These Snowman Hat Cookies are a playful and easy Christmas treat to make with kids or for holiday gatherings. With just five simple ingredients — Grasshopper cookies, marshmallows, melting chocolate and a few festive candies — you can create charming little snowman hats that look great on a cookie tray and disappear fast.
Christmas Snowman Hat Cookies
Baking and decorating seasonal treats is a favorite holiday activity, especially with children. These snowman hat cookies are perfect because they use store-bought components and only take a short time to assemble. Kids can help dip, attach and decorate, and the finished cookies make a festive addition to party platters or classroom parties.
Ingredients Needed
You only need five ingredients to make these adorable snowman hat cookies.
- Cookies – Keebler Grasshopper cookies (or similar round chocolate cookies).
- Marshmallows – large marshmallows.
- Chocolate – milk chocolate melting wafers or chocolate chips for melting.
- Candies – small red candies such as mini red M&M’s and holly-shaped sprinkles for decoration.
How To Make Snowman Cookies
This project takes about 15–30 minutes from start to finish and is easy enough for helpers of all ages.
- Melt the chocolate: Use a microwave in short bursts, stirring between intervals, or melt gently in a double boiler until smooth.
- Prepare the marshmallows: Dip each marshmallow about three-quarters of the way into the melted chocolate, leaving a band of white at the top to look like the snowman’s face. Shake off excess and set aside to firm up slightly.
- Attach marshmallows to cookies: Spoon a small dollop of melted chocolate onto the center of each Grasshopper cookie and press a marshmallow onto it so it stands like a hat.
- Decorate: Put some melted chocolate into a piping bag or a small resealable bag with the corner snipped off. Use it as “glue” to attach a red mini candy to the center of the marshmallow’s white band and add holly sprinkles (one on each side) for leaves. Repeat until all cookies are decorated.
- Set to harden: Let the cookies sit undisturbed for 20–30 minutes so the chocolate fully hardens.
Other Fun Christmas Treats
- Christmas Jello Balls
- Candy Cane Reindeer Pops
- Gingerbread House
- Homemade Gumdrops
- Chocolate Covered Strawberry Penguins
- Grinch Fruit Kabobs
Snowman Hat Cookies
24 cookies
30 mins
30 mins
Rate
Ingredients
- 24 Grasshopper cookies
- 24 large marshmallows
- 10 ounce melting milk chocolate
- 24 Wilton holly melody sprinkles
- 24 mini red M&M
Instructions
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Melt the milk chocolate wafers following package directions or using a double boiler.
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Arrange the 24 Grasshopper cookies on a cookie sheet or work surface.
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Dip each marshmallow about 3/4 of the way into the melted chocolate, shake off excess and allow to set briefly so the coating firms up.
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Spoon a small amount of chocolate onto the center of a cookie, press a marshmallow onto the dollop to secure it, and repeat for remaining cookies.
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Fill a piping bag with chocolate and pipe a small dot onto the back of a mini red M&M. Press the M&M onto the exposed white band of the marshmallow.
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Pipe tiny dots of chocolate to attach holly sprinkles on either side of the red candy to complete the holly decoration.
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Repeat until all cookies are decorated, then let them sit undisturbed for 20–30 minutes to fully harden.
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Notes
Nutrition
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Carbohydrates: 14g
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Fat: 4g
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Saturated Fat: 2g
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Sugar: 11g
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