Description
Delightful and festive Reindeer Cookies made with a chocolate cake-mix base, decorated for the holidays with frosting, pretzel antlers, and M&M noses.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- Chocolate frosting
- 12 mini Nilla Wafers
- 24 candy eyes
- 24 mini pretzels
- 12 red or brown M&Ms
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the chocolate cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil until a thick batter forms.
- Scoop 1.5 to 2 tablespoons of dough and roll into balls; place them on the baking sheet spaced two inches apart.
- Bake for approximately 8 minutes or until the tops start to crinkle and set.
- Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
- Once cooled, frost each cookie generously with chocolate frosting.
- Press a mini Nilla Wafer onto the bottom half of each frosted cookie.
- Add two candy eyes above each Nilla Wafer.
- Position two mini pretzels above the candy eyes for antlers.
- Use a dab of frosting to secure a red or brown M&M onto each Nilla Wafer as the nose.
- Allow the frosting to set before serving.
Notes
Customize with different frosting colors or use gluten-free cake mix for dietary needs. Perfect for family baking activities during the holidays.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 110mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg