It’s summer. The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing, and the kids are saying, “I’m bored.” Or maybe that’s just what my kids said. One of the best ways I’ve found to beat the boredom is finding recipes for the kids to make. We’re huge fans of easy no bake cookies, so we used Voortman cookies to create these cute butterfly cookies. They’re a huge hit for parties!
How to make Butterfly Cookies:
We began with three types of Voortman Cookies, Sugar Wafers, Shortbread Swirl and Iced Almondette, their tasty almond cookies. We also used white icing, regular and mini sized chocolate candies, a black food decorator pen and jelly candies in different colors. We made 6 cookies, but this recipe can be adapted to make as many as you like.
Step 1: Cut six Shortbread Swirl or Iced Almondette Cookies in half, set aside.
Step 2: Draw two dots on the large chocolate candies with the decorator pen for eyes.
Step 3: Using about 1 teaspoon of icing, spread it across each sugar wafer.
Step 4: Place one large chocolate candy near the top of each sugar wafer. Add strips of the jelly candy above the eyes for antennae.
Step 5: Attach three mini chocolate pieces to each of the cookie halves, using the white icing. Arrange two cookie halves on each wafer to make wings.
Voila! A cute and easy butterfly cookie!
Printable Recipe:
- 6 Voortman’s Sugar Wafers
- 6 Shortbread Swirl or Iced Almondette Voortman’s Cookies, halved
- 6 chocolate covered candies, regular size
- 36 mini chocolate covered candies
- 1/2 cup white frosting
- 1 black decorator pen
- 3 small gummy candies, sliced into strips
- Step 1: Cut the Shortbread Swirl or Iced Almondette Cookies in half, set aside.
- Step 2: Use the decorator pen to draw two small dots on each regular sized chocolate covered candy. Set aside.
- Step 3: Using one teaspoon of icing for each cookie, spread the icing on each sugar wafer.
- Step 4: Place one chocolate covered candy near the top of each sugar wafer. Add two slices of gummy candy above the candy for antennae.
- Step 5: Using frosting, attach three mini chocolate candies to each Shortbread or Almondette Cookie half. Place two cookie halves on each sugar wafer for wings.
INSPIRED BY VOORTMAN WAFER CONTEST
Inspired by Voortman Wafer Contest Details:
• The Inspired by Voortman Wafer Contest starts on May 2, 2016 at 12:00
PM EDT and runs until June 13, 2016 at 12:00 PM EDT.
• The contest is open to all residents of the United States (excluding AZ,
CO, MD, NE, ND, and PR) and Canada (excluding Quebec).
• Entrants are invited to get inspired by Voortman, and make or bake a
delicious work of art with wafers, and then submit images of their
creation online at InspiredbyVoortman.com
• Entrants are allowed one entry per day for a chance to win $2,500!
Entrants can enter their creations under the structure or recipe categories:
Wafer Structure:
• A wafer structure is an object or piece of original artwork (that does not
violate any copyright laws) made out of wafers.
• Wafers must be visible in the creation, and ideally should make up the
majority of your creation.
Wafer Recipe:
• A wafer recipe is a wafer-based dish or treat intended for eating.
• Wafers must be visible in the creation, and ideally should make up the
majority of your creation.
• Wafers must be a primary ingredient or inspiration for the creation.
• You do not need to include a list of ingredients or steps to reproduce
the creation in your entry.
Some suggested materials for your Voortman Wafer Creation(s):
• Your favourite Voortman Wafer
Cookies
• Icing
• Peanut Butter
• Whipped Cream
• Gum paste
• Icing Sugar
• Candies
• Chocolate Chips
• Marshmallows
• Cereal
• Food Colouring
• Fruit (Blueberries, Strawberries)
• Sauces (Chocolate, Caramel,
Strawberry)
• Sprinkles
• Nuts (Almonds, Macadamia,
Cashews)
• Cake batter
• Brownie mix
• Toothpicks
Voortman Wafer Cookie Flavours Available in The United States:
• Vanilla
• Strawberry
• Chocolate
• Lemon
Voortman Wafer Retailers in Georgia:
• Walmart
• Target
• Kroger
• BI-LO
• Peanut Butter
• Coconut
• Mocha
• Cookies’ n crème
• Kmart
• Publix
• Food Depot
What are your favorite easy cookie recipes?
You might like these kid friendly recipes :
Legos Cookie Recipe
Bear Pudding
Easy Cyclops Sandwich
Scoopy Snack Mocktail
This looks cool, my kids are already complaining about being bored. I will keep this in mind, I love that it is easy to do.
This is such a great idea. My daughter will surely love making these butterflies..
Those butterfly cookies look so cute and so easy to make! My kids would love to have some
These easy no bake butterfly cookies are an awesome idea as well as adorable. I am going to have to make these with my niece and nephews. We will have so much fun doing them. Thanks for sharing the idea.
They look cute. They would be perfect for a princess party, tea party or birthday party.
omg! these are so cute. Prefect to surprise kids in their lunch box. You are really creative!
My two youngest would absolutely love making these butterfly cookies. They are so cute!
Wow! This looks cute. Kids should try doing this because it’s easy and fun. I love how you made the cookies into butterfly. Very clever. 🙂
These are super cute. I would have never thought to make them this way. I am just not very creative.
Those are cute little cookies. I’ll have to pick up some sugar wafers and let the kids make this this weekend. They’ll love them.
Anything that doesn’t involve baking is great for the summer time. These look like fun cookies for the kiddos to make.
i love this recipe, so simple. I think I will save this for the next time my daughter’s friends come over. They would have so much fun making them.
These are just too cute and too clever! 🙂
Oh these are super cute! It’s funny too because I’m currently obsessed with these wafer cookies and would love to try all these fun ideas! My kids would love them too!
These look like cute no bake cookies, I love the idea of butterfly cookies. Super fun!
my daughter would love these butterfly cookies… me too! thanks for sharing this fun cookie making idea!
This is great for summer when you don’t want to turn on the oven. I don’t know if the Vanilla Wafers would make it to become another cookie, they’re a favorite around here.
Haha. These are cute. I know some little ones who would love it for sure! They are so simple and cute. I mean you can’t go wrong really!