What child (or adult) wouldn’t love one of these adorable snowy polar bear cookies?
I dare you not to pick one up and take a bite. What would you crunch first: nose, eyes, ears or would you just chomp into it willy nilly?
Me? It’s nose first, all the way.
Polar Bear Cookies
I was inspired to make a kid-friendly holiday dessert of my own — polar bear cookies!
What You Need to Make Polar Bear Cookies
- 1 package double-stuff OREO cookies
- 1 package white candy melts
- candy eyeballs
- M&M’s for noses
- Mini marshmallows for ears (or you can use M&M’s)
Set aside 12 candy melt discs. Follow the directions on the candy melts package to melt the discs. I have a candy melter but the microwave works just as well.
Dunk each OREO cookie into the melted candy, completely covering it. Use two forks to lift it out, tap off the excess and transfer to a waxed paper-covered baking sheet.
Candy melts can be persnickety sometimes, so it’s ok if you need to use a spoon to fill in gaps or smooth the top. Mine always look like they came from a home cook’s kitchen, and since they did, I’m good with it.
Press one of the extra candy melts onto the face as a muzzle and add an M&M nose, candy eyes and marshmallow or M&M ears.
I made some Christmas-y with red and green noses and some wintry with blue noses. Just have fun!
Who cares about perfection? Besides, you can tidy them up a bit after the candy coating hardens.
Once the candy firmed up, I took a sharp knife and gently trimmed off the extra candy squiggles as best I could.
And then they were ready!
Aren’t they cute?
Polar Bear Cookies
Ingredients
- 12 Double Stuff Oreos
- 12 oz white candy melts
- 24 mini marshmallows
- 12 M&M candies
- 24 candy eyeballs
Instructions
- Set aside 12 candy melt discs. Follow the directions on the candy melts package to melt the remaining discs.
- Dunk each OREO cookie into the melted candy, completely covering it. Use two forks to lift it out, tap off the excess and transfer to a waxed paper-covered baking sheet.
- Press one of the extra candy melts onto the face as a muzzle and add an M&M nose, candy eyes and marshmallow or M&M ears. Let sit until candy firms up.
Nutrition
Pin these polar bear cookies to Pinterest!
Happy Holidays!
Karen says
Cute! Is the white background in pan sugar?
Liz says
Yep, it’s just powdered sugar to look snowy. 🙂
Claudia Krusch says
Love how easy they are to make! Can’t wait to try them for our open house next week!
Anne marie says
This would be so much fun to make with my children! They love to bake and decorate.
Toni says
My kids really loved it! So fun and adorable!
Catalina says
These cookies are soooo coool! Love them! And they are so easy to make!
Laura says
What a festive idea to gift and to decorate your own holiday dinner table! Such a treat!
Lisa Favre says
These polar bear cookies are just so cute! My nieces would absolutely adore making these with me.
Amy Desrosiers says
These cookies are really cute! I love how adorable the little faces are! I think they are perfect!
Kathy says
These are so adorable! I will need to make these soon. My daughters are going to love them. We have been wanting to make some cookies soon too.
Tara Pittman says
Those are cute cookies. They look so easy to make so I need to make them for a party.