Description
Adorably festive peanut butter cookies topped with chocolatey reindeer faces—easy, cute, and holiday-perfect.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup Peanut butter
- 1 cup Mini peanut butter cups
- 1 ½ cups All-purpose flour
- ½ cup Butter
- ½ cup Granulated sugar
- ½ cup Brown sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- ¼ tsp Salt
- Pretzel twists (for antlers)
- Candy eyes
- Red chocolate candies (for nose)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and lightly grease a mini muffin pan.
- Cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg and vanilla until smooth.
- Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt to form a soft dough.
- Roll dough into balls, place in muffin cups, and bake for 12–14 minutes.
- Immediately press a mini peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie.
- Decorate with pretzels for antlers, candy eyes, and a red candy nose; cool completely before serving.
Notes
- Ensure the cookies are completely cool before decorating.
- Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
- For a fun variation, try using different types of chocolate candies for the nose.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12–14 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 15mg