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No-Bake Santa Oreo Cookies

No-Bake Santa Oreo Cookies

These No-Bake Santa Oreo Cookies turn Golden Oreos into festive little Santa faces with melted white chocolate and simple candy decorations. They’re an easy Christmas treat to make without the oven and the decorating is half the fun!
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PREP: 25 minutes
SET: 20 minutes
TOTAL: 45 minutes
Servings: 12 cookies
Course: Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 12 vanilla sandwich cookies such as Golden Oreos
  • 4.9 ounces white chocolate roughly chopped
  • 2.8 ounces red candy melts
  • 12 red chocolate candies
  • 6 mini marshmallows cut in half
  • Black decorating icing as needed

Instructions
 

  1. Line a tray or baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Cut each mini marshmallow in half so you have 12 small pieces for Santa’s hat pom-poms.
  3. Roughly chop the white chocolate. Melt it gently in a double boiler or microwave it in 15–20 second intervals, stirring between each one, until completely smooth.
  4. Dip the bottom half of each cookie into the melted white chocolate, leaving a strip in the center uncovered for Santa’s face.
  5. Place the cookies on the prepared tray. While the white chocolate is still soft, press one red chocolate candy into the center of each cookie to make the nose.
  6. Let the cookies sit until the white chocolate begins to set.
  7. Melt the red candy melts according to the package directions.
  8. Dip the top portion of each cookie into the red coating, leaving the face area uncovered to create Santa’s hat.
  9. Before the red coating sets, gently press half a mini marshmallow onto one side of each hat for the pom-pom.
  10. Let the cookies cool completely until both coatings are fully set.
  11. Add two small dots of black decorating icing for Santa’s eyes.
  12. Let the icing dry completely before moving or storing the cookies.

Notes

  • Work while the coating is soft. Add the red candy nose before the white chocolate sets and add the marshmallow while the red candy coating is still wet. That’s what makes everything stick without needing extra icing.
  • Microwave the chocolate gently. Short bursts and plenty of stirring help keep the white chocolate smooth instead of overheating it.
  • Let everything set before adding the eyes. This gives you a cleaner little Santa face and keeps the icing where you actually put it.
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