My friends and family know that cooking is not one of my strong points. Baking has a better shot. And recipes that require no oven or stove is even better. This one that only requires a microwave…boom! So easy, even my 3 year old helped out.
Finished product.
Vivian helping her grandmother (Gammy!) cover the cookies in chocolate.
Everything you need.
We have been visiting with my parents, my kids “Gammy & Grandpa” for the past few days since the kids are out of school on Thanksgiving break. My mom decided to pull this treat together to give the kids something fun to do on their visit. She’s so creative like that. Vivian really took a shine to this project because she loooves chocolate. But then, what female doesn’t??
Here’s what you need to do to make these cute little deer:
1 bag of meltable dark chocolate candy melts (to cover the cookie)
1 package of Nutter Butter cookies (for the body)
1 bag small marshmallows (for the eyes)
1 tube of black gel icing (for the pupil of the eyes)
1 bag regular pretzels (each snapped in half to make antlers)
1 bag of red and green M&M’s (using only the red ones for a Rudolph nose)
Flat skinny sticks (to place inside the cookies)
1. Open up each cookie carefully, apply a little bit of melted candy melt in the center of the nutter butter cookie, place one stick on top of the melted chocolate, then replace the other half of the cookie on top to seal. Let dry about 5-10 minutes.
2. Melt about 1/2 a cup worth more of candy melts (in the microwave on defrost speed to keep it from burning, 6 minutes or so).
3. Dip your cookie with stick into the chocolate and cover it completely. Set on top of a tray of wax paper.
4. Before it completely dries, take your half broken pretzels and stick one on each side of the cookie up top. We had to add a little extra chocolate at the base of each pretzel to act as glue to make it stick – this was by far the only frustrating part!!
5. Cut 1 marshmallow in half and use each half on top as eyes (they’re too big otherwise if you don’t cut them) and add a red M&M for nose before the chocolate dries!
6. For the finishing touch, use your black gel to add a small dot on top of each mallow to act as eye pupils.
These little guys turned out so cute, I think they would make great treats wrapped up for teachers or as a fun addition to any holiday party or ornament exchange! Who wouldn’t want to eat a chocolate, peanut butter, and marshmallow combination?
Do you have any really easy holiday treat recipes you rely on around the holidays?
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