I had a lovely reader ask if I could make her son some Super Mario cookies for his birthday.

I said yes.

I am crazy.

See, I have been coveting this KopyKake thing that my friend Marion uses. She is awesome and makes the most gloriously beautiful cookies and I hope I can be just like her when I grow up. (maturity-wise of course, I think she is actually younger than me in people years)

Whenever I have someone ask me to make a cookie that involves an outline of some sort I freeze up and my palms sweat and I have irrational thoughts and just want to make excuses as to why I am unable to make it.

But I decided to take the bull by the horns and attempt this one…

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The famous brothers and a lone mushroom.

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I know that everyone and their mother have made Nintendo cookies and cakes and I am not making waves in the confectionery design community with my little mushrooms…

but it was a big step for me OK?

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This is what was giving me nightmares. The faces.

(I totally went back and added the “L” on Luigi’s hat… whoops)

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It was a definitely a challenge… and for that I am grateful. Its fun to get out of the box. Right?

I just hope next time someone wants a game theme Pac Man is involved.

So long Luigi! (I think he’s gonna miss me)

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I used my favorite cookie recipe and favorite royal icing substitute.

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Amanda Rettke is the creator of I Am Baker, and the bestselling author of Surprise Inside Cakes: Amazing Cakes for Every Occasion – With a Little Something Extra Inside.Over the course of her 15+ year blogging adventure, she has been featured in and collaborated with the Food Network, New York Times, LA Times, Country Living Magazine, People Magazine, Epicurious, Brides, Romantic Homes, life:beautiful, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Mail, Star Tribune, The Globe and Mail, DailyCandy, YumSugar, The Knot, The Kitchn, and Parade, to name a few.

Reader Comments

  1. very nicely done, amanda! with this post, i woefully recall my deep obsession with the nintendo game. it was not a pretty time–there were temper tantrums and vicious competitiveness. but hey–i was a kid, so it’s okay, right? that’s not to say i wouldn’t behave the same way if i played today… 🙂

  2. You did a spectacular job Amanda! My girls play Mario all the time, they’d love those cookies 🙂

  4. I just got an order for some of these…can’t wait to post them…I love the mushrooms you did, they turned out great!

  8. You did such an amazing job on these. I love looking at all your pretty baked goods!

  9. Gosh…I have been living in a cave and missed this post! Just perfect, as usual!
    Working on getting your VLOG posted tonight….oh, yes!

  10. Thank you so much for this post! Used your idea for my son’s birthday! I posted your link on my facebook page. I had so many people ask me where the idea came from!

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