Reindeer Cookie Pops

They’re so cute they’re almost hard to eat! These deliciously adorable reindeer pops take are simple to make and require few ingredients. They’re a great holiday cookie/candy for beginners.

Nutter Butter Reindeer Cookie Pops

These are great for holiday parties or for “You’ve Been Frosted” / Secret Santa gifts!
You’ll Need:
1 pkg Peanut Butter Cookies (Nutter-butter style cookies)
1 pkg Semi-sweet or Milk Chocolate Chips (your choice)
1 Tbs Solid Shortening
white M&M’s for the eyes
red M&M’s for the Nose
small Pretzels (for the antlers)
Popsicle/ Craft Sticks
Optional- 1 Black Gel Pen (for the dots in the eyes)

Carefully break the pretzels to make “antlers” (as they appear in the photo) and set them aside.

Melt the chocolate & solid shortening together in a double boiler over low heat.

If you don’t happen to have a double boiler, you can place the chocolate in a microwave safe dish and place it in the microwave for 30 seconds, remove, stir well, place it back in the microwave for another 30 seconds, remove, stir well, add the shortening. Heat another 30 seconds, remove, stir well. Repeat until the chocolate is completely melted but do NOT overheat and do not heat it for longer than 30 seconds at a time. Chocolate is very picky, it burns easily and if it doesn’t burn it may Bloom (which is when the fats separate).

Insert popsicle sticks into the bottom of each cookie about halfway by sliding it between the cookie layers into the soft peanut butter middle.

Carefully Dip the cookie into the chocolate. Lay the dipped cookie on a piece of parchment paper and quickly add a red M&M for a nose and White M&M’s for eyes. Dip one end of the “antler’ into chocolate and attach it the head. This gives the reindeer “ears” as well as adorable antlers.

For the iris in the eye, you can either dot it with a black gel pen or you can make a dot of chocolate in the middle. The easiest way to do this is to dip the blunt end of a craft paintbrush into the chocolate or a shish kebab stick, then “dot” the center of the eye.

Repeat until you run out of ingredients.

Makes about 24 (depending on how much “help” you have in the kitchen taste-testing as you go.

:Note: A word about some of the ingredients… colored m&m’s are usually available in the candy aisle of your favorite grocery store throughout the holiday season. The Decorators gel pen is usually found in the baking aisle near cake mixes or can be purchased online. We’ve provided an alternate “eyeball” in the bottom of the recipe. The popsicle/craft sticks can usually be found in large boxes in the craft section of most stores for under $5 and are great to have on hand for various projects and edibles.

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Reindeer Cookie Pops

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These festive Reindeer Cookie Pops make about 24 chocolate-dipped peanut butter sandwich cookie treats decorated with candy eyes, red noses, and pretzel antlers. The full batch costs about $12.64 total, which works out to roughly $0.53 per pop for an easy holiday dessert or edible gift.

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Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Servings: 24 cookie pops

Course: Dessert, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce & Condiment, Snack

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients

  

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Cookie Pops

• 1 package peanut butter sandwich cookies Nutter-butter style cookies
• 1 package semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon solid shortening
• white M&M's for the eyes
• red M&M's for the nose
• small pretzels for the antlers
• 24 popsicle/craft sticks

Optional Decoration

• 1 black gel pen

Equipment

• Double boiler or microwave-safe bowl
• Parchment paper
• Craft paintbrush or shish kebab stick
• Popsicle/craft sticks

Method

 

1. Carefully break the pretzels to make antlers as they appear in the photo and set them aside.
2. Melt the chocolate and solid shortening together in a double boiler over low heat.
3. If you do not have a double boiler, place the chocolate in a microwave-safe dish and heat for 30 seconds. Remove it and stir well.
4. Microwave another 30 seconds, remove, stir well, and add the shortening.
5. Heat another 30 seconds, remove, and stir well. Repeat in 30-second intervals just until the chocolate is completely melted. Do not overheat.
6. Insert popsicle sticks into the bottom of each cookie about halfway by sliding the stick between the cookie layers into the soft peanut butter middle.
7. Carefully dip each cookie into the chocolate.
8. Lay each dipped cookie on parchment paper and quickly add a red M&M for a nose and white M&M's for eyes.
9. Dip one end of each pretzel antler into chocolate and attach it to the head.
10. For the iris in the eye, dot it with a black gel pen or make a dot of chocolate in the middle.
11. To make the chocolate dot, dip the blunt end of a craft paintbrush or a shish kebab stick into the chocolate and dot the center of the eye.
12. Repeat until you run out of ingredients.

Notes

Makes about 24, depending on how much help you have in the kitchen taste-testing as you go.
Estimated cost is based on current Walmart pricing researched for the 48439 area: Nutter Butter Family Size 16 oz $5.23, Great Value Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips 12 oz $3.86, Great Value All Vegetable Shortening 48 oz $6.48 with about $0.14 used for 1 tablespoon, Great Value Mini Pretzel Twists 16 oz $2.44 with about $0.31 used for 2 oz, GUSTO Wooden Craft Sticks 100 count $5.99 with about $1.44 used for 24 sticks, and Great Value Black Decorating Gel 0.67 oz $1.56 with about $0.12 used.
Candy color pricing was estimated from currently available Walmart bulk single-color listings and normalized to the recipe amounts used: about $1.17 for white candy eyes and about $0.37 for red candy noses.
Colored M&M's are usually available in the candy aisle during the holiday season. The decorator's gel pen is usually found in the baking aisle near cake mixes. Popsicle or craft sticks are often found in the craft section.

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