Learn How to make Pink Fuzzy Slipper Cookies using Nutter Butter Cookies, peanut butter fudge, and pink candy melts. These cute little cookies are fun to serve for a slumber party, Mother’s Day, spa party, or Sunday brunch.
These pink fuzzy slipper cookies have continued to be one of my most popular recipe posts. I created these on May 4, 2011, just a few months after I began blogging and they were an instant hit.
Not only are these cookies adorable but they taste great too.
I knew when I made them that they would be a fun dessert to serve for so many occasions and I’ve been thrilled to hear from so many of you who have made these cute desserts.
Nutter Butters and Peanut Butter Fudge
When I set out to create these slipper-shaped cookies I chose to use Nutter Butter Cookies as the base because they have the perfect slipper shape.
To create the top part of the slipper I decided to use peanut butter fudge.
Peanut butter fudge is easy to make, compliments the flavor of the peanut butter cookies, and is easy to shape.
Pink Candy Melts
Getting the fuzzy pink exterior of the slippers was a bit tricky. I experimented with a few things:
- pink colored coconut – yuck! Coconut and peanut butter is not a great flavor combo.
- pink sprinkles – nope! The sprinkles tasted alright but they just didn’t make the slipper cookies look fuzzy.
- pink sugar – not right! Sugar made the cookies far too sweet and shiny.
- pink candy melts – ding, ding, ding! Once I figured out how to shave the pink candy melts, I got just the right look.
To make the “fuzz” for the slippers, you can grate pink candy melt wafers using a rotary cheese grater.
Or you can pour 2 ounces of the melted candy coating into a parchment paper-lined rectangle container then place it in the freezer to harden. Allow it to come to room temperature, then grate it using a box style cheese grater.
I show more details in the tutorial below.
Pink Fuzzy Bunny Slipper Cookies
Once you learn to make these cute cookies you can decorate them to look like adorable Bunny Slipper Cookies.
How cute are they?
Let’s make some slipper cookies.
Ingredients:
1 cup creamy peanut butter (I choose Jif)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
1/8 teaspoon table salt
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
20 ounces pink confectionery coating/candy melts
Special Equipment Needed:
rotary-style cheese grater
parchment paper-lined baking sheets that fit in your freezer
paper towels
To make these cute Pink Fuzzy Slipper Cookies you’ll need some supplies that you can find on Amazon. I earn a small commission when you make a purchase using the links below at no extra cost to you.
Instructions:
Before you begin, if you don’t have any experience melting chocolate, read my tutorial on chocolate making.
- Pull apart the two peanut-shaped cookies.
- Scrape the peanut butter filling off of each cookie using a knife or spatula, not your teeth:)
- Reserve the filling.
- Combine peanut butter, unsalted butter, whipping cream, and salt in a large microwave-safe bowl.
- Heat in microwave on high for 30 seconds. Stir.
- Heat for 20 seconds. Stir.
- If the butter is not completely melted, heat for 10-second increments, stirring after each, until melted.
- Stir in powdered sugar. The fudge will become very thick. I usually finish stirring in the powdered sugar with my hands.
- Stir in the reserved peanut butter fudge filling that you scraped out of the cookies.
Notes:
- I know most buckeye recipes don’t call for heavy whipping cream, but I have been using it for a while and like how it affects the texture of the fudge. It is perfectly creamy.
- Don’t pack the powdered sugar into the measuring cup or you will have more sugar than needed. If this happens, your fudge can become too thick and dry. To fix this, knead in a bit of heavy whipping cream until the mixture is malleable but still stiff.
- If your kitchen is very warm, you may need to refrigerate the peanut butter fudge for about 30 minutes before trying to mold it into the slipper shape.
Scoop the fudge
- Use a #70 mini ice cream scoop or a spoon to scoop out 30 balls of fudge (about 2 teaspoons each.)
- Roll each scoop into a ball.
- Place a fudge ball on one end of a cookie.
- Use your finger to press around the edge of the fudge ball and the edge of the cookie sealing the two together. Repeat with the remaining fudge balls.
Shape the fudge slipper.
- Use your finger or the end of a wooden spoon to make an indentation in each fudge ball.
- Pinch around the edge of the indentation creating the opening of each slipper.
Shaving pink candy melts.
- Grate 4 ounces of the pink candy melts using a rotary cheese grater.
- Pour grated candy onto a plate.
- Optionally, melt 4 ounces of pink candy melts and pour into a small rectangle or square plastic container.
- Freeze for 10-15 minutes then pop out of the container.
- Let sit for 10-15 minutes then grate using a box cheese grater.
- See the video tutorial for this method.
Dip in pink candy melts.
- Melt 16 ounces of pink confectionery coating/candy melts.
- Hold onto a slipper cookie by the sides of the Nutter Butter. Dip the cookie, peanut butter fudge side down, into the pink candy coating. To ensure that the top of the cookie and the indentation get covered in candy, move the cookie back and forth a few times in the melted candy.
- Lift the cookie out of the candy melts and allow the excess candy to drip off.
NOTE:
- I tried dipping the entire cookie using a candy dipping fork but found that the slipper cookies are awkwardly top-heavy and difficult to dip.
- Also, I ended up with misshapen cookies if excess candy pooled around the bottom. I thought they looked much better when the bottom of the cookie was not coated in the candy.
Coat in grated pink candy melts.
- Set the slipper cookie on the plate filled with the grated pink candy.
- Wipe your fingers on the paper towels because you will have candy coating on them. This is a messy job!
- Immediately sprinkle grated pink candy over the cookie, coating the entire thing.
- Let the cookie sit in the candy shavings for a minute. Then remove it and set it on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Repeat, dipping, and coating each of the slipper cookies.
- Freeze slippers for 5 minutes to set the candy coating. Remove from freezer and allow to come to room temperature before serving.
- Store in an airtight container for up to one week.
If you prefer to make Chocolate Fuzzy Slipper Cookies you can dip them in melted and tempered pure milk chocolate or in melted light cocoa candy melts before coating them in shaved milk chocolate to make them look fuzzy. These brown cookies would make a great Father’s Day dessert.
VIDEO
Be sure to watch the video tutorial.
NOTES:
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- You can see in the video tutorial how I melted and poured bright pink candy melts into a small plastic container, froze it, then grated it using a box grater.
- If your peanut butter fudge filling is soft and you are having trouble dipping the cookies in the pink candy melts, pop the cookies in the freezer for 10 minutes then try dipping them again.
Recipe
- 15 Nutter Butter Cookies
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter I choose Jif
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
- 1/8 teaspoon table salt
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 20 ounces pink confectionery coating Candy Melts, melted
- 4 ounces pink confectionery coating (candy melts), grated
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Carefully split each cookie and scrape the peanut butter filling out into a bowl.
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Combine the creamy peanut butter, butter, cream and salt in a bowl.
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Heat in microwave on high for 30 seconds, stir, heat 20 more seconds, then stir and heat 10-second increments afterward, if needed until melted.
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Stir in the powdered sugar then add the reserved peanut butter filling from the cookies.
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Scoop out 30 balls of fudge using a #70 ice cream scoop or spoon.
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Roll into balls and press into a slipper shape on one end of a Nutter Butter Cookie.
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Create an indentation in each peanut butter fudge ball making it look like a slipper.
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Dip the top party of a cookie in melted pink candy melts and immediately sprinkle with grated pink candy melts.
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Set aside to dry.
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Repeat.
Store your cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
Have fun making these pink fuzzy slipper cookies for a slumber party, a baby shower, or for Mother’s Day.
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I hope you have a lot of fun creating these slipper cookies for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day! I know everyone will love this special treat.
If you do a google search for Flip Flop Nutter Butter Cookies you will find all sorts of posts. My friend found her’s in a magazine years ago. Here’s a link to a simple one – https://easybaked.net/2011/06/11/nutter-butter-flip-flops/
Love your creative idea!! Thank you for sharing the tutorial!! Absolutely love the bunny version. I’m thinking about some version with cat, dog…
Those would be fun too!
Hi Beth. I am writing a post on fun food for kids and will be sharing and linking to this post for these adorable fuzzy slipper cookies. I saw that you are from Ohio too when you referred to our Buckeyes. I am in Columbus, how about you?
I look forward to checking out the rest of your blog.
Best,
Elaine
www.OMGlifestyle.com
Hi Elaine,
Thanks so much for sharing my fuzzy slipper cookies with your readers. I appreciate it! I live in the Dayton area. I haven't met too many Ohio bloggers, so it's nice to meet you, if only through the internet:)
Wooow…!!! this slippers are eatable.. it's soo cute..i never eat slipper in my life plz let me eat that…:P.. Your slipper cookies are really incredible cookie i ever see.
Omg these are sooo cute! I especially love the bunny version 🙂
Cute! I love the bunny whiskers! : )
Hi Beth! Love these cuties, thanks for linking them up at ShareAtopia!
I'll be sure to link more soon.
КРАСОТА!
Поздрави от България!
Thank you!
What a cute idea!
Wow!! These are adorable! I cant wait to try these. Going to make them for my mom on Mothers Day. Thank you so much for sharing.
these are so cute, but the only people who eat peanut butter around my house is myself and my stepfather, but he has no teeth to enjoy the cookie part. he might end up covering them with half and half to soak the cookie so he could eat it. that's his stand by method of enjoying things he used too, drown things in half and half.
That is too adorable for words!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
These are adorable! I would LOVE for you to share them at SHOW-licous Craft Showcase! http://sew-licious.blogspot.com/2012/11/saturday-show-licious-craft-showcase-7.html
xoxo,
Marti
That's so amazing.i want to make it for my friends panama party but a littlebit confused.did you use the cookie filling with the fudge?please reply as soon as possible because i am goingto make it tomorrow.
Thanks for share.
Shazia
Hi Shazia, Yes, I mixed the cookie filling into the peanut butter mixture. I felt it was best to use it and not waste it. It tastes great. Have fun and be sure to snap some pictures and send them to me so I can share them with everyone in the reader's gallery and on Facebook.
Aww thank you so much for replying so fast.will definitely post the picture.
Love your all creative works.
Shazia
HELP! This fuzzy slipper cookie is just so cute, but I need to make some substitutions because of peanut allergies. I can make homemade vanilla or chocolate cutout cookies for the slipper "soles" or bases by making my own template, but I need a creamy fudge recipe that could be swapped for the peanut butter fudge part of this recipe. Any recommendations for a creamy vanilla or chocolate fudge recipe that would work? I've never made fudge before. Thanks!
(The only other thing I can think of is to attach something like a Lindt truffle in place and push in with a spoon handle to create the slipper shape, then either dip the slipper top in the candy or brush on a coating, and quickly cover in candy shavings.)
Hi. I have a really simple white chocolate fudge recipe that would work perfectly for these cookies. Go here https://hungryhappenings.com/2012/06/my-dad-rocks-edible-fudge-rocks-for.html for the recipe (eliminate the crushed cookies or leave them in if you like) then just use it in place of the peanut butter fudge to make the cookies. Good luck and have fun making your slipper cookies.
love all of your creations…too fun!
LOVE LOVE LOVE! If I am making them a few days in advance, do you think I should keep them in the freezer until the day of the party?
LOVE LOVE LOVE!! If I am making them a few days in advance, do you recommend keeping them in the freezer until before the party?
Thanks Rachel. You should be fine just putting them in an airtight container, like Tupperware or Rubbermaid, for several days, maybe even over a week.
I just made these for my daughter's sleepover. I made pink and light green. The girls are going to love them. Thanks for sharing.
What fun. I'm sure the girls will enjoy them. I'd love to see pictures. If you'd like to share, you can send them to me at beth@hungryhappenings.com
Have a great party.
This is super creative of you!
Very cute and adorable cookies
I have a bachelorette sleepover party to attend, these will be perfect.
Parabéns pelo maravilhoso blog!
Você é muito criativa e me deu muitas dicaa para meu aniversário aqui no Brasil!
Obrigada!
Congratulations to your blog!
You're very criative and give me good ideias to my party here in Brazil!
Thanks!
Meus parabéns!!
Muito criativa as suas ideias! 🙂
Sou brasileira e tentarei adaptar as receitas aqui…
Obrigada!
Congratulations!
You are so criative and give me good idias to my party here in Brazil!
Thanks!
So creative! And I love that you didn't have to use coconut (I'm not a fan of coconut).
Can't wait to try this out. Thanks for sharing the tutorial! 🙂
heyy,
i like them and reshare on my blog pls check it!
http://detailsbyenda.blogspot.com/2012/03/bekarlga-veda-kurabiyesi-bachelorette.html
Oh, my gosh! Adorable! Now all they need are ears for bunny slippers!
That is such a fun idea. I may have to try it.
I'm totally going to make these for an adult girls slumber party that I will be attending in a couple days. Thanks so much for sharing!
Oh my goodness, these are beyond cute! I'd love for you to share this at Mix it up Monday:
http://flourmewithlove.blogspot.com/2012/02/mix-it-up-monday_26.html
I hope to see you soon 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday 🙂
These are great! I bet they taste really yummy too:)
How creative………I'd like to invite you to share this @CountryMommaCooks Saturday Link and Greet Party starts(Fri.6pm.ct-Sun.)…..have a wonderful day:)
These are too adorable!
These are so cute! They'd be perfect for a little spa-themed party! Or a PJ party.
Oh my goodness! These are too stinkin' cute! Adorable!
~Angela
So adroable!
Super duper cute! These are such a good idea for so many different events. I love them!
I just saw your button "featured on hungry happenings" and will use that when i post 🙂
I love these!! They literally make me lol! I am going to share them on my blog (if that is okay). I like to do shout outs to other blog posts and call them 'Glitz Bitz'. I am also going to share your site and creations on facebook. I KNOW my fans will love your adorable creations as much as I do! I can't wait to keep exploring your page 🙂
sugarglitz.blogspot.com
Thanks, you are more than welcome to share a picture and a link to my Pink Fuzzy Slipper Cookies on Sugar Glitz. I appreciate you adding my button to your side bar as well. I love your sugar swirl on your blog:)
I don't have no words to express my admiration for these wonderful !
Congratulations!
I like on facebook for you.
Ah man – how cute can you get!!
These are the cutest desserts I've ever seen! What a great idea.
Great idea! I am now following your blog!
These are amazing!
I am simply in awe! I love 'em and can't wait to try them out…nom nom.
Ha ha!! I love them:D Made my day:)
Just adorable. If you like coconut, you could also sprinkle the cookies w/ that instead of grinding up the chocolate. Either way they would be delicious.
These are so adorable!!!! I wonder if they would be ok for a Bridal shower?
What an awesome idea and they sound delicious.
So cute! I love them!
Simply Adorable and so creative!!
Seriously so cute! I just love this idea, thanks for sharing!
Carlee
www.ladybirdln.com
I love these!!! I pinned this to my pinterest. I want to make these because 1)I love nutterbutters, 2) I love pink! and 3( I love comfy slippers.
I found you at craft gossip.
These are so sweet! I love it! I linked this up on my blog today: http://vixenmade.blogspot.com/2011/05/quick-mothers-day-projects.html
This one tops them all for me…great job!
super cute!
cute and unique idea! love all the colors!!
I am so happy to see so many people like this idea. I had so much fun creating the slippers and have really enjoyed eating them (a few too many, perhaps.)
The pink fuzzy slipper cookies are WAY TOO CUTE! Love them! How creative you are:)
Thanks for your comment over at edible crafts! Yeah, Family Fun's are cute, but yours? Far far beyond cute. They so win. 🙂
oh my goodness! This is just about the cutest thing. Ever!!!!
Too cute…and my family’s been making buckeyes since I was a kid (my parents are from Ohio)…so this looks totally doable! Thanks for sharing!
This is so cute and so creative. Love it! ^_^
So completely awesome. I posted a link on ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com. hope that's OK! Love these 🙂
These are absolutely adorable!
that's perfect! very very cute..
I want to make this cookies for my mum..
Thank you..
Oh my goodness, these are a riot! So funny and super clever. They look delicious, too. Thanks for sharing!
Love these cookies! So creative!!