Holiday Reindeer Cookies Recipe

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Gather 'round the tree on Christmas Eve and feast on these adorable reindeer cookies during the retelling of a family favorite by Clement Clarke Moore, "Twas the Night Before Christmas. If you listen closely, you might heard reindeer hoofs on the roof!—Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Holiday Reindeer Cookies Recipe

Prep: 45 min. + standing

Yield: 32 Servings

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Ingredients

1-1/2 pounds dark chocolate candy coating, chopped
1 package (16 ounces) Nutter Butter cookies
32 miniature marshmallows, cut in half widthwise
Black decorating gel
32 red-hot candies
64 miniature pretzels

Directions

In a microwave, melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Dip one cookie in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper.
Attach two marshmallow halves onto cookie for eyes; add decorating gel for pupils. Add a red-hot for nose. Attach two pretzels for antlers. Repeat. Let stand until set. Yield: 32 cookies.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 182 calories, 9 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 111 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Holiday Reindeer Cookies in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2012, p164