Printable Recipe: Tasty No-Bake Santa Cookies

Tasty No-Bake Santa Cookies

Don't make these easy children Christmas cookies for Santa! He might be a little offended. The best part of this free Christmas cookie recipe? How great it tastes-- using white chocolate to decorate is much tastier than a sugary frosting. The second best? How great they look, and how much fun kids have making (and eating!) them.

Ingredients:
2 (6 oz. each) pkgs. white chocolate baking squares, chopped
1 (16 oz.) pkg. Nutter Butter cookies
red decorative sugar crystals
32 vanilla or white chocolate chips
64 mini chocolate chips
32 small red-hot candies

Instructions: 1. In microwave over low heat, melt white chocolate, stirring occasionally, til just melted

2. Dip one end of each Nutter Butter cookie into the melted white chocolate for the top part of Santa's head. Place cookie on a wire rack.

3. While chocolate is still warm, sprinkle red sugar on top part of chocolate to make Santa's red hat. Quickly press one white chocolate or vanilla chip for ball on Santa's hat (place it off to one side). (You can also use half of a mini-marshmallow for a fluffy ball.)

4. Let stand on wire rack til set.

5. When set, dip "bald" end of each cookie into the white chocolate (rewarm in microwave if necessary) for Santa's beard. Don't cover center of cookie-- gotta leave room for Santa's face! Place again on wire rack.

6. Using a small amount of melted white chocolate as glue, attach chocolate chips for Santa's eyes and a red-hot candy for his nose.

7. Place cookies on waxed paper until set.

8. Makes 32 cookies.

Tip: To make this free Christmas cookie recipe even more fun, use different types of candy for Santa's face. Mini M&Ms of all colors work great for eyes (check out the photo), nose, whatever. Take a look at the candy aisle for small candies of the right size-- let the kids get creative!