Description
These Melted Snowman Cookies are a festive twist on classic sugar cookies, featuring soft baked cookie ‘bodies’ and ‘heads’ stacked and decorated to resemble melting snowmen. Coated with smooth white candy melts and embellished with playful candy eyes, carrot noses, and sparkling sugar, these cookies are perfect for holiday celebrations and creative cookie decorating fun.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 1 package Betty Crocker sugar cookie mix (1 pound 1.5 ounces)
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
Decoration
- 12 ounces white candy melts
- Black sugar pearls or black candy confetti for eyes and buttons
- Orange candy-coated sunflower seeds or orange jimmies for noses
- White sparkling sugar
- Various festive sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat and Prepare Baking Sheet: Preheat your oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper to prevent sticking and ensure easy cleanup.
- Make the Cookie Dough: In a large bowl or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the sugar cookie mix, softened butter, and egg. Mix until a soft dough forms, using a wooden spoon or the mixer on low speed.
- Shape the Cookies: Roll approximately two-thirds of the dough into walnut-sized balls for the snowman bodies. Flatten these slightly and place them onto the prepared baking sheet. Use the remaining dough to roll into marble-sized balls for the heads, placing these onto the cookie sheet without flattening. Ensure you have an equal number of heads and bodies.
- Bake the Cookies: Bake in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, or until edges are just beginning to turn golden. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes until firm enough to transfer, then move to a cooling rack to cool completely before decorating.
- Melt the Candy Coating: Bring 1-2 inches of water in a small pot to a simmer. Place white candy melts in a heatproof mixing bowl that fits on top of the pot without touching the water. Stir frequently until the candy melts are completely smooth and melted.
- Prepare to Decorate: Set a piece of waxed or parchment paper under the cooling rack to catch drips. Then place the cooled cookies onto the rack.
- Assemble the Snowmen: Dab a small amount of melted candy coating on the bottom of a small cookie (head) and attach it offset toward the edge of a larger cookie (body). Allow this to set slightly, then spoon melted candy coating over the entire cookie, letting some spill over the edges to create a ‘melting’ effect.
- Add Details: Quickly press two black sugar pearls or candy confetti onto the small cookie to form eyes, and place an orange candy-coated sunflower seed or jimmy on the center for the carrot nose. On the larger cookie, apply three black sugar pearls or confetti as buttons. Optionally, decorate further with festive sprinkles and sprinkle white sanding sugar over the entire snowman for sparkle.
- Dry and Store: Allow the decorated cookies to dry completely, then store in an airtight container to maintain freshness.
Notes
- You can decorate a single large cookie to look like a fully melted snowman instead of stacking two cookies.
- Other decorations like cookie icing can be used to draw arms or sour belt candies to make scarves.
- This decorating method also works well with your preferred sugar cookie mix or home-made cut-out sugar cookies, using 2 to 2.5-inch diameter for bodies and 1-inch for heads.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 110mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
