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Snowman Nutter Butter Cookies

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These Snowman Nutter Butter Cookies are such a fun snack for kids that are easy to make and fun to decorate.

Snowman Nutter Butter cookies, decorated with red and green scarves, are arranged on a round plate with a plaid deer design.

The cookies are perfect for those of us who try to be a “Pinterest mom” but tend to fail more often than we’d like to admit LOL. Just be careful of those teenage boys who like to eat a lot, like mine — they’ll have these gone before you know it.

At least these cookies are super easy to make and decorate, in case your first batch disappears quickly. If your family loves fun Christmas cookies, try these Christmas cake mix cookies too.

Besides serving these treats at your Christmas event, they also make a great snack for winter-themed baby showers, birthday parties, or just a fun snack for the kids.

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What are Nutter Butter Cookies?

Nutter Butter cookies are very popular in the U.S., but for those of you who do not know what they are — they are essentially peanut butter sandwich cookies shaped like a peanut with a crunchy texture, and a creamy filling. Kids LOVE them, and even adults think they’re pretty tasty.

Nutter Butter cookie ingredients even consist of REAL peanut butter – can we say THANK YOU?! They might not be super healthy, but hey, at least you get the real thing.

Where can you buy Nutter Butter cookies?

If you’re located in the U.S., Nutter Butter cookies can be found all over the place — grocery stores, gas stations, etc. However, you can also find them online on Amazon as well as other places too.

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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Snowman Nutter Butter cookies will become one of your kids’ favorite snacks to make during Christmas:

  • Easy to make: Since you don’t have to bake the cookies, you just decorate them, they’re really easy to make.
  • Fun to decorate: Your kids will have so much fun squeezing the icing over the cookies and letting it run over the sides and then adding all of the details to make the cookies look like snowmen.
  • Looks cute on a plate: I don’t know what it is about snowmen, but they just look so cute — especially snowmen cookies decorated by your children.

If you and your kids love making snowmen together, you may also enjoy this easy to make juice box snowman.

🥘 Ingredients

To decorate these snowman Nutter Butter cookies, you’ll need these four simple ingredients.

  • Nutter Butter cookies: The cute shape of these cookies is perfect for decorating as snowmen.
  • Cookie icing: You’ll need white for the snowman’s body and red or green for the scarf.
  • Sparkle gel: This white gel adds a shiny, textured finish to the snowman cookies, giving them a glistening, icy effect.
  • Snowman cookie ball decorations: Use these for the eyes, nose and buttons on the snowman.

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🔀 Substitutions

If you don’t have the ingredients you need, see if you have these instead:

Nutter Butter cookies: If you don’t have these cookies, you can use the flat Milano cookies, like the dark chocolate or mint, because they are a similar shape.

Cookie icing: For the white, you can use melted white chocolate or candy melts. For the red and green, you can mix food coloring with white royal icing.

Sparkle gel: Edible shimmer spray; or glitter dust or sanding sugar sprinkled on wet icing can work instead.

Snowman cookie ball decorations: In case you can’t find these, you can use candy eyes or icing dots for eyes, orange jimmies or candy slivers for the nose, and mini M&Ms for buttons.

🥄 Equipment Needed / Helpful Tools

You only need three kitchen tools to help you make these holiday cookies. You might already have all of these tools on hand in your kitchen, but if not, they’re easy to find.

  • Wax paper: The snowmen will be made on wax paper to keep your counters clean. You’ll need to move the cookies to a clean sheet of paper at least 3 or 4 times during this process.
  • Spatula: You’ll use this to help you move the treats to a clean sheet of wax paper every time.
  • Serving plate: It’s always fun to break out the Christmas dishes for serving food at this time of year.

🔪 How to Make Snowman Nutter Butter Cookies

These cookies are so easy to make, so gather your kids and have fun making memories — and cookies together.

Step 1: Put Cookies on Wax Paper

To get started, lay down wax paper on your kitchen counter (or a cookie sheet) and place the Nutter Butter cookies about an inch apart.

Nutter butter cookies rest on wax paper.

Step 2: Put Icing on the Cookies

Squeeze the white icing on the top of the cookies and let it run down the sides. Add more icing to the top edge and let it run down the sides as well.

Cookies are on a wax paper, with one covered in white icing.

Step 3: Start Decorating the Snowman Cookies

Next, apply the snowman cookie ball decorations by positioning the eyes, nose, and buttons as you see below.

Added eyes, nose, and buttons to iced nutter butter cookies.

Step 4: Move the Cookies

Then, lift up the cookies using a spatula just before the icing is completely dry and move them to a clean sheet of wax paper. Continue doing this until there is no more icing pooling on the wax paper and let the icing dry completely before moving onto the next step.

Step 5: Add the Scarf

Once the icing is dry, use the red or green icing to make a scarf around the snowman’s neck.

Three charming snowman nutter butter cookies, on a wax paper,

Step 6: Move the Cookies Again

Lift up the cookies using a spatula to move to a clean sheet of wax paper just as the icing is drying, as done in a previous step.

Step 7: Add Sparkle Gel

Lastly, add some of the sparkle gel to the bottom of the cookies and spread it around with a butter knife so it spills over the edge.

Step 8: Allow to set, Then Serve

Allow the icing to dry overnight and then serve. Enjoy!

Seven snowman nutter butter cookies decorated with white icing and colorful scarves are arranged on a wax paper.

👩‍🍳 Pro Tips

Here are a few tips for this Christmas recipe to help make your experience even better. 

  • Icing hardens as it dries, so press on eyes, nose and buttons while the icing is still wet so they adhere well.
  • Let the base icing dry slightly before moving cookies to a new wax paper sheet. This prevents a messy transfer.
  • Let the decorated cookies dry for at least 6–8 hours (or overnight) to ensure the icing and sparkle gel set completely.
  • Place the cookies on a wire rack once dry to make sure the bottom of the cookies aren’t sticky.

❓ Recipe FAQs

Can I make these cookies ahead of time?

Absolutely! These cookies can be made up to a week in advance if stored properly.

How do I store the snowman cookies?

Once the cookies are dry, store them in an airtight container with layers separated by wax paper to prevent sticking. Keep the cookies in a cool, dry place to preserve their decoration.

Can I freeze decorated cookies?

Yes! Freeze them in a single layer on a tray first, then transfer them to a freezer-safe container. Thaw at room temperature to prevent smudging.

🙏 Pairing

These are my favorite dishes to serve with these Snowman Nutter Butter Cookies:

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📋 Recipe

Snowman-shaped nutter butter cookies with white icing, decorated with colorful scarves and buttons, arranged on a plate featuring a plaid reindeer design.

Snowman Nutter Butter Cookies

Corinne Schmitt
These Snowman Nutter Butter Cookies are an adorable winter treat for kids! They're easy to make, fun to decorate, and delicious.
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine American

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Equipment

  • Wax paper
  • Spatula
  • Serving plate

Ingredients
  

  • Nutter Butter cookies
  • Cookie icing white, red, and green
  • Sparkle gel white
  • Snowman cookie ball decorations

Instructions
 

  • Lay down wax paper and place Nutter Butter cookies an inch apart.
    Nutter Butter cookies
  • Squeeze the white icing on the top of the Nutter Butter cookies and let it run down the sides. Add more icing to the top edge and let it run down the sides.
    Cookie icing
  • Apply the eyes, nose, and buttons for the snowman.
    Snowman cookie ball decorations
  • Lift up the cookies with a spatula before the icing completely dries and move to a clean sheet of wax paper. Repeat until there is no icing dripping off the sides. Allow to cool before moving onto the next step.
  • Use red or green icing to make a scarf around the snowman’s neck on each cookie.
  • Lift up the cookies using a spatula to move to a clean sheet of wax paper, as done previously.
  • Add some sparkle gel to the bottom of the cookies and spread it around with a butter knife so it spills over the edge.
    Sparkle gel
  • Allow icing to dry overnight and then serve. Enjoy!

Notes

Pro Tips

  • Icing hardens as it dries, so press on eyes, nose and buttons while the icing is still wet so they adhere well.
  • Let the base icing dry slightly before moving cookies to a new wax paper sheet. This prevents a messy transfer.
  • Let the decorated cookies dry for at least 6–8 hours (or overnight) to ensure the icing and sparkle gel set completely.
  • Place the cookies on a wire rack once dry to make sure the bottom of the cookies aren’t sticky.
 

Recipe FAQs

Can I make these cookies ahead of time?
Absolutely! These cookies can be made up to a week in advance if stored properly.
 
How do I store the snowman cookies?
Once the cookies are dry, store them in an airtight container with layers separated by wax paper to prevent sticking. Keep the cookies in a cool, dry place to preserve their decoration.
 
Can I freeze decorated cookies?
Yes! Freeze them in a single layer on a tray first, then transfer them to a freezer-safe container. Thaw at room temperature to prevent smudging.
 
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8 thoughts on “Snowman Nutter Butter Cookies”

  1. 5 stars
    These are the cutest little snowmen ever! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing your post with us at Full Plate Thursday!
    Miz Helen

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  2. Corinne how cute are these (and where do you find the time)! I’m going to look for something else suitable (we don’t have nutter butters in UK) to use! Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday (I couldn’t find your links? Links are needed for the chance to be featured the following week)!

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  3. These Nutter Butter snowmen are adorable, and look delicious. I’ll be Pinning this post. Thanks for sharing on Sunday’s Best.

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  4. This is the only way I like to eat Nutter Butter cookies! Pinned for later!

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  5. So easy – pinned these cuties!! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party – hope your week is awesome!

    Reply
  6. Just dropping in from the Snickerdoodle Create Bake Make Party. These are cute- will pin!

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5 from 3 votes (1 rating without comment)

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