Easy Christmas Chocolate Dipped Treats
School break time is here and these chocolate dipped treats are the funnest activity for busy little hands! These chocolate dipped snowmen, reindeer and santas are also perfect for parties, neighbor gifts, and treats! You and your kiddos will have so much fun dipping cookies in chocolate and decorating with candy. And the best part? These treats require NO BAKING, just decorating! Win win!
I tried to include as much information as possible to help save you from this:
Because a few of these ingredients can be tricky. Always be sure to keep your melting chocolate fairly warm while working to prevent stickyness or clumping and move fast when dipping in the red sugar!
1. Chocolate Dipped Reindeer
I listed these first because they are the EASIEST of the bunch and I personally think they're the most delicious! I love a good dark chocolate and peanut butter combo!
Supplies Needed:
Wax Paper
Chocolate Melts
Method:
Melt down melting chocolates according to instructions on packaging.
Lay out pretzel "antlers" on wax paper.
Dip Nutter Butters in chocolate with a fork, making sure to completely submerge them.
Place on laid out antlers and immediately decorate with M&M noses and googly eyes.
Allow to cool before moving/eating.
2. White Chocolate Snowmen
Supplies Needed:
Wax Paper
White Chocolate Melts
Food Coloring Markers
Method:
Melt down melting chocolates according to instructions on packaging.
Dip Nutter Butters in white chocolate with a fork, making sure to completely submerge them.
Place on wax paper and immediately decorate with M&M buttons and ear muffs and googly eyes.
Allow to cool and then draw on faces with food coloring markers (or buy this icing to draw).
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3. Santa Cookies
You'll notice that some of these are nutter butters and some of these are milano cookies. They both turn out darling, so I would just go with whichever is your favorite! Be sure to tap off some of the extra white chocolate before dipping in the red sugar to prevent too much sliding.
Supplies:
Nutter Butters or Milano Cookies
White Melting Chocolate
Wax Paper
Method:
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Melt down melting chocolates according to instructions on packaging.
Dip Cookies in white chocolate on top and bottom, leaving space in the middle, tapping off any excess.
Immediately dip the top of the cookie in red sugar.
Place on wax paper on and decorate with an M&M nose and hat poof and googly eyes.
Allow to cool before moving/eating.
4. Mini Santas
Did you know Mini Milano Cookies existed??! I love the look of these implied santa faces. If you're missing the googly eyes they can still be added for silly mini santa faces!
Supplies:
White Melting Chocolate
Red Frosting
Wax Paper
Method:
Melt down melting chocolates according to instructions on packaging.
Dip Cookies in white chocolate on top and bottom, leaving space in the middle.
Immediately dip the top of the cookie in red sugar.
Place on wax paper on and decorate with a dab of red frosting for the nose and hat poof from a googly eye turned upside-down.
Allow to cool before moving/eating.
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5. Oreo Snowmen
Supplies:
Oreos (I love the mint ones for this!)
White Melting Chocolate
Food Coloring Markers or small candies
Sucker Sticks
Wax Paper
Ribbon
Method:
Melt down melting chocolates according to instructions on packaging.
Gently place the sucker sticks into the Oreo cookies. Be sure to smoosh them back together if they separate.
Dip Cookies in white chocolate being sure to complete submerge the Oreo, tapping off any excess.
Immediately dip the top of the cookie in red sugar.
Place on wax paper and decorate with an M&M hat poof.
Allow to cool and drawn on the face with the food coloring markers. Add a ribbon for some extra fun!
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What are some of your favorite quick and easy treats?? Let us know what you think!
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