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Acorn Candy Cookies Recipe! {Just 4 Ingredients}

September 9, 2011 By Heidi 3 Comments

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These Acorn Candy Cookies are so irresistibly delicious, it’s almost impossible to have just one!

Acorn Candy Cookies Recipe

It’s starting to feel a bit more like Fall around here… and one of my favorite Fall treats to kick off the season is these sweet little Acorn Candy Cookies!

These adorable little Hershey Kiss Acorn Cookies with a sweet Nilla Wafer topping and salty pretzel stem, are perfect for Fall Parties or family game nights.  Trust me… they’ll be snatched up fast by both kids and adults and gone in a flash!

Frugal friend Amber shared this fun idea with us, and I loved making them!  They truly make the cutest little sweet treat!  Amber writes: “The kids had a blast making these little treats.“

All you’ll need are 15 minutes and 4 ingredients to create these fun little Autumn treats…

Acorn Candy Cookies Recipe

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How Do You Make Candy Acorns?

It’s actually SO easy!  You’ll just need the following ingredients…

  • Mini Nilla Wafers
  • Hershey’s Chocolate Kisses
  • Chocolate Frosting
  • Pretzel Sticks

Acorn Candy Cookies Easy

Acorn Cookies Easy

Acorn Candy Cookie

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What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About These Acorn Candy Cookies:

Norine writes: “They would be cute edible cake decor, too!”

Karen writes: “I make these for Thanksgiving every year – so easy and so cute”

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Acorn Candy Cookies

These cute Acorn Candy Cookies with a sweet Nilla Wafer topping and salty pretzel stem are so quick and easy to make, and always the hit of the party!
Prep Time15 mins
Total Time15 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: autumn, cake mix cookie, Fall, hershey kiss, nilla wafer
Servings: 30
Author: The Frugal Girls

Ingredients

  • 1 Box of MINI Nilla Wafers
  • 30 Hershey’s Chocolate Kisses
  • 2 tbsp Chocolate Frosting
  • 10 Pretzel Sticks

Instructions

  • Carefully cut pretzel sticks into 3 pieces, and set aside.
  • Using the frosting as glue, attach a kiss to a Nilla Wafer {pointed tip of kiss facing down}
  • Then use a little more frosting to attach a pretzel piece to the top of the cookie as a stem. {you can add a small amount of frosting for this part more precisely using a toothpick}
  • Let the frosting set for about 20 minutes before serving. {if you want them to set faster, just transfer to the refrigerator}

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Comments

  1. Christie says

    October 25, 2021 at 2:05 pm

    OMG these are way too cute!!! I love this simple and fun idea for the fall season!

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      October 25, 2021 at 2:08 pm

      Thanks so much, Christie! They really are so quick and easy to make! 🙂

      Reply
  2. stephanie Bittner says

    November 11, 2011 at 5:52 am

    I love fun ideas quick and easy for holidays

    Reply

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