Easy Reese’s Reindeer Treats (Christmas Recipe)
Create festive holiday magic with these easy Reese’s Reindeer Treats! A delightful Christmas recipe making Reese’s with a reindeer twist.
Reese’s Reindeer Treats are pretzels sticks are topped with Reese’s peanut butter cups to make a fun sweet & salty treat this Christmas!
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These cute treats are so much fun to make with the kids during the Christmas season. Little ones can easily add a chocolate and reindeer features to these Reese’s candies.
These Reese’s reindeer treats are absolutely darling and perfect for Christmas. We love creating fun food to help celebrate the holidays!
With pretzels stick antlers, candy eyes and a red M&M nose, they make the cutest treat for the holidays. My boys would love taking these cuties to school to give to teachers and friends!
WHAT MAKES THESE THE BEST REINDEER TREAT?
- These easy treats only require a few ingredients from the grocery store.
- No fancy cookie cutters or tools are needed.
- These cute reindeer treats are so easy to make that the kids will love them!
- Creating Reese’s reindeer is a fun way to get into the holiday spirit.
How to make these Reese’s Reindeer:
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Ingredients:
- 10 Mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips, for melting
- Pretzel sticks
- Red M&Ms
- Candy eyes
Tip: regular sized Reese’s cups work just as well as the mini ones! Try experimenting with different store-bought chocolates.
Instructions:
1. Unwrap the reeses and prepare a parchment lined baking sheet.
2. In a microwave safe bowl, heat the chocolate chips at 15 second intervals, stirring in between, until the chocolate is completely melted.
3. Place large dabs of chocolate directly on the parchment paper, a couple of inches apart.
4. Press two pretzel sticks into each dollop of melted chocolate.
5. Add another drop of chocolate onto that and press the reeses onto it.
Be generous with the chocolate so that the candy really sticks!
This forms the reindeer head.
6. Add a dab of chocolate towards the bottom of the reeces cup.
7. Press the red m&m into the chocolate to create a nose.
8. Add a dab of chocolate above those nose.
9. Press two candy eyes into the chocolate.
10. Put the baking sheet in the fridge for 30 minutes to allow the chocolate to harden before serving.
TIPS FOR MAKING THESE REINDEER REESES:
- Lay the chocolate covered treat on a cookie tray for easy moving and transporting before serving.
- These treats are best served and stored on a flat surface as they tend to break when stored in a bag or bowl.
- Regular reeses peanut butter cups work just as well.
- Store these yummy treats in a large freezer bag or airtight container for up to a week at room temperature. They can also be stored in the freezer for up to three months.
More Christmas Treat Tips:
- Use red hots or any other red candy for the red noses instead of m&ms.
- Mini pretzels, pretzel sticks or pretzel rods could be used for antlers.
- Use white candy melts, chocolate candy melts or a dot of frosting to stick features to the cookies.
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Some of my kitchen essentials:
- I love using this non-stick bakeware for all of my baking.
- These silicone mitts are perfect for grasping hot pans and baking dishes.
- This Henckel Knife is my favorite for slicing and dicing in the kitchen.
- These parchment paper bags are perfect for packaging and these large Rubbermaid food storage containers are great for storing baking in the freezer.
This would make a cute idea for kids to create for holiday festivities. Who doesn’t love an adorable treat reindeer with pretzel antlers?!
More fun reindeer treats:
- Reindeer Graham Cracker Cookies
- Wagon Wheel Reindeer
- Reindeer Cinnamon Rolls
- Wafer Reindeer Cookies
- Reindeer Sugar Cookies
- Reese’s Reindeer Treats
- Reindeer Chocolate Bark
- Reindeer Rice Krispie Treats
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Reese’s Reindeer Treats
Ingredients
- 10 Mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cups unwrapped
- ¼ cup chocolate chips for melting
- Pretzel sticks
- Red M&Ms
- Candy eyes
Instructions
- 1. Unwrap the reeses and prepare a parchment lined baking sheet.
- 2. In a microwave safe bowl, heat the chocolate chips at 15 second intervals, stirring in between, until the chocolate is completely melted.
- 3. Place large dabs of chocolate directly on the parchment paper, a couple of inches apart.
- 4. Press two pretzel sticks into each dollop of melted chocolate.
- 5. Add another drop of chocolate onto that and press the reeses onto it.
- 6. Add a dab of chocolate towards the bottom of the reeces cup.
- 7. Press the red m&m into the chocolate to create a nose.
- 8. Add a dab of chocolate above those nose.
- 9. Press two candy eyes into the chocolate.
- 10. Put the baking sheet in the fridge for 30 minutes to allow the chocolate to harden before serving.
