Adorable Reindeer Brownie Recipe

Name: Reindeer Brownie Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 box Brownie Recipe or Mix; 1 container Chocolate Frosting; 12 Nilla Wafers ((for muzzle)); White Mint Candies or Candy Eyeballs; Brown M&M's ((and a few red for Rudolph)); 24 Mini Pretzels ((antlers)); {a few chocolate chips melted to make dots on eyes if using white candies for eyeballs}

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This Adorable Reindeer Brownie Recipe will bring a little cuteness to your holidays! Not only delicious, but super easy to make!

Reindeer Brownie Recipe

Reindeer Brownie treats are my daughter’s favorite to make this time of year – it has become one of our holiday traditions. Well, those and these Christmas Fruit Kabobs. I find these reindeer pretty cute too 🙂 We brought them to a holiday party last year and they were a gigantic hit. But sometime they’re just a fun activity on a cold winter day. How could they not make you happy?

There are similar reindeer recipes that use cake mix instead of brownies, but I prefer to have the substantial base of the brownie to work with {as well as the rich chocolate yumminess}. You could certainly substitute cake if you prefer.

Making Reindeer Brownies

One year, I wasn’t able to find the white mint candies I usually use for the eyes on the Reindeer Brownies, but the grocery store had some pre-made eyes that worked just as well. Now I see them everywhere! Also, this time I used a brownie mix instead of making the brownies from scratch.

You can do whatever you like best and have time for! This goes for the chocolate frosting as well.

Reindeer Brownie Ingredients

Again, you could use any brownie or cake mix for this recipe.

Homemade brownies or boxed brownies
Mini Nilla Wafers
Mini pretzels
Chocolate frosting
Candy eyeballs
Brown and red M&Ms

Other Supplies

Cupcake pan
Cupcake liners

Make the brownies as you normally would, except bake them in a cupcake pan using whatever cupcake liner you like.

Once out of the oven, let the brownies cool completely before frosting and decorating them into adorable reindeer.

How To Decorate Reindeer Brownies

After you frost each brownie, you are ready to start adding your toppings to make your reindeer come to life. Start with your mini Nilla Wafer for the muzzle.

Next add your mini pretzels for antlers and your candy eyes. These should stay put just fine in the frosting.

And finish your reindeer off with a brown or red nose attached with a little frosting to hold it in place.

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Reindeer Brownie Recipe

This Adorable Reindeer Brownie Recipe will bring a little cuteness to your holidays! Not only delicious, but super easy to make!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 10 minutes

Servings 12

Author Erin Henry

Ingredients

1 box Brownie Recipe or Mix
1 container Chocolate Frosting
12 Nilla Wafers (for muzzle)
White Mint Candies or Candy Eyeballs
Brown M&M's (and a few red for Rudolph)
24 Mini Pretzels (antlers)
{a few chocolate chips melted to make dots on eyes if using white candies for eyeballs}

Instructions

Make brownie mix per the recipe on the box. Fill cupcake liners about 3/4 full.
Bake about 25-30 minutes or per box instructions. Cool completely.
Frost brownies.
Place a Nilla Wafer on each brownie for a muzzle (see photos above) then place pretzels above for antlers.
Attach the candy eyeballs or white mint candies. If using mint candies, melt down a few chocolate chips, put in a small plastic bag, snip off the tip to make a mini piping bag and "dot" little eyes in the center.
Use a little frosting to stick brown or red M&M's on for a nose and you're done!

Recipe Notes

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Hummm, how will you and your little reindeer celebrate the season? Holiday office party? Girl’s bunco night? Kid’s craft party? You decide and let me know!

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