Easy Snowman Cookies Recipe offers a delightful and whimsical dessert option. These soft sugar cookies are not only impressive in appearance but also quick to prepare.
These festive Christmas Cookies are the perfect Christmas Dessert to make for parties or movie night. I absolutely love snowman desserts and also make Snowman Oreo Balls every year.
If you love Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies Recipe, this new recipe for snowman will be a hit.
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Why We Love This Recipe
- It’s a fun activity. This tasty treat is so fun to make and eat.
- Perfect for a cookie exchange. It is a fun activity and a tasty treat all in one. I think you and your family will have a blast making these cookies.
- Budget friendly. The ingredients are simple and inexpensive.
Ingredients
- Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Dough. Use your favorite brand.
- Red Gel Icing. This storebought icing makes it so easy to use.
- Chocolate Chips. Try to use a good quality chocolate.
- Mini Chocolate Chips. You need the mini size, so it fits on the cookies.
- Red and Green M&M’s. Grab a bag of seasonal M&Ms for this.
Get the complete list of ingredients at the bottom of the page.
Substitutions and Additions
- Cookie Dough. We used store bought cookie dough but feel free to make homemade Sugar Cookies Recipe or your favorite cookie recipe. You can also use a mix such as Betty Crocker and add extracts like almond extract or clear vanilla extract.
- M&M’s. We used holiday colors but feel free to use any color you prefer. If you are making these in January, blue would be pretty.
- Icing – You can use decorative icing such as royal icing recipe to decorate them instead of candy if you prefer. The icing is fun to use food coloring and make the face, scarf and buttons. It is handy to have a few disposable piping bags on hand so you can pipe the icing. Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting is another option and you can use food coloring in gel colors.
- Chocolate – While m&m’s are fun, any similar sized candy will work. While it won’t be as colorful, you could use chocolate chips for the buttons as well.
- Sprinkles – Feel free to add sprinkles or any type of decorations you like. Orange sprinkles would be cute for the nose.
- Arms – Use pretzel sticks for arms if you want to add those. It is optional but such a fun little extra touch to the cookies.
- Melted Snowman. Add large marshmallows on top to resemble Melted Snowman Cookies Recipe
How to Make Snowman Cookies
Step 1. First, put the store bought cookie dough on a lined baking sheet while you preheat the oven. You want to put 3 cookies together so they bake into a snowman shape.
Step 2. They should be about ½ inch apart and I use large baking sheets. I always use parchment paper to line the cookie sheet. This helps make clean-up easier.
Step 3. Bake the cookies per the directions on the package until lightly browned. They will turn out light and fluffy.
Step 4. After they bake, remove the cookies from the oven. Allow the cookies to cool completely on a cooling rack and start to decorate.
Step 5. Finally, decorate the cookies. Do this while they are still warm so it sticks. Place the chocolate chips and m&m’s on the cookies to form the snowman face and buttons.
Step 6. Then add the frosting gel around the top and middle cookies for a scarf. We used red and green but you can use any color of icing you prefer. Serve in a platter or bowl.
Frequently Asked Questions
Put the cookies inside an air tight container in the refrigerator up to 5 days. Our cookies never last that long because the kids really love these.
I also like to use a layer of wax paper between the cookies during storage so the decorations stay intact.
You certainly can. Store the cookies inside an airtight container. Make sure they are completely cool before freezing.
Place a layer of parchment paper in between the cookies. They can be frozen up to 3 months. When you are ready to eat, allow the cookies to thaw and come to room temperature.
More Snowman Recipes
- Melted Snowman Bark
- Melted Snowman Cookies Recipe
- Snowman Cupcakes Recipe
- Snowman Chocolate Covered Oreos
Try this easy recipe today and come back and leave a comment. I love to hear feedback from you.
Snowman Cookies
Ingredients
- Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Dough
- Red Gel Icing
- Chocolate Chips
- Mini Chocolate Chips
- Red and Green M&M’s
Instructions
- Place your pre-made cookie dough on a lined cookie sheet so that they are about ½ inch apart.
- Bake as directed on package.
- Remove from oven, and while still warm, add your chocolate chips and M&M’s.
- Allow cookies to cool completely and pipe on frosting gel around the top and middle cookies for a scarf.
- Store in an air tight container in the refrigerator.
