These red velvet cookies are made with 4 easy ingredients and topped with a cream cheese frosting that helps to create the “melting snowman”! This cookie is one I call a “kid-favorite” because they love the beauty and mystery behind a melting snowman. Or should I say, my littlest was sad at first, but after her first bite she was just fine!
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This cookie were inspired by the amazing Meaghan from The Decorated Cookie. She created the Original Melting Snowman cookies five years ago and she is a genius. I have admired her cookies and tutorials for years and feel lucky to know someone who is SO creative! Her idea has been copied so many times it’s hard to keep track. It’s my hope that everyone would know where the brilliant idea began!
While the snowman part of this cookie was inspired by Meaghan, the flavor was all about winter. I wanted to make a cookie that was easy and yummy. I wanted a cookie that would stay delicious for days. I wanted my kitchen to be cleaned by magic kitchen fairies. That didn’t happen.
The cookie was easy. It’s made from a box!
Cream Cheese Frosting
I used my favorite Perfect Cream Cheese frosting, only I added in about 1/4 cup of heavy cream. This helps the frosting to not hold its shape and just barely start to spill over the sides of the cookies.
Reese’s Peanut Butter ‘bells’ are used for his hat and I simply cut them in half. (This is best to do that at room temperature.) The snowman’s nose is an orange sprinkle and his eyes are mini chocolate chips.
Place hat on the cookie, drop on the two eyes, then stick his nose on. I let mine stick outward a bit, but you could also just lay it flat. You really can’t go wrong!
And as always, if you are opposed to a box mix, feel free to substitute your favorite red velvet cookie recipe. 🙂 I like to use my Red Velvet Peanut Butter Blossom cookie sometimes!
Red Velvet Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box devil’s food cake mix
- 1/2 cup (1 stick or 113g) butter, softened
- 2 eggs, beaten
- Red Gel Food Coloring
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Prepare cookie sheets with parchment or silpat.
- In stand mixer, add cake mix, butter, and eggs. With mixer on slow, add in red gel food coloring until you reach your desired color. (batter will be very thick).
- Using 1-inch cookie scoop, drop dough about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
- Bake 8 to 12 minutes or until set.
- Allow cookies to cool before frosting.
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Love these cookies! Great inspiration! Can’t wait to try!
Totally cute cookies!! 🙂
I love red velvet anything and these look great. Can you use a box of the red velvet cake mix instead of the devil’s food cake mix and red food coloring?
Well hello there, adorable little snowman cookies! LOVE these, Amanda!
Hello…Just love you website. Fabulous baking. Use it all the time. Please tell me how long to bake your Reese’s cookie cuos.
Thank you and Happy Holidays.
The red velvet peanut butter blossom cookies require how much red food coloring
It says 8 servings, but how many cookies total does the recipe make? Thinking of making these for our family’s Christmas but we have 13 people coming. Plan on doubling the recipe. Will this work?