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A bag of Favorite Day hot cocoa & marshmallow popcorn mix, featuring an image of popcorn and marshmallows on the packaging with teal and cream decorative accents.
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The holiday season is meant for magic, and if you’re like me, you might be interested in going all out and embracing the theme from all angles. That means fun breakfasts, Christmas cookie baking, decorating, events, and even revamping the snack cupboard. Target is my go-to place for festive snacks because they come out with a huge variety of options for $10 or less (most are under $5!). Here are some of the best ones they offer.

Welch’s Christmas Mixed Fruit Snacks

A box of Welch’s Mixed Fruit Fruit Snacks featuring colorful fruit images, a smiling elf cartoon, and labels highlighting “whole fruit,” “gluten free,” and “26 pouches” on the front of the packaging.
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Welch’s fruit snacks are a reliable go-to, and when they come in Christmas shapes, they’re that much cuter. Under $6 for 26 packs? Even better.

Sensible Portions Garden Veggie Zesty Ranch Holiday Trees

A bag of Garden Veggie Holiday Trees chips in Zesty Ranch flavor. The packaging is decorated with green tree-shaped chips and snowflakes, and includes claims like “Limited Edition” and “No Artificial Flavors.”
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Here’s the deal: Garden Veggie cannot make a bad chip product. Everything they have to offer is something we’re willing to accept … and scarf down. The zesty ranch flavor is a win for us in the veggie straw version, and these little Christmas trees might be the cutest thing we’ve ever seen. And they’re just over $3? Add to cart.

Goldfish Holiday Peppermint Cocoa Graham Cookies

A bag of Goldfish baked graham snacks, peppermint cocoa flavor, featuring Snoopy holding a cup and wearing a scarf. The package is green with images of chocolate fish-shaped snacks and a "Limited Edition" label.
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Between the peppermint cocoa Goldfish with the Snoopy shapes (yum and “aww” combined), the cheddar holiday shapes variety, and the fact that they’re less than $3 a bag, these are a yuletide must-have in the snack cabinet.

Drizzilicious Holiday Peppermint Bites Mini Rice Cakes

A bag of Drizzilicious Peppermint Bites mini rice cakes, featuring festive holiday designs with candy canes and holly. The packaging highlights that it contains only 90 calories per 21 pieces.
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Not to be dramatic, but Drizzlicious are the best thing to hit the snack aisle in a hot minute. A version drizzled with white chocolate and sprinkled with candy cane bits sounds ridiculous in the best way. There’s also a gingerbread version we’re totally into — and for less than $4 a bag, we’re inclined to grab both.

Favorite Day Candy Cane Crunch Mini Sandwich Cookies

A box of Favorite Day Candy Cane Crunch mini sandwich cookies. The packaging is pink with festive patterns and images of white creme-coated cookies topped with crushed candy canes and a chocolate cookie center.
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Target’s Favorite Day brand offers a wealth of affordable snacks that look delicious. At $4 a box, these cookies are at the top of the list for Christmastime.

Favorite Day Hot Cocoa and Marshmallow Popcorn

A bag of Favorite Day hot cocoa & marshmallow popcorn mix. The packaging is green, featuring a bowl of popcorn, two marshmallows, and a cup of hot cocoa with marshmallows on the front.
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$3 is a small price to pay for a bag of flavored popcorn, so you might as well get the Hot Cocoa & Marshmallow flavor and the Peppermint & White Chocolate. Maybe even mix them together.

Mother’s Holiday Reindeer Games Cookies

A package of Mother's Cookies "Reindeer Games" limited batch cookies. The bag is purple and green with images of frosted, reindeer-shaped cookies in white and green. The package states "9 oz" and "No High Fructose Corn Syrup.
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Animal cookies are good, well, and fine, but the Christmas version (for less than $4) is superior, obviously.

Favorite Day Peppermint Twist Cookie Dough Bites

A bag of Favorite Day peppermint cookie dough bites, featuring white dough bites with red candy pieces on the packaging, decorated with a reindeer illustration and candy cane accents.
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These $2 bags of peppermint and white fudge cookie dough bites sound like something we’d put in our own stockings with zero shame.

Muddy Bites Hot Christmas Cocoa Waffle Cone Snacks

A bag of Muddy Bites Hot Cocoa Waffle-Cone Snacks with brown and gold packaging, decorated with waffle cone illustrations and snowflakes. The front features cartoon characters enjoying hot cocoa.
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For just over $3 a bag, these Muddy Bites offer a cup of hot cocoa meets ice cream cone vibe that we’re 100% intrigued by.

Favorite Day Butter Toffee Caramel Corn Clusters Popcorn

A clear plastic jar with a red lid filled with caramel popcorn, labeled "Favorite Day Butter Toffee Caramel Corn Clusters" on a yellow patterned label. The net weight is 18 oz (510g).
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Made with “real butter?” And almonds? And only $7? Oh baby.

Favorite Day Candy Cane Crunch Pretzel Rods

A pink box labeled "favorite day candy cane crunch pretzel rods" contains three white chocolate-covered pretzel rods topped with crushed peppermint pieces.
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You can make your own pretzel rods, sure. Or, for less than $5, indulge in these bad boys.

Walkers Shortbread Festive Holiday Shapes Pure Butter Cookies

Box of Walker’s Shortbread Festive Shapes cookies, featuring star and Christmas tree-shaped cookies on the front, decorated with red and black snowflake designs on a white background.
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Walker’s shortbread is such a guilty pleasure, so the cute holiday shapes are a must, especially for only $2.50.

Pepperidge Farm Holiday Milano Slices Peppermint Cookies

A red bag of Pepperidge Farm Milano Slices Peppermint cookies, featuring an image of a chocolate-covered cookie topped with crushed peppermint pieces. The package is decorated with green leaves and red berries.
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Something to respect about Milano Slices: They say right on the package how many cookies are inside, so you know what you can expect for $5. That’s 15 delicious-to-dunk, peppermint mocha cookies, guys.

Favorite Day Peppermint Snowflake Bark

A pink bag of Favorite Day Peppermint Snowflake Bark, featuring images of star-shaped bark pieces with dark and white chocolate, peppermint bits, and candy cane crunch on the front. Net weight: 3.1 oz (88g).
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Target’s Favorite Day brand snowflake peppermint is absolutely adorable, and for only $5, it would make a great addition to a holiday charcuterie board.

Favorite Day Gingerbread Cheesecake Sandwich Cookies

A box of Favorite Day gingerbread cheesecake flavored sandwich cookies, featuring six cookies stacked on the front. The box is gold and tan with decorative patterns at the top.
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Gingerbread sandwich cookies are inherently delicious, but adding cheesecake to the flavor profile for the low price of $4 sounds insane in the best way.

Favorite Day Rudolph’s Mix Indulgent Snack Trail Mix

A box of Favorite Day Rudolph's Mix Indulgent Trail Mix, featuring a bowl of colorful candies, cereal squares, and peanut butter cups on the front against a green, patterned background.
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Snack mixes never really seem to hit the ball out of the park, but this one combines peanut butter cups, graham bites, chocolate- and peanut butter-coated cereal, white chocolate-coated cereal, and M&Ms. Plus, the snack size costs only $2. Sold.

Favorite Day Holiday Tree-Shaped Milk Chocolate Mini Pretzels

A package of Favorite Day holiday tree-shaped milk chocolate mini pretzels, featuring an image of chocolate-covered pretzels stacked in a tree shape, with festive white, red, and green sprinkles.
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Chocolate-covered pretzels are a holiday hit, and this $3 bag is really cute, with trees and festive sprinkles.

Favorite Day Holiday White-Frosted Mini Pretzels

A green and teal bag of Favorite Day Holiday White Frosted Mini Pretzels, featuring an image of pretzels coated in white frosting with red and green drizzle on the front.
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If white chocolate is more your speed, this $3 bag of pretzels embraces all the colors of Christmas.

Utz White Cheddar Cheese Snow Balls

A festive Utz snack box features a smiling snowman in a scarf and top hat, advertising 32 bags of white cheddar cheese flavored "Snow Balls" corn snacks, with images of the individual snack bags at the bottom.
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Cheese balls never miss, and white cheddar is simply elite. You can buy a bulk box of these guys for only $7 at Target.

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