Santa Cookies
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Santa Cookies
Description
Starting with store-bought Nutter Butter cookies, both ends are dipped in melted white chocolate, leaving the middle exposed as Santa’s face. The chocolate is cooled to set before the top portion is dipped in red melting chocolate to resemble Santa's hat brim, leaving a white strip highlighted by a white snowflake sprinkle for detail. Candy eyes and cinnamon imperials are carefully attached with a small amount of frosting or melted white chocolate to complete facial features. Once fully assembled and set, these cookies make festive, visually appealing treats.
The combination of crunchy peanut butter sandwich cookies and creamy chocolate coatings offers varied texture and flavor. These no-bake decorations turn simple cookies into a themed holiday snack suitable for parties or gifting.
Ingredients
- 20 cookies Nutter Butter brand
- 8 ounces white chocolate
- 3 ounces chocolate melting wafers red
- 20 cinnamon candy imperials
- 40 Candy eyes
- 20 snowflake sprinkles
Instructions
- Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler according to package directions.
- Dip both ends of each Nutter Butter cookies in white chocolate, leaving some candy showing in the center (for Santa's face).
- Place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Allow the chocolate to set and harden by air drying or placing in the refrigerator for a few minutes.
- Next, melt the red chocolate. Dip just the top in, leaving a little white strip for the brim of Santa's hat.
- Using tweezers, place a white snowflake on the side of the hat for embellishment.
- Next, attach candy eyes and the cinnamon imperial as the nose with a small dab of frosting or melted white chocolate.
- Allow to fully set before stacking or packaging.
- If you've tried these cookies, come back and let us know how they were in the comments or star ratings!
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 20Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 113 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 113kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 15g | 5% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 3mg | 1% |
| Sodium | 49mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 69mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 11g | 22% |
| Vitamin A | 3IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 36mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.