Nutter Butter snowmen are easy, fun, and delicious Christmas-themed cookies that are perfect for holiday parties! These festive cookies are prepared in only 10 minutes and don't require any cooking. Try this recipe if need a quick and effortless Christmas treat to share with the family!
Christmas Nutter Butter Snowmen
These Christmas Nutter Butter snowmen cookies are incredibly easy to prepare and fun to decorate for the holidays! If you are looking for a simple and quick Christmas snack, make sure to save this recipe on your go-to list!
Nutter Butter cookies are dipped into melted almond bark and decorated with mini-chocolate chips, large orange nonpareils spheres, candy eyes, and red icing! Bring these cookies to your next Christmas party and everyone will enjoy this tasty treat!
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🥘 Nutter Butter Snowmen
Some of these ingredients might require a trip to your neighborhood grocery store, but I assure you that will be the most work! You may use piping gel in place of the icing or make homemade icing if desired.
- White Almond Bark - 24 ounces white almond bark (1 ½ pound package, chopped).
- Vegetable Shortening - 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening.
- Nutter Butters - 1 16-ounce package of Nutter Butter cookies (1 standard size package).
- Mini Candy Eyes - 1 package of at least 52 mini candy eyes.
- Pretzel Sticks - 26 pretzel sticks (halved).
- Mini Chocolate Chips - 1 tablespoon or 78 mini chocolate chips.
- Orange Nonpareils - 26 large orange nonpareils.
- Icing - 3.5 ounces of icing (one small decorator tube).
*Be sure to see the free printable recipe card below for ingredients, exact amounts & instructions with tips!*
🔪 How To Make Nutter Butter Snowmen
These Nutter Butter snowmen are a wonderful Christmas-themed treat when you want to make a snack that doesn't require a lot of effort! Take out a mixing bowl, a wire cooling rack, and a baking sheet to get started.
This Nutter Butter snowmen recipe yields 26 servings (one cookie each), perfect for sharing with a large crowd at your next Christmas party!
Melt the Almond Bark
- Prep. Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper or wax paper and then place a cooling rack on top.
- Make almond bark mixture. Crush the 24 ounces of almond bark into smaller pieces and transfer it into a large microwave-safe bowl with 1 tablespoon of vegetable shortening. Vegetable shortening is the best to use to make a smooth consistency over other oils and butter.
- Melt. Melt the almond bark in the microwave using 30-second increments, and whisk in between each increment.
- Stir. Once the almond bark is almost completely melted, take the bowl out of the microwave and whisk the mixture quickly until it's smooth.
Coat And Decorate Cookies
- Coat cookies. Dip the Nutter Butters into the almond bark mixture with tongs and completely coat them allowing the excess to drip off the cookies. After that, place them on the wire cooling rack immediately and stick on 2 candy eyes and 1 large orange nonpareil sprinkle as the nose. Place 3 mini chocolate chips down the middle for buttons.
Repeat this step with the rest of the Nutter Butters, then allow the almond bark to set.
If your almond bark starts to solidify while dipping, pop it back into the microwave and stir again. - Make arms and scarves. Dip one end of the 26 pretzel stick halves into the almond bark and stick them into the sides of the Nutter Butter to create the arms. Place 3.5 ounces of red icing into a Ziploc bag or piping bag and make a small cut of a corner to pipe the red icing scarves.
- Serve. Serve once the almond bark is dry or store them for later.
Bring these Nutter Butter snowmen to your next holiday party, or give them as gifts. Check out my article on Easy Christmas Desserts if you're in need of more great ideas! Enjoy!
💭 Angela's Tips & Recipe Notes
- 1 standard package of almond bark is equal to 1 ½ pounds (or 24 ounces).
- 1 standard package of Nutter Butters is 16 ounces (or 26 cookies).
- Each snowman needs 3 mini chocolate chips for the buttons, so you will need about 78 chocolate chips in total.
- Vegetable shortening is better to use to make a smooth consistency over other oils and butter.
- If the almond bark starts to solidify while dipping the Nutter Butter cookies, you can place it back into the microwave and stir until it is smooth again.
- The icing can be homemade (simply increase the thickness with more confectioners sugar until your desired piping consistency is reached). Or, you can use the handy tubes of piping gel that are available near the cake mixes in most grocery stores.
🥡 Storing Nutter Butter Snowmen
Place your Nutter Butter snowmen in an airtight container on the counter for up to 7 days.
❓ Recipe FAQs
Absolutely! You can use mini M&M's or Sixlets as the buttons. Also, piped icing or TicTacs as the nose. You could even use mini chocolate chips as the eyes if desired.
Yes! Since these Nutter Butter snowmen don't require any baking, you can make them in advance. Keep the cookies stored in an airtight container at room temperature until you are ready to serve.
You can store them in the refrigerator if you want to, however, I don't recommend it because the cookies will be tough to eat once cooled. I would keep them in a plastic ziplock bag on the counter instead.
😋 More Tasty Christmas Desserts
- Crockpot Christmas Crack - An easy-to-make peanut butter and chocolate candy cluster with sprinkles!
- Christmas M&M Cookie Bars - A tasty cookie bar full of M&M's and chocolate chips, perfect for holiday get-togethers!
- Christmas Cookies - A recipe for tasty Christmas cookies that are wonderful to share with friends and family!
- Christmas Nougat - An easy no-bake candy made with red and green gumdrops!
- Christmas M&M Cookies - These soft and chewy Christmas cookies make the perfect dessert to gift to friends and family!
- Eggnog Meringue Cookies - These meringue cookies are richly spiced with eggnog and nutmeg!
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Nutter Butter Snowmen
Ingredients
- 24 oz white almond bark (1 ½ pound package)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
- 16 oz Nutter Butters (1 standard size package)
- 1 package mini candy eyes
- 26 pretzel sticks (halved)
- 1 tablespoon mini chocolate chips (78 pieces semi-sweet mini chocolate chips)
- 26 large orange nonpareils
- 3.5 oz icing (one small decorator tube)
(Note: 2x or 3x only changes the ingredient list)
Instructions
- Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper or wax paper and then place a cooling rack on top.
- Chop up the almond bark into smaller pieces and transfer it into a large microwave-safe bowl with 1 tablespoon of vegetable shortening.
- Melt the almond bark in the microwave using 30-second increments on high power, and stir vigorously in between each increment.
- Once the almond bark is almost completely melted, take the bowl out of the microwave and stir until the mixture is smooth.
- Dip the Nutter Butter cookies into the almond bark mixture with tongs and completely coat the entire cookie, then allow the excess to drip. Place each Nutter Butter coated snowman onto your wire cooling rack immediately and stick on 2 candy eyes and 1 large orange nonpareil sprinkle as the nose. Place 3 mini chocolate chips down the middle for buttons. Repeat this step with the rest of the Nutter Butters, then allow the almond bark to set.
- Dip one end of the pretzel stick halves into the almond bark and stick them into the sides of the Nutter Butter to create the arms. Place red icing into a Ziploc bag or piping bag and make a small cut of a corner to pipe the red icing scarves.
- Serve once the almond bark is dry or store them for later.
Notes
- 1 standard package of almond bark is equal to 1 ½ pounds (or 24 ounces).
- 1 standard package of Nutter Butters is 16 ounces (or 26 cookies).
- Each snowman needs 3 mini chocolate chips for the buttons, so you will need about 78 chocolate chips in total.
- Vegetable shortening is better to use to make a smooth consistency over other oils and butter.
- If the almond bark starts to solidify while dipping the Nutter Butter cookies, you can place it back into the microwave and stir until it is smooth again.
- The icing can be homemade (simply increase the thickness with more confectioners sugar until your desired piping consistency is reached). Or, you can use the handy tubes of piping gel that are available near the cake mixes in most grocery stores.
- To store: Place your Nutter Butter snowmen in an airtight container on the counter for up to 7 days.
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