Get toppings ready and place cookies on a plate in front of your cookie decorating area.

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or wax paper.

Melt chocolate melting wafers in a microwave safe bowl for 30 seconds at half power or defrost. You will burn the chocolate at full power. Pull bowl from microwave, the wafers may not look like they have melted, but when you stir they will start to become liquid. If further time is need, then melt at 15 second increments until desired consistency.

You will have about 15 minutes until the chocolate starts to harden. Dip Oreos in bowl and flip to evenly cover with chocolate. Use a fork to pull the cookie out of the bowl and let chocolate drip, then turn vertically supporting the cookie with one fork horizontal on the bottom and another fork holding the back of the cookie. Let drip vertically now. This will preserve more chocolate and also give a nicer overall look to the finished cookie.

If decorating with sprinkles or crushed candy cane, then immediately cover the cookie before the chocolate hardens. If decorating with other colored icing or candy, finish dipping all of the cookies so that the chocolate can harden a bit which will make the decorating easier and make the candy stand up better.

Decorating, the easiest way to decorate a festive look is to immediately spread red and green sprinkles on the freshly dipped Oreos. See post for other decorating ideas.