Description
These adorable No‑Bake Horse Cookies are fun, kid‑friendly treats perfect for horse‑themed parties or race day events, requiring no oven and minimal ingredients.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 oblong Milano (or similar) cookies
- 12 mini Nilla wafers
- 3 strands rope licorice (for mane)
- 1 small Tootsie Roll (for ears)
- 24 candy eyes
- Brown or white frosting (with star tip)
- Black food‑coloring pen or black writing‑tip frosting
Instructions
- Set up your work space. Pipe a small amount of frosting to a corner of your workspace for easy access.
- Use the black food‑coloring pen to draw a smiling face on each mini Nilla wafer.
- Attach each decorated wafer to the curved bottom of a Milano cookie with a dab of frosting.
- Cut the licorice into 3–4 inch lengths. Wrap around the mid‑section of the cookie as the horse’s mane, securing the ends with frosting behind.
- Trim excess licorice as needed.
- Cut the Tootsie Roll into small triangular pieces. Roll between your fingers to shape triangular ears.
- Attach the ears to the opposite end of the Milano cookie using a small dab of frosting.
- Pipe a tuft of “hair” between the ears using frosting and a star tip.
- Place two candy eyes beneath the ears on each cookie.
- Allow frosting to set before serving. Enjoy!
Notes
- Use any oblong cookie if Milano cookies aren’t available.
- Rope licorice comes in peel‑apart varieties—any color works.
- Substitute black writing‑tip frosting if you don’t have a food‑safe pen.
- Let cookies sit for 10–15 minutes so frosting firms up.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 101 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 104 mg
- Fat: 4 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 13 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 4 mg