How to Decorate Cookies with Christmas Lights
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These Christmas Lights Decorated Sugar Cookies are the perfect Christmas-themed treat to give out as presents or a delicious snack. Easy to make and so cute. These Cookies with Christmas Lights are perfect for the holidays.
Cookies with Christmas Lights
This is not a recipe post. This is just a post to show you how to make those cute little Christmas lights on your sugar cookies. However, if you are looking for a cookie recipe with icing to go along with this idea for decorating…I do have a delicious Sugar Cookie Recipe, if you’d like to check it out.
If you are looking for fun and easy Christmas Treats then check out some of my other ideas like Reindeer Rice Krispies Treats, Blonde Brownie Santa Hats, or Santa Hat Rice Krispies Treats
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What I like about this Christmas Cookie:
- It’s an easy-to-make cookie for Christmas cookie exchanges
- Kids can help decorate these cookies
- Perfect for the holidays
FAQs
Make Ahead and Storage:
Can I Make Christmas Lights Cookies Ahead of Time?
Yes! Frosted Sugar or Cut Out Cookies can be made several days in advance
Storage: Store frosted sugar cookies at room temperature in an air-tight container
Do I Use Mini M&Ms or Regular M&Ms to decorate Cookies with Christmas Lights?
You can use either one. I made large round cookies, so regular-sized M&Ms worked well. If you are making smaller-sized cookies, then you can certainly use mini M&Ms to decorate with
Tips and Tricks:
- let the cookies cool completely before decorating them with frosting or icing
- use a writing tip to make the electric cord
- you can use regular or mini-sized M&Ms
- I experimented with the way I drew the lines. I made zig-zag lines, squiggly lines with tight loops, and then wider squiggly lines with large loops – My favorite was the wide squiggly lines and large loops thrown in here and there
If you are ready to make these fun and festive cookies, then let’s make sure you have everything you’ll need:
- round sugar cookies completely cooled
- frosting or icing – I used already-made green frosting that is usually available around Christmas time in the baking aisle. This cookie would also be cute in red or white
- M&Ms – I used regular-sized, but you can use mini M&Ms
- black decorating icing
- writing tips for decorating
- *optional – a piping bag. I did not use a piping bag for the black decorating icing, because I bought a ready-made tube of black icing in the baking aisle of my local store
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How do you make Christmas Light Cookies?
- frost round or tree-shaped cookies
- use a writing tip with black cookie icing to make squiggly lines around the top of the cookie
- turn M&Ms on their sides and place them under some of the black squiggly lines – spacing them apart much like you would see Christmas lights on a tree
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How to Decorate Cookies with Christmas Lights
Equipment
- writing tips for decorating
- a piping bag. I did not use a piping bag for the black decorating icing because I bought a ready-made tube of black icing in the baking aisle of my local store *optional
Ingredients
- 24 round sugar cookies completely cooled
- 1 16 oz. frosting green
- M&Ms – I used regular-sized, but you can use mini M&Ms
- 1 4 oz. decorating icing black with a writing tip
Instructions
- frost round or tree-shaped cookies
- use a writing tip with black cookie icing to make squiggly lines around the top of the cookie
- turn M&Ms on their sides and place them under some of the black squiggly lines – spacing them apart much like you would see Christmas lights on a tree
Notes
- I have a great recipe for sugar cookies and powdered sugar icing – that would be perfect for this decorating idea
Can I Make Christmas Lights Cookies Ahead of Time?
Yes! Frosted Sugar or Cut Out Cookies can be made several days in advance Storage: Store frosted sugar cookies at room temperature in an air-tight containerDo I Use Mini M&Ms or Regular M&Ms to decorate Christmas Light Cookies?
You can use either one. I made large round cookies, so regular-sized M&Ms worked well. If you are making smaller-sized cookies, then you can certainly use mini M&Ms to decorate withTips and Tricks:
- let the cookies cool completely before decorating them with frosting or icing
- use a writing tip to make the electric cord
- you can use regular or mini-sized M&Ms
Making the black lines:
- I experimented with the way I drew the lines. I made zig-zag lines, squiggly lines with tight loops, and then wider squiggly lines with large loops –
- My favorite was the wide squiggly lines and large loops thrown in here and there
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