Easy Holiday Party Snack Ideas

The holidays are a time for joy and for relaxing with your family and friends. Even if you love playing host, we bet you would rather spend more time with your guests than fussing over a holiday snack mix in the kitchen. Fetch is here to help with some easy holiday party snack ideas, delicious and low-effort snacks that are sure to be crowd pleasers.

Not only will we help with your holiday party snacks, all of your holiday prep gets easier with Fetch. Turn your everyday shopping and your holiday expenses into gift cards in the Fetch app with just the snap of your phone’s camera.

Why easy holiday snacks are a must for party hosts

It’s bad enough that the days get shorter as the holidays draw near, don’t let your time disappear as well. Simple holiday snacks can make a big impression while also giving you more time to spend with your loved ones. 

As a host, you need to have holiday snack ideas you can just grab from the pantry and put in front of your guests, like a homemade (and premade) holiday snack mix or childhood favorites like Oreos and Chips Ahoy! Not only do quick and easy snacks give you back your time, they also cut down the stress of needing to make snacks for all of your guests.

Whatever your easy snack ideas, they get even easier when you shop for them in Fetch Shop. Do your shopping from retailers like Target, Walmart or Sam’s Club right in the Fetch app, and you’ll earn points on nearly every dollar spent. 

Top holiday snack ideas

Quick and festive snack ideas

• Bring your holiday snack tray ideas to life with BelGioioso cheese, Ritz crackers, Triscuits and sliced salami. 
• Upgrade your snack tray to a proper charcuterie board with a Philadelphia cheese ball, some Good Foods guacamole and Toasteds crackers.
• It takes just a few minutes to slice up some red and green vegetables, then spread them out on a tray with a Litehouse dip for a healthy holiday snack.
• Decadent and easy holiday snacks exist, too. For a rich dessert snack tray, start by breaking apart a Toblerone and opening up some Brownie Brittle. Add in some dessert-friendly fruits (cherries or strawberries) and pistachios for a savory touch.

Holiday snack mix

Holiday snack mix is the gift that keeps on giving… to you. You’ll spend a few minutes mixing your ingredients and a few minutes splitting your holiday snack mix into some Glad food storage bags. Then when you’ve got some hungry guests, take out a large bowl and fill it with your pre-prepped holiday snack mix.

Pretty much anything goes with a holiday snack mix, but here’s a good place to start:

• Rold Gold pretzels
• Candy-coated chocolates (think M&M’s)
• Planters nuts
• Bite-size marshmallows
• SkinnyPop popcorn
• Dried fruits
• Sweet cereal (like Reese’s Puffs)
• Chex cereals

There’s no hard and fast rule for how much of what to include (although we doubt guests will complain about too many M&M’s), just try to balance the sweet and the salty. Consider waffle cones for guests to hold their holiday snack mix (and maybe garnish with a mini candy cane).

We recommend opening up the Fetch app to the offers and checking out what brands are boosted right now to make the final call on what goes into your holiday snack mix. 

Healthy holiday snacks

• Veggie trays with Sabra hummus are a great go-to low-calorie healthy holiday snack.
• Savory snack bowls with baked kale chips or seasoned almonds can give your guests a savory bite.
• Festive colored fruit trays with strawberries and green grapes are a smart healthy holiday snack if you’ll have kids around.
• Serve up yogurt-covered fruit for a sweet but healthy holiday snack.

Using Fetch Shop to handle your healthy holiday snacks is as easy as searching “healthy holiday snacks” and choosing what you want for your holiday party. Then you’ll know each snack puts you closer to your next reward!

Holiday snack tray ideas for any occasion

The look of your holiday snack tray is just as important as what snacks are on it. 

• For a savory holiday snack tray, try more rustic colored foods. Cheese cubes, cured and sliced meats, and olives for a touch of green (don’t forget a platform like Club Social crackers).
• For sweet holiday snack trays, you’ll have an easier time finding some more traditional festive colors. White chocolate covered pretzels, candy canes, cookies with red and green M&Ms can all make for a festive tray.
• Healthy snack trays will be the easiest way to hit the bright reds and greens you will probably already have around the house. Strawberries, cherries, cherry tomatoes, and broccoli will give that festive pop to the snack table.

If you won’t need three (or even two) snack trays, consider mixing and matching across savory, sweet and healthy. Fresh berries can go well on a sweet holiday snack tray, for instance. Bring in a savory green with olives or pistachios. 

You should pick up more sweet snacks than you think you might need; if you run out of savory options, your guests will probably expect sweets for the holiday.

Choose brands partnered with Fetch like Keebler, Frito-Lay and Bare to help maximize your Fetch points when you snap that receipt.

Tips for stress-free holiday snack prep

Anyrthing that saves you time is going to help with holiday snack prep stress.

• Use store-bought snacks and don’t be afraid to use Chex Mix as the base for your own holiday snack mix.
• Know what you can prepare in advance. With airtight storage, your snack mix can last a while. Most snack tray ingredients can be prepared ahead of time (save slicing fruits and veggies for last).
• Portioned snack trays make it easy to arrange your holiday party snacks neatly around a dip or cheese ball. It’s as easy as opening up bags of chips or pretzels and pouring them into their section on the tray.
• Earn rewards stress-free. With the Fetch app, all it takes is a snap of your receipt to earn the rewards you’re looking for.

The shortest route from where you are now to a stress-free holiday is through Fetch Shop, though! You won’t even need to snap your receipt to earn points.

Earn rewards on your holiday snack shopping with Fetch

Every receipt you snap in the Fetch app earns you points, but that’s just the start. Shopping available offers, choosing boosted brands and doing your buying in Fetch Shop all earn you more points toward rewards.

Using Fetch Shop is easy, too:

1. Open the Fetch app on your phone.
2. Look to the left of the camera icon at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap the shopping cart icon.
4. Find your favorite retailers, like Target, Walmart or Sam’s Club to get started.
5. Tap the icon of where you want to shop.
6. Tap “Go Shopping.”
7. And that’s it. You’ll be taken to the retailers website to shop like normal, but you’ll bring home even more points this way.

Use Fetch Shop to have those quick and easy holiday party snacks delivered, so you don’t even have to leave the house. Maybe that means more time with your guests, or maybe it means you get to spend a free ten minutes relaxing on your own for a bit.

Find holiday snack ideas in the Fetch app

Your time is valuable, and that goes double for time with your loved ones. Take our holiday snack ideas to heart this season and see how much more time you get to spend actually enjoying the holidays. You’ll see how easy it is to entertain a whole family without breaking the bank.

If you’re stumped on holiday party snack prep, open up the Fetch app and browse the latest offers. Not only can you find plenty of holiday snack ideas, each offer will earn you more points toward free gift cards from Fetch.