Oreo Owl Treats

In today’s post: Use M&Ms and candy melts to turn Oreo cookies into adorable owls! This is a cute fall treat you can make with your kids.

Easy Treat to Make with the Kids

These Oreo owls turn out so cute! You can put each one together in just a couple minutes, making this a great recipe to work on with your kids. This is a fun fall treat on it’s own, but these little cookie owls would look adorable on top of cupcakes too!

Ingredients

Here’s what you need to make Oreo owl treats:

• Oreo Cookies
• White Candy Melts: You’ll find these in the candy or cake decorating section of any large grocery store.
• M&Ms: I used brown M&Ms for the eyes and orange M&Ms for the beaks, but you could also use yellow M&Ms for beaks and green and blue candies for the eyes. If you want to only use brown and orange M&Ms, you’ll be able to make about 15 owls using one 10 oz Sharing Size bag of M&Ms.

How to Make Owl Oreos

Cut Eyebrows

You’ll start by separating some of the Oreos and scraping out the frosting. Lay one Oreo half on a cutting board and use a sharp knife to slice a piece off as shown below. It works best to saw the knife back and forth quickly. You’ll be able to cut two slices off each Oreo half. Then use a quick chop to cut the slice in half to create a set of eyebrows. Some of the Oreos will break while you do this – kids will love eating the broken pieces! Fun fact: owls don’t actually have eyebrows, but they do have wing tufts that stick up above their eyes and look kind of like eyebrows.

Cut the Beaks

Next, you’ll cut orange M&Ms in half to create the beaks for the owls. I found it was easiest to lean a sharp knife against an M&M and then give it a quick downward stroke to chop the candy right in half. If you have a pill cutter, that will work great here!

Melt the White Candy Wafers

Place a small handful of white candy melts into a ziplock sandwich bag. Microwave for thirty seconds, then knead the bag. Microwave another 15-30 seconds until the candy is completely melted. You’ll use the melted candy to “glue” the various pieces onto the Oreo. Snip off ***just a little bit*** of one corner of the bag to make a tiny hole you can pipe the candy out of. (To repeat, make a tiny hole here! You can always make it bigger but you can’t make it smaller.)

Assemble the Owls

Now it’s time to put the owls together! Start by piping melted candy onto the front (curved side) of a candy melt, and place it halfway down the Oreo on one side. Repeat with another candy melt to create a set of eyes. You want to use enough melted candy to make sure the eyes stick securely to the Oreo, but not so much that excess candy oozes out the sides.

Next, use more melted candy to “glue” two brown M&Ms to the white candy melts to complete the eyes. Then glue on one orange M&M half for a beak.

Finally, attach the Oreo pieces that you cut before to make the owl’s eyebrows (or feather tufts). Let the completed owls sit for about 15 minutes to allow the candy to set up before moving them. Once the candy has set up, they should be fairly sturdy.