Nutter Butter Snowmen
I love the kitchen, I love baking and I love making edible creations. However, I tend to not consider myself a very “creative” or crafty type of person. Like, I would have never thought of these cute little snowmen on my own (thank goodness for Pinterest!). But once my eyes saw these adorable little guys, I knew I couldn’t go through the holiday season without making them this year. It also helps that the snowman “bodies” are Nutter Butter cookies. You don’t have to twist my arm to eat some (ahem, a lot) of those ;-) Throw in some M&M’s and a few other accessories, and you have cute-as-a-button snowmen. This is definitely a perfect holiday project if you have little ones too!
I had a bag of Wilton candy melts in the pantry so I used those, and they turned out some perfect snowmen. I chose to use the red and green M&M’s but if you think your snowmen would enjoy a flair of color, by all means use whichever you’d like!
I think these are awesome for a holiday party platter, for your kids to bring into school for the holidays (are kids still allowed to bring treats into school nowadays?), or to just eat with your hot chocolate while you sit next to the Christmas tree and watch something festive on TV :)
One year ago: Fig and Walnut Biscotti
Two years ago: Nut Crescents
Nutter Butter Snowmen
A fun holiday baking project – make snowmen out of Nutter Butter cookies and a few other ingredients!
MY OTHER RECIPESIngredients:
- Nutter Butter cookies
- White candy melts, vanilla flavored
- M&M candies
- Orange Tic-Tacs, cut in half
- Black decorator icing
Directions:
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper; set aside.
- In a small to medium bowl, melt the white candy melts according to the package instructions.
- Working one at a time, dip a Nutter Butter cookie into the melted coating and flip it over to coat completely (a fork is great for this). Remove and let any excess drip off then place on the wax paper-lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining Nutter Butter cookies. Place the baking sheet into the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes so the coating can set.
- Attach a small decorating tip (I used a #2) to a pastry bag and fill with black icing (I just used Wilton decorating icing to make it easy). Dab a small amount on one side of an M&M and place on the coated cookie. Repeat with another just below to make the two “buttons”.
- Dab another small amount on the bottom of half of a Tic Tac and affix to the center of the top of the cookie for the nose. Again, repeat.
- Now squeeze out small dots for the eyes and the mouth. Ta-Da! Snowmen!
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(Recipe adapted from my pretty purse)
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I saw these on Pinterest, too, and bookmarked them! TOO CUTE! And snowmen are my favorite Christmas “decoration”. :)
So cute!
What a fun little cookie idea for the holidays!
Ah! My eyes were hooked on these on Pinterest too! I loved them!
So cute! Pinterest has such great ideas!
Those are super cute! My 5 year old son, just looked at them and asked if we could make them for our neighbors! :) I know what we’re doing this weekend with his sister!
These are too cute! Thank you for another festive treat idea.
I made these about 5 years ago for my son’s preschool Halloween party. Made white ghosts and dark chocolate spiders with mini pretzel legs. Took forever but they were adorable! I’ll definitely make these snowmen now! Yum!
How adorable! I love these. I love peanut butter but you want to know a secret? I never had a Nutter Butter cookie. I’m betting I’ll like them! :)
Oh you absolutely would! But to be honest, I love the Nutter Butter wafers even better than the cookie!
These are so fun!
I am dying of cuteness over here. Love these! Pinning them! :)
These are cute, creative and who doesn’t need a shortcut this time of year!
These are too adorable!
My wife loooves nutter butters, she’d adore these! I might try to surprise her with these cuties!
I made these last year. I used black sprinkles. They are easier to cut!!!!
How cute! I make Santa cookies out of Nutter Butter cookies! I posted directions (and pictures) as one of my 12 days of Christmas cookies.
I cannot tell you how PERFECT this is. I am visiting my mother’s 3rd grade classroom next week, and I always take in some sort of goody when I visit. This is beyond perfect for the little ones.
So cute. These would also be super cute on a lollipop stick.
But dumb question – how did you cut the tic tacs? I keep picturing myself shooting them all over the kitchen while trying to cut them.
Hi Kim, I used a sharp knife and held my hand over it, really close to the cutting board, so that none went shooting. I think I only lost one half ;-)
Thanks for the tip – I’ve been oddly worried about trying it. I got all the supplies and have added these to my cookie day list!
Try a pill cutter.
I would think that a pill cutter would work too and you wouldn’t have to worry about cutting yourself or pieces flying everywhere :)
That’s a fabulous idea!
Oh, these are so wonderful! And they’re Nutter Butters – my husband would LOVE them!!
Hmm, yes. I do believe I need to shove these in my face.