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These adorable (and tasty) Little Peanut Cookie Babies are sponsored by Tampico. All opinions are mine.
Now that our boys are old enough to enjoy watching full-length movies (rather than 28 minute cartoon episodes OVER and OVER) we like to have movie night on Fridays. Last week we were watching the previews before our movie, and we saw the promo for The Boss Baby. My kids were cracking up at the jokes, especially when the baby started talking! The movie has moved up to the top of our movie night list!
One thing I like to do for movie nights is make a special snack to enjoy while we watch, like Easy Popcorn Balls or Brownie Bowls. I started thinking about what I could make with the boys when we watch DreamWorks The Boss Baby and I decided to make these cute little cookie babies!
The best thing about these Cookie Babies is that they are a no bake treat! You just need a few supplies and these cuties will be ready in minutes! Seriously, whoever invented candy eyes needs a raise, because they make crafting with food so much fun!
Little Peanut Cookie Babies
What you’ll need
- 1 pkg. peanut butter sandwich cookies
- 1 pkg. (8 oz) blue candy melts
- candy eyes
- black decorating gel
- wax paper
What to do
- Melt the candy melts according to the package directions
- Dip the bottom half of the cookies in the candy and set on wax paper to harden
- Using a little of the candy or the decorating gel, “glue” on the candy eyes
- Draw mouths, hair, bow ties or sleeping eyes with the black gel
- Allow to set before eating. Yum!
I added the cute little bow ties because Boss Baby wears a suit and it seemed appropriate. 🙂 You can buy candy bow ties, but the only ones I could find at our local hobby store were too large. It was easy to make my own with the gel, anyway. The only other thing we needed was a yummy drink to go with our cookie babies! I picked up a gallon of Tampico Tropical Punch for a sweet treat for the boys.
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Tammie Anders says
How far in advance can you make these cuties and how should they be stored?
Nicole Burkholder says
You can make them a day in advance, but I wouldn’t go longer than that. If they are stored in an airtight container you could possibly get another day out of them. The cookies get soft/stale if they are left exposed to the air. The candy is fine once it’s set-it’s nice and neat. If you’re using gel icing for the bow ties/hair bows that get’s a little tricky because some brands don’t “firm up” and they stay gel-like. You could opt for melting chocolate instead (piped on with a really small tip) and once that hardens then it would be safe to stack/store them.
Tammie Anders says
Thank you for your quick response. It was very helpful. I will be making them for my Daughter’s Baby Shower.
Nicole Burkholder says
How fun. Congratulations!
Marce says
I want to make these for an outdoor shower in mid July, will the candy melts get messy out in the summer heat? Im planning on placing a few cookies in clear bags as favors. any tips appreciated.
Nicole Burkholder says
Candy melts are better about chocolate when it comes to holding their shape and staying set. That said, if they are in direct sunlight for a while, I can’t say how long they will last. If they are in the shade, I think they would be fine, but don’t let them sit out in the sun.
Brenda says
I’m making these adorable cookies for a baby shower. I’m using white chocolate tinted blue and another tinted pink (twins)!! My first trial I just iced the lower part of the front of each cookie. I noticed yours have some kind of line design. How did you do that? I used black gel for the eyes, mouth, and hair. The gel is not getting hard. I plan to put them in small bags to use as favors. Any advice on how to get the gel to set? Thanks! I love the idea!!
Nicole Burkholder says
What a fun idea for twins. How exciting! 🙂 The extra little “line” designs were made by putting some leftover dipping chocolate in a bag and piping back and forth across the already dipped parts. I thought they just looked like they needed more texture to look like a baby swaddled in a blanket. 🙂
The gel does not harden unless it’s baked. If they need to be wrapped or stacked, you should use Royal Icing instead. You know the kind of icing they use on those fancy sugar cookies? You can color it black and pipe it on instead.
Brenda says
Where can I purchase Royal Icing?
Thanks
Nicole Burkholder says
You should be able to find a Wilton icing writer at Target. Royal Icing is something you’d have to make, so if you can find the Wilton writers, that would be easiest! You can also get Wilton royal icing mix, which just needs water. If you can’t find it at Target, you will definitely be able to at a hobby store like Joanne’s or Hobby Lobby in the cake decorating section.
Brenda says
Awesome! Thank you!
Mary Bey says
Making these for the baby shower I’m planning for my brother and his girlfriend. They are having a girl so I’ll have to change it a tad bit and using pink icing and maybe a bow on top of the head instead of a bowtie. Thanks for the recipe.
Nicole Burkholder says
That sounds so cute! Just a little red gel coloring in some white candy melts or chocolate would be perfect for pink!
Katriza says
Darn I couldve used this for the baby shower I hosted this past weekend! I’ll have to save this so that I can refer back to it next time!
Cindy Gordon says
Oh my goodness, you’re killing me. These are so cute and such a creative little treat!
Candice says
I can’t wait to see Boss Baby with my kids!
Nicole Burkholder says
It really looks like a cute movie!
Juli says
Ummm these need to be served at my next baby shower for sure! How adorable!!!
Kim Lee says
This is an excellent babyshower idea. Super cute & yummy too.
Jolina says
OMG these are the cutest! It would be so fun to give them all kinds of expressions. And I love peanut cookies, yum!
Melanie says
These would be so cute for a baby shower. I have one soon, and I may have to make these.