Description
Fun and festive sugar cookies decorated to look like melting snowmen. These soft, buttery cookies are topped with marshmallows, icing, and candy details, making them a playful holiday treat perfect for Christmas parties and baking with kids.
Ingredients
Scale
- For the Sugar Cookies:
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp almond extract (optional)
- For the Decorations:
- 1 batch royal icing or thick powdered sugar glaze
- 24 large marshmallows
- Mini chocolate chips (for eyes and buttons)
- 24 small orange sprinkles or jelly bean pieces (for noses)
- Pretzel sticks, broken into small pieces (for arms)
- Red and green fondant or fruit roll-ups, cut into thin strips (for scarves)
- Optional: shredded coconut or mini marshmallows (for snowy base)
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Mix in egg, vanilla, and almond extract.
- Gradually add dry ingredients until a soft dough forms.
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Roll dough into 1 ½-inch balls, flatten slightly, and bake for 8–10 minutes until edges are lightly golden.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- Prepare royal icing or glaze.
- Spoon onto cooled cookies, letting it spread like melted snow.
- Press a marshmallow onto the top third of each cookie while icing is wet.
- Decorate with mini chocolate chips for eyes and buttons, and an orange sprinkle or jelly bean for the nose.
- Add pretzel stick arms and wrap a fondant or fruit roll-up strip around the marshmallow as a scarf.
- Let cookies set for 1 hour at room temperature or 20–30 minutes in the fridge.
Notes
- For contrast, use chocolate cookies instead of sugar cookies.
- Add shredded coconut for a frosty base.
- Chill dough before baking to prevent spreading.
- Kids love decorating these melting snowman cookies; they are great for holiday activities.
- Freeze undecorated cookies, then thaw and decorate later.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Holiday
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 16g
- Sodium: 85mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg