Thanksgiving Pilgrim Hat Cookies

These pilgrim hat cookies are a fun dessert idea for Thanksgiving. They don’t require any baking so they are impossible to mess up!

Easy Pilgrim Hat Cookies

Pilgrim Hat Cookies are a perfect non-pie dessert for your Thanksgiving feast. They’re also a great way to keep the kids busy while you’re trying to finish up the last-minute details of the meal. They’re fun to create, and fun to eat!

You can keep things really simple and leave them as cookies, or you can place them on top of some cupcakes for a simple Thanksgiving cupcake topper. They are super easy to make, and I am sure your kids will love to help assemble them. Here’s how –

How To Make Pilgrim Hat Cookies

In just a few easy steps you’ll be able to make a plate full of these delicious and adorable cookies!

INGREDIENTS –

• vanilla frosting
• orange food coloring
• fudge-striped cookies
• Resse’s bite-sized peanut butter cups, unwrapped
• mini M&Ms
• frosted cupcakes, optional

DIRECTIONS –

1. Add several drops of orange food coloring to your vanilla frosting and mix well until you have your desired color.
2. Turn your cookies with the solid fudge side placing up, then place a heaping spoonful of orange frosting in the center of your cookie.
3. Stick your peanut butter cup on top of the frosting, with the smaller side facing up. Push down gently so the orange frosting forms a ring around the peanut butter cup.
4. Put an M&M candy into the orange frosting so it rests against the peanut butter cup.
5. And you’re done! You can add a pilgrim hat cookie to the top of a frosted cupcake, but these cookies do look great on their own!

More Easy Thanksgiving Cookies

If you loved how simple these pilgrim hat cookies were to make, here are a few more Thanksgiving cookie recipes to try this year.

• Turkey Oreo Pops
• Nutty Turkey Cookies
• Hand Print Turkey Cookies
• Easy Turkey Sugar Cookies

Here’s a printable recipe card for your convenience –

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Pilgrim Hat Cookies

Servings: 1 Cookie

These pilgrim hat cookies are a fun dessert idea for Thanksgiving. They don’t require any baking so they are impossible to mess up!

Prep Time:15 minutes mins

Total Time:15 minutes mins

Ingredients

• vanilla frosting
• orange food coloring
• fudge-striped cookies
• Resse’s bite-sized peanut butter cups, unwrapped
• mini M&Ms
• frosted cupcakes, optional

Instructions

• Add several drops of orange food coloring to your vanilla frosting and mix well until you have your desired color.
• Turn your cookies with the solid fudge side placing up, then place a heaping spoonful of orange frosting in the center of your cookie.
• Stick your peanut butter cup on top of the frosting, with the smaller side facing up. Push down gently so the orange frosting forms a ring around the peanut butter cup.
• Put an M&M candy into the orange frosting so it rests against the peanut butter cup.
• And you’re done! You can add a pilgrim hat cookie to the top of a frosted cupcake, but these cookies do look great on their own!

Notes

Nutritional information will vary.

Nutrition

Calories: 110 kcal

Other Notes

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cookies, cupcakes, thanksgiving