Chocolate Reindeer Cookies
These Chocolate Reindeer Cookies are the perfect holiday dessert. They are fail proof, and your kids can even help you decorate them!
Serving24 Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 package Devil's Food Cake Mix
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup vegetable shortening
- 1 small container of chocolate frosting
- 1 bag holiday colored M&M's
- 24 mini vanilla wafers
- 48 pretzel twists
- 48 edible eyes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- Mix together cake mix, eggs and shortening until well combined. The dough will be pretty thick.
- Roll dough into 1-inch balls, making sure they are all similar in size.
- Place dough onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes.
- Immediately transfer cookies to a cooking rack.
- Frost the cookie with chocolate frosting.
- Place on the vanilla wafer for the reindeer snout.
- Stick the M&M nose on the wafer with a small dab of chocolate frosting.
- Place the pretzels on for the antlers.
- And then place the edible eyes on just above the wafer cookie.
Notes
Instead of M&M's you can use
- Red Hots
- Sixlets
- Sprinkles
- Frosting
- Skittles
- Boston Baked Beans Candy
- Nibs
Nutrition
Calories: 213 kcal · Carbohydrates: 27 g · Protein: 3 g · Fat: 11 g · Saturated Fat: 3 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 3 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 4 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 14 mg · Sodium: 327 mg · Potassium: 96 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 9 g · Vitamin A: 20 IU · Vitamin C: 0.3 mg · Calcium: 32 mg · Iron: 1 mg