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Piggy Cookies: Barnyard Treats and Reads Series

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  • Yield: 10 1x

Description

This piggy Nutter Butter cookies are fun and easy to make with kids! They would be perfect to make when studying barnyard life, or even for a special piggy-themed party (for those Peppa Pig and Mrs. Piggy lovers)

Ingredients

Scale
  • 10 nutter butter cookies
  • 1 cup pink melting chocolates or white with pink food coloring for melting chocolates
  • ½ cup dark pink melting chocolates or pink chocolate coloring gel
  • ½ tsp coconut oil
  • Candy eyes
  • Additional Items:
  • 2 ramekins
  • pan for double boiler set up
  • piping cones
  • chocolate dipping wand or fork
  • wire cooling rack
  • parchment paper
  • OR
  • If you want to simplify the decorating process, buy Wilton Cookie Decorating Icing (in 9 oz. squeeze bottles) instead of the melting chocolates and related ingredients.

Instructions

  1. Set up double boiler with shallow pan and ramekins for each color chocolate.
  2. Fill with water till half way up side of ramekins *careful not to get water inside them as it will seize the chocolate.
  3. Turn heat to medium low.
  4. Add chocolates and smidge of coconut oil to each, stirring to combine as they melt.
  5. Using wand or fork, dip Nutter Butter cookies in light pink chocolate until thoroughly coated. Hover above dish as chocolate drips off.
  6. Set on wire rack to harden.
  7. Spoon dark pink melted chocolate into piping cones and draw on ears and snout.
  8. Dab toothpick into light pink chocolate and onto piggy head where you want to place the eyes and quickly add the candy eyes.
  9. On parchment paper, draw squiggly tails, making extra, and put them in the refrigerator to harden.
  10. Add tails by dabbing toothpick into pink melting chocolate and applying to the tail area, carefully press tail into chocolate.
  11. Set to dry and harden.
  12. Store in airtight container.
  13. OR
  14. If you’re using bottled Wilton Cookie Decorating Icing, decorate cookies using bottled icing instead of following the above steps for decorating using melting chocolates. Set to dry and harden.

Find it online: https://lovetheserecipes.com/pigs-barnyard-treats-and-reads-series/