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I headed to Walmart to pick up my Nutter Butter Cookies, melting chocolate, pretzels, and the finishing touches. You can find them in the cookie aisle; look for the red package! They even have a nice coupon available right now!
After you get all your supplies, you should make an assembly line because this makes this easiest. Make sure you have some parchment paper laid out, because the cookies won’t stick to that once coated in chocolate! You are going to assemble the cookies one at a time; dip into the melted chocoalte and place onto the paper. Then, dip the bottom of the pretzel in chocolate and stick on the top as the antlers. Next, you will dip the tips of the straight pretzels into the chocolate and stick those against the ‘body’. Then, put a tiny bit of chocolate on the red candy and place it on the nose, and last set the eye candy on the top of the head. You get the point?
Just a tip, when you put the antler pretzels on the top, they will not stay in position until dry. You need to prop something under the pretzel to hold it up. In this case, I just used a row of non chocolate coated Nutter Butter cookies because they were the perfect height. In about 20 minutes when the chocolate is set, you can remove and voila – they are hardened and staying in place on their own. Also, don’t worry too much about the legs, as long as the melted chocolate is touching the melted chocolate on the body, it will dry together. It will seem wobbly and not great while wet, but once it sets it will be perfect.
- 24 Nutter Butter Cookies
- 2 cups melted milk chocolate (either a whole bag of morsels or about a 1/2 brick of almond bark)
- 1 TBS crisco
- 12 stick pretzels, snapped in half
- 24 mini pretzels
- 24 red circular candies (whatever variety you prefer)
- 24 eye candies (these can be found in the baking section at Walmart or ordered online)
- Parchement paper for laying the cookies
- 1. Add crisco to the bowl of melted chocolate and stir until well combined; set aside.
- 2. Working one cookie at a time, dip a Nutter Butter into the melted chocolate (I just used a form and tapped off excess chocolate before placing on paper) and place onto the paper.
- 3. Dip the bottom of the mini pretzel in chocolate and stick on the top as the antlers.
- 4. Dip the tips of the straight pretzels into the chocolate and stick those against the ‘body’.
- 5. Dab a tiny bit of chocolate on the red candy and place it on the nose. Set the eye candy on the top of the head (you shouldn't have to add chocolate for this step).
- 6. Repeat for all cookies.
- Allow at least 30 minutes to dry, but the longer the better.
- Just a tip, when you put the antler pretzels on the top, they will not stay in position until dry. You need to prop something under the pretzel to hold it up. In this case, I just used a row of non chocolate coated Nutter Butter cookies because they were the perfect height. In about 20 minutes when the chocolate is set, you can remove and voila – they are hardened and staying in place on their own. Also, don’t worry too much about the legs, as long as the melted chocolate is touching the melted chocolate on the body, it will dry together. It will seem wobbly and not great while wet, but once it sets it will be perfect.
These were so fun to make and EVERYONE loves them! The kids especially! One kid may or may not have thought it was a pig, but who cares – it looks like Rudolph to me!
Thanks for visiting!
– Allyson
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