For a quick and easy treat that no one can resist this Christmas, try Reese’s Cup Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. These festive little guys are so much fun to make, and they sure do disappear fast.
Aren’t these cute? I was inspired by a craft project I saw at a craft show. Wrapped peanut butter cups were glued together and had pipe cleaner antlers attached.
They are pretty simple to make and it will be a fun project to do with the kids. I don’t often post projects on Saturdays, but I just finished writing this late last night and I wanted you to have time to gather the supplies this weekend to make these Reese’s Cup Reindeer before school is out, because I think they will be the perfect little Christmas treat for holiday school parties.
They’d even be a fantastic edible craft for the kids to make at a holiday party.
Reese’s Cup Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Treats
- 2 miniature Reese's Cups
- "edible glue" - chocolate frosting or melted chocolate
- 1 thin strip from green Fruit Roll-Ups
- 2 1/4' or 3/8" candy eyes*
- 3 Tootsie Rolls Midgees or use larger Tootsie Rolls
- 1 red M&M
- *Candy eyes can be purchased at craft stores and cake/candy decorating stores as well as online. You can also make them yourself using royal icing. If you can't get them, use white candies, like Smarties and draw on a pupil using a food coloring marker or some frosting.
- kitchen shears pizza wheel, and/or knife
- optional: rolling pin
- optional: small leave shaped cookie cutter
- optional: round cookie cutter the size of the bottom side of a Reese's Cup Miniature 7/8 inch
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Unwrap your Reese's Cup Miniatures, removing the foil and the paper cup.
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Set one Reese's Cup, wide end down on your table.
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Put a small dab of edible glue (frosting or chocolate) on top of that Reese's Cup.
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Set another Reese's Cup on it's side on top of the edible glue.
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Cut thin strips from the green Fruit Roll-Ups.
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Wrap one strip around the middle of the Reese's Cup stack.
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Use a small dab of edible glue to attach two eyes to the top of the Reese's Cup stack.
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Unwrap Tootsie Rolls. Flatten them. You can use your fingers to flatten them, but a rolling pin works well too. If needed, you can heat them up in the microwave for a few seconds, just to soften them.
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Cut two antlers using kitchen shears, a knife, or a leaf shaped cookie cutter.
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Trim if using a leaf cutter.
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Cut a circle out of a Tootsie Roll using kitchen shears or a round cutter, making it the same size as the narrow end of a Reese's Cup (7/8 inch.)
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Use edible glue (frosting or chocolate) to attach the round piece of Tootsie Roll to the narrow end of the Reese's Cup.
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Attach the antlers to the back of the Reese's Cup and add a red M&M nose on top of the Tootsie Roll round.
Supplies:
optional: rolling pin
kitchen shears, pizza wheel, and/or knife
optional: small leave shaped cookie cutter
optional: round cookie cutter the size of the bottom side of a Reese’s Cup Miniature (7/8 inch)
Instructions:
- Unwrap your Reese’s Cup Miniatures, removing the foil and the paper cup.
- Set one Reese’s Cup, wide end down on your table.
- Put a small dab of edible glue (frosting or chocolate) on top of that Reese’s Cup.
- Set another Reese’s Cup on it’s side on top of the edible glue.
- Cut thin strips from the green Fruit Roll-Ups.
- Wrap one strip around the middle of the Reese’s Cup stack.
- Use a small dab of edible glue to attach two eyes to the top of the Reese’s Cup stack.
- Unwrap Tootsie Rolls.
- Flatten them.
- If needed, you can heat them up in the microwave for a few seconds, just to soften them.
- You can just use your fingers to flatten them, but a rolling pin works well too.
- Cut two antlers using kitchen shears, a knife, or a leaf shaped cookie cutter.
- Trim if using a leaf cutter.
- Yes, I realize mine look a bit like moose antlers, but I thought they were cute.
- If you want, you can make them look more realistic.
- Cut a circle out of a Tootsie Roll using kitchen shears or a round cutter, making it the same size as the narrow end of a Reese’s Cup (7/8 inch.)
- Use edible glue (frosting or chocolate) to attach the round piece of Tootsie Roll to the narrow end of the Reese’s Cup.
- Attach the antlers to the back of the Reese’s Cup and add a red M&M nose on top of the Tootsie Roll round.
Eat, if you can bear biting off Rudolph’s head, or just set them around your table at the holidays and enjoy their adorable faces. I’ll bet they disappear!
Be sure to check out all my fun Christmas Recipes!
I am in love with this! I am SO making this with my boys. xoxo- K
Really nice idea!
OH! then all your readers loved him, as they shouted out with GLEE!!!! 🙂
Excellent suggestion! I have a 7 years old nephew that would love this!
So cute…who knew cute could be so simple!! Love it!!
Yes, they are sooooooo cute!
So cute!! I thought I was done shopping for candy – might have to go out again, just for this stuff 🙂
Not only do I love what you did with these, I so appreciate the detail with pictures included which left nothing to the imagination. (Especially for sometimes artistically challenged such as myself…) Great job!
These are too~too cute! This is the most adorable candy Rudolph I've seen!! LOVE it. 🙂
Adorable!!!!
I can't even tell you how awesome these are. Well, I can but I just want to shout it…THESE ARE AWESOME!
ADORABLE!!! These are the cutest use of a Reeses peanut butter cup I've ever seen.
So so so cute !!!! Jus love it !!!
Soooo sweet 🙂
really cute idea! the kids will love this!
Super cute! Plus any excuse for a peanut butter cup is enough for me =) Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, these made me giggle just looking at them. I'm going to have to save this idea–I know I don't have time to make them before I have our family Christmas, but I HAVE to make them sometime!
Clever idea
These are so adorable and so easy to make! Love it!
very cute and I'm sure they're very tasty!