Frosted Jack-o-Lantern Cookies

  • Prep 45 min
  • Total 0 min
  • Ingredients 6
  • Servings 14

Ingredients

  • 1/2 can vanilla frosting
  • 2 oz. vanilla-flavored candy coating
  • Orange paste food color
  • 14 creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
  • Purchased chocolate decorator icing
  • 7 green gumdrops, cut in half

Steps

  • 1
    In small saucepan, combine frosting and candy coating; melt over low heat, stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in desired amount of food color.
  • 2
    Line cookie sheets with waxed paper. Using tongs, dip each cookie in melted frosting mixture, coating completely. Lay flat on paper-lined cookie sheets. Let stand about 10 minutes until set.
  • 3
    Decorate coated cookies with jack-o´-lantern faces using decorator icing. Top each with 1 gumdrop half for stem.

  • Younger children can place green gumdrop "stems" on each pumpkin as older kids add the chocolate frosting faces.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
150
Calories from Fat
50
Total Fat
6g
9%
Saturated Fat
2g
10%
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
100mg
4%
Total Carbohydrate
23g
8%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
18g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Fruit; 1 1/2 Fat;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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