Black Friday was last week … Cyber Monday was yesterday … we must have all of our shopping done … right? I sure don’t! It will get done, but right now I’m ready to bake cookies and I did.
Do you like those peanut butter cookies with the chocolate candy kiss in the middle? Well, you’ll love these cookies! They are not only peanut butter cookies … the chocolate that you see, also has peanut butter filling and they are reindeer!
You know that I had to protect my cookies from the hubby and anyone else that came in the kitchen! I was standing there with a wooden spoon making idle threats … don’t touch the cookies until I get photos! Everyone cooperated and no cookies (or family members) were harmed 😉
I made a batch of my Favorite Peanut Butter Cookie Dough (could be made a few days ahead and stored in the refrigerator) and used a few additional items to make 48 Peanut Butter & Chocolate Reindeer Cookies …
- about 3/4 cup granulated sugar to roll the cookie dough before baking
- 48 peanut butter filled chocolate bells from SweetWorks (they also have solid chocolate)
- red and white pearls from SweetWorks
- a black AmeriColor Gourmet Writer
- 48 small twist pretzels
Make the cookie dough and roll into balls, roll in sugar, place on a parchment lined baking sheet …
Bake at 350°F for 11 minutes, remove from oven, immediately place a bell (on its side) in the center of each cookie and gently press down into cookie (the cookie will have cracks) …
Let the bell melt a little before proceeding … everything else will stick to the chocolate if it is melted … insert pretzel antlers where the flat part of the bell meets the cookie …
Add a red pearl nose … place it on the cookie and give it a little push so that it touches the melty chocolate and adheres …
The eyes are tricky … the chocolate must be melty or they may roll off …
Now you must be patient again! Sorry to be so bossy … don’t want you to make the make the same mistakes that I did 😉 Let the chocolate harden back up and finish the eyeball with the edible black marker …
We are done!!! Shall we sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer … oh, go ahead and have some fun!
I tried to fix that runaway eyeball 🙂
Are you baking, shopping or ??? I always enjoy your comments!
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Peanut butter blossoms are my favorite and now I can add these. They look yummy. I want some 🙂
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Thank you Rebecca 😉 Make them … they will make you happy!
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So much fun! I’m pretty sure my husband would have been drooling and impatiently waiting to eat some too.
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Thank you Beth 😉 Husbands seem to hang around the kitchen while cookies are in the oven!
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How about using the eyes they have at Target or Michaels
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Those would work too!
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I ended up making these for a cookie swap, I learned a few things. I bought the Hershey bells and added the eyes from Michaels craft stores with frosting and then a cinnamon hot for the nose with a dab of frosting. I then froze all 144 heads in my freezer. I found that by having them frozen it was easier to place them in the cookie when they came out of the oven. So I stuck the heads in and then added a dab of frosting behind it and placed in the pretzel for the antlers. They were a hit at my cookie swap but a lot of work for 12 dozen!!! Thanks for this great recipe!
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Kim … 12 dozen !!! Kudos to you 🙂 I am happy that you found a system that works for you … we can all learn little tricks from each other … thank you for sharing!
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THEY LOOK SO CUTE, MY ACCOUNTANT HAS TRIPLETS AND I ALWAYS LOOK FOR SOMETHING CUTE TO GIVE THEM
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Thank you Linda 🙂
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LOL They are so CUTE.
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Thanks Anna … they made me laugh 😉
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Truly creative one . And are definitely flavorsome too. 🙂 🙂
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Thank you 😉
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These reindeers are adorable. You always come up with the cuties ideas.
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Thank you so much Ellen 😉
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Oh Mighty Creative One, these are adorable. Such a wonderful creation of favorite edibles; peanut butter and chocolate :} Another creation added to your book
I was thinking maybe about using/ trying white chocolate chips for the eyes, point side down and using edible black marker for dot in center of eye.
Have a wonderful and enjoyable weekend and stay warm.
Going to get pretty nasty here the next few days. :{
ColleenB.
Texas
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Thank you so much!!! Please share your results with the white chips … it’s always nice to have options 😉
It’s getting cooler here in Los Angeles … rain on Saturday! Come back tomorrow for more cookies!
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These cookies are just too adorable! I think we’ll be making these for Reese’s class 🙂 Pinned!
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Thank you so much Trish 🙂
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Very Cute!
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Thank you Karene 🙂
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oh that reindeer with the busted eye looks like he is suffering so i guess i’all have to eat him to put him outta his misery! 🙂 and whatta ya know, i just made Santa cookies like these over the weekend! will post soon… they kinda match your reindeer-great minds think alike 🙂
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Thank you so much Lisa … can’t wait to see your Santa cookies 😉
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Those are so stinking cute!!!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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