Chocolate Acorns – Easy Fall and Thanksgiving Treat
These chocolate acorns are the easiest little fall treat to make, and they always disappear fast. They’re fun for kids, perfect for Thanksgiving, and make an adorable poppable snack to leave out on your counter for guests. With just a handful of ingredients, you can create a whole batch in minutes.
What You’ll Need To Make
- Mini Nutter Butter cookies
- Hershey’s Kisses
- Mini chocolate chips, essential for forming the chocolate acorn stem
- Chocolate candy melts
How to Make Chocolate Acorns
- Melt chocolate candy melts until smooth.
- Dip the flat side of a Hershey’s Kiss into the melted chocolate and attach it to a mini Nutter Butter. This forms the foundation of your homemade chocolate acorns.
- Add a small dot of chocolate on top of the cookie and press on a mini chocolate chip to create the stem.
- Let the acorns set until the chocolate hardens.
These little treats look festive, taste delicious, and make any fall gathering feel extra fun.
Substitutions & Tips
- Peanut-free option: Swap mini Nutter Butters for Nilla Wafers if there are peanut allergies.
- Using chocolate chips as “glue”: Mix in a bit of coconut oil before melting the chips so the chocolate sets properly.
- Choose your chocolate: Dark, milk, or white chocolate all work well. Milk chocolate is my favorite for this!
All in all
Chocolate acorns bring a playful, seasonal touch to any fall table. They’re easy to make, kid-approved, and guaranteed to be a hit at Thanksgiving or any cozy autumn gathering. Making chocolate acorns couldn’t be simpler!
Read • Watch • Listen
Watch: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown — a sweet, nostalgic fall favorite to pair with your treats.
Let me know in the comments if you make these!! Another amazing fall treat that I love to make for Thanksgiving and Christmas are Beaver Dams! These two are the perfect fall pair together on a plate. Here, chocolate acorns really shine alongside these treats.
Chocolate Acorns
Ingredients
- 12 oz chocolate candy melts
- 1 bag Hershey kisses unwrapped
- 1 bag mini Nutter Butter cookies
- 1 bag mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Melt candy melts either on the stovetop or in the microwave accroding to package instructions.
- Dip the flat end of the Hershey Kiss into the melted chocolate and immediately stick a mini nutter nutter onto it, pressing it to attach it.
- Place on the prepared baking sheet–cookie side down, and repeat the process until you have no more cookies or kisses.
- Using a spatula, transfer the remaining melted chocolate to a small Ziploc bag and snip off a very small corner.
- Pipe a little chocolate on the center of the Nutter Butter cookie and press a mini chocolate chip on top.
- Place them in the fridge to cool completely. These take about 5 minutes!
