15 Christmas Finger Food Ideas your Baby will Love!

The Christmas party season is on its way, and with so much to think about we want to make sure you have everything you need for your baby and toddler Christmas recipes. Our 15 Christmas finger food ideas are the ultimate list of baby and Toddler Christmas recipes, to help you get prepped this festive season. Bringing in lots of yummy seasonal flavours for your baby to try and enjoy, and hopefully gifting you the time to enjoy the festive season with your little one. Maybe even with a sip of mulled wine and a mince pie!

Christmas Finger Vegetables

With so many winter vegetables around, its worth saying you can start your baby on finger food from 6 months and you can actually totally skip the mushing, pureeing, and head straight onto ‘big people’ food. So, roast those Christmas veggies until they are lovely and soft, steam broccoli, slow cook meat until really tender. I like to cut all of my veggies into spears. It makes the food super easy to handle. Please remember you MUST be able to squash a food between your finger and thumb to ensure it is 100% safe for your baby.

Christmas Finger Foods Ideas

1. Cranberry and Orange Christmas Muffins.

For baby led weaning muffins are just brilliant! They can be made well ahead of time and the best part is that they freeze. So make lots, freeze and the night before you (or Santa Claus) wants to eat them you can remove from the freezer to defrost. We like ours a little warm so heat in the oven for about 5 minutes at 180ºC.

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2. Healthy After Eights.

As a child I always remember Christmas treats being – a tin of Danish Butter Biscuits and a box of After Eights. It was really the only time of the year my parents bought either and both the tin and the box were always opened on Christmas day after dinner, usually while watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Heres my take and they are AMAZING!!

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3. Healthy Gingerbread.

If there was one smell that says ‘It’s Christmas’ it would definitely be gingerbread. Whether it be cookies, bread or making gingerbread houses, that smell wafting through my house is the start of the season for me. I also am a stickler for healthy eating so my aim was to create a super healthy Christmas recipe that would taste 1) amazing (of course) and 2) trick everyone to think they are having a treat while I’m secretly nourishing them with goodness.

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4.Low Sugar Baby Mince Pies.

One of my very first recipe for Baby Led Feeding and one that I now make every single year. These mince pies I think are one of my favourite Christmas finger food ideas ever! The pastry melts in your mouth and the fruit filling contains only fruit! Not a spoonful of sugar or suet in sight!

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5.Goat Cheese, Pesto and Cranberry Christmas Trees

One of the best Christmas finger foods for baby led weaning ever! These Goat Cheese, Pesto and Cranberry Christmas Trees are so delicious and so easy to make. These tiny savoury Christmas trees just might become a meal time best-friend. I know my son Oscar absolutely loved these!

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6.Cinnamon Roasted Butternut Squash with Cranberries

Cinnamon Roasted Butternut Squash is one of my all-time favorites, especially sprinkled with tart and tasty cranberries—talk about the holiday spirit! If you’re on the hunt for baby led weaning side dishes to tote along for Thanksgiving dinner, this is definitely one you’ll want to save. It’s sweet, delicious, healthy, and it’s easy for little ones to pick up with tiny hands. A true crowd pleaser, through and through.

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7.Salmon Nuggets.

These yummy salmon nuggets are super healthy finger food and 100% perfect for baby led weaning. Served with a dollop of yogurt, lime and coriander sauce, you will end up making these nuggets time and time again.

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8.Turkey Potato and Veggie Bites

With all the hustle of holiday meals, it’s always nice to find a tasty, nutritious way to put those leftovers to use! This adorable finger food is a perfect leftover turkey recipe that can be served as a main, appetizer, or side to your baby led weaning dinner (or lunch), and they’re just the right shape and size for a tot’s teensy hands.

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9.Leftover Turkey and Veggie loaded pies.

It’s the day after Christmas and you have all this beautiful bird with no pie to bake it into, right?  Well, don’t fret because…tada! Say hello to a delicious leftover turkey recipe that will make you want to cook an enormous holiday meal for 20 people every week (or not).  Your whole family will absolutely love these baby led weaning dinner pies, and they happily suit adults or adorable tot-friendly sized finger food! 

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10.Gingerbread Spice Muffins with Cinnamon Frosting.

The little Gingerbread Men have stolen the show for long enough. It’s time to get back to basics and put the spicy, festive, and nostalgic taste of gingerbread back into a beautifully moist and dense gingerbread spice muffins recipe. Everyone loves muffins especially ones topped with cookies and sweet and cinnamon frosting!

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11.Super Healthy Pizza Muffins for baby led weaning.

These cauliflower cheese egg muffins are perfect for giving kids a veggie loaded breakfast, snack or light meal. If your kiddos’ fall into the ‘picky’ by nature club then, by all means, keep these muffins plain, the cauliflower pretty much disappears. But if you want the muffins to be a bit more loud and proud when it comes to their vegetable content then add spinach leaves or tomatoes to the top for a bit of colour. Try this one at home with your kiddos! 

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12.Red Velvet Pancakes with Banana Nice Cream

Red velvet pancakes, the perfect addition to my Christmas finger food ideas list. Made from easy ingredients, totally festive and one of my favourite breakfasts for Christmas morning.

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13.Easy Peasy Baby Frittatas.

Another one of the easy dinner recipes for the family, is this one! This egg recipe is perfect for lunch. Who says lunch doesn’t have to be nutritious? Eggs aren’t just ideal for mornings, but during lunch as well. From scrambled, boiled, fried, eggy bread muffins, cakes, pies and of course frittatas – eggs are one of the favourite favourite go-to super foods – especially for some kids. Recreate this simple egg recipe with your kids. 

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14. Healthy Gingerbread Mini Loaves.

This recipe may signal that it’s Christmas soon! But who wouldn’t try cooking gingerbread as early as now? You can also make this recipe into mini Gingerbread Muffins which are one of the best Christmas Finger Food Ideas for your baby. The sliced loaf is easy to hold, but the muffins are even better!

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15. Santa Brownie Christmas Baby Muffins

It really is the most wonderful time of the year. It’s a time for magic and most importantly lot’s of yummy, delicious food. These super cute mini Santa hat brownies easily one of my favourite Christmas finger food ideas ever. They are low in sugar and are a great baby led weaning food, filled with chocolatey cocoa goodness that will have the whole family devouring them in minutes.

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