Reindeer Meals Recipe | Cookies and Cups

Why You’ll Love This Reindeer Meals Recipe

It’s a practice 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 further:

• Fast to make. This magical reindeer meals recipe is such a enjoyable exercise for youths, whereas they’re making it and once they’re sprinkling it over the garden afterward!
• Pantry components. You want solely two components: oats and sugar. I exploit coloured sugar to provide this reindeer meals recipe a Christmassy spin.
• Simple gifting. Reindeer meals is a straightforward last-minute hostess reward, or you may make it for associates, neighbors, and lecturers. I used to make the children in my son’s class slightly bag of reindeer meals to go of their goodie luggage earlier than the vacation break.

The way to Make Reindeer Meals

To make reindeer meals, all you want is oats (any sort) plus white, purple, and inexperienced sugar. You possibly can combine the components and add every little thing to a present bag, or, do what I love to do and layer the components right into a piping bag for a fairly presentation. Right here’s how:

Suggestions and Variations

• Shade the sugar your self. In case you have granulated sugar however not purple or inexperienced sugar within the pantry, you may coloration white sugar utilizing purple 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. When you swap or change the components on this reindeer meals recipe, take care that something you employ isn’t dangerous to the atmosphere. 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 purple and inexperienced coloured sugar for pink, purple, and/or yellow. You can too layer white and inexperienced sugar to lure a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s Day.

The way 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 method! Don’t overlook to have cozy mugs of hot chocolate ready while you are available in 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.

The way to Retailer

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