Pretzels
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Christmas Trees
Ingredients
Unwrapped Candy Christmas Trees
- 20 Reese's minis
- 20 Miniature Reese's peanut butter cups
- 10 Hershey Kisses
- 10 Star sprinkles
- Assortment of icing and sprinkles (see notes below)
Wrapped Candy Christmas Trees
Instructions
For Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Christmas Trees
- Place a mini white chocolate cup upside down on your work surface. Add a dot of white icing on top. Then add your chocolate miniature cup.
- Add another dot of icing then your mini chocolate cup on top. Put another dot of icing and then add a chocolate chip on top. Squeeze your icing around the outside from the bottom ending at the top.
- Add your sprinkles on the icing. Then add your sprinkle star on the very top. Let that set for about 5 to 10 minutes.
For Wrapped Candy Christmas Trees
- Preheat your glue gun.
- Start by putting glue on top of a Rolo, with the small, flat end pointing up. Immediately sit a mini Reese’s on the glue, with the smaller, flat end pointing up. Hold it down until the glue is set (a couple of seconds is fine).
- Put glue on top of the Reese’s that you just glued to the Rolo, and put another mini Reese’s on top of it, facing the same way. Press and hold for a few seconds to set the glue.
- Put glue on top of the Reese’s you just glued and place a Kiss right on top of it. Hold it down for a few seconds. Put a small dab of glue on the back, middle of the bows, and place them on the crease where the last Reese’s and Kiss meet. Press and hold into place for a few seconds.
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6 comments on “Peanut Butter Cup Christmas Trees”
Thank you so much for sharing these really cool ideas!!!! I LOVE them. I can’t wait to make some for my family as we send Christmas together!!!
I love these, simple and easy to let grandchildren help with!
I love the Reese’s Christmas . We have a Christmas party every Christmas Eve and the kids will love these.
Thanks for posting.
Where to buy all the various sizes of peanut butter cups and the white ones too! Thanks so much! My 8 grand kids will love this project!
Love everything made by u & the boys, great ideas. I will be making these for r Christmas party. Thank You.
Hi Jill! Just found your blog in Google and have to say that I really loved it. Specially these peanut butter cup christmas trees. The information you provided is very detailed and the picture were very useful to me in understanding the whole preparation process. I’m pretty sure I’ll give this idea a try this Christmas. Thanks for sharing!