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Candy Cane Reindeer

Our Test Kitchen staff had a blast creating these adorable candy cane stocking stuffers. Rudolph and his friends never looked sweeter than they do with pretzel antlers, chocolate eyes and red-hot candy noses.

12 ServingsPrep: 30 min. + standing

Ingredients

8 ounces white candy coating, coarsely chopped
12 candy canes (6 inches)
12 to 20 pretzels
12 red-hot candies
24 candy-coated milk chocolate balls or miniature chocolate chips

Directions

In a microwave, melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Keep warm.
Holding the curved end of a candy cane, use a spoon to drizzle
coating over the straight part of cane. Gently shake off excess.
Place on waxed paper to dry. Repeat with remaining candy canes.
Break pretzels into pieces to resemble antlers; set aside 24 pieces.
For each reindeer nose, dab a small amount of melted candy coating
onto a red-hot. Press onto the end of the curved portion of the
candy cane and hold for about 10 seconds. For the eyes, dab a small
amount of coating on two chocolate balls and attach to candy cane
above nose.
Select two similar pretzel pieces; dab a small amount of coating onto
the candy cane where antlers will be attached. Press pretzel pieces
into the coating and hold for about 30 seconds. Repeat for remaining
reindeer. Place in mugs or drinking glasses; let dry for about 1
hour. Yield: 1 dozen.

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Candy Cane Reindeer (continued)

Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with Hershey's candy-coated milk chocolate balls.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 each) equals 201 calories, 6 g fat (5 g saturated fat), trace cholesterol, 124 mg sodium, 37 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.