Pilgrim Hat Cookies Recipe

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 1 hour

MAKES: 32 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup vanilla frosting

• 7 drops yellow food coloring

• 32 miniature peanut butter cups

• 1 package (11-1/2 ounces) fudge-striped cookies

• 32 pieces orange mini Chiclets gum

Nutritional Facts

1 cookie equals 130 calories, 7 g fat (3 g saturated fat), trace cholesterol, 81 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Directions

1. In a small shallow bowl, combine frosting and food coloring. Remove paper liners from peanut butter cups.
2. Holding the bottom of a peanut butter cup, dip top of cup in yellow frosting. Position over center hole on the bottom of cookie, forming the hatband and crown. Add a buckle of Chiclets gum. Repeat with remaining cups and cookies. Yield: 32 cookies.

Originally published as Pilgrim Hat Cookies in Taste of Home October/November 2008, p34