Categories: cookies

Ingredients

• Cookie Dough-
• 4 – 4 1/4 cups all purpose flour (I start with 4 cups, then add more if needed)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup butter, softened slightly
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 teaspoon almond or peppermint extract
• Candy Window, Snowflakes and Decorations–
• 25-30 clear mint candies (I used Arcor candies)
• 1 bag Wilton Bright White Candy Melts
• 14 orange candy coated sunflower seeds
• 70 black sugar pearls
• 1 jar Wilton Snowflake Sprinkles
• Supplies:
• Wilton two piece Snowman Cookie Cutter
• 1 1/2 inch round cookie cutter

Directions

1. Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder together in a bowl. Set aside. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in eggs, vanilla, and almond extract. Add dry ingredients and stir until it’s mixed in.

2. Roll dough out to 3/16th inch thickness. Cut out 28 snowmen, re-rolling dough as needed.
3. Re-roll remaining dough and cut out 14 more snowmen. Don’t cut the bellies out of those cookies.
4. Refrigerate cookies for 30 minutes.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
6. Meanwhile, unwrap the mints and crush them into fine crumbs. I used my food processor, but you can put them in a heavy duty zip top bag and whack them with a meat mallet.
7. Pop one pan of cookies in the oven for 10 minutes. Remove and immediately sprinkle crushed mints into the holes in each cookie, filling each about 3/4 full.

8. Put back in the oven for about 3 minutes. Keep an eye on the cookies. You just want the candy to melt. If left in the oven too long, the candy will bubble and then your candy windows will be full of bubbles.

9. You’ll want to fill 14 of your cookies with the mints and leave 14 with holes.
10. Allow the cookies to cool completely before removing them from the baking sheet.
11. Bake the remaining cookies for 11-13 minutes. You don’t want them to brown, but they should look set.
12. Heat the Bright White Candy Melts on high in the microwave for 30 seconds, stir, 30 seconds, stir, then 15 second increments, stirring after each until melted.
13. Pour candy melts into a squeeze bottle with a small opening. I use a Squeezit Mold painter which comes with pastry tips and I use a round tip with a small opening (a #3 pastry tip.)
14. Pipe white chocolate over the head of a snowman cookie with a candy belly. Immediately add two black pearl eyes and one orange candy coated sunflower seed nose.
15. Next, pipe on the middle snowball, adding 3 black pearls.Then pipe a thick line around the bottom snowball.
16. For shiny cookies, decorate one cookie at a time, then pop it in the freezer for 3-5 minutes.

17. To assemble the cookies –

18. Pipe some white candy melts on the backside of a cookie with a hole in it. Set it on top of a solid cookie. Sprinkle snowflakes in the hole.
19. Pipe some candy melts on the backside of a cookie with the candy belly, Set it over the snowflake filled cookie.
20. Allow the cookies to dry for 10 minutes before moving.
21. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.

22. If you prefer, you can decorate your cookies using royal icing. I just like working with candy melts or chocolate better.

23. As a member of Wilton’s Sweet Treat team, I did receive free merchandise in order to create this post. All opinions expressed here are my own.

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35. Items used to make this project are available on Amazon.com (commission earned for sales)

36. I found my Wilton Two Piece Snowman Cutter at Kroger this year (2014) but couldn’t find

37. them on Amazon, so I added a link to a similar cutter. The original plastic cutter came with a top hat attached to the snowman. Any snowman cutter should work for this project.

38. I also added a link to some cute snowman cookie boxes that would be perfect for these cookies.

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57. Comments

58. Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff says
59. December 16, 2014 at 5:08 pm
60. So very cute … snowman with a belly full of snowflakes! I like the way the clear layer turned out … looks like ice! I’m sure Ericka will love them :)
61. Reply
62. beth says
63. December 16, 2014 at 5:40 pm
64. Thanks, Brenda I was really happy with how nice the bellies looked too and it was pretty easy to do.
65. Reply
66. The Partiologist says
67. December 17, 2014 at 3:09 am
68. Beth, these are just so cute, I love how they jiggle with snowflakes! Really, I don’t think a surprise inside gets any cuter! :)
69. Reply
70. beth says
71. December 17, 2014 at 5:58 pm
72. Thanks, it is so fun to actually be able to see the snowflakes jiggling around in the snowman’s belly.
73. Reply
74. carla says
75. December 17, 2014 at 3:47 am
76. you are a consistent innovator. always inspiring. incredible! just wow!
77. Reply
78. beth says
79. December 17, 2014 at 5:59 pm
80. Thanks, Carla:) I do love to challenge myself to create something new and different.
81. Reply
82. Danielle Doerr says
83. December 17, 2014 at 5:29 pm
84. These are SO CUTE!! Making the candy glass window is something I never would have thought to do! Nicely done, Beth!
85. Reply
86. beth says
87. December 17, 2014 at 5:59 pm
88. Thanks so much Danielle.
89. Reply
90. We Are Not Martha says
91. December 17, 2014 at 5:50 pm
92. These are one of the most genius ideas ever!! I love them!!
93. Sues
94. Reply
95. beth says
96. December 17, 2014 at 5:59 pm
97. Thanks, that’s so nice to hear!
98. Reply
99. Georganne (LilaLoa) says
100. December 18, 2014 at 1:20 am
101. Beth!!! These are SOOO cool! I love them!!
102. Reply
103. beth says
104. December 18, 2014 at 2:39 pm
105. Thanks, Georganne.
106. Reply
107. Marilyn Pink Martinis and Pearls says
108. December 18, 2014 at 6:04 am
109. Very, very cute Beth! You’re so creative! :)
110. Reply
111. beth says
112. December 18, 2014 at 2:39 pm
113. Thanks so much, Marilyn
114. Reply
115. Sue says
116. December 18, 2014 at 7:14 am
117. You are such a creative genius, Beth! I LOVE these!
118. Reply
119. beth says
120. December 18, 2014 at 2:48 pm
121. That’s so nice of you to say. Thanks, Sue.
122. Reply
123. Vanessa @Vanessa Baked says
124. December 18, 2014 at 1:39 pm
125. Beth, these are gorgeous cookies! Love them!
126. Reply
127. beth says
128. December 18, 2014 at 2:49 pm
129. Thanks so much, Vanessa:)
130. Reply
131. Jessica Yoder-Jones says
132. December 18, 2014 at 6:02 pm
133. Woa. SO amazing!!! These are wonderful
134. Reply
135. beth says
136. December 19, 2014 at 4:02 am
137. Thank you, Jessica.
138. Reply
139. Sugartown Sweets says
140. December 19, 2014 at 3:49 am
141. Oh my goodness..these snowman cookies are so darned cute! I just bought a package of the beautiful blue and white snowflake sprinkles and i love how you used them! I’m sure you’ve been hearing the word genius..because you really are. Love this edible craft.
142. I got so excited when I saw you used these clear mints. I’ve been trying to find something that will melt clear and having never worked with isomalt. Thank you Beth for always providing us with so much inspiration!
143. Reply
144. beth says
145. December 19, 2014 at 4:04 am
146. Thank you! You are so sweet. I was so excited to find the clear mints. I’m sure I will use them for many projects to come.
147. Reply
148. Michelle Nahom says
149. December 19, 2014 at 4:07 am
150. You are seriously a creative genius! These are amazing. I am in awe. Pinning, stumbling, and I’ll be sharing them on my Facebook page this weekend. Thanks so much for sharing them with us at Foodie Fridays!
151. Reply
152. beth says
153. December 19, 2014 at 4:43 am
154. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I appreciate your nice comment and all the shares.
155. Reply
156. Anonymous says
157. December 19, 2014 at 5:55 am
158. I had a question about the layering of the cookies. Is it necessary to have 3 layers? Could I just sandwich the sprinkles between one non hole layer and the clear mint window layer? So basically a sandwich cookie? Thanks!
159. Reply
160. beth says
161. December 19, 2014 at 7:22 pm
162. The only way to to it with two cookies is to turn the cookies with the holes in them upside down before sprinkling in the crushed candy. You wont get nearly as nice a window as you will if you keep them flat. I tried that but didn’t like how they looked. With this method the clear window would touch the bottom cookie so there’s no room for sprinkles. If you try it with two cookies, you may need to make the top cookies a bit thicker to give you enough room for the sprinkles.
163. Reply
164. Trish Shamp says
165. December 21, 2014 at 9:04 pm
166. wow, I am so impressed! These are unbelievable – I have to get the courage to try something this cool!
167. Reply
168. beth says
169. December 24, 2014 at 2:33 pm
170. Thanks, Trish, but really these aren’t any harder to make than any decorated cookie. You can do it!
171. Reply
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175. Reply
176. Roxanne says
177. December 31, 2014 at 5:16 pm
178. These cookies are AWESOME!!! I can’t wait to try them and give them out for next years Christmas party!!!!!
179. Reply
180. Sarah says
181. April 10, 2015 at 6:51 am
182. I have a friend that moved from the Northeast to the Southwest. I’ve never tried pinata style cookies before, but think I may just need to try these for her next Christmas :)
183. Reply
184. Beth says
185. November 14, 2015 at 6:01 pm
186. I’ve only tried pinata cookies once, and they didn’t turn out to be the same size. I think cutting the center out made the middle cookie change size. Do you have any hints to keep them the same size? I’d really love to make these for our library’s annual cookie sale. If mine could turn out like yours (or even close), they’d raise some dough :) for the library.
187. Thanks for posting such complete directions with pictures. It makes it seem like I could do it!
188. Reply
189. Beth says
190. November 15, 2015 at 9:20 am
191. Hi Beth,
192. The best way to keep the cookies the same size is to cut out the snowman cookies on a silicone mat (preferably) or parchment paper. Remove the excess. Put the silicone mat in the freezer and allow the cookies to firm up for about 10 minutes. Then remove them, and either peel them off the mat and place on your parchment paper lined baking sheet or cut out the center and place them back in the freezer for another 10 minutes before peeling them off and placing them on a baking sheet. This way, you wont stretch your cookies out at all. They will all be similar in size. I know it adds extra steps, but it’s the best way to get uniform cookies. Good luck raising dough!
193. Reply
194. Beth says
195. November 16, 2015 at 2:18 pm
196. I do usually move my cookies from where I’m rolling to the silicone mat. Thanks for the advice. I’ll roll right on the mat and to the freezer. I wasn’t able to find the mints, but I think I’ll make a Karo syrup/sugar/water mixture (like a sucker) and boil to 300 degrees. I can add flavoring, but not coloring. Then it will cool on silicone. After it hardens, I can crush it like you did the mints. I’m thinking it will work out okay. Again, thanks for posting the idea and answering my question!
197. Reply
198. Beth says
199. November 16, 2015 at 3:12 pm
200. It will definitely help to keep them on the mat. Good luck with the candy. I’d love to hear how it turns out. I have a hard time getting my handmade hard candy crystal clear. That’s why I chose to use the mints. I’m sure someone skilled at making hard candy would do great with it. Have fun.
201. Reply
202. Kim says
203. December 8, 2015 at 4:17 pm
204. I love your cookies, they look so nice !!
205. And the step by step explanation are so nice !
206. Reply
207. Beth says
208. December 8, 2015 at 7:40 pm
209. Thanks, I’m happy you found the tutorial helpful. I hope you enjoy making your snowmen.
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