Donut Snowman Skewers
Start your morning with a smile this holiday season with Donut Snowman Skewers. With a few simple ingredients including pre-packaged mini powdered donuts, you can create a festive, no-bake breakfast or dessert treat in minutes.
What are Donut Snowman Skewers?
Using all store bought ingredients and a wooden skewers (think kabobs on the grill), these snowmen on a stick are as fun to make as they are to eat. Plus they make a great holiday activity for kids!
I serve them for breakfast on Christmas morning, but they can be served any time around the holiday season…or winter for that matter.
They can also be served as a fun dessert or snack instead of breakfast.
What ingredients do you need?
- mini powdered donuts (like these…you’ll need two packs)
- plain M&Ms (I usually two of the grab the 3.10oz box like this)
- mini chocolate chips
- wood skewers (either 6″ like these or 12″like these)
- red ribbon (I use tulle like this, but any skinny ribbon will also work)
How do you make Donut Snowman Skewers?
Open both bags of donuts and inspect them. You will want to pick out the nicest looking donuts. The flatter sides should be the backside and rounder sides should be face up. Dents or misshapen sides of donuts, can be hidden by using them as the center donut in the stack.
Using the sharp end of the wooden skewer, slide three of the donuts the long way from the bottom of each donut. Tip: make sure the donut on the top has a small center hole.
Using the flat side of a wooden skewer, gently puncture two holes into the top donut above the center hole. Twist slightly at an angle to widen the hole a tiny bit.
Insert a mini chip into each of the holes you made with the skewer. This will be the eyes of your snowman.
Next, pour out both boxes of M&Ms into a small bowl and pick out the orange colored candies.
Turn the candy so that its running horizontally and the M&M logo is facing downward.
Insert the M&M into the center hole of the top donut to create the look of a “carrot nose” for you snowman.
Grab your ribbon and cut strips roughly 4″ long. Slide ribbon under the backside of snowman and wrap the around to the front side. Either tie in loose knot, or simply twist the ribbon a few times so it stays together and softly tuck between the top two donuts.
Serve snowmen on a tray. Makes 10 snowmen.
FAQ’s
Sure! Use pretzel sticks like these and stick them out of each side of the center donut.
Unwrap peanut butter cups like these use a toothpick to secure it to the top of the snowman.
The donuts will start to dry out as soon as you open the package. If stored in an airtight container, you could make these they day before you serve them, but I would not make them any earlier than that. Serving on the same day is recommended.
Bonus Recipes
Looking for more no-bake holiday treats? Try White Chocolate Covered Pretzels or Reindeer Rice Krispie Treats.
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Donut Snowman Skewers
Equipment
- 10 red ribbons cut into 4" strips (I use tulle like this, but any skinny ribbon will also work)
Ingredients
- 2 10 oz bags mini powdered donuts approx 30 donuts
- 10 orange plain M&Ms I usually two of the grab the 3.10oz box like this to ensure i get 10 orange candies
- 30 mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Open both bags of mini donuts and inspect them. You will want to pick out the nicest looking donuts. The flatter sides should be the backside and rounder sides should be face up. Dents or misshapen sides of donuts, can be hidden by using them as the center donut in the stack.
- Using the sharp end of the wooden skewer, slide three of the donuts the long way from the bottom of each donut. Tip: make sure the donut on the top has a small center hole.
- Using the flat side of a wooden skewer, gently puncture two holes into the top donut above the center hole. Twist slightly at an angle to widen the hole a tiny bit. Insert a mini chip into each of the holes you made with the skewer. These will be the eyes of your snowman.
- Next, pour out both boxes of M&Ms into a small bowl and pick out the orange colored candies. Note: you could also use Reese's Pieces
- Turn the candy so that its running horizontally and the M&M logo is facing downward. Insert the M&M into the center hole of the top donut to create the look of a "carrot nose" for you snowman.
- Grab your ribbon and cut strips roughly 4" long. Slide ribbon under the backside of snowman and wrap the around to the front side. Either tie in loose knot, or simply twist the ribbon a few times so it stays together and softly tuck between the top two donuts.
- Serve snowmen on a tray. Makes approx 10 snowmen.
