Designing cakes may be too challenging, but anyone can decorate cookies.  And remember if you make a mistake, eat it and nobody will ever know.  Let’s review our decorating options first, and then see eye-catching photos of delicious cookies.  I’m hungry already.  Let’s go…

Cookie Decorating Options:

Cookie Cutters

Choosing the best cookie cutters is the first step in cookie design.  Easily recognizable shapes and built-in details provide the perfect canvas for your artistic vision. 

Icing

Chocolates, Candies & Sprinkles

Melted Chocolate

Granulated Sugar

Powdered Sugar

Fruit Pieces & Fillings

Food Coloring

Stenciling, Airbrushing & Edible Inks

Easy to Make Decorated Cookies:

Iced Cookies with Candy Pearls

Fruit-Filled Cookies

Iced Cookies with Sprinkles

Marbleized Icing Cookies

Chocolate Dipped & Homemade Candy Cookies

Themed Cookies:

Seasonal Cookies – Winter

Seasonal Cookies – Summer

Holidays – Easter

Holidays – Halloween

Holidays – Christmas

Special Occasions – New Baby

Special Occasions – Birthday

All Occasions – Oversized Cookies

Best of the Best:

Best Thematic Cookies

It all starts with a great cookie cutter, followed by lots of snowflake textures in a wintry color palette.  As in nature, no two are exactly alike.  Granulated sugar simulates the appearance of ice and snow. 

Most Elegant Cookies

This looks professionally made but it is a basic sandwich cookie.  The swan cut out in the top layer reveals the raspberry filling inside. Sprinkle powdered sugar for a beautiful bakery finish. 

Most Clever & Humorous Cookies

What do you get if you turn a simple gingerbread man cookie upside down?  A team of silly reindeer to pull Santa’s sleigh. 

Best Icing Details

Multiple decorating elements were utilized to achieve these artistic beauties, including, stenciling, piping, and hand-applied edible ink. 

Best Cookie Presentation

Individually decorated cookies have been sculpturally layered, creating a three-dimensional bow of holly.  It just might be too pretty to eat. 

This completes our exploration of cookie decorating.  It’s time to create a few cookie masterpieces of your own.  You might want to take a few photos because this type of art doesn’t last long.  Enjoy!

Thanks for Reading & Happy Crafting!