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Nutter Butter Reindeer Cookies

Nutter Butter cookies look exactly like a reindeer face already — all you do is add googly candy eyes, a red M&M nose, and pretzel antlers. Kids will sit at the table doing these for an hour and feel incredibly accomplished. These are the show-stopper on any Christmas cookie tray.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 20 servings
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 20 Nutter Butter cookies
  • 1 cup milk chocolate chips
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 40 candy eyeballs
  • 20 red M&Ms for noses
  • 40 small pretzel twists for antlers

Method
 

  1. Melt chocolate chips and coconut oil together until smooth.
  2. Dip each Nutter Butter cookie fully in melted chocolate and let excess drip off.
  3. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets.
  4. While chocolate is still wet, press two candy eyes onto the wide end of each cookie and one red M&M onto the narrow end as a nose.
  5. Break pretzel twists into small antler shapes and press one on each side of the top of the cookie.
  6. Let set for 30 minutes at room temperature or 15 minutes in the fridge.