Santa and Reindeer Truffles

Name: Santa and Reindeer Truffles
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters white candy melts, melted; 177 milliliters pink candy melts, melted; 473 milliliters light cocoa candy melts, melted; 48 mini chocolate chips, tips removed; 3 red fruit slices, halved crosswise; 237 milliliters mini marshmallows, halved crosswise; 17 brown and 4 red M&Ms Minis; 36 mini pretzel twists; 24 truffles (such as Ferrero Rocher or Lindt)

Santan and Reindeer Truffles might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 129 calories, 1g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. If you have pretzel twists, pink candy melts, cocoa candy melts, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Dip 18 truffles in melted light cocoa candy melts; allow excess to drip off.

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Candy Melts

Dip

Cocoa Powder

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Baking Sheet

Transfer to baking sheet. Spoon remaining melted light cocoa candy melts into a ziplock bag; seal bag

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Candy Melts

Cocoa Powder

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Baking Sheet

Dip remaining 6 truffles in melted pink candy melts; allow excess to drip off.

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Candy Melts

Dip

Transfer to baking sheet. Refrigerate until set, about 5 minutes

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Baking Sheet

Spoon melted white candy melts into a ziplock bag; seal bag. Snip very small corners from the ziplock bags that contain white and light cocoa candy melts. Pipe white candy onto the pink-coated truffles; attach half a red fruit slice to each as a hat. Attach marshmallows as the trim on each hat and as the beard and mustache.

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Marshmallows

Candy Melts

Candy

Cocoa Powder

Fruit

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Cut 3 red M&M's Minis in half and attach 1 to each truffle as a nose. Attach the mini chocolate chips for the eyes.

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Mini Chocolate Chips

M&ms

Pipe small dots of light cocoa candy melts on chocolate-coated truffles; on top of the melted dots, affix pretzel twists as antlers.

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Pretzel Twists

Candy Melts

Chocolate

Truffles

Cocoa Powder

Add brown and remaining red M&M's Minis as noses. Pipe small bits of white candy and attach mini chocolate chips as eyes. Refrigerate truffles until set, about 5 minutes.

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M&ms