Theres something so special about White Christmas – sweet, crunchy and wonderfully nostalgic, it’s one of those classic treats that fills the kitchen with festive cheer!
Posted December 20, 2014, Updated November 26, 2025
This is my husbands favourite Christmas treat – so again it was up to me to see if my lovely Mother in Law could dig it out and I could try my best to recreate it. It is quite an unusual combination of ingredients if I do say so myself but loved by many at Christmastime. Sometimes called Christmas Snow Wikipedia tells me it originated in Australia but there is not much more about it than that!
The recipe includes some ingredients you may not have in the cupboard such as powdered milk and Kremelta (also known as Copha in Australia Kremelta is a brand of vegetable fat shortening and in Europe known as coconut fat) also glace cherries which of course tend to mainly be bought at Christmas time!
However if you make enough a few batches of white Christmas you will use this up in no time.
The preparation of this recipe is super simple, you mix together all the dry ingredients and add in the melted Kremelta, it could not be easier!
Also check out my other Christmas recipes here
Now onto the recipe for White Christmas
White Christmas
Ingredients
- 2 Cups Rice Bubbles
- 1 Cup Powdered Milk
- 1 Cup Icing Sugar
- 1 1/2 Cups Coconut (desiccated fine)
- 3/4 cup mixed fruit or glace cherries (I used red and green)
- 1/4 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
- 200g Kremelta
Instructions
As you can see it is pretty easy! You can add lots of other delicious things you might like such as white chocolate chips, dried cranberries etc. There are of course many recipes around that are made with white chocolate instead and that is fine but this is the traditional version so it is always nice to have that on hand!
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Happy Baking!
Anna
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Andrea says
Hey can you use normal milk instead of powdered? Thanks
justamumnz says
No, the milk powder here is a dry ingredient.
Lorraine says
Are rice bubbles the same as Rice Krispies cereal?
justamumnz says
Yes. Puffed rice
carmen muscat says
thank you carmen
merry christmas and happy new year to all.
justamumnz says
You are welcome, have a wonderful Christmas also xo Anna
carmen muscat says
what is kremelta
justamumnz says
Hi Carmen, Kremelta is a brand of vegetable fat or shortening often found in the oil aisle of your super market – known as Copha in Australia and Coconut Fat in Europe:-)