This fun chocolate chip reindeer cake has the taste of a chocolate chip cookie cake and the look of Santa’s reindeer! It’s an adorable Christmas treat for serving at your next holiday party!
While cookie is cooling, make your buttercream. Whip the butter until it is fluffy, then add the vanilla.
1/4 cup unsalted butter, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Slowly add the powdered sugar a little at a time and continue to beat until it is a good consistency. If too thick, add milk a teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency.
2 cups powdered sugar
Transfer buttercream to a piping bag with a star tip.
After the cookie is completely cooled, slice it into 8 even pieces, but do not separate.
Pipe two dollops of frosting on the edge of each piece to hold the antlers,then a small dot of frosting for each eye and a small dot of frosting on the tip for the nose on each piece.
On each individual piece, gently press two pretzels, upright, into the frosting for antlers. Then on the frosting dots on each piece, place two eyes and a brown M&M for 7 noses and one red M&M for the last nose. (Hello, Rudolf!) Add sprinkles if desired.
16 mini pretzels, 16 small candy eyes, 7 brown M&M"s candies, 1 red M&M's candy, sprinkles
Serve immediately.
Notes
Avoid people fighting over who gets Rudolph by giving them all red noses, or none of them red noses. They all pretty much taste the same and they look cute with brown and red noses!Store the reindeer cake in an airtight container for up to five days. If you know you’re not going to eat it right away, make the cookie cake first then make the buttercream, frost, and decorate right before serving.Freeze this reindeer cake in an airtight container for up to three months before frosting. If you’ve already frosted and decorated, simply scrape off the frosting before freezing. If you want to thaw separately, you can wrap individual pieces of the cake in plastic wrap before putting into a bag.Cut the cake once it’s completely cooled with a plastic knife using a sawing motion. This will give you the best chance of keeping it from destroying the slices!