Reindeer Meals Recipe | Cookies and Cups

Why You’ll Love This Reindeer Meals Recipe

It’s a convention in our home to sprinkle “reindeer meals” on our garden on Christmas Eve, to draw Santa’s reindeer. It additionally provides Dancer, Prancer, and firm one thing to eat whereas Santa is inside leaving us presents (and consuming cookies)! Right here’s why you’ll be making this enjoyable craft each Christmas any more:

• Fast to make. This magical reindeer meals recipe is such a enjoyable exercise for teenagers, whereas they’re making it and after they’re sprinkling it over the garden afterward!
• Pantry elements. You want solely two elements: oats and sugar. I take advantage of coloured sugar to provide this reindeer meals recipe a Christmassy spin.
• Straightforward gifting. Reindeer meals is a simple last-minute hostess reward, or you can also make it for buddies, neighbors, and academics. I used to make the youngsters in my son’s class a bit of bag of reindeer meals to go of their goodie luggage earlier than the vacation break.

Methods to Make Reindeer Meals

To make reindeer meals, all you want is oats (any sort) plus white, pink, and inexperienced sugar. You’ll be able to combine the elements and add every part to a present bag, or, do what I love to do and layer the elements right into a piping bag for a fairly presentation. Right here’s how:

Ideas and Variations

• Shade the sugar your self. When you’ve got granulated sugar however not pink or inexperienced sugar within the pantry, you possibly can coloration white sugar utilizing pink and inexperienced meals coloring. Simply add a couple of drops to a bowl of sugar, and blend.
• Make sure that it’s biodegradable. Oats and sugar are secure for sprinkling on the bottom. For those who swap or change the elements on this reindeer meals recipe, take care that something you employ isn’t dangerous to the setting. Keep away from glitter, for instance. You don’t need any actual woodland creatures choking in your magical reindeer meals!
• Change up the vacation. Flip this reindeer meals into bunny meals at Easter. Swap the pink and inexperienced coloured sugar for pink, purple, and/or yellow. You may also layer white and inexperienced sugar to lure a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s Day.

Methods to Use Reindeer Meals

On Christmas Eve, sprinkle reindeer meals outdoors on the garden or subsequent to the chimney to beckon Santa’s reindeer your manner! Don’t neglect to have cozy mugs of hot chocolate ready if you are available from the chilly.

Reindeer meals makes a enjoyable and festive reward for family and friends, both by itself or along with a plate of sugar cookies, fudge, or peanut butter balls. Take a look at my best Christmas cookies for extra inspo.

Methods to Retailer

Reindeer meals is non-perishable, so it lasts within the pantry for months. In case you need to get a head begin in your vacation gifting, be sure you retailer it in an hermetic container in a cool, dry location.