Sweet Santa Cookie Pops
Leave a plate of these sweet holiday treats out and Santa will make your house his first stop!
Prep time: 30 min.
Baking time: 12-17 min.
Decoration time: 20 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
- 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for the Holidays
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1 18-oz. roll store-bought refrigerated cookie dough
- 1 16-oz. can vanilla frosting
- Red food coloring
- 1 bag mini marshmallows
- 10 large cupcakes, iced with red frosting (optional)
- 2 cookie sheet pans
- 10 8-inch lollipop sticks
- Resealable plastic bag
- Spatula
- Printable templates
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the cookie sheet pans with the parchment paper.
- Knead the flour into the refrigerated cookie dough until smooth. Roll out the dough to a scant 1/4-inch thickness. Using the printable templates, cut out 10 triangles and 10 circles, re-rolling the scraps if necessary.
- Line up the circles on the prepared pans, and press a lollipop stick halfway into each circle. Arrange a triangle on top of each circle, overlapping it by 1/2 inch, with the tip curved to resemble a hat.
- Bake for 12-17 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely.
- Using the photo as a guide, decorate the cookies. Tint 3/4 cup of the frosting light pink; set aside. Spoon the remaining frosting into a resealable plastic bag; then snip a small corner and pipe frosting onto each hat to cover it. Decorate with M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for the Holidays; place a mini marshmallow at the very top. (For better results, work on one cookie at a time.)
- Spread the pink frosting onto the circle part, and arrange the face with M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for the Holidays for the eyes, nose and mouth. Use marshmallows cut in half for the beard, and whole marshmallows for the brim of the hat.
Tip: Presenting the cookie pops in cupcakes is optional. If you prefer, simply offer them as pops. When serving them for a special occasion, consider wrapping them in a piece of cellophane paper (about 12 inches square), tied closed with a piece of curling ribbon.
Makes 10 pops.






