Winter spiced chocolate sugar cookies with a melting snowman on top! A sticky marshmallow forms the head with a melting pool of icing sugar glaze and chocolate faces, arms and hats. They are naturally vegan, easy and fun to make with little ones.
Melting Snowmen Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Prep Time: 30 x minutes + cooling
Serves: 16 People
Ingredients
80g vegan butter or margarine
80g caster sugar
3 tbsp plant-based milk
200g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
40g Winter Warming Spiced Hot Chocolate
1 tsp baking powder
A pinch of salt
200g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
2 tbsp water
16-18 marshmallows
Sprinkles for eyes etc
20g dark chocolate, melted
Method
Step 1
1. Cream together the butter and sugar until soft and silky and then stir in the milk.2. Pour in the flour, Winter Warmer Spiced Hot Chocolate powder, baking powder and a pinch of salt and stir to a thick dough. Roll into a ball, wrap tightly and place in the fridge for 20 minutes.3. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 160Fan/180*C and line a work surface with parchment paper and a dusting of flour. 4. Roll the dough out between two sheets of parchment to abut ½ cm thick. Cut out circles or shapes and transfer to a lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10-11 minutes until firm and crisping at the edges. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool fully.5. Stir together the icing sugar and water to a thick paste and spread over the cookies in a melting design (or pipe it on for neater “puddles”). Allow the icing to set.6. Top each cookie with a marshmallow snowman and then place some sprinkles on for buttons. Use the melted chocolate and a toothpick to add on faces and arms and top add some chocolate on top of the marshmallows for hats. Allow to set and dust with icing sugar.
