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Easter Chick and Carrot Nutter Butter Cookies

April 11, 2014

Hi friends!

Remember that blogging conference I told you about? The one I went to back in March?

Well, as I mentioned, after the conference I was super inspired with all sorts of ideas for Kitchen Concoctions. I also left feeling energized to get organized, not only for this blog, but in my personal life.

I was doing good for awhile. Engaging with y’all regularly on Social Media, posting consistently, and working on a ton of things behind the scenes (I am working hard on a blog redesign so that hopefully this site is more user friendly).

Then… I don’t know what happened… but April hit and life got crazy. Work picked up. I got sick. Oh yeah, and the weather is totally gorgeous making it really hard to concentrate.

Last month when I was planning all my blog posts for the month of April, I knew I wanted to share some Easter recipes. And not just a few recipes, you see the first few years of this blog I had fun theme weeks all the time (remember that s’mores week I tried to have last month). I had so much fun creating those weeks that I had wanted to bring you an entire Easter themed week (like I have done in the past). Well I started creating and photographing recipes and then didn’t get it finished. 

So I made these adorable Easter themed Nutter Butter Cookies instead. I love chocolate dipped Nutter Butter Cookies and I love when they are decorated super cute even more! In fact, as part of my annual Ghoulish Grub Week to celebrate Halloween, I have shared many different Halloween versions of decorated Nutter Butters. I have actually had ideas for decorated Nutter Butter Cookies for other holidays floating in my head for quite sometime; I just usually don’t think to make them until it’s too late!

However, I think it is time that we have some Easter versions too! There are lots of Easter Nutter Butter Cookie ideas floating all over Pinterest. Bunnies, chicks, etc. These are my versions… an adorable Easter Chick and a cute carrot, perfect for any spring gathering or even to top a carrot cake! 

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Easter Chick Nutter Butter Cookies
Printable Version

Yellow candy melts
Coconut oil or vegetable oil
Nutter Butter Cookies
Mini chocolate chips
Orange flower shaped sprinkles
Orange heart shaped sprinkles

Line a baking sheet or plate with wax paper.

Place candy melts in microwave safe bowl. Add ½ teaspoon of oil for every 6-9 ounces of candy melts. Microwave for 30 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir. Return to microwave for an additional 30 seconds. Stir again and repeat heating and stirring process until candy melts are smooth and melted.

Using a fork, working with one cookie at a time, dip the entire Nutter Butter cookie in melted chocolate. Allow excess chocolate to drip off. If desired, use a small off-set spatula to smooth the melted chocolate over the top of the cookie.

Place dipped cookie on wax paper lined baking sheet. Working quickly, decorate the chocolate covered cookie with mini chocolate chips (the eyes), the flower sprinkles (the chicken feet) and the heart shaped sprinkle, pointed end up (the beak).

Set cookies aside to harden completely before serving. To speed up hardening process, dipped cookies can be place in refrigerator. Store cookies in an air tight container for up to one week. 

NOTE: Add 1-2 orange candy melts to the yellow candy melts for a darker yellow color.

inspired by these Ghost Nutter Butter Cookies and versions seen on the web

Carrot Nutter Butter Cookies
Printable Version

Green ‘straw’ or ‘rope’ candy (ex: Sour Punch Candy Straws)
Orange candy melts
Coconut oil or vegetable oil
Nutter Butter Cookies

Line a baking sheet or plate with wax paper.

Cut candy straws into 1 to 1 ½ inch pieces.

Place candy melts in microwave safe bowl. Add ½ teaspoon of oil for every 6-9 ounces of candy melts. Microwave for 30 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir. Return to microwave for an additional 30 seconds. Stir again and repeat heating and stirring process until candy melts are smooth and melted.

Using a fork, working with one cookie at a time, dip the entire Nutter Butter cookie in melted chocolate. Allow excess chocolate to drip off. If desired, use a small off-set spatula to smooth the melted chocolate over the top of the cookie.

Place dipped cookie on wax paper lined baking sheet. Using a sharp knife, cut a small insert into the top of dipped cookie, opening the space between the two cookies slightly. Carefully, insert 2-3 candy straw pieces into the slit. Drizzle a tiny amount of melted chocolate over slit, if needed to seal, and smooth with spatula.

Set cookies aside to harden completely before serving. To speed up hardening process, dipped cookies can be place in refrigerator. Store cookies in an air tight container for up to one week. 

inspired by these decorated Nutter Butter cookies from Country Chic Cottage (as seen on Pinterest)

Other recipes you might enjoy:
50+ Easter Crafts, Recipes and More! 
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Bird Nest Cookies

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  1. B&R G says

    April 11, 2014 at 7:37 pm

    These are super cute!

    Reply
  2. Mammamoiselle says

    April 15, 2014 at 8:19 pm

    I love both of these ideas! So adorable!!

    Reply

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Today, I'm on a mission to help people gain confidence in the kitchen and inspire others to cook, craft and create life long memories with friends and family around the dinner table!
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