Santa Nutter Butters might just be one of the sweetest little Christmas cookie ideas to come out of a packet of store-bought cookies. They are cute, festive, full of personality, and wonderfully simple to make, which is exactly the kind of holiday treat we love when December starts feeling busy.
These adorable Santa cookies are a great Christmas food craft for older kids, tweens, and teens who might think they have outgrown traditional cookie decorating. Instead of just adding sprinkles and icing, they get to turn plain nut butter cookies into tiny edible Santas, complete with red hats, white beards, candy eyes, and plenty of character. Each one ends up looking a little different, which only makes them more charming.
They are also perfect for those moments when you need a quick but impressive holiday treat. Take them along as a hostess gift, add them to a Christmas cookie platter, make a batch for an office party, or package them up for teachers, neighbors, and friends. They have that homemade holiday feel without requiring you to bake from scratch, and they look like you spent far more time on them than you actually did.
There really is something joyful about Christmas cookies that look the part, and these Santa Nutter Butters bring all the festive cheer with very little fuss. They are fun to make, adorable to share, and almost too cute to eat — almost.
Makes: 10
Prep: 20 Minutes
Ingredients:
10 nutter butter cookies
10 red m&m’s
10 white candy sprinkle pearls
20 candy eye sprinkles
1 bag red candy melts
1 bag white candy melts
Instructions:
Melt the white candy melts as directed on the package.
Dip the bottom half of the nutter butter into the white candy melts and place on a piece of parchment paper or freezer paper with the shiny side up. Stick the m&m’s on each for the nose.
Melt red candy melts as directed on the package.
Using a small pastry brush, brush on red candy melts to the top of the nutter butters. Place the white pearls on the edge for the ball of the hat.
Using some of the white candy melts add a little to the back of the eye candy and place onto the nutter butter. Repeat this to add all the eyes.
Let dry and then serve!
These nutter butter Santa’s are great for gifting or hanging on the Christmas tree, one biscuit wrapped up in a small bag is a great little gift to hand out to neighbors,friends, or loved ones. I hung mine to the Christmas tree in little bags.
