If you want the cutest St Patrick’s Day cookies, you want to make these adorable Leprechaun Cookies made with Nutter Butters. These cookies look so cute and they are super easy to make. Perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day party for kids and adults alike.
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Leprechaun Cookies Nutter Butters
For many of the St Patrick’s Day desserts, it is usually mint or green colored dessert. These cookies are a great choice for someone who wants a St Patrick’s Day cookie that is scream St. Patty’s Day. These cookies are little leprechauns that are made from Nutter Butters. It makes these cookies extremely easy to make and everyone will be raving how adorable they are.
Some of my other favorite St. Patrick’s Day treats are Magically Delicious Lucky Charms Popcorn, Green Velvet Cheesecake Bars, and these adorable Rainbow Cupcakes.
What is the Best Way to Melt Chocolate
There are 2 ways that you can melt the chocolate wafers. The chocolate can be melted on the stove using a double boiler. This is when you use a saucepan and add water to it. Using a glass or ceramic heat-safe bowl, nestle it over top of the pan. As the water comes to a boil, the heat will melt the chocolate. The other way is to heat the chocolate wafers in the microwave. Using a heat-safe bowl, heat the chocolate melts for 30 seconds at a time. Stir the chocolate between each set of heating.
How to Store These St Patrick’s Day Cookies
These cookies should be stored at room temperature. If you store the cookies in the refrigerator the cookies may become soft. Be sure to keep the cookies in an airtight container or a freezer bag. This will keep the cookies fresh and delicious.
Can Kids Make these Leprechaun Cookies?
These cookies are easy to make. Kids will require supervision or an adult will need to melt the chocolate but the decorating part is a perfect fun food craft for kids. Kids will love decorating these St. Patrick’s Day cookies.
If you want more St. Patrick’s Day activities for the kids try these:
Leprechaun Paper Bag Puppet
No Sew St. Patrick’s Day Shirt for Kids
Homemade Playdough for St. Patrick’s Day
Ingredients in these Leprechaun Cookies
- Nutter Butter Cookies
- Green candy melts
- Orange candy melts
- Black candy melts
- Mini candy eyeballs
- Shamrock sprinkles
Leprechaun Cookies Nutter Butters
Melt the green candy coating according to package directions giving special care not to overheat the candy. If the candy coating is overheated, it will be too thick. You can add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil or vegetable shortening to help thin the candy but do not add any other type of liquid as the candy will seize and harden.
Prepare a baking sheet or cutting board with waxed paper.
Dip each cookie into the green candy melts until covering about ⅓ of the cookie. Shake to remove excess candy and then place on waxed paper to harden.
After all the cookies are dipped, pour remaining candy melts into a piping bag with a fine tip or a zip-top freezer bag with a small corner snipped. Create a line of candy melts across each cookie where the dipped area meets the cookie to create a hat brim. Repeat the line if desired to create a thicker looking brim. Allow to set completely before proceeding.
Melt orange candy and place in a piping bag, freezer bag, or squeeze bottle. Apply the candy melts to the cookie to create a beard. Allow to set completely before proceeding.
Melt the back candy and pour into a piping bag with a fine tip or a zip-top freezer bag with a small corner snipped. Create a line of candy melts across each cookie just above the hat brim. Immediately press a shamrock sprinkle into the black line.
Using a toothpick, apply a small amount of black candy melts to the back of a candy eyeball. Press into place on the leprechaun’s face and repeat with the other eye.
Allow candy coating to harden before serving or packaging.
Leprechaun Cookies
Ingredients
- Nutter Butter Cookies
- Green candy melts
- Orange candy melts
- Black candy melts
- Candy eyeballs
- Shamrock sprinkles
Instructions
- Melt the green candy coating according to package directions giving special care not to overheat the candy. If the candy coating is overheated, it will be too thick. You can add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil or vegetable shortening to help thin the candy but do not add any other type of liquid as the candy will seize and harden.
- Prepare a baking sheet or cutting board with waxed paper.
- Dip each cookie into the green candy melts until covering about ⅓ of the cookie. Shake to remove excess candy and then place on waxed paper to harden.
- After all the cookies are dipped, pour remaining candy melts into a piping bag with a fine tip or a zip-top freezer bag with a small corner snipped. Create a line of candy melts across each cookie where the dipped area meets the cookie to create a hat brim. Repeat the line if desired to create a thicker looking brim. Allow to set completely before proceeding.
- Melt orange candy and place in a piping bag, freezer bag, or squeeze bottle. Apply the candy melts to the cookie to create a beard. Allow to set completely before proceeding.
- Melt the back candy and pour into a piping bag with a fine tip or a zip-top freezer bag with a small corner snipped. Create a line of candy melts across each cookie just above the hat brim. Immediately press a shamrock sprinkle into the black line.
- Using a toothpick, apply a small amount of black candy melts to the back of a candy eyeball. Press into place on the leprechaun’s face and repeat with the other eye.
- Allow candy coating to harden before serving or packaging.
Nutter Butters are a favorite cookie in this household and have been for decades! I love how easy it is to dress these cookies up. Hubby’s work would love it~
We are on self isolating. I went to the grocery store for what I needed to make these. The kids are having fun baking today and decorating.
I’m so glad you were able to gather the supplies. Enjoy and be well.
These are so cute I will have to try making some with my granddaughter..She would love it 🙂