These reindeer cookies are super easy to make and decorate with chocolate covered pretzels. They’ll add a lot of fun to your Christmas cookie plate!
This Peanut Butter Pretzel Reindeer Cookies Recipe makes some adorable treats that will dress up any plate of Christmas cookies or make a special surprise packed in a school lunch.
The recipe is super simple using store-bought cookie dough, but if you prefer to cook from scratch, you can use the cookie recipe that I have in this Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies recipe. – – Just skip the jelly part of course!
Kids can have fun helping to make these pretzel reindeer cookies because the job of adding the M&M eyes and nose and pretzels for antlers is perfectly suited for little hands.
To continue with the reindeer treat theme, pair these up with our Reindeer Hot Chocolate! You can package the two together for an awesome (and extremely cute) gift!
Peanut Butter Pretzel Reindeer Cookies Recipe
(Yield about 16 Cookies)
INGREDIENTS:
16.5 oz Roll Pillsbury Peanut Butter Cookie Dough (or use recipe here)
32 Chocolate Covered Pretzels
32 Brown M&M’s
16 Red M&M’s
How to Make Reindeer Pretzel Cookies:
Preheat oven to 350.
Scoop about 1 tablespoon size balls of dough.
Roll in your hands into a more elongated tapered shape.
Bake for about 10 minutes until edges just start to get brown.
Remove from oven and allow to cool on cookie sheet for just 1-2 minutes.
While cookies are still warm, press in 2 pretzels for antlers, 2 brown M&M’s for eyes and 1 red M&M for nose.
You need to do this on all cookies quickly in order for the items to stick. If they don’t stick after setting, you can melt chocolate to use as “glue” to fix any loose pieces.
Place in refrigerator or freezer to get the pieces to set up.
For some extra fun, team up these cookies with our Reindeer Hot Chocolate! Packaging the two together makes a really fun Christmas gift.
Peanut Butter Pretzel Reindeer Cookies
Ingredients
- 16.5 oz Roll Pillsbury Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
- 32 Chocolate Covered Pretzels
- 32 Brown M&M’s
- 16 Red M&M’s
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Scoop about 1 tablespoon size balls of dough. Roll in your hands into a more elongated tapered shape.
- Bake for about 10 minutes until edges just start to get brown.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool on cookie sheet for just 1-2 minutes.
- While cookies are still warm, press in 2 pretzels for antlers, 2 brown M&M’s for eyes and 1 red M&M for nose.You need to do this on all cookies quickly in order for the items to stick.
- If they don’t stick after setting, you can melt chocolate to use as “glue” to fix any loose pieces.
- Place in refrigerator or freezer to get the pieces to set up.
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Shirley Wood says
Love these! Perfect for Christmas parties. We’d love for you to stop by and share this with us at the Ultimate Cookies & Goodies party!
Sherri Lewis says
I will have to pin this for the next Christmas…. they would be so cute to take to one of the family gatherings
amy deeter says
yummy.wish i would have made these for christmas.i might still make them even though christmas is done with
Sarah L says
My friend had some of these at her Christmas Eve party and they were a big hit. So cute you almost didn’t want to eat them.
Tanya Holland says
My girls would love to make these. They are adorable. I would have to use another kind of cookie because my oldest had a peanut allergy.
Chrysa says
You could do the same thing with sugar cookies!
Jean says
These are absolutely adorable. I think I’m going to try making them with my two daughters this weekend!
Sarah L says
I like how fun and easy these are. Very cute.
Ravialo says
Super cute and very creative!! Wow, this really reminds me of the Halloween cookies and treats my mom would make for us when we were kids, like “spiders” made out of chocolate rice crispies balls with stick pretzels as legs.. Thanks for the great idea!!
Wendy T says
We’re doing a recipe exchange at work and one of the ladies loves peanut butter. So I’m going to make this part of the recipes I share with her. I’m trying to tailor them to each person’s faves.
Jen V says
Those are just adorable! This time of year is so busy. I love that you used ready-made cookie dough. I will have to make these with the kids this year.