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Fudge Round Reindeer Cookies

By A Cultivated Nest Team

It’s officially time for Christmas cookies! While I love making Christmas cookies from scratch, Christmas is a pretty busy season, and I don’t always have time to go through the process of making cookies. Which is when I turn to semi-homemade Christmas cookie hacks like this one! Here’s how to make fun Fudge Round Reindeer Cookies from commercial cookies!

Fudge Round Reindeer Cookies- Not all Christmas cookies have to be 100% homemade! Here's how to use commercial cookies to make fun Fudge Round reindeer cookies! #dessert #cookies #reindeer #Christmas

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I used Fudge Rounds from Little Debbie to make these cute fudge round reindeer cookies. They’re definitely not the healthiest treats, and I don’t like to let my kids have them often, but it’s the holidays, and there’s nothing wrong with a little indulging! But really, these fudge round reindeer could be made with any round cookie (though obviously, a different cookie would change the overall taste). Oreos are a different sandwich cookie that you might want to consider as a substitute. Or you could try cookies from your grocery store bakery, or Lofthouse cookies, or the cookies you get in a food gift tin. If you’re the forward thinking sort, when you do bake fresh homemade cookies, you could make some extra ones to turn into these reindeer. You really can’t go wrong combining reindeer decorations with cookies!

Fudge Round Reindeer Cookies

Ingredients

Fudge Round Reindeer Cookies- Not all Christmas cookies have to be 100% homemade! Here's how to use commercial cookies to make fun Fudge Round reindeer cookies! #dessert #cookies #reindeer #Christmas

1/3 cup chocolate chips
Small pretzel twists
Little Debbie Fudge Rounds (or other round cookies)
Large candy eyes
Red fondant
Tiny circle cookie cutter
Parchment paper

Directions

1. Lay out a sheet of parchment paper before you get started.
2. In a small microwave safe bowl, heat 1/3 cup of chocolate chips on 50% power for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring every 30 seconds.

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3. Dip the bottom of your pretzel twists into the melted chocolate and press two on to the top of each fudge round for antlers.

4. Place a small amount of chocolate onto the back of two candy eyes and carefully press them below the antlers. Repeat for the other reindeer.

Fudge Round Reindeer Cookies- Not all Christmas cookies have to be 100% homemade! Here's how to use commercial cookies to make fun Fudge Round reindeer cookies! #dessert #cookies #reindeer #Christmas

5. Roll out a golf ball sized piece of fondant in between two pieces of parchment paper and use a tiny circle cookie cutter to cut out as many red circles noses as you need.

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6. Place a small amount of chocolate onto the back of one red fondant nose and carefully press onto a fudge round below the eyes. Repeat for the other reindeer cookies.
7. Let your chocolate harden. Then enjoy your yummy fudge round reindeer cookies!

What’s your favorite commercial cookie? Do you use it in semi-homemade holiday recipes?

Fudge Round Reindeer Cookies- Not all Christmas cookies have to be 100% homemade! Here's how to use commercial cookies to make fun Fudge Round reindeer cookies! #dessert #cookies #reindeer #Christmas

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Fudge Round Reindeer Cookies

Fudge Round Reindeer Cookies

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Not all Christmas cookies have to be 100% homemade! Here’s how to use commercial cookies to make fun Fudge Round reindeer cookies!


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1/3 cup chocolate chips
  • Small pretzel twists
  • Little Debbie Fudge Rounds (or other round cookies)
  • Large candy eyes
  • Red fondant
  • Tiny circle cookie cutter
  • Parchment paper

Instructions

  1. Lay out a sheet of parchment paper before you get started.
  2. In a small microwave safe bowl, heat 1/3 cup of chocolate chips on 50% power for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring every 30 seconds.
  3. Dip the bottom of your pretzel twists into the melted chocolate and press two on to the top of each fudge round for antlers.
  4. Place a small amount of chocolate onto the back of two candy eyes and carefully press them below the antlers. Repeat for the other reindeer.
  5. Roll out a golf ball sized piece of fondant in between two pieces of parchment paper and use a tiny circle cookie cutter to cut out as many red circles noses as you need.
  6. Place a small amount of chocolate onto the back of one red fondant nose and carefully press onto a fudge round below the eyes. Repeat for the other reindeer cookies.
  7. Let your chocolate harden. Then enjoy your yummy fudge round reindeer cookies!

This post contains affiliate links to Amazon, which means that I may earn a small commission from some of the links in this post. Thanks for supporting this site! Please see our Disclosure Page for more information.

You might also be interested in: 15 Classic Candy Recipes

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