Santa Nutter Butters
Santa Nutter Butters dipped in a white chocolate and red candy melts for a delicious Christmas snack. Serve these Santa cookies up on a holiday charcuterie board with candy canes.
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These cute holiday cookies are fantastic fun for children. So easy to dip that everyone will love creating them. Great for cookie boards, charcuterie, and even cookies for Santa himself.
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No specialty equipment is needed to make these cookies. Just a few microwave safe bowls. I don’t use melting pots. Just a good old microwave.
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Melt the Ghirardelli’s white chocolate in a microwave safe bowl. Do this as directed on the package. It’s best to use 50 percent power or defrost mode. I use defrost mode.
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Melt the red candy melts in a microwave safe bowl. Do this as directed on the package. I use sweet tooth fairy brand for the best results. I just like how it melts nicely.
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Dip the bottom of the nutter into the melted white chocolate. Place the red M&M on the top of the white dipped area before the chocolate dries.
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With a pastry brush, brush on the red candy melts a the top. Place the white pearls on the edge for the ball of the hat.
![Santa Nutter Butters with red hat and white bottom with candy eyes.](https://www.mooshujenne.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SantaNutterButtersSmall16-683x1024.jpg)
Using some of the white candy melts add a little to the back of the eye candy and place onto the nutter butter. Repeat this to add all the eyes
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Tips For Santa Cookies
- Make sure to shake excess chocolate and candy melts off the cookies.
- Place the eyes, pearl, and M&M while the chocolate or candy melts are still wet. If it’s dry it won’t stick.
- Use parchment or freezer paper to sent them on for easy lift when dried.
- Use pastry brushes to put on the eyes and paint the hats.
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Make Ahead and Storing
You can make these one day ahead. If you make the peanut butter cookies to far in advance they get soft and stale. I like to make them the same day and store in an airtight container.
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Variations
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If you want a no bake cookie to make to set out for Santa then these Santa Nutter Butters are perfect for just that. Make the nutter butter cookies with ease. Check out a few other Christmas cookie recipes below.
Christmas Cookie Recipes:
- Gluten Free Peanut Butter Believe Cookies
- Hot Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
- Lingonberry Thumbprint Cookies
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Santa Nutter Butters
Ingredients
- 10 Nutter Butter cookies
- 10 red M&M’s
- 10 white candy sprinkle pearls
- 20 candy eye sprinkles
- 12 oz. bag red candy melts sweet tooth fairy
- 12 oz. bag white candy melts sweet tooth fairy
Instructions
- Melt the white candy melts as directed on the package.
- Dip the bottom half of the nutter butter into the white candy melts and place on a piece of parchment paper or freezer paper with the shiny side up. Stick the M&M's on each for the nose.
- Melt red candy melts as directed on the package. Using a small pastry brush, brush on red candy melts to the top of the nutter butters. Place the white pearls on the edge for the ball of the hat.
- Using some of the white candy melts add a little to the back of the eye candy and place onto the nutter butter. Repeat this to add all the eyes.
- Let dry and then serve!
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