Description
Reindeer Cookies are a festive and fun holiday treat made with a chocolate cake mix base, decorated with chocolate frosting, mini Nilla Wafers, candy eyes, pretzels, and colorful M&M’s to resemble adorable reindeer faces.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 can chocolate frosting (or 1–2 cups homemade chocolate frosting)
- 24–28 mini Nilla Wafers
- 24–28 red and brown M&M’s
- 1 package candy eyes (24–28 pairs)
- 48–56 mini pretzels
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius).
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine the chocolate cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil. Stir well until a thick cookie batter forms.
- Scoop 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons of dough and roll it into a ball. Repeat until all dough is used.
- Place 12 cookie dough balls onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing them evenly.
- Bake for approximately 8 minutes or until the tops start to crinkle and set.
- Remove cookies from the oven and cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack.
- Once cooled, spread chocolate frosting over the top of each cookie.
- Place one mini Nilla Wafer on the bottom half of each frosted cookie.
- Position two candy eyes above each Nilla Wafer.
- Place two mini pretzels on top for antlers.
- Stick one red or brown M&M onto each Nilla Wafer for a nose.
- Allow frosting to set completely before serving.
Notes
- These cookies are perfect for Christmas celebrations and cookie exchanges.
- Store cookies in an airtight container for freshness.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg