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45 Tasty Christmas Food Date Ideas: Best Food Date Ideas For A Festive Evening

If you are looking for super fun Christmas food date ideas to do with your significant other, then look no further!!

And what better way to celebrate this festive season than with a fun, food filled date night?

From baking cookies to sipping hot cocoa by the fire, this season offers an endless amount of ideas for food inspired date nights.

Whether you plan to stay in or go out for a fun evening, these Christmas food date ideas are sure to bring you closer and create unforgettable memories together!! 

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Christmas Food Date Ideas

1. Recreate the Elf movie’s sugary spaghetti dish and watch the Elf movie together.

2. Make your version of Christmas bark with both of your favorite Christmas candies in melted chocolate.

3. Sample festive wines together paired with its best food pairing (you can research what food best fits each wine flavor online.)

4. Set up a candle lit cozy winter themed dinner to enjoy together with Christmas music playing in the background.

5. Have a Christmas fondue night with either melted cheese or chocolate and dip in Christmas themed treats to enjoy together.

6. Set up your very own hot cocoa or festive coffee bar with mini marshmallows, peppermint, cinnamon, and other Christmas toppings.

7. DIY your own mulled wine, apple sangria, or even spiced cider.

8. Get takeout food and drive through a Christmas light display together.

9. Attend a winter festival and taste a variety of Christmas and winter themed food and drinks that they are selling.

10. Have a sugar cookie decorating competition.

11. Try other international traditional Christmas meals and treats together.

12. Try out roasting chestnuts together.

13. Choose a random recipe in a Christmas cookbook and make it together for date night.

14. Try a Christmas buffet at your local buffet restaurants.

15. Cook a classic Christmas dinner together (roast turkey, bake ham, cranberry sauce, and/or stuffing.

16. Make your own Christmas tree pizzas for date night.

17. Make a warm soup for dinner one night.

18. Go to a local holiday themed food truck festival.

19. Visit a pop up Christmas bar together.

20. Have dinner at a restaurant that has a view of a city decorated with Christmas lights.

21. Make holiday themed cinnamon rolls together.

22. Go to a local brewery together to try their different holiday themed beers.

23. Binge watch the holiday baking shows together.

24. Go on a Christmas themed ice cream taste testing adventure together.

25. Bake festive Christmas themed treats together.

26. Have an at home Christmas themed alcohol beverage tasting night.

27. Sip hot cocoa together by a warm fire while watching movies.

28. Make your own DIY Christmas themed charcuterie boards together to enjoy.

29. Visit a local winery for a festive wine tasting experience.

30. Visit a nearby festive Christmas market to stash up on homemade Christmas treats together.

31. Visit a local cafe and drink some delicious hot coffee or hot chocolate together.

32. Choose a delicious Christmas themed recipe to bake together for dinner or dessert.

33. Set up a cozy bonfire in your backyard and roast marshmallows or s’mores together.

34. Make DIY Christmas themed cocktails or mocktails together.

35. Visit one of your nearby candy stores and try out a variety of different Christmas themed chocolate truffles.

36. Make spiked egg nog to enjoy together.

37. Build a festive gingerbread house together.

38. Make your own at home Christmas themed paint and sip, where you drink wine, enjoy a charcuterie board, and paint a Christmas themed picture together.

39. Take a cooking class together and learn to make holiday treats.

40. Do a candy cane taste testing challenge together with unique flavored candy canes found at nearby stores.

41. Create a Christmas themed breakfast together on the morning of Christmas.

42. Go on a Christmas themed wine or brewery tour and try out their seasonal drinks.

43. Have a holiday themed picnic in the park with seasonal treats.

44. Buy Christmas treats or Christmas decor at Target, Walmart, or Trader Joe’s dressed in your pajamas.

45. Make stove top skillet smores together!

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