3 Ingredient Reindeer Cookie Cups
These adorable 3-Ingredient Reindeer Cookie Cups are the easiest Christmas treat you’ll make this holiday season! Made with premade peanut butter cookie dough, Mini Reese’s Cups, pretzels, candy eyes, and red noses, they’re fun, festive, and perfect for kids, parties, cookie trays, and classroom celebrations.
Servings 24 cookie cups
Ingredients
- 1 package premade peanut butter cookie dough
- 24 Mini Reese’s Cups unwrapped
- 24 small pretzels
- 24 candy eyes
- 24 cinnamon candies or red M&Ms
Instructions
- Preheat your oven according to the temperature listed on the cookie dough package.
- Roll the dough into 24 small balls and place each one into a greased mini muffin tin.
- Bake until the edges are golden and the centers are just set.
- While warm, press a Mini Reese’s Cup into the center of each cookie cup.
- Add two pretzels at the top to create cute reindeer antlers.
- Press on the candy eyes while the cookie cups are still warm.
- Finish by adding a red cinnamon candy or M&M for the Rudolph nose.
- Allow the cookie cups to cool completely before removing from the pan so the chocolate can set.
Notes
Allow the cookie cups to cool completely before removing from the pan so the chocolate can set.
Make Ahead: You can bake the cookie cups the day before and decorate them the next morning so the pretzels stay perfectly crunchy. Freezer Tip: Freeze the undecorated cookie cups for up to a month. Thaw, then decorate to keep the reindeer faces crisp and cute. Allergy-Friendly Swap: If you need a peanut-free version, use sugar cookie dough and swap the Reese's for Rolos, Hershey’s Kisses, or another peanut-free chocolate.
Make Ahead: You can bake the cookie cups the day before and decorate them the next morning so the pretzels stay perfectly crunchy. Freezer Tip: Freeze the undecorated cookie cups for up to a month. Thaw, then decorate to keep the reindeer faces crisp and cute. Allergy-Friendly Swap: If you need a peanut-free version, use sugar cookie dough and swap the Reese's for Rolos, Hershey’s Kisses, or another peanut-free chocolate.