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Nutter Butter Polar Bear Cookies

Published: Jan 15, 2013 · Recipe by: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

Transform a plain store bought cookie into a festive little treat! Make these Nutter Butter Polar Bear Cookies and your guests will be growling for you to whip up another batch!

Transform a plain store bought cookie into a festive little treat! Make these Nutter Butter Polar Bear Cookies and your guests will be growling for you to whip up another batch!

Once again, a simple peanut shaped Nutter Butter Cookie has found it’s way onto my blog. Every time I look at a Nutter Butter, I can’t help but envision it as an edible craft – and then I eat it. A few cookies do actually survive to become penguins, skulls, puppies, fuzzy pink slippers, or in this case, polar bears.

Nutter Butter Polar BearsBefore you begin, read my Chocolate Making Tips page if you don’t have experience melting and working with candy coating or chocolate.

You’ll need:

2 mini marshmallows per polar bear

melted white confectionery coating/candy melts or melted and tempered pure white chocolate

Nutter Butter Cookies

2 mini chocolate chips per polar bear

1 large chocolate chip per polar bear*
black food coloring marker

*You need a chip that is about 1/2 inch in diameter, which is larger than a standard size chip.
I used Kroger’s Private Selection Brand Semi Sweet Chips,
but Callebaut Chocolate Callets are also the perfect size.

Supplies:

kitchen shears (scissors) or a knife

candy dipping fork or kitchen fork

parchment paper cut into small squares set on a plate or baking sheet

Instructions: 

Transform a plain store bought cookie into a festive little treat! Make these Nutter Butter Polar Bear Cookies and your guests will be growling for you to whip up another batch! 

Mini marshmallows are a great tool for making any animals small round ears.

Flatten two mini marshmallows into a circle. Use kitchen shears or a knife to cut off a small piece from one edge so that you can attach the marshmallows to your Nutter Butter.

Dip the cut end of the marshmallow into the melted white confectionery coating.

Press one on each side of the top half of a Nutter Butter Cookie to create the polar bear’s ears.

Allow the candy coating to dry.

Transform a plain store bought cookie into a festive little treat! Make these Nutter Butter Polar Bear Cookies and your guests will be growling for you to whip up another batch!

Dip the Nutter Butter Cookie into the melted white candy coating, completely submerging it. Use a dipping fork or a kitchen fork to lift the Nutter Butter up out of the white confectionery coating. Allow excess coating to drip off.

Set the dipped cookie on parchment paper.

Immediately while the coating is still wet, press two mini chocolate chips on the cookie for the eyes and one large chocolate chip for the nose.

Freeze for 5 minutes until the candy coating is set. If using pure white chocolate refrigerate instead.

Allow cookie to come to room temperature, then use a food coloring marker to draw on a mouth and eye brows.

Tips:  If you are dipping your Nutter Butter Cookies into white confectionery coating, in order to get nice shiny looking polar bears you’ll want to dip one, decorate it, then place it in the freezer. If you leave your dipped cookies out at room temperature for too long they will develop streaks and spots. If you use small squares of parchment paper set on plates or baking sheets you can easily put your cookies in the freezer as you finish decorating each one.

Store your Nutter Butter Polar Bears in an airtight container for up to several weeks. Do not store in the refrigerator or freezer.

nutter-butter-polar-bear-cookies

Items used to create this project that are available on Amazon.com (commission earned for sales)

Be sure to check out all my fun Christmas Recipes!

Find over 100 wonderful Christmas Recipes to make cute desserts, festive party food, and homemade gifts at HungryHappenings.com. See step-by-step and video tutorials so you can easily recreate all the fun food crafts, sweet treats, and savory appetizers at home.

About the Author, Beth Jackson Klosterboer

Beth is a professional chocolatier, recipe developer, event planner, and cookbook author who loves to make fun food.

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Comments

  1. Anonymous

    December 17, 2014 at 11:44 am

    Too cute

    Reply
  2. Anonymous

    October 26, 2013 at 12:05 am

    So Cute and delicious too! I just have to try to keep people out of the cookies so I can create before they gobble them up! Nutter Butters are a favorite at our house. Thank You for the instruction Beth, these will be FUN to make 🙂
    Buffy

    Reply
  3. vivalatina

    March 21, 2013 at 5:29 pm

    So cute, i know these would fascinate the children.

    Reply
  4. Anonymous

    February 4, 2013 at 9:48 am

    thanks for share...

    Reply
  5. Kathie

    January 26, 2013 at 8:26 pm

    Thank you for linking up with me for Show and Tell Saturday at Sassy Little Lady! Be sure to stop by next week!
    http://www.sassylittlelady.com/blog/show-and-tell-saturday/show-and-tell-saturday
    Kathie

    Reply
  6. Diana - FreeStyleMama

    January 26, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    So so cute, Beth!!

    Reply
  7. April Tuell

    January 26, 2013 at 2:29 pm

    I found you from the Show and Tell Saturday link up. What cute cookies! I just started a new Saturday Spotlight Linky Party on my blog this week, and would love to have you stop by and share! http://angelshomestead.com/saturday-spotlight-1/

    Reply
  8. Kathie

    January 26, 2013 at 2:56 am

    Hello!
    I found you from the Mop it up Mondays link up. I would love to have you come share your post with my readers over at Sassy Little Lady’s Show and Tell Saturday. Hope to see you there!

    Kathie
    http://www.sassylittlelady.com/blog/show-and-tell-saturday/show-and-tell-saturday

    Reply
  9. Sarah Tackett

    January 22, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    A cup of coffee would go great with these. I'm currently hosting a giveaway to win a $20 Starbucks gift card and would love for you to enter! http://sarahsaturdiy.blogspot.com/2013/01/love-is-in-air-giveaway.html

    Reply
  10. Brenda

    January 18, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    How Yummy & ADORABLE!! :o)

    Reply
  11. Nann from At Nann's Table

    January 18, 2013 at 1:53 pm

    You've done it again!! Just too cute and clever. I'd love to hop into your brain and see all your fabulous ideas. I know I'd spend hours there and have a ball!! N.

    Reply
  12. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

    January 18, 2013 at 3:05 am

    I love these! So cutie cute! 🙂

    Reply
  13. Trish - Sweetology101

    January 16, 2013 at 6:22 pm

    geepers these are just adorable for sure.

    Reply
  14. Tiffany@Fizzy Party!

    January 16, 2013 at 4:32 am

    Cute! Perfect for these cold temps right now.

    Reply
  15. Sue

    January 15, 2013 at 6:39 pm

    You've done it again, Beth! Your polar bears are perfectly darling! I need to have a closer look at those Nutter Butters and come up with something:)

    Reply
  16. Manu CatMan

    January 15, 2013 at 6:14 pm

    Oh!!! superbe!!!
    love it

    Reply
  17. The Partiologist

    January 15, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    With just a few supplies you have created a an adorable polar bear!

    Reply
  18. Lisa@hooplapalooza

    January 15, 2013 at 2:16 pm

    oh Beth! these guys make me giggle! :>D

    Reply
  19. madelein - mother of six

    January 15, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    Soo cute 🙂

    Reply
  20. Midori

    January 15, 2013 at 1:03 pm

    Awwww, so adorable! Very very cute! Thanks for the instructions! 🙂

    Reply
  21. Jill @ KitchenFunWithMy3Sons.com

    January 15, 2013 at 12:58 pm

    Aww…those are adorable Beth!!

    Reply

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