Hot Choc Reindeer & Festive Biscuit Sticks(Hot Choc Stirrers)

Ingredients(biscuit sticks):

• 125g/4.5 oz plain flour
• 35g/ 1.5oz sugar
• 85g/ 3oz butter
• 1 teasp vanilla
• 3 teasp cocoa powder / drinking chocolate.

Supplies(reindeer):

• Icing bags
• Clear elastics/clean unused elastic
• Googly eyes
• Red poms
• Pipe cleaners
• Hot chocolate ingredients(drinking chocolate, sweets, marshmallows etc)

 

Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees (c), gas mark 4, 350 degrees (f).
2. Mix flour & sugar together in a bowl.  Add butter & rub together until a breadcrumb consistency is formed.
3. Divide the mixture into two bowls.
4. In one bowl add 3 teasp of drinking chocolate/ cocoa powder.  In the other bowl add a teasp of vanilla essence.  Knead both mixtures into dough’s.
   

   

   
5. Roll out both dough’s.  Using a pizza roller divide into strips.
   

   
6. Roll out the strips & twist them together.
   

   
7. Cut the rolled out biscuit twists in two & place onto a lined baking tray & cook for 20 minutes or until golden.
   

   
8. (While the biscuits are in the oven we can put together the reindeer)
9. Place an icing bag into a mug and scoop in 1/4 cup of cocoa powder, twist the icing bag & tie with a small clear elastic/clean unused elastic.  Snip of the excess icing bag with a scissors.
   

   

   

   
10. Place the first icing bag into another icing bag.  Add in whatever sweets/candy you like ( I used m&ms) & marshmallows & tie off the bag with a small clear elastic/clean unused elastic.
11. Add pipe cleaners around it to resemble antlers.  Glue on two googly eyes & a red pom.
12. When biscuits are out of the oven cut to desired size & allow to cool.  These can be used to stir your hot chocolate or gifted separately in a Christmas bag.
    

    

    

Enjoy ! Have a very Merry Christmas & a healthy, happy New Year!