This No Bake Penguin Cookies recipe is a wonderful dessert to make with your kiddos for the holidays or even just on a snow day. Kathy shared this with me recently and I just love how cute these little cookie dudes look! While this particular recipe calls for the use of peanut butter, when we decide to make them we will be substituting the peanut butter with WowButter due to my son’s allergy. So just know you have options if you have a nut allergy and you want to give this one a try. Let us know if you make these sweet No Bake Penguin Cookies!
No Bake Penguin Cookies
Ingredients:
- Arrowroot biscuits (you can use any cookie of a similar size)
- Peanut butter creamy (about 1 tsp. per cookie)**
- 1 (16 oz) pkg. of chocolate chips
- Olive Oil
- Candy of choice/ Bright white chocolate candy melt wafers & orange wafers
- Reese’s Pieces, orange and/or yellow ones**
- Candy eyes
**As mentioned earlier you can make these cookies nut free by simply using an alternative to peanut butter, much like this recipe for Acorn Cookies. We have used WowButter before and it tastes really yummy! In place of using the Reese’s Pieces you can use Smarties, the ones that come in the Fun Size boxes. While these small snack size boxes were initially introduced for and sold during Halloween, they are now available year round in Canada.
Directions:
1) To assemble your No Bake Penguin Cookies, start by spreading the peanut butter or WowButter on your cookie and making a sandwich with another cookie. You can make as many as you like, but it is easier to create your penguins in batches of 8 at a time. Place these on a wax paper lined tray and place in the freezer.
2) Next, prepare your Reese’s Pieces or Smarties by cutting them in half to use for the penguin’s beak. You will need a sharp knife. Set them aside once cut.
**I feel the need to include a caveat at this point. Although this is Kathy’s recipe I have had issues in the past with melting chocolate chips to use when covering cookies. Issues that resulted in burnt chocolate and confirmation that I am not a very good baker. So I have altered her instructions a little to offer two ways to melt the chocolate chips.
3A) Using a microwave, melt one cup of chocolate chips at a time in a medium sized bowl. Start by heating the chocolate chips on medium for 30 seconds, than give it a stir. Continue to heat on medium for no more than 15 seconds at a time after that, stirring the chocolate after each 15 second interval to ensure even heating. If you find the consistency of the chocolate to be too thick, you can add a bit of Olive Oil, one teaspoon at a time, stirring it in.
3B) Using a double boiler, like we did in this recipe for Lemon Coconut Cookies, to melt your chocolate chips on the stove. This will take a little longer than using the microwave, but it is harder to burn your chocolate using this method. You may still find you need to add a little Olive Oil to the melted chocolate to thin it out. Remove from the stove.
4) Remove the chilled cookies from the freezer and using a fork dip each one in the melted chocolate. Use a spoon to scoop up the chocolate and pour over your cookie, if needed. Place the chocolate covered cookie on wax paper.
5) While the chocolate is still warm it is time to bring your penguin to life! Use the candy eyes to start making the face of your friend and use the half pieces of orange or yellow Reese’s Pieces or Smarties for the beak. You can use full ones for the penguin’s feet. In this recipe Kathy has used the white chocolate melts for the belly and added a smaller orange one on top. You can always mix things up a bit by adding other types of candy you may have on hand, like red licorice to make a scarf for his neck or instead of the orange chocolate wafers on the tummy put whole chocolate chips as buttons. The sky is the limit!
6) Let your No Bake Penguin Cookies sit in the freezer for about 15 minutes so that the chocolate can set. Serve up with some hot chocolate or a cup of cold milk and enjoy!
Do you have experience baking or decorating with melted chocolate? Do you have any tried and true tips to ensuring it does not burn?
FT&PD
Suz
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It certainly was an evening of fun making these with the grandkids.
these are too adorable!! too cute to eat really although they look absolutely yummy so i would just have to indulge
These are the cutest my granddaughter would love to make these.
These are so cute!
These are easy to make, the bellys look like fried eggs
lol Lynda I believe you are correct. The weather was real bad and this was all we could find at the corner Store down the Street!
Still cute though, and tasty too!!
The cookies are adorable I love that they are easy to make
These cookies are so adorable! They would be so much fun to make with my grandchildren.
Almost makes me wish I had little ones to make these with (almost!). Too awesome to eat.
These cookies are super cute & easy to make, thx very much for sharing!
these are so cute, my granddaughters would have fun helping making them!
These are so cool , I will definitely be trying these out thanks for sharing the recipe!!
These are too cute and so easy to make, I like how they are no bake.
The cookies look like fun to make
These are so cute!
And they are easy to make and get the kids involved with. Perfect for staying at home. 🙂
It don’t have to be the holidays to make these cute penquin.
these look fun to make
These are very cute and will be easy to do with the younger kids
They really are a lot of fun to make. Enjoy!
These are cute and would be fun to make with my granddaughter!
They are perfect for making with children. Great activity that has a built in snack!
Such a fun cookie design and I like that they are no bake and easy to make.
My grandchildren would love these very much.
These look so cute–and delicious! My granddaughter has tree nut allergy, and I want to make her something special. Thanks!
I really like these, our household are penguin fans.
Staying home this year for Christmas,make these with the kids !
Such a fun way to entertain kids this year while we all home!
We got the supplies today and making these in the morning after gifts !
Eveytime I see this recipe it makes me smile!
It’s not just for kids. They are cute and irresistible.
These are super cute and would be such fun to make.
really cute – have to try them sometime. thanks
These are really cute and easy enough to make. The grandchildren would love helping to make these.
These look cute and tasty
These cookies are really cute and I’m betting really yummy
My son just loves penguins and would enjoy these cookies.
I will have to make these for my kids sometime.
These are too cute, my young grandson loves penguins.