Pilgrim Hat Cookies Recipe

Pilgrim Hat Cookies Recipe
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100% would make again

"We dreamed up this combination for a yummy treat to take into school before our Thanksgiving break. Everyone loved them!" Megan and Mitchell Vogel, Jefferson, Wisconsin

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  • 32 Servings
  • Prep: 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 1 cup vanilla frosting
  • 7 drops yellow food coloring
  • 32 miniature peanut butter cups
  • 1 package (11-1/2 ounces) fudge-striped cookies
  • 32 pieces orange mini Chiclets gum

Directions

  • In a small shallow bowl, combine frosting and food coloring. Remove paper liners from peanut butter cups.
  • Holding the bottom of a peanut butter cup, dip top of cup in yellow frosting. Position over center hole on the bottom of cookie, forming the hatband and crown. Add a buckle of Chiclets gum. Repeat with remaining cups and cookies. Yield: 32 cookies.

Pilgrim Hat Cookies published in Taste of Home October/November 2008, p34

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Reviewed on Nov. 20, 2009 by marciedarciestuff

Just made these for my coworkers and will be making them next week for my kids to take to school. EASY and ADORABLE. Thanks for sharing this. I FINALLY found the tiny chicklets at a Micheals Craft Store as another person mentioned.

Reviewed on Nov. 12, 2009 by arctickiki

These are absolutely ADORABLE! I haven't made them yet, but I can't wait to, and how simple! Thanks!

Reviewed on Nov. 11, 2009 by dmgiblin

Made these last Thanksgiving. Tinted small amount of icing orange and used a small tip to pipe in. The kids LOVED them.

Reviewed on Nov. 10, 2009 by rigglek

A very cute idea but it's heart healthy only if you don't eat any.

Reviewed on Nov. 10, 2009 by magybarra

I made these cookies for my sons elementary class. It was a hit! All of the kids loved them! I used the Mini- M & M's in replace of the gum. Cute idea!!!

Reviewed on Nov. 04, 2009 by cdsmith38

This is such a cute idea! I ended up finding the mini chicklet gum at Michael's craft store of all places!! :)

Reviewed on Dec. 01, 2008 by XOBasia

I made these for Thanksgiving this year...it was a hit! I had leftover candy corn from Halloween and just cut little pieces of the orange section. Very cute!

Reviewed on Nov. 25, 2008 by kkparsons

I made these to bring in to work as a pre-Thanksgiving treat, and everyone loved them! I also could not find chiclets so used orange tic-tacs. The only other thing I did differently was to pipe some icing on with a cake decorating bag, because it didn't quite look like the picture when I just put some on the bottom of the peanut butter cup and pressed down. What a cute idea!

Reviewed on Nov. 20, 2008 by bekahjan

 Hi Kris,

 I am in CA and had the same trouble finding chiclets. I made the cookies and found a great replacement. I found those gummy orange wedges (I found mine at walmart) and used those. I took one wedge and rolled it out flat with a rolling pin (use lots of sugar to help it keep from sticking to the rolling pin) then cut it into strips then into squares. (when roling it out make sure not to roll it so flat that you lose the orange color of the wedge). It worked great. It was a little tedious but turned out wonderful. I only used one orange wedge for about 25 cookies. Hope this idea helps.

 Rebekah

 

Reviewed on Nov. 16, 2008 by arslp

My five-year-old grandson and I made these last weekend and he absolutely loved them! He liked them so much that we made them 3 times!! We could not find chiclets in our area, so we used the orange tic-tacs, and they looked fine.

I'm taking this recipe to the therapeutic preschool where I work to the occupational therapist. Good fine motor activity. My little patients (speech-pathologist) will get to make these, too! Good for language.

Thanks so much for this great idea!

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