If someone would have said to me when I was a child, “Marian, you’re going to see the world in decorated cookies when you get older”, I would have, first of all, not understood what they meant, and second of all, once I did understand, not believed them.
But, it’s true. Wherever I go, whatever I see, be it clothing, stickers, scrapbooking paper, posters, ads, whatever… I imagine what it might look like as a decorated cookie. Probably a bit of unique passion, but if you’re reading this, you might feel somewhat the same.
I’d already picked out which Halloween design I was going make for my step-daughter, until I saw these. Halloween characters by My Mind’s Eye scrapbooking paper {blackbird collection by Deena Rutter}. I knew I had to turn them into cookies.
Whimsical, fun and easy to use with a Kopykake projector as the outlines are already distinct.
If you’d like to make these, I’ve shared a step-by-step tutorial for each cookie below:
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How to Make Decorated Halloween Cookies
You will need:
- Sugar Cookie Recipe here or Gingerbread Recipe here.
- Royal Icing Recipe here.
- My Mind’s Eye Blackbird Paper
- Edible Frosting Sheets
& Edible Ink Printer and Food Coloring Cartridges (or ask your local bakery to print them for you)
- Clear Corn Syrup
- Paintbrush or Foam Brush
- Piping Tips (#2, star tip #16)
- Couplers
- Piping Bags
- Food Gel Colourings
- Kopykake projector (Im not skilled at drawing so need to use a Kopykake projector to trace the images)
Instructions
Cut cookie shapes and bake. The size can be determined by you. My cookie sizes were as follows; pumpkins (2 inch/5 cm circles), medium rectangles (3 by 5 inches/7.5 by 12.7 cm) and large rectangle (4 by 7.5 inches/10 by 19 cm).
How to Make the Witch, Frankenstein and Batboy Cookies
Step One: For the background of all the rectangular cookies, I used the My Mind’s Eye Blackbird Paper
Step Two: Using a #2 piping tip, outline and flood your cookies with white royal icing. Let your icing dry (12-24 hours).
Step Three: With a paintbrush only used for this purpose, apply a thin layer of clear corn syrup to the surface of the dry icing. Peel the backing from the frosting sheet and place onto the cookie. Adhere image to cookie by gently pressing from the centre and outwards.
Step Four: Outline your shape using a #2 piping tip and black royal icing. You can find tips on piping royal icing in see my cookie decorating tutorial or YouTube videos.
Step Five: Flood or fill in your outlines. Let dry 6-12 hours or more. How long depends on the humidity of your environment. Then add the next layer of icing details. Pictorials for each cookie follow so you can see the steps for each cookie.
Witch Cookie
Frankenstein Cookie
Batboy Cookie
Step Six: Thicken purple royal icing enough so that the icing forms a stiff peak when you dip a spoon in it and pull upwards.
Step Seven: Using a #16 star tip, pipe a shell border.
Step Eight: Serve as is or let them dry and package in a cellophane bag tied with ribbon.
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How to Make Pumpkin Decorated Cookies
Step One: Using a #2 piping tip, outline and flood your cookies with white royal icing. Let your icing dry (12-24 hours).
Step Two: Outline your shape using a #2 piping tip and black royal icing. You can find tips on piping royal icing in see my cookie decorating tutorial or YouTube videos.
Step Three: Fill or flood your pumpkin outline using a #2 tip and orange icing. The consistency of the icing is key. For a how-to on how to find the right consistency, please see this video here.
Step Four: Pipe the top layers of detail, letting the icing dry in between each stage. (See pictorial below for decorating steps).
Step Five: Serve as is or let them dry and package in a cellophane bag tied with ribbon.
And you’re done!
It was so amazing to see my step-daughter’s face when I gave her the cookies. I think her eyes were bigger than the eyes of the characters on the cookies. Such a great feeling!
Thanks to Niner of We Choose Organic and my web designer Arthur, for helping me with photos and to those of you on my Facebook page who gave me your input on what colour of border I should do, thank you!
Just a quick note about the Sweet of the Week. A new contest isn’t up this week because the contest is undergoing some new and fun changes. For example, you’ll be able to upload your own photos soon! Watch out for more details so that you can enter!
If you have any questions or comments, please drop me a line below and come join me on facebook, twitter, or youtube.
Have a Happy Halloween!
xo,
Marian
Those are absolutely phenomenal. You are so precise, I am in awe!
These are seriously too stinking cute for words!
LOVE!!! These are so much fun!
OH MY GOODNESSSS…
Mariaaan you’re amazing. Not just kids’ eyes would be sooo big when seeing those cookies! Guess how mine look like right now haha….you’re so awesome, I love your talent and I love the way you explain how you make everything. It’s just perfect, whatever you do, I adore it.
Thanks for this wooonderful post!!
What a wonderful start of the week, thank you!
much love
xoxo
niner
I Love them!
Son fantásticas!!!
I absolutely love these!!! They came out great with the purple border.
Aw, thank you!!
Wow, Marian! And I love that little pumpkin with the eyelashes!
Oh you always just have the cutest ideas! So inspirational! Thank you for another wonderful post!!!
They are adorable. You always do such a perfect job. Love you website.
These are absolutely BEYOND AMAZING Marian! WOW! I love them. You always find the best designs for your KopyKake! I think I need to get out and shop more often! Great job and thanks for the perfect tutorial!
Estan hermosas! they are so beatiful cookies i want to make them
You are AMAZING. I love them.
These are so cute! I wish i could a fraction as skilled as you at decorating cookies!
These are beautiful!! You do such a lovely job
Thanks so much!
@ Bianca @Sweet Dreaming: oh but you *can* do them too! Really!
So cute. These are the best amazing personality Halloween cookies I’ve seen.
These are awesome Marian…. I’m in awe of your skull and talent … And so desperately want to get me a Kopykake !!!
Ha ha…. You do have a lovely noggin
Marian…. But it’s your skill I admire … Lol xx K
Thanks @ Lora and @ Kristy!
@ Kristy: (another Kristy
Haven’t heard the word noggin in a while – love it!
Such a fun and creative set Marian!! Beautiful job!
These are fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing,,,!
Marian that’s how you know you’re doing exactly what you’re intended to do. When everything you see, dream and look forward to revolves around the decorated cookie. Good for you for living out your passion! I feel the exact same way about my painting. There is nothing better than to live your dreams!
You’re so good! I love your work so much that it inspired me to try cookie decorating too. More power!
I think purple was the perfect choice. Lovely work!
Yes purple was definitely the colour to use. I love how Frankenstein turned out, love the purple shirt! The pumpkins are really cute too. Always an inspiration Marian, oh and as always absolutely perfect!
These are awesome! Thanks for sharing, again!
@ Glory/ Glorious Treats: Thank you Glory! =)
@ Renee – Kudos kitchen: I love what you said… It’s funny how my dreams ended up being decorated cookies and sweets, lol, but it IS fun! Your paintings are like the cookies too – I agree – just a different medium.
@ dida:I’m so glad to have been a means of inspiration for you!
@ Amanda {Bluebird Cakes}:Thanks!
Not perfect (look closer), but thanks anyway lovely Kimmie.
@ MoJiHu: My pleasure. Thanks for visiting.
So adorable! I pinned this.
love them, as always!! best cookie creator i’ve ever seen!
julie xo
they are soooo cute… May I ask where did u get the icing sheets? thanks!
@ Barbara @ Barbara Bakes: Thanks! =)
@ julie: Thanks bestest sis-in-law ever!
@ Lena: Absolutely. I’ve bought them in 4 places to date – Amazon, Kopykake.com, IcingImages.com, and McCall’s Bakery Warehouse in Toronto. All of them worked fine. Take your pick!
These are amazing! Thank you for sharing
I am in LOVE!
These are adorable!!! I’m 17 and recently got really interested in cookie decorating! You are such an inspiration to me! You are AWESOME!!!
Works of art! So stunning. Just posted on edible crafts.
And loving the tutorials!
gorgeous!! they are absolutely gorgeous!! no other nice words to express how i feel about your cookie works…. and thank you very much for including your cookie sizes…. cheers!!!
I wish I had even half of your skill and artistic talent. I keep trying but my cookies never come out as pretty as these!
Pardon the ignorance but were the small black circles also made from edible frosting sheets?
@ Laura & @ trisha: Thanks!
@ Mary: That’s so amazing… I love that you’re so young (in my opinion
and starting out already. Just think what you’ll be creating at my age!
@ meaghan (the decorated cookie): Thanks so much for sharing on ediblecrafts.com !
@ tintin carpio: My pleasure.
@ pittipat: Oh but you DO. I’m just copying these. Are you using the Kopykake projector? If you’re piping needs help, have you watched any of my YouTube videos? Sometimes seeing it is a lot easier than reading about it.
Small black circles? Do you mean the outlines for the pumpkins? They are royal icing, not edible frosting sheets.
I LOVE these! ESPECIALLY the pumpkins! They made me LOL. I love the layers of designs! So pretty!
“You’re going to see the world in decorated cookies”…. I agree. It is such a weird phenomenon. I went hiking last month and when I came home to look at my photos, my first thought was, “that would make a cool cookie.” Dish towels at target, placemats at Kohls, wallpaper patterns in people’s homes…. everything seems cookie-able. It’s fun to be able to share “cookie vision” with others out there!! Thanks for your wonderful blog.
Those are the cutest!! That witch is just precious
Wow they all look amazing! But my favorite one is the witch cookie, she looks adorable!
These are all adorable cookies. You are so talented at using your Kopykake projector and your tutorials are always so detailed.
Beautiful work!
@ SweetSugarBelle: Thanks sweet girl!
@ SweetStacey’s: Exactly! Your examples struck a chord… dishtowels, wallpaper… I’m so glad it’s not only me =)
@ shelly (cookies and cups), @ Jany@SuperCuteCookies:
@ Paula, @ Darlita: Thankyou!
Excellet work!! Master pieces!!
I LOVE these! They are super cute!
Best Halloween cookies I have seen this year, They are just perfect.The witch with her stripy dress and big eyes is so striking.