Description
These festive Santa Sugar Cookies are a delightful and easy holiday treat featuring store-bought sugar cookies decorated with creamy vanilla frosting, candy eyes, cinnamon candies, red sugar sprinkles, shredded coconut, and miniature marshmallows. Perfect for holiday parties or a fun baking activity with kids, these cookies bring a joyful and whimsical Santa Claus design to your holiday dessert table.
Ingredients
Scale
Base
- 12 store-bought sugar cookies
Frosting
- 1 can (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Frosting Vanilla
Decorations
- 24 candy eyes
- 12 cinnamon imperial candies
- Red sugar sprinkles, as needed
- Approximately 1/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 12 miniature marshmallows
- Black edible marker, for drawing
Instructions
- Attach eyes and nose: Using a small knife or a toothpick dipped in frosting, carefully attach 2 candy eyes and 1 cinnamon imperial candy to the top of each sugar cookie to form Santa’s eyes and nose.
- Frost the top portion: Spread vanilla frosting evenly over the top third of each cookie, creating a smooth base layer for decoration.
- Add red sugar sprinkles: Gently shake red sugar sprinkles on top of the frosted area, leaving a neat line of white frosting visible to mimic Santa’s hat trim.
- Frost the bottom portion: Apply frosting to the bottom third of each cookie, preparing the surface to hold the coconut for Santa’s beard.
- Apply shredded coconut beard: Press sweetened shredded coconut onto the frosting on the bottom third of the cookie to create Santa’s fluffy beard texture.
- Add marshmallow pom-pom: Attach one miniature marshmallow to the top of the cookie as Santa’s hat pom-pom, securing it gently with frosting if necessary.
- Draw Santa’s smile: Use a black edible marker to carefully draw a smiling mouth on each cookie to complete Santa’s cheerful face.
Notes
- You can substitute store-bought sugar cookies with your favorite homemade recipe if desired.
- For best results, chill cookies briefly after decorating to help set the frosting and keep attachments secure.
- Black edible markers are available at cake decorating or craft stores; do not use regular markers as they are not food safe.
- Customize by adding other festive sprinkles or small candies as accents.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 5mg
