Description
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these festive Leprechaun Hat Cookies, featuring a sugar cookie base topped with green icing, mini chocolate donuts, and gold coin buckles. Perfect for parties and holiday treats!
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Base
- 1 batch sugar cookie dough (store-bought or homemade)
Decorations and Toppings
- 1/2 cup green icing (store-bought or homemade)
- 1/2 cup chocolate frosting
- 1 package mini chocolate donuts
- 1 package candy or chocolate gold coins (for the hat’s buckle)
- Green sprinkles (optional, for decoration)
- Yellow icing (optional, for accenting the buckle)
Instructions
- Prepare the Cookie Dough: Preheat your oven according to the sugar cookie dough instructions. Roll out the dough evenly and use a large round cookie cutter to cut out the cookie bases that will serve as the leprechaun hats.
- Bake the Cookies: Place the cut cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 8-10 minutes or as directed. Remove from oven and allow the cookies to cool completely before decorating.
- Prepare the Hat Base: Once cooled, spread a thin, even layer of green icing over the top surface of each cookie to create the vibrant base color of the leprechaun hat.
- Assemble the Hat: Gently place a mini chocolate donut on top of the green-iced cookie. This donut forms the rounded top portion of the leprechaun’s hat.
- Add the Buckle: Center a candy or chocolate gold coin on the front of the donut to serve as the hat’s buckle. For added detail, pipe a square outline around the coin using yellow icing.
- Decorate (Optional): Sprinkle green sprinkles around the edges or drizzle extra icing to enhance the festive look of the hat cookies.
- Serve and Enjoy: Allow the icing to set for a few minutes before serving or packaging your Leprechaun Hat Cookies for your St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
Notes
- You can use store-bought sugar cookie dough and icing to save time.
- Mini chocolate donuts can be found at most grocery stores or bakeries.
- If yellow icing is not available, use melted white chocolate tinted yellow for the buckle detail.
- These cookies should be stored in an airtight container to keep fresh up to 3 days.
- Green sprinkles add a nice festive touch but are optional.
