Holiday Reindeer Cookies

Total Time

Prep: 45 min. + standing

Makes

32 cookies

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023
Gather 'round the tree on Christmas Eve and feast on these adorable reindeer cookies. If you listen closely, you might heard reindeer hoofs on the roof! —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 pounds dark chocolate candy coating, chopped
  • 1 package (16 ounces) Nutter Butter cookies
  • 32 miniature marshmallows, cut in half crosswise
  • Decorating icing
  • 32 M&M's or Red Hots
  • 64 miniature pretzels

Directions

  1. In a microwave, melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Dip 1 cookie in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper.
  2. Attach 2 marshmallow halves onto cookie for eyes; add decorating icing for pupils and a mouth. Add an M&M or Red Hot for nose. Attach pretzels or pretzel pieces for antlers. Repeat with remaining cookies. Let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 182 calories, 9g fat (4g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 111mg sodium, 24g carbohydrate (16g sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein.