These chocolate covered Christmas Oreos are an easy holiday treat dipped in chocolate then decorated in fun and festive ways. Perfect for sharing and gifting at Christmas!
Chocolate-Covered Christmas Oreos
These Christmas Oreos are a fun holiday version of chocolate covered Oreos decorated with adorable Christmas trees, snowman, reindeer or in a santa suit. If you love Oreo cookies, you will love these chocolate-covered Oreo Christmas cookies!
They are easy to make by dipping Oreos in smooth, melted chocolate and make a great addition to any Christmas dessert board. For a holiday gift idea, include some Christmas Oreo balls, too, and everyone will love you!
Don’t miss these other Christmas Oreo recipes including snowman Oreo balls, peppermint Oreo balls and my homemade Oreos.
Ingredient Notes
These adorable Christmas Oreo cookies don’t need much more than you would find in the holiday baking aisle!
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Oreos: You can use regular Oreos, double-stuffed Oreos, Golden Oreos or peppermint Oreos. Even gluten-free Oreos can be used!
- Melting chocolate wafers: I love to use white chocolate for white chocolate oreos and milk chocolate melting wafers or dark chocolate. They create a smooth finish.
- Decorations: Depending on what look you’re going for with your Christmas Oreos you’ll need gel writers, sprinkles, M&M’s and candy eyes.
Best Chocolate For Dipping
- I highly recommend high-quality Ghirardelli melting wafers for taste and texture.
- Wilton candy melts will work but aren’t technically chocolate so the taste will be different. I prefer to use the colored ‘chocolate’ candy melts for decorating, though as you can match the colors to what you need.
- Chocolate bars taste the best but take longer to set.
- Chocolate chips are my least favorite as they do not melt as smooth and create a thicker coating. If you use chocolate chips, I recommend adding a teaspoon of coconut oil or vegetable oil when melting the chips.
How to Make Christmas Oreos
The real key to making these cute Christmas Oreos is having fun with decorating but first you will need to cover your Oreos in chocolate.
- Melt your chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave at 50% power. Stir until smooth.
- Dip your Oreos with a fork. Tap the fork on the edge of the bowl to remove any excess.
- Place on wax or parchment paper lined baking sheet. Draw a circle around the Oreo with a toothpick if there is excess so that it will dry with clean lines.
Decorating Dipped Oreos
Once the chocolate dipped Christmas Oreos are set, it’s time to decorate! We love making the five different versions below:
For snowmen: While the white chocolate is still wet, place 2 candy eyes for eyes and 1 orange M&M perpendicular to the cookie as the carrot nose. Let harden completely and then pipe 5 black dots for the mouth.
For Christmas trees: Let the milk chocolate harden completely. Fill a piping bag with melted green candy melts and pipe a Christmas tree shape in the center of the Oreo. Cover the tree in sprinkles. Add a dab of melted chocolate to a pearl and place on top of the tree. Once hardened, dip bottom in melted white chocolate.
For reindeer: While the milk chocolate is still wet, add 2 candy eyes and 1 red M&M for the nose. Place 2 pretzel halves on top for the antlers.
For Santa suits: Let the red candy coating harden completely. Pipe a line of black gel across the lower center as the belt. Add a dab of melted chocolate to 1 yellow M&M and 3 pearls. Place the M&M in the center of the belt as the buckle. Right above it, add the 3 pearls as buttons.
For sprinkles: While the white or milk chocolate is still wet, sprinkle with festive sprinkles. Let set completely.
Chocolate-Covered Christmas Oreos Tips
- I find a fork the best dipping tool! A fork is easy to flip the Oreos in the chocolate as well as lift them out and tap them on the side of the bowl.
- Make sure your chocolate is smooth before dipping the holiday Oreo cookies.
- Place parchment paper on a baking sheet to make it easy to transfer.
- Make sure to remove excess chocolate from the bottom of the Oreo before placing onto the paper. If there’s too much of a spill around, simply draw a circle with a toothpick around the base.
- Sometimes when my kitchen is too warm, the candy melts take a while to set. Pop the Christmas Oreo cookies into the fridge to help speed up the hardening process.
Storing and Freezing
- Storing: Store these Christmas Oreos will keep in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 weeks.
- Freeze: You can also freeze chocolate-dipped Oreos up to 3 months. Freeze in a single layer between sheets of parchment paper. Thaw in the refrigerator. You may want to consider what decorations you use, such as pretzels, as some may not hold up to freezing and thawing.
More Oreo recipes include Oreo brownies, Oreo cake pops, Oreo balls, or cookies and cream popcorn.
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Christmas Oreos
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Ingredients
Snowmen
- 2 cups white chocolate candy melting wafers
- 24 Oreo cookies
- 48 candy eyes
- 24 orange M&Ms
- Black gel writer
Christmas Trees
- 2 cups milk chocolate candy melting wafers
- 24 Oreo cookies
- Green sprinkles
- 24 small white sugar pearls
- ¼ cup milk chocolate candy melting wafers
Reindeer
- 2 cups milk chocolate candy melting wafers
- 24 Oreo cookies
- 48 candy eyes
- 24 red M&Ms
- 24 pretzels , broken in half
Santa Suits
- 2 cups red candy melting wafers
- 24 Oreo cookies
- Black gel writer
- 24 yellow M&Ms
- 72 small white sugar pearls
Sprinkles
- 2 cups white or milk chocolate candy melting wafers
- 24 Oreo cookies
- Festive sprinkles
Instructions
Base
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium, microwave-safe bowl, add the chocolate candy melting wafers (type of candy wafer depends on decoration). Heat 1 minute at 50% power and stir. Continue to heat 30 second intervals at 50% power until melted, stirring well in-between. Make sure there are no lumps in the chocolate and that it is smooth and easy to stir. You may also use a double broiler, if preferred.
- Place the Oreos on a fork and dip into the melted chocolate. Turn to coat completely in chocolate. When the entire cookie is covered with chocolate, lift it out using the fork. Tap the fork on the side of the bowl several times to let the excess chocolate drip off.
- Slide the Oreo onto the baking sheet with a toothpick. Repeat with remaining Oreos.
Snowmen
- While the white chocolate is still hot, place 2 candy eyes for eyes and 1 M&M perpendicular to the cookie as the carrot nose. Let harden completely. If the eyes or nose don't attach, add a dab of melted chocolate and press on after it has set.
- Using the gel writer, pipe 5 dots for the mouth. Repeat with remaining Oreos. Let set completely.
Christmas Trees
- Let the milk chocolate harden completely before decorating. Place remaining melted chocolate in a zip-top bag. Snip small corners off the bag. Pipe a Christmas tree shape in the center of the Oreo. Cover the tree in sprinkles. Add a dab of melted chocolate to a pearl and place on top of the tree. Repeat with remaining Oreos. Let set completely.
- In a medium, microwave-safe bowl, add the white chocolate candy melting wafers. Heat 1 minute at 50% power and stir. Continue to heat 30 second intervals at 50% power until melted, stirring well in-between. Make sure there are no lumps in the chocolate and that it is smooth and easy to stir. You may also use a double broiler, if preferred.
- Dip the bottom half of the Oreo into the white chocolate, letting any excess drip off. Place on parchment paper and let harden.
Reindeer
- While the milk chocolate is still hot, place 2 candy eyes for eyes and 1 M&M flat as the nose. Add 2 pretzel pieces to the top for antlers. Let set completely. Repeat with remaining Oreos.
Santa Suits
- Let the red candy coating harden completely before decorating. Using the gel writer, pipe a line across the lower center of the Oreo to resemble a belt.
- Add a dab of melted chocolate to 1 M&M and 3 pearls. Place the M&M in the center of the belt. Right above it, add the 3 pearls as buttons. Let set. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
Sprinkles
- While the white or milk chocolate is still hot, sprinkle with festive sprinkles. Let set completely.
Notes
- Use white, milk, or dark chocolate depending on flavor preference.
- Make with different flavor of Oreos.
- Decorate with colored sprinkles.
- Top with chopped nuts.
- Add crushed candy canes.
- Sprinkle the top with crushed Oreo crumbs.
- Place on a lollypop stick before dipping and then wrap in cellophane.
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Categorized as: 5 Ingredients Or Less, American, Chocolate, Chocolate Cookies, Christmas, Cookies, Desserts, Holiday Cookies, Kid-Friendly, No-Bake, Nut-Free, Vegetarian
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
We make these every year! My family devours these. Iheartnaptime is definitely my go to for any recipe.
Yeah! So glad you love the Christmas Oreos!
These are so cute!! We love chocolate covered oreos!! We like to put these on goodie plates. They are festive & so yummy!
That’s such a good idea to put on goodie plates! I’m so glad you like it :)
I can’t get over how cute these are! And such a simple and fun way to dress up what’s normally a pretty straightforward thing. My kids especially loved the little reindeer cookies.
It’s such a fun treat for the kiddos! I’m glad you and your family enjoyed them :)
Oh my, these are so fun, and they were easy to make following your tutorial! Thank you… they looked adorable on the cookie tray.
Thank you for the kind comment! They’re fun cookies, I’m so glad you liked them!
These are so fun and so delicious
now that is one fun dessert that i cannot resist! almost forgot about these treats! great for santa too!
The perfect Christmas treat! So simple and absolutely adorable!
Thanks!!
Can I use icing instead of the melted chocolate?
You can, but the texture of the Oreo might be more soft than crunchy.
How long do you think the chocolate dipped Oreos will stay fresh? Can they be made a week before Christmas?
If you store them in the fridge, I’m sure they’d be fine!
Love these Oreo snowflakes! I know these will be a huge hit with my son and his friends! They are just the cutest!!! xo