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Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Candy Bars – Edible Christmas Craft

Published: Dec 6, 2012 · Recipe by: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

This Christmas, get everyone into a festive mood by transforming ordinary chocolate bars into these Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Candy Bars. I guarantee this super easy treat will bring lots of smiles to kids of all ages.

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, the T.V. special, was shown every year when I was young and I couldn’t wait to see all my favorite characters come to life on our television. The show featured cute animals, silly elves, and even a big monster, but ultimately the story was about human nature. Hermey wanted to follow his dream of becoming a dentist, Charlie in the Box and Dollie longed to be loved, and Rudolph desired acceptance from others. Although I could never relate to Hermey’s goal of becoming a dentist, I definitely empathize with his drive to do the one thing that made him happy and I’m fortunate enough to have succeeded in following my dream of creating sweet treats.

Over the years, I’ve seen lots of Christmas crafts where people wrap candy bars to look like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and I think they are adorable, so I decided to create a candy bar reindeer with all edible decorations. I kept this project really simple, using all store bought candies. Kids will have a great time making these, and eating them too!

This Christmas, get everyone into a festive mood by transforming ordinary chocolate bars into these Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Candy Bars. I guarantee this super easy treat will bring lots of smiles to kids of all ages.

Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Candy Bars

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Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Candy Bars - Edible Christmas Craft
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
 
Turn Ordinary Chocolate Bars in Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Candy Bars
Course: Treats and Snacks
Cuisine: Christmas
Keyword: christmas desserts, reindeer candy bars, reindeer desserts
Servings: 1
Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Ingredients
  • 1 Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bar per reindeer
  • 2 squares of caramel per reindeer
  • 2 candy eyes per reindeer*
  • 1 red Peanut M&M per reindeer
  • kitchen shears scissors
  • optional a leaf shaped cookie cutter (or use a large reindeer cookie cutter)
  • *I used 1/2 inch royal icing eyes that I purchased from a cake/candy supply store on-line, but you can also draw a black pupil using a food coloring marker on any small white candies like M&M's, Smarties, or white chocolate chips.
Instructions
  1. Unwrap your candy bars and caramels.
  2. Flatten the caramels, by pressing on them with your fingers. If necessary, heat them in the microwave for a few seconds to soften them.
  3. Use kitchen shears to cut an oval that is about 2/3rds of the width of your candy bars.
  4. Press the oval near the bottom edge of your candy bar.
  5. Press one red Peanut M&M into the caramel oval.
  6. Press one tiny piece of caramel onto the back of each candy eye then press the eyes onto the candy bars just above the caramel oval.
  7. Use a leave cookie cutter or kitchen shears to cut antlers. I cut out a leaf then cut it in half and it worked perfectly.
  8. Press the caramel antlers onto the top half of the candy bar.
  9. Serve them on a platter at your party, or wrap them in clear cellophane bags to give as Christmas treats.

Unwrap your candy bars and caramels. Flatten the caramels, by pressing on them with your fingers. If necessary, heat them in the microwave for a few seconds to soften them. Use kitchen shears to cut an oval that is about 2/3rds of the width of your candy bars. Press the oval near the bottom edge of your candy bar. Press one red Peanut M&M into the caramel oval.

Press one tiny piece of caramel onto the back of each candy eye then press the eyes onto the candy bars just above the caramel oval.

Use a leave cookie cutter or kitchen shears to cut antlers. I cut out a leaf then cut it in half and it worked perfectly. Press the caramel antlers onto the top half of the candy bar.

Serve them on a platter at your party, or wrap them in clear cellophane bags to give as Christmas treats.

Be sure to check out all my fun Christmas Recipes!

Find over 100 wonderful Christmas Recipes to make cute desserts, festive party food, and homemade gifts at HungryHappenings.com. See step-by-step and video tutorials so you can easily recreate all the fun food crafts, sweet treats, and savory appetizers at home.

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About the Author, Beth Jackson Klosterboer

Beth is a professional chocolatier, recipe developer, event planner, and cookbook author who loves to make fun food.

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Comments

  1. Jamie

    December 7, 2013 at 4:45 am

    I am so excited to make this for my preschoolers for a Christmas present! Also, I love your hair! It's so perfect!

    Reply
  2. Linda Gangi

    December 18, 2012 at 11:19 pm

    Love it! This caught my eye from a blog hop and I would love to feature you on Home Cooking this Wednesday. Hope you stop by and maybe grab my button. Thanks for sharing this awesome idea. Happy Holidays!
    http://gangi-homecooking.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  3. HungryLittleGirl

    December 17, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    Love how simple this one is – means, I can do them too!

    Reply
  4. Erin

    December 12, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    Oh my gosh! These are so cute!

    Reply
  5. CuteEverything.com

    December 12, 2012 at 6:29 am

    What a creative and fun idea, it's pretty simple, too, love it!

    Reply
  6. Randi~Dukes and Duchesses

    December 12, 2012 at 2:20 am

    Absolutely adorable! My kids would love it!

    Reply
  7. Brenda

    December 10, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    So stinkin' cute and simple! I am a new pinner … I pinned it 🙂

    Reply
  8. Trish - Sweetology101

    December 10, 2012 at 4:01 am

    YES~! I could just HUG YOU!!! I needed a fun treat for Sophia's class and THIS IS IT!!!!!!!

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      December 10, 2012 at 12:20 pm

      Hug accepted 🙂 Hope you have fun making your candy bars.

      Reply
  9. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

    December 9, 2012 at 5:13 am

    I love these so much! Such perfect clean lines! I know my granbabies will love them too. 🙂

    Reply
  10. Sweet and That's it

    December 8, 2012 at 10:47 am

    Great tutorial, they are wonderfully cute!
    Thanks for sharing…
    I've shared on my FB page.

    Reply
    • Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      December 8, 2012 at 1:20 pm

      Thanks for sharing 🙂

      Reply
  11. The Partiologist

    December 7, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    I love everything you used to make these, I would so eat the whole thing even though they are so cute!

    Reply
  12. Lisa

    December 7, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    so dang CUTE! 🙂

    Reply
  13. Jo and Sue

    December 7, 2012 at 3:47 am

    Love the whole cutting the leaf in 2 for the antlers! Great idea 🙂

    Reply
  14. Michelle | Creative Food

    December 7, 2012 at 3:39 am

    These are so cute!! Such a simple idea to decorate a candy bar 🙂

    Reply
  15. Alexandra

    December 6, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    So simple and so cute. Great idea.

    Reply
  16. Roula

    December 6, 2012 at 7:06 pm

    Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  17. Tiffany Yang

    December 6, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    Too too too cute! So simple too! Love it!

    Reply
  18. sugarswings

    December 6, 2012 at 5:17 pm

    love these! and that you used caramels for the details 🙂

    Reply

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