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Next time you volunteer to bring something for Friendsgiving or Thanksgiving, consider making these pilgrim hat cookies! They’re an easy, no-bake option that kids can help make, as well as taste test along the way.
These super simple cookies only take 5-10 minutes and can be customized a few different ways. I’m sharing my tips for making them along with a few alternative ideas too.
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Ingredients
- Fudge stripe cookies
- Rolos or Reeses cups– I used rolos as a peanut-free option
- white frosting
- food coloring- I split my frosting and used a few drops of yellow food coloring to create the icing to go around the rolo. You could buy yellow icing too.
- Mini m&m’s or reeses pieces
You can also substitute other cookies or candies with whatever you have on hand so you’re not having to buy full bags. I’d focus on getting pieces your family will actually eat! The mini m&m’s were great for us and I picked out the colors I wanted, but you could easily use reeses pieces, skittles, other candies, or just icing too.
Directions
Ready to make your pilgrim hat cookies? These are so simple and fun to make, you can change them up however you’d like but these are the basic steps to follow!
Flip your fudge stripe cookie upside down. Add a drop of frosting to the bottom of your unwrapped rolo.
Adhere the rolo to the bottom of the fudge stripe cookie. You can also leave the cookie facing upwards, totally up to you or the kids making their hats!
Make your yellow food coloring by adding a few drops to a portion of your white frosting. I like using gel food coloring. Transfer into a ziploc or piping bag, then cup a really small hole in the tip. Follow the rolo around and add a tassle if desired.
You can add your mini M&M to the yellow icing, or you can add a drop of frosting to the back of the m&m before sticking onto the rolo. Store on a cookie tray or in an airtight container. Serve the same day or cookies will hold for 2-3 days. After that they may begin to get a bit stale.
Tips or Question
If you wanted you could try adding sprinkles or other toppings to make each pilgrim hat cookie customized. Let kids dream up how they want to create theirs! This is a fun recipe they can bring to the Thanksgiving table and be proud of! I would recommend making these within a few days of when you’ll be serving them- the candies will hold up indefinitely but they may begin to get a bit stale.
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Ingredients
- 10 single fudge stripe cookies (as many as you're wanting to make!)
- 10 mini m&m's or reeses pieces (you'll just need 1 per cookie)
- 10 rolos or mini reeses cups
- 2 tbsp frosting, divided into two portions
- 2-3 drops yellow food coloring
Equipment
Instructions
- Flip your fudge stripe cookie upside down.
- Add a drop of frosting to the bottom of your unwrapped rolo and adhere the rolo to the bottom of the fudge stripe cookie. You can also leave the cookie facing upwards, totally up to you or the kids making their hats!
- Make your yellow food coloring by adding a few drops to a portion of your white frosting. I like using gel food coloring. Transfer into a ziploc or piping bag, then cup a really small hole in the tip. Follow the rolo around and add a tassle if desired.
- You can add your mini M&M to the yellow icing, or you can add a drop of frosting to the back of the m&m before sticking onto the rolo.
- Store on a cookie tray or in an airtight container. Serve the same day or cookies will hold for 2-3 days. After that they may begin to get a bit stale.