Character Shaped Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookies

Looking for something fun and tasty to bake with the kids? Hopefully here is your answer with some fun - and yummy - sugar cookies that have been dipped in chocolate, and shaped to look like popular Disney characters. All you will need to start is:


Cookie Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. Vanilla
2 tsp. Baking Powder
3 cup All-Purpose Flour
Cookie cutters of choice


Chocolate Dip Ingredients:
1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp milk


Begin by making the chocolate dipping sauce. Combine all ingredients into a small sauce pan, and slowly melt and stir ingredients together. Then, set aside and begin making cookies.

Ingredients before melting

After melting

Now, start on the cookies by creaming the butter and sugar together. Then, add in the egg and vanilla.

Creamed butter and sugar

Sift the flour and baking powder together, and then add to the creamed mixture. It is recommended to mix everything together by hand; however, I used my  mixer and it turned out just fine. Also, this is one of the few sugar cookie dough's that do not need to be chilled prior to rolling out.

Dough consistency

It is now time to turn the kids loose on the dough! Roll it out on a floured surface (my dough was about 1/8 inch thick) and cut in the desired shapes. I chose to do Mickey, Chuggington, and Lightning McQueen!

Cookie Cutters

Little dough for the kids

Chuggington!

Once all of the dough has been cut, I like to put mine on a pan lined with parchment paper instead of grease (just makes dessert a little bit healthier). Bake your cookies for 6-8 minutes at 400 degrees.

Mickey and Chuggington

Mickey and Lightning McQueen

After the cookies have been baked and cooled, dip each one (or if you're worried about the kids making a mess, use a spoon) in chocolate. Make sure to place each cookie that has been dipped in chocolate onto parchment paper until the chocolate hardens (this usually takes approximately 10 minutes, but can go faster by putting the cookies in the freezer).

Yummy Mickey

McQueen and chocolate