Teeny tiny googly eye cookies! It’s an idea I have had on my “cookie to-make” list for almost 10 years, and I’ve finally gotten around to making them.

These “Owl only have eyes for you” cookies are only about the size of a teaspoon and are definitely whimsical and fun for Valentine’s Day or any time. Without further ado, I’ll share how I made these in the notes and video below.

Video Tutorial – Googly Eye Valentine Cookies

If you can’t see the video, click HERE.

How to Make Googly Eye Cookies

I’ll share a basic how to, along with recipes, templates and links to the things you’ll need to make these cookies. The decorating steps can be seen in the video posted above.

Notes about the Googly Eyes

Important to note about the empty capsules, size 000, which I used to make the googly eyes: Make sure you tell your cookie recipients to remove before eating. Although they are safe to ingest and technically edible, they are crunchy to bite into and can have slightly sharp edges when broken.

You can find links to all the recipes, decorating items you’ll need, templates etc., a little further down in the blog post.

To make the googly eyes, I used the largest size, 000, empty gelatin capsules I could find. Trim or cut the capsules (can be seen in the video), and use a 10 mm hole punch to cut a matching size of edible frosting paper for each eye. Place a dry dot of black icing (template below), on the center of the frosting sheet circle, pipe a line of white icing around the perimeter, and place the trimmed capsule on top. Press down gently to adhere. Be careful not to move the googly eye around at this stage, as the black icing may stick to the white icing holding the capsule in place. Once the white icing has dried, your googly eye is ready!

Cookie Recipe

I used my sugar cookie recipe. You can find it here. (Just use the sugar cookie recipe, not the strawberry coulis). I hand cut the owl cookies with an exacto knife.

Royal Icing

You can find my favorite royal icing recipe here. The consistency of icing is key for easy decorating. Click here to see a YouTube video on finding the right icing thickness.

Complete Guide to Royal Icing PDF

You can also find my Complete Guide to Royal Icing Consistency here.

Cookie Decorating Basics

Here are some posts which take you through cookie decorating basics:

{Video} Cookie Decorating Tools & How to Fill a Piping Bag

{Video} How to Outline and Flood Cookies with Royal Icing

{Video} How to Dry Cookies Decorated with Royal Icing

Cookie Designs Icing Consistency

All the icing consistencies are medium. You can find my Complete Guide to Royal Icing Consistency here.

Decorating Items

What you’ll need (These are Amazon affiliate links):

• Piping Tips –   PME #1.5,  PME tip 2.5
• Piping Bags
• Tipless Piping Bags
• Couplers
• Food Gel Coloring
• empty capsules, size 000 *Make sure you tell your cookie recipients to remove before eating. Although they are safe to ingest and technically edible, they are crunchy to bite into.
• Edible Frosting Sheets
• 10 mm Whole Puncher
• Scribe Tool or Toothpicks
• Heart Shape Biscuit Cutters
• Exacto Knife
• Tweezers for Cookie Decorating

Owl Royal Icing Transfer Tracing Sheet

You can find a printable link HERE.

You can find an example on how to make royal icing transfers HERE.

If you prefer a royal icing transfer sheet of only the hearts and eyeballs, you can find a printable link HERE.

Have fun making these too! Please feel free to reach out with questions or comments in the comment section below, or you can find me on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube and Twitter.

Happy decorating!

xo,

Marian