Probably my FAVE thing about the holidays is the traditions that it brings. The music we MUST listen to. The movies we MUST watch. And mostly….the food we MUST make! I promise myself that I won’t go overboard, every year. But, sometimes it seems downright wrong to skip one of the traditional treats.
One thing we have to make every year is “Reindeer Feed.”
Some people call it “Muddy Buddies”. Or something else. But it’s “Reindeer Feed” at our house and it only comes out at Christmas.
A few years ago, I decided to define why we call it Reindeer Feed.
I’m not sure what possessed me. I think it was a church activity. Or a bought of sleeplessness. (I have brilliant ideas at about 4am!)
Each year, before we begin to make our yummy chocolate treats, we have to read the tale of “Reindeer Feed”. My kids love it! Mom and Dad love it! And the Scout Troop loved it too.
The best part is the cliffhanger…how come the reindeer won’t fly?
Making your own reindeer feed is super easy-peasy. You start off with
- 6oz. of Milk Chocolate chips
- 6oz. Semi-Sweet Chocolate chips
- 1 cup Peanut Butter
The recipe calls for either melting them all in the microwave or over a double boiler. I have to admit my laziness and say I never use a double boiler. Just really low heat, and constant stirring. It’s always worked well.
Once the mixture is completely melted and smooth, pour it over 1 whole box of Crispix cereal and stir. Some of the pieces will break. It’s not a big deal. But don’t over stir.
Now comes the fun part! (and the best part of the story too!!) Pour the cereal (still wet) into a large sack. Paper grocery sacks work great! Next, pour 2 cups of powdered sugar into the bag. Fold down the top of the bag.
AND GO TO TOWN!
The kids will love to shake up the “feed” until it is completely covered in powdered sugar.
Reindeer Feed makes a really awesome neighbor gift as well. And SO EASY!
It’s even more fun to have holiday traditions when you share them with others. I’m never against sharing our “sugar secrets” with others!
I’ve made these super fun printable recipe cards featuring one of Santa’s Reindeer. You can print them out for yourself, or share with friends!
Click on the arrow with a line under it…in the above window. Just press it, and the image file should download right to your computer! Easy Peezy!
You can then print the file anywhere you’d like. This file is sized at 8.5×11. It will not print optimally at a bigger size. (But you can print it at a smaller size if you’d like.)
As usual PLEASE follow the following rules for Less Cake {more frosting} printables:
- LCMF prinatables are for PERSONAL USE only. You may not re-sell, re-distribute, or claim them as your own.
- Please do not remove the watermark.
- If posting on the internet, you MUST post a link back to this website.
- Personalization, color changes, and other customizations are not available on freebie printables. They are offered “as-is”.
AND….
I would LOVE for your family to be able to share “The Story of Reindeer Feed” as well!
Announced Design is offering the story as a printable E-Book.
It is a 12 page fully illustrated story, with original artwork and illustrations. Also included are the recipe cards (without a watermark) and as a bonus you will also get the “WARNING: May Cause Flight in Reindeer” labels that are pictured above.
The book comes as a .pdf file. It can be printed on a home printer or taken to a professional printer as well. Ours is just printed at home, then we put it in a very thin binder and covered the pages with page protectors.
The E-Book is just $12. But until Christmas:
Less Cake {more frosting} readers can get a 20% discount by entering code
ILOVEFROSTING
at checkout
(that makes the book only $10)
THIS DISCOUNT WAS ONLY GOOD FOR 2011. IF YOU ARE VISITING FROM PINTEREST….WELCOME….BUT THIS DISCOUNT WAS ONLY FOR THE 2011 HOLIDAY SEASON. THANKS!
I have to be honest, I’m sitting here eating some chocolatey goodness right this second.
And it’s WAY too late to be eating chocolate.
I am not currently flying….however, I hold out hope that might still happen.
HAPPY EATING!
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So cute! Love all your work!!
Thank you Karie!
Lara! You are so talented! What a fun tradition and a beautiful book
Wow! I mean WOW! I LOVE this! I just found my kids friend gift! Thank you so much for being so talented and sharing it with those of us who are…well…less talented
Thank you so much for being the best! I hope you like it.
WOWZA with a capital WOW! You are aaaamazing my friend. Can’t wait to share…
kisses
heather
so completely adorbs. LOVE IT!
Thank you so much, Jenn!
ooo LOVE this Lara! What a greaat gift!!
Jamielyn, you’re so sweet. I hope you have a GREAT holiday!
LOVE this! great job!
Thanks Heidi!
Love this! We always make homemade chex mix while we decorate the tree, but we’ve eaten it all. It’s time for reindeer feed! So cute!
Lara, I adore this! Alex is getting a little old, but Harrison will ADORE this story as much as I do…I am confident.
Thanks for sharing your incredible talent.
xoxo
Oh, Lara! How wonderful! You are the best Mom!!!
And girl, your photography is TO DIE FOR! Beautiful, beautiful work…now…off to make me somma dat stuff…
You. Are. Amazing! AMAZING!
What an awesome idea! I love it. Super cute!
I love this lady! Like LOVE isn’t even a big enough word for it!
So cute! I love the little reindeer peaking out on the labels.
New follower from TT&J
We call it Sweet Nothings!
Lara – you are amazing. I am so happy to call you friend. I love every single thing about this.
xoxooox
Jen
Super sweet and very affordable.Nice tradition.
Lara this is great!! I LOVE it!……….makes me wish my girls were still little!
This is just amazing! Love it! Thanks so much for sharing
I featured this on my blog today, feel free to come check it out!
http://artsyfartsymama.blogspot.com/2011/12/pinteresting-features-n-shtuff-13.html
Lara- you are the best best best. I adore everything you do. I love the way you write. And I love your designs. You are one awesomely talented friend. Love you!
Wow! I mean WOW! I LOVE this! I just found my kids friend gift! Thank you so much for being so talented and sharing it with those of us who are…well…less talented
+1
Just love it! So much fun! I was just wanting to make something yummy like this and here you come with it and such a cute idea to have a fun book too. I’m amazed at your talent!
I hope you don’t mind, but I pinned your super cute Reindeer Feed post. Becky at UCreate shared it and I just had to share it with all my friends. Thank you so much. I just love it!!
I love this idea!! Thank you for sharing!! Just one quick question, when gifting this what do you put in the bag? Just the Chocolate chips and cereal, or the peanut butter too? Thanks!
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I Usually make a batch to send with the book. So that they can buy their ingredients and make their own. You could give it with the ingredients as well if you wanted. But it’s nice to have the finished treat.
i tried using the code for 20% discount and it is invalid. I have never made this before and was wanting something new for neighbor gifts and family traditions! Thanks for your creative talent!
This post is a year old. The discount code was just for last Christmas season. Sorry about that.
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