Made with just 4 ingredients, these Pilgrim Hat Cookies are quick and easy to assemble without any oven, plus super cute! Such a fun little Thanksgiving treat to add to your holiday celebration.
Prep Time: 15 minutesmins
Total Time: 15 minutesmins
Servings: 24cookies
Ingredients
1package(11.5 ounce) striped cookies
1/2cuporange candy melts
1/2cupyellow candy melts
24Rolo caramel candies, unwrapped
24orange and yellow M&Ms
Instructions
Place the cookies upside down on a large, parchment lined baking sheet so that the solid chocolate bottom is facing up.
Pour each set of candy melts into a shallow, microwave safe bowl and melt according to package directions until melted and smooth.
Dip each rolo candy bottom into the candy melts to coat the bottom and just a bit up the side.
Allow any excess to drip off and then place the rolo on the center of a cookie, creating a pilgrim’s hat.
Place one M&M, m side down, on the candy melt band and then repeat with the remaining ingredients.
Allow the pilgrim hats time to set completely, about 15-30 minutes, before serving. (You can transfer to the fridge so they set quicker, but the cold chocolate is not as pleasant to eat.)
Notes
Melting Wafers or Candy Melts vs. White Chocolate chips. I prefer Wilton candy melts or Ghirardelli White Melting Wafers for candy making because of their smooth consistency and once dried and hardened, they don’t soften at room temperature. If you want to use regular white chocolate and colored food dye, I recommend combining it with some coconut oil, which will help loosen it up and also harden faster. You’ll need about 1 tablespoon coconut oil per 1 cup of chocolate.
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are very important to you, I would recommend calculating them yourself.