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Rudolph Reindeer Cookies Recipe! {Easy Chocolate Cookie}

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This easy Rudolph Reindeer Cookies Recipe will be the star of your Christmas dessert table this year!

Are you ready for the Merriest Christmas ever?? This easy Rudolph Reindeer Cookies Recipe will have you serving up the CUTEST Santa-approved treats to your friends and family! Trust me… they’re always the hit of the party!

Dorothy writes: "I LOVE these adorable festive treats"

And thanks to a cake mix shortcut, these chocolate reindeer cookies are such a cinch to make! Just be careful… they might fly away when you’re not looking! Although I doubt that will happen. If you’ve got any cookie monsters in your house like I do, they’ll probably vanish before they ever even get the chance to fly away!

These tasty little treats will also make a fun addition to a Cookie Exchange, or as a sweet gift for your neighbors! So are you ready to get baking?

Here’s what you’ll need to make your very own adorable Reindeer Cookies with Pretzel Antlers…

Rudolph Reindeer Cookies Recipe

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Making reindeer face cookies is SO much easier than you think thanks to Pretzels for Ears, Candy Eyeballs, Mini Nilla Wafers for snouts, and Cinnamon Candies for Rudolph’s Red Nose!

Rudolph Reindeer Cookies Ingredients:

It takes just a few simple ingredients to make the BEST Chocolate Reindeer Cookies…

  • Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
  • Eggs
  • Butter {or Canola or Vegetable Oil}
  • Chocolate Frosting {Easy Chocolate Frosting Recipe}
  • Mini Nilla Wafers
  • Candy Eyeballs
  • Tiny Pretzel Twists
  • Cinnamon Imperials Candies

How to Make Rudolph Cookies:

It’s actually SO easy to make the cutest Reindeer Cookies with Pretzel Antlers! Here’s what you’ll do…

  1. Mix Cake Mix, Butter & Eggs until well combined
  2. Chill dough in refrigerator
  3. Form dough into balls
  4. Bake cookies in oven
  5. Cool cookies before decorating
  6. Frost cookies with Chocolate Frosting
  7. Decorate with Nilla Wafers for snouts and Pretzels for ears
  8. Finish decorating with Cinnamon Candies for noses & Candy Eyes
  9. Serve, Enjoy & DEVOUR!

What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About These Rudolph Cookies…

Kim writes: “Perfect for holiday parties”

Debora writes: “Beautiful and delicious”

Dorothy writes: “I LOVE these adorable festive treats”

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Rudolph Reindeer Cookies Recipe

This easy Rudolph Reindeer Cookies Recipe will be the star of your Christmas dessert table this year!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Decorating Time15 minutes
Total Time28 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake mix cookie, Christmas cookies
Servings: 18

Ingredients

  • 15.25 oz. Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix Box
  • 1/2 cup Melted Butter {or Canola or Vegetable Oil}
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 2 cups Chocolate Frosting
  • 18+ Mini Nilla Wafers
  • 36+ Candy Eyeballs
  • 36+ Tiny Pretzel Twists
  • 18+ Cinnamon Imperials Candies

Instructions

  • In large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, oil, and eggs, and mix until well combined.
  • Transfer dough to refrigerator, and chill for 1 hour.
  • After dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Form dough into balls, a little larger than your typical cookie… I usually use 2 tbsp. – 2.5 tbsp. of dough per each dough ball.
  • Bake for 8 – 10 minutes, or until cookies are done.
  • Allow cookies to cool COMPLETELY before decorating. I usually let them sit out at least 30 minutes before I start frosting.
  • Once cookies have cooled completely, apply a smooth layer of chocolate frosting to your cookie.
  • Then gently press 1 nilla wafer onto the cookie for the snout, add 2 eyes, and 2 pretzels for ears.
  • Now take your cinnamon candy, and add just a little bit of chocolate frosting to the back, and place down onto the nilla wafer for Rudolph's red nose. {the frosting will act like glue and help the nose stay in place}
  • Then repeat the frosting and decorating process until all cookies are finished. Aren't they SO cute?!?

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Comments

    • Heidi says

      You’re so sweet… thank you, Traude! I’m so glad you love the cookies, and hope you have a wonderful weekend as well!

      Reply

  4. CoCo says

    You always have the best recipes, Heidi! These are so cute and I already know the littles are going to love them. Can’t wait to try these! Hugs, CoCo

    Reply

  14. Kirsi says

    From Rudolph to Frosty – I like your chrismas cakes and cookies. Thanks for sharing this recipes,
    Greetings from a really grey Germany
    Kirsi

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    • Heidi says

      I’m so glad to hear you’re enjoying the cookies, Kirsi! And I wish I could send you a little sunshine from Arizona! 🙂

      Reply

  15. Lisa says

    These look so much fun to make (and eat!) I would never have thought of using pretzels for antlers. In the past I’ve used gingerbread men and inverted them so the legs become antlers, but this year I think we’ll try your recipe – thank you, Heidi!

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    • Heidi says

      They really are so fun to make AND eat! 🙂 I’ve seen the inverted gingerbread men and those are really cute too, Lisa!

      Reply

  21. Carol says

    I did a post a few years ago about making reindeer cookies and showed several ways to do it. I think this is one of the cutest and easiest. Yours is so cute!

    Reply

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