Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Reindeer
To serve with hot cocoa.
Equipment
- 12 short lollipop sticks
- 1 pastry bag
Ingredients
- 2 cups chocolate chips, divided
- 12 marshmallows
- 24 small pretzels
- 24 candy eyes
- 12 cinnamon red hot candies or red plain M&M candies
Instructions
- Place 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave them in 30 second intervals, stirring between each interval, until they are melted.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Skewer a marshmallow on each lollipop stick. Dip the marshmallows into the melted chocolate so it's thoroughly covered. Shake off any excess then place each marshmallow pop on the baking sheet. Once the chocolate has hardened, melt the remaining 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and transfer it to a pastry bag.
- Pipe chocolate onto the back of each marshmallow, then attach two pretzels to form the antlers. Refrigerate until chocolate has hardened.
- Pipe two chocolate dots and attach the candy eyes, followed by piping a final chocolate dot in the center and attaching the cinnamon red hot nose (or red M&M candy)
- Repeat the decorating process with the remaining marshmallows. Refrigerate until chocolate has hardened.
- Allow the pops to sit until fully hardened. Put a marshmallow reindeer in a cup of hot cocoa to serve.