1. Apple Reindeer Snack:
Grandma may not be too keen on them, but I wouldn’t mind being run over by these cute and healthy reindeer. They may not be able to fly, but as a delicious sweet-and-salty snack, they’re pretty fantastic! If your kids are like mine, they’ll love making this holiday recipe as an after-school snack — just have everything ready when they come home, and let them do all the work! (Try to name all of Santa’s reindeer while you’re making them.)
What You’ll Need:
1 apple
10 pretzel rings
5 raisins (1 dried cranberry or red M&M if you want to make Rudolph)
10 mini chocolate chips
To Make Reindeer Apple Snack:
Core apple and slice into thin large circles. Use a vitamin bottle to cut small circles out of the apples. Place 2 mini chocolate chips on each circle for the reindeer eyes. Add a raisin underneath the mini chocolate chips for the nose. Place a pretzel ring on the apple to finish the reindeer face. Arrange reindeer faces on a plate. (Make sure to leave room for the antlers!) Gently break pretzel rings in half and put in place for the antlers.)
2. Reindeer Pancakes:
To make reindeer pancakes, whip up your favorite pancake recipe. Use one pancake as face (I chose one that was a little, ahem, overdone. It looked brown like a reindeer!) Cut antlers out of another pancake. You can either freehand-cut them, or use a cookie cutter. I used an oak leaf-shaped cookie cutter. You could use a flower cutter, and cut it in half, etc. Just use your imagination.
Cut a mini marshmallow in half for whites of eyes, and lay on pancake sticky side up. You can affix the marshmallows to the pancake with a dab of syrup if you want. Put brown mini M&Ms on marshmallows for pupils. Dab syrup on bottom of pancake and place red M&M for nose. Easy!
You could also substitute raisins and a craisin for the pupils and nose.
3. GUNTHER The Sandwhich Reindeer:
To make GUNTHER, make any sandwich you would like. Use a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut out the head. Cut a mini marshmallow in half. Press mini choc chips on the sticky side for eyes. A red M&M for the nose. Use scraps of the sandwich for ears. Cut pieces of crust for the antlers.
Now it’s time to frolic and play!!!
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