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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » Christmas

    Chocolate Pretzel Reindeer

    Modified: Dec 6, '23 · Published: Dec 3, '15 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

    This Christmas have fun in the kitchen decorating salty and sweet Chocolate Pretzel Reindeer with shiny red candy-coated chocolate noses and caramel antlers. They are as fun to make as they are to eat.

    chocolate-dipped pretzel reindeer with red candy noses, candy eyes, and caramel antlers.

    Are you ready for another chocolate pretzel craft?

    I just had to create Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer out of chocolate dipped pretzels.

    These were probably the easiest decorated chocolate pretzels I've made yet.

    They are so easy, in fact, that I'm going to just get right to the tutorial so you can go have some fun making your own reindeer.

    making chocolate pretzel reindeer using chocolate, dipping pretzels, Mega M&M's, candy eyes, and caramel.

    Let's make some chocolate-dipped pretzel reindeer.

    Ingredients

    (makes 20-24 reindeer)

    1 - 2 bags Snyder's Of Hanover Old Fashioned Dipping Sticks Pretzels, 12 OunceSnyder’s of Hanover Pretzel Dipping Sticks (some will be broken, so you may need 2 bags)
    18 ounces melted and tempered pure milk chocolate or melted Light Cocoa confectionery coating*
    40-48 caramels
    20-24 red candy melts or Mega M&M's
    40-48 jumbo candy eyes

    *See detailed information regarding using Candy Melts/Confectionery Coating and Pure Chocolate on my Chocolate Making Tips page. You will have extra chocolate leftover after dipping. Add some broken pretzels to it and spread it out on some parchment paper. Refrigerate until set, break, and enjoy a snack.

    Supplies

    chocolate dipping fork or kitchen fork
    parchment paper lined baking pans

    You can find items needed to make these Chocolate Pretzel Reindeer at Amazon.com. (affiliate links)
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    Dip pretzels into chocolate, line them up, and decorate to look like turkeys for Thanksgiving. See how at HungryHappenings.com.

    Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set one pretzel at a time in the chocolate. Remove using a dipping fork, allow excess to drip off, then set on parchment paper. Dip another pretzel and set it next to the first. Continue until you have 5 pretzels attached together.

    Refrigerate for 3-4 minutes until the chocolate sets.

    Repeat creating 20-24 groupings of chocolate dipped pretzels.

    decorating chocolate pretzel reindeer using caramel squares, candy eyes, and red candy noses.

    Unwrap your caramels, flatten them, then cut into antler shapes using kitchen scissors.

    Attach two caramel antlers, two candy eyes, and 1 red nose to the chocolate pretzels using melted chocolate.

    cute chocolate pretzel reindeer served on a white platter on a green background.

    If you don't want all your reindeer to be Rudolph, you can use brown noses instead of red.

    Have fun!


    Want to make more fun reindeer food crafts this Christmas?
    This Christmas have fun in the kitchen making and decorating reindeer food crafts and holiday treats.
    Reese's Cup Rudolph • Chocolate Rice Krispie Treat Reindeer
    Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Graham Cracker Pops • Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Candy Bars
    Caramel Reindeer Pops • Brownie Rudolph with Peanut Butter Candy Antlers
    Rudolph Looking to the Sky Chocolate Wrappers  • Milk Chocolate Rudolph Cupcake Wrappers
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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Cindy deRosier says

      December 07, 2015 at 1:37 pm

      ADORABLE!

      Reply
    2. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets says

      December 06, 2015 at 3:05 am

      Oh my reindeer! I enjoy every single visit to Hungry Happenings! Those caramels make the perfect antlers..and who doesn't love a chocolate , pretzel and caramel combo? Especially in the form of such a cute little reindeer! 🙂

      Reply
      • Beth says

        December 06, 2015 at 10:40 am

        I'm a huge chocolate caramel pretzel fan too! Thanks, Karen.

        Reply
    3. Tavette says

      December 04, 2015 at 10:11 am

      Oh - I can see the price of pretzel dipping sticks soaring after people get this post AND your snowman post. 🙂 Better get mine now so they're not sold out. Both SOOOO cute! I was thinking of putting a treat in a cello bag and then Rudolph or the snowman in another bag and tying them on to the bow.

      You must dream in chocolate and that's very LUCKY for us!

      Tavette - S. Fla.

      Reply
      • Beth says

        December 05, 2015 at 6:55 pm

        I do dream in chocolate! It's wonderful. I'm happy you plan to make these treats for Christmas. I hope your friends will love them.

        Reply
    4. Kristen says

      December 04, 2015 at 9:43 am

      These are so cute and they look so easy to make!

      Reply
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