Christmas Baking
Coconut Snowman Treats: No-Bake Cookie-Crumb Snowmen Kids Can Roll and Decorate, 20 Minutes of Prep
No-bake coconut snowmen made from cookie crumbs and sweetened condensed milk, a fun treat for kids.
NutritionApproximate, per serving
Instructions
Put 300 g finely crushed cookies in a large bowl (a food processor does it in seconds).
Pour in the 50 g melted butter and stir well with a spoon so the butter coats the crumbs and the mixture smells buttery.
Gradually add the sweetened condensed milk, a little at a time. Careful: every brand of cookie absorbs differently. Start with about 3/4 cup (200 ml) and stir.
The mixture must be pliable, thick and hold together. If it crumbles, add more condensed milk. If it is too wet, add a little coconut. Refrigerate the mixture for 30 minutes; it is much easier to work with then.
With your hands, roll the chilled mixture into balls in two sizes: larger for the body and smaller for the head.
Roll each ball well in shredded coconut.
Assemble the snowmen: gently press a smaller ball onto a larger one. If they do not stay together, use a drop of melted chocolate as glue.
Press chocolate chips into the top ball as eyes and into the lower ball as buttons. Press a piece of apricot in for the nose.
Tie a piece of gummy strip around the "neck" as a scarf and stick broken pretzel sticks into the sides as arms. Done!
- Add condensed milk gradually; chill the mixture 30 minutes before shaping.
- Add pretzel stick arms just before serving.
- Keeps 5 to 7 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator.