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These Reindeer Cookies are the cutest recipe for you to make during the holidays! Not only are they the perfect sugar cookies, but they are decorated just like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!
The Easiest Reindeer Cookies
These cookies are the easiest cookie to make during the holidays – and the kids can help! I use my amazing sugar cookie recipe that everyone will love–including Santa! You can also use refrigerated cookie dough for a semi-homemade option – no one will know.
You can make this recipe even more simple by buying dough and frosting from the store or you can make my own frosting! To make the recipe just like a reindeer, I added a red M&M for a red noise, and chocolate covered pretzels for the best antlers. How cute are they? They’re perfect for a Christmas party.
Ingredients Needed
- Sugar Cookie Dough: Use store-bought or homemade!
- Vanilla Frosting: Store-bought frosting is great, or you can make mine!
- Red M&Ms: Make these reindeer just like Rudolph!
- Chocolate Covered Pretzels: For the antlers – you can also use plain mini pretzel twists.
- Candy Eyes or chocolate chips
How to make Adorable Reindeer Cookies
- Bake in a preheated oven according to package or recipe directions on a baking sheet. Place on a wire rack to cool.
- Frost with vanilla icing, then add your decorations.
- Place two eyes (or chocolate chip eyes), an M&M red nose, and mini pretzel antlers on each cookie.
Expert Tips
- Take some work off your own plate and have the kids make these! They are so easy that you’ll barely need to help!
- Use any kind of cookie to make this recipe – a chocolate sugar cookie or even peanut butter cookie would be fantastic.
- You can even use chocolate frosting if you like!
- You can store these cookies in the freezer if you’re making them ahead. They’ll be the hit of the cookie swap.
FAQs
You can! Freeze them in an airtight container for up to 3 months!
Rudolph the Reindeer Cookies Recipe
Recipe Video
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 recipe easy sugar cookies (or use one package break and bake squares)
- 1 tub vanilla frosting or use homemade (see note)
Rudolph Cookies
- Red M&Ms
- Chocolate Covered Pretzels
- Eyeball candies or chocolate chips
Christmas Light Cookies (aka Stranger Things Cookies)
- ½ cup chocolate chips Or use frosting
- Candy-coated sunflower seeds
Cookie Cups
- Christmas sprinkles or mini M&Ms
Instructions
- For cookies: bake according to package or recipe directions on a cookie sheet.
- For cookie cups: spray a mini muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place one break-n-bake square (or about 1 tablespoon cookie dough) in each muffin cavity.
- Bake 8-12 minutes, or until done. Cool completely.
- To make Rudolph: frost with vanilla icing. Place two eyes (or chocolate chip eyes), an M&M red nose, and two chocolate covered pretzel antlers on each cookie.
- To make Christmas Light cookies: Frost with vanilla icing. Melt chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave (about 1-2 minutes, stirring each 30 seconds). If the mixture is too thick, add a drizzle of oil to thin. Place in a ziploc bag and cut off one tip. Pipe the light strand on the cookie. (You could also use a licorice rope for this.) Place candy sunflower seed “lights” on the strand.
- To make the cookie cups: frost with vanilla frosting and sprinkle with Christmas sprinkles or candies.
Thank you for making my holiday cookie exchange so easy! Everyone oohed and aahed over these cute cookies!