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St. Paddy’s Day Cat Cookies

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Updated May 24, 2022
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Cute Leprecat sugar cookies!

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  • These cat cookies are way cuter than shamrock cookies! What I love about these cookies is that you don’t have to have any fancy schmancy shaped shamrock cookie cutters or any decorating skills. Just a plain old round cookie cutter (or use a drinking glass turned upside down to cut out the circle shapes – a little tip from my sweet mom), some green candy, Fruit Roll-Ups and cereal. Oh! And green food coloring. OF COURSE. Bake, assemble and enjoy these cute cat cookies for St. Patrick's Day!

St. Paddy’s Day Cat Cookies

  • Prep Time 40 min
  • Total 2 hr 15 min
  • Servings 24
  • Ingredients 11
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Ingredients

  • 1 pouch (17.5 oz.) of Betty Crocker™ Cookie Mix Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon flour (for cookie mix)
  • 1 egg (for cookie mix)
  • 1/3 cup butter, softened but not melted (for cookie mix)
  • Green food coloring
  • Black edible marker
  • 1 tub (12 oz) Betty Crocker™ Whipped Fluffy White Frosting
  • 48 green M&M's® milk chocolate candies
  • 24 green shamrock sprinkles
  • 24 green marshmallow hats from Lucky Charms™ cereal
  • 2 Betty Crocker™ Fruit Roll-Ups™ Chewy Fruit-Flavored Snack Green

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Preheat oven to 375° F. Prepare cookie dough according to package instructions.
  • Step 
    2
    While mixing, add in a few drops of green food coloring until you reach your desired color.
  • Step 
    3
    Roll out dough and cut out 24 circle shapes using a circle cookie cutter. Bake for 7-9 minutes. Let cool completely.
  • Step 
    4
    With the black edible marker, color in the middle of the M&M’S™ for the eyes.
  • Step 
    5
    Using white frosting, attach 2 green M&M’S™ to the top of the cookie for the eyes and the shamrock sprinkle for the nose.
  • Step 
    6
    Attach the Lucky Charms™ marshmallow hat to the cookie with frosting.
  • Step 
    7
    Cut small triangles from the green Fruit Roll-Up™ for ears. For the bow tie, cut a small rectangle out from the Fruit Roll-Up and twist in the middle for a bow tie shape.
  • Step 
    8
    Attach ears and bow tie on the cookie with white frosting and draw in the mouth and whiskers with the black edible marker.

Nutrition

210 Calories
9g Total Fat
1g Protein
31g Total Carbohydrate
22g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
210
Calories from Fat
80
Total Fat
9g
14%
Saturated Fat
4 1/2g
23%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
15mg
5%
Sodium
110mg
4%
Potassium
25mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
31g
10%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
22g
Protein
1g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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