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I live in a town that has a population of about 1,200 people. We don’t have a grocery store or even a full sized traffic light (We do have two blinking lights, though!). We have one gas station and a Dollar General. The gas station has a few basic grocery items like bread and milk but the prices are close to double what you’d pay in a grocery sore. For our town, our Dollar General is exremely convenient because their prices are what you’d see in a grocery store (if not cheaper) and we can access the items without driving 15+ minutes to another town.
I recently had a craving for no-bake cookies which are a family favorite. In years past I had considered making no-bake cookies for our Chrismas parties but they didn’t seem quite festive enough. I thought I would try making them more “chriastmassy”. I thought I could turn the no-bake cookies into Rudolph and Onament designs so I headed to Dollar General to stock up on ingredients! Almost everything I needed was available in the Dollar General store brand which is Clover Valley.
Step 1: Combine milk, sugar and butter on the stove top.
Step 2: Combine oats, peanut butter and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl.
Step 3: Bring stovetop mixture to a boil and keep it boiling for 60 seconds.
Step 4: Remove stovetop mixture from heat and pour into the mixing bowl.
Step 5: Mix contents of bowl thoroughly.
Step 6: Create 2-2.5 inch cookies on waxed paper. For making reindeer, leave a little peanut butter nobake left over. For making ornaments, make the cookies flattened circlces instead of leaving them lumpy.
To make Reindeer or Rudolph nobakes:
Ingredients: Chocolate + Peanut butter nobakes from above, mini pretzle twists and mini marshmellows. If making rudolph, a red m&m or other circular red candy.
1. Start with your round, flat chocolate nobake.
2. Add about 1/2 teaspoon of Peanut Butter no-bake batter towards the bottom center of the cookie to create the nose/mouth.
3. Take a mini marshmellow and cut it in half length wise. Place the marshmellow halves to create eyes.
4. Place two mini pretzles on the top of either side of the cookie to create the antlers.
5. To make rudolph, place a red m&m on the top center of the nose.
Let cool for 45 minutes and they’ll be ready to enjoy!
To make no-bake ornaments:
Ingredients: Chocolate no-bakes OR peanut butter no-bakes from above, miniature marshmellows, sour strip candy (or twizzlers), other candy for decoration.
1. Start with a round, flat no-bake cookie.
2. Take a mini-marshmellow and cut a slit in it length-wise.
3. Tear off a sour candy strip (or twizzler piece) about 3 inches long. Form a loop and then place both ends of the loop into the slit in the marshmellow.
4. Place the marshmellow on top of the cookie.
5. Use candy to decorate the cookie like an ornament. I used sour strips of candy to create zig-zags and m&m’s to create polka dots.
Let cool for 45 minutes and they’ll be ready to enjoy!
Hi there! I am Emily Evert, the owner of Emily Reviews. I am 28 and live in a small town in Michigan with my boyfriend Ryan and our two pugs. I have a large family and I adore my nieces and nephews. I love reading memoirs, and learning about child development and psychology. I love watching The Game of Thrones, Teen Mom, Sister Wives and Veep. I like listening to Jason Isbell, John Prine, and other alt-country or Americana music. I created Emily Reviews as a creative outlet to share my life and the products that I love with others.
the chocolate no bake cookies are my fav!! oatmeal and chocolate is a combo you can’t beat. we made the reindeer cookies last year with PB cookies but I like this no bake idea better
I’ve loved no-bakes ever since I was a kid. They were my favorite dessert to get in the school cafeteria. Peanut Butter is a great way to boost the nutrition in the kid’s snacks too. Love the cute pretzel antlers!
Rudolph is cute but I really love the ornament. I like the no bake idea and they are easy to eat and are usually a softer cookie. These would also make a great platter cookie for a giveaway to a postman or teacher.
Wow these came out so adorable!!! Forget making sugar cookies and all that decorating these are even cuter! and shhh sooo much easier and yet very effective – and no oven to fire up. I want to make these!
Because the Rudolph & Ornament No-bake Cookies look as delicious as it does, I can’t wait to try this special recipe out. I only hope I will be able do as good as you did and maybe put them on my tree this year.
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These look so cute and easy! Going to have to make them with my boys!