Santa Claus Cookies
These easy-to-make Santa Claus Cookies are a kid-favorite, festive, Santa Claus themed treat for Christmas. Simple to make with Nutter Butter peanut butter cookies, white almond bark, and decorations to create Santa's beard and winter hat.
Servings 32
Ingredients
- 1 package (16 oz) Family-Size Nutter Butter Cookies (32 cookies)
- 12 ounces white almond bark
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- red sanding sugar
- 32 red hot candies
- 32 white chocolate chips
- marshmallow bits
- 64 small edible eyeballs
Instructions
- Prep : Prepare a countertop or large baking sheet and line with parchment paper or wax paper. Make an assembly line with your ingredients; nutter butter cookies, red sanding sugar, white chocolate chips, red hot candies, marshmallow bits, and edible eyeballs.1 package (16 oz) Family-Size Nutter Butter Cookies, red sanding sugar, 32 red hot candies, 32 white chocolate chips, marshmallow bits, 64 small edible eyeballs
- Next, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt the almond bark and coconut oil for 1 minute, then stir it well and until it's smooth. If needed, heat in additional 15-second increments until entirely melted and smooth, stirring well after each heating.12 ounces white almond bark, 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- Working with one nutter butter at a time - take one cookie and dip the bottom 1/3 into the melted white almond bark to create "Santa's beard". Allow the excess to drip off and then place it on the parchment paper. Immediately place a red hot in the center of the beard for "Santa's nose'. Repeat with the remaining cookies.
- Allow the cookies to set for 10 minutes.
- Once set, carefully pick up a cookie and dip the top in the melted almond bark to make "Santa's hat". Immediately sprinkle some red sanding sugar on the hat and place a white chocolate chip in the corner for the "ball" of the hat. Put the cookie back onto the parchment paper.
- Allow the cookies to set for 10 minutes.
- Use melted almond bark to 'glue' the marshmallow bits across the bottom of the hat for the rim of the hat.
- Use melted almond bark to 'glue' the edible eyeballs onto the exposed nutter butter cookie portion.
- Let the cookies set and harden, at room temperature, for about 15-20 minutes or until set.