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Easy Melted Snowman Sugar Cookies

A single, delicious melted snowman cookie featuring a marshmallow head, white icing body, and chocolate chip details, ready to eat.
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Make these adorable, fun holiday cookies that look like snowmen are melting. This recipe is simple, kid-friendly, and perfect for your Christmas cookie exchange.

Ingredients

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  • 1 package (16.5 ounces) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 bag mini marshmallows
  • 1 bag candy-coated chocolate pieces (like M&M’s) for scarves
  • 1 bag chocolate chips for arms and eyes

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to the temperature specified on the sugar cookie dough package. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. Prepare the cookie base: Roll or cut the refrigerated sugar cookie dough into rounds according to package directions. Place them on the prepared baking sheets. Bake until lightly golden brown around the edges. Let the cookies cool completely on a wire rack.
  3. Make the simple icing: In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioners’ sugar, milk, and vanilla extract until smooth. If the icing is too thick to drizzle, add milk a few drops at a time until you reach a good consistency.
  4. Decorate the cookies: Dip the top of each cooled cookie into the white icing, allowing some of the icing to drip over the edges to create a ‘melted’ look. Let the icing set slightly, about 5 minutes.
  5. Create the snowman body: Place one mini marshmallow near the center of the cookie. This will be the head.
  6. Add the features: While the icing is still slightly soft, press two candy-coated chocolate pieces into the sides of the marshmallow for the ‘scarf’. Use melted dark chocolate or small pieces of chocolate chips to create two small eyes on the marshmallow head.
  7. Form the arms: Use a toothpick or the tip of a small knife to gently press two small chocolate chips into the sides of the cookie base, just below where the marshmallow sits, to look like melting arms.
  8. Allow the icing to set completely before serving or storing your cute winter treats.

Notes

  • You can use store-bought royal icing if you prefer to skip mixing the glaze. Thin it slightly with water if needed.
  • For a peanut butter variation, use a peanut butter cookie base and top the melted section with a mini peanut butter cup instead of a marshmallow.
  • This recipe works well for holiday baking with kids because the decoration is forgiving and fun.

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