Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 72 RITZ Crackers
  • 16 ounces melted and tempered pure milk chocolate (or melted candy melts*)
  • 2 ounces homemade red candy clay*
  • 1 ounce homemade white candy clay*
  • 1/2 ounce black candy clay*

Instruction

  • Spread a thin layer of creamy peanut butter on half of the RITZ Crackers.
  • Sandwich two crackers together.
  • Set aside 10 of the cracker sandwiches to use for Rudolph's antlers.
  • Dip the remaining cracker sandwiches in chocolate and chill until set. Use the refrigerator if using pure chocolate and the freezer if using candy melts.
  • Create a column of 6 chocolate dipped RITZ Crackers down the center of your serving platter.
  • Arrange 1 column of 6 chocolate dipped crackers on either side of the middle column.
  • Then arrange one column of 4 chocolate dipped crackers on either side of those so that the top and bottom rows have three chocolate dipped crackers in them.
  • Arrange three of the plain peanut butter crackers above column number 2 and again above column number 4 then arrange two crackers on either side to finish the antlers.
  • Roll out the three colors of candy clay to about 1/16th inch thickness.
  • Cut two white circles using a 2 1/4 inch round cookie cutter or knife.
  • Cut two black circles using a 1 1/4 inch round cookie cutter or knife.
  • Cut one red circle using a 3 inch round cookie cutter or knife.
  • Brush a bit of water on the back side of a black circle and press it onto a white circle creating one eye. Repeat.
  • Set the red nose and two eyes on the chocolate dipped crackers creating Rudolph's eyes and nose.