Want to make delicious St. Patrick's Day cookies? These shamrock cookies are made using Oreos and candy melts. Perfect for celebrating St. Patrick's Day.
St. Patrick's Day cookies are great for celebrating at home, in the classroom or for a St. Patrick's Day party. While these Shamrock cookies are easy to make, it looks like a complicated dessert.
How to Make Shamrock Cookies?
For these shamrock cookies, you are using Oreo cookies as the base of the cookies. You are going to create the shamrocks using a candy mold. Using candy melts, you will create the shamrocks and cover the cookies in chocolate.
What Do I Need to Make Shamrock Cookies?
Ingredients:
With the 12 cookies, you will do 6 of the cookies orange and 6 of the cookies white.
DIRECTIONS FOR ORANGE TOPPED OREOS
1. Add ¼ cup of the green candy melts to a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 40 seconds. Stir until completely melted and smooth.
2. Carefully pour the melted green candy into the shamrock center of 6 of the cookie molds. (I used a teaspoon).
3. Chill the cookie molds for 10 minutes to allow the green chocolate shamrocks to harden.
4. Add ½ cup of the orange candy melts to a microwave safe bowl and microwave on HIGH for 40 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir. Continue to microwave and stir in 15-second increments until completely melted and smooth.
5. Remove the chilled cookie molds from the refrigerator. Pour 2 Tablespoons of the melted orange chocolate into each mold.
6. Place an Oreo cookie on top of the melted orange chocolate in each mold.
7. Pour additional melted orange chocolate on top of each cookie, up to the top of each mold.
8. Chill for 30 minutes to allow the orange chocolate to harden.
DIRECTIONS FOR THE WHITE TOPPED OREOS
1. Add ¼ cup of the white candy melts to a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 40 seconds. Stir until completely melted and smooth.
2. Carefully pour the melted white candy into the shamrock part of 6 of the cookie molds.
3. Chill the cookie molds for 10 minutes to allow the white chocolate shamrocks to harden.
4. Add ½ cup of the green candy melts to a microwave safe bowl and microwave on HIGH for 40 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir. Continue to microwave and stir in 15-second increments until completely melted and smooth.
5. Pour 2 Tablespoons of the melted green chocolate into each chilled mold.
6. Place an Oreo cookie on top of the melted green chocolate.
7. Pour additional melted green chocolate on top of the cookies, up to the top of each mold.
8. Chill for 30 minutes to allow the green chocolate to harden.
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Want to make delicious St. Patrick's Day cookies? These shamrock cookies are made using Oreos and candy melts. Perfect for celebrating St. Patrick's Day.
- 12 regular Oreo cookies
- 12 oz bag Wilton green candy melts
- 12 oz bag Wilton bright white candy melts
- 12 oz bag Wilton orange candy melts
- Shamrock Oreo Mold
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Add ¼ cup of the green candy melts to a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 40 seconds. Stir until completely melted and smooth.
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Carefully pour the melted green candy into the shamrock center of 6 of the cookie molds. (I used a teaspoon).
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Chill the cookie molds for 10 minutes to allow the green chocolate shamrocks to harden.
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Add ½ cup of the orange candy melts to a microwave safe bowl and microwave on HIGH for 40 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir. Continue to microwave and stir in 15 second increments until completely melted and smooth.
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Remove the chilled cookie molds from the refrigerator. Pour 2 Tablespoons of the melted orange chocolate into each mold.
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Place an Oreo cookie on top of the melted orange chocolate in each mold.
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Pour additional melted orange chocolate on top of each cookie, up to the top of each mold.
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Chill for 30 minutes to allow the orange chocolate to harden.
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Line a cookie sheet with wax or parchment paper. Once chilled, carefully pop the cookies out of their molds and place on the lined cookie sheet.
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Place ½ cup of white chocolate melts in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on HIGH for 40 seconds. Stir until completely melted and smooth.
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Dip each orange coated Oreo cookie halfway into the melted white chocolate. Return to the lined cookie sheet for 15 minutes to allow the white chocolate to harden.
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Place ⅓ cup green chocolate melts in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 40 seconds. Stir until completely melted and smooth.
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Dip the bottoms of each orange and white Oreo cookie into the melted green chocolate and place back on the lined cookie sheet to harden for 15 minutes.
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Add ¼ cup of the white candy melts to a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for 40 seconds. Stir until completely melted and smooth.
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Carefully pour the melted white candy into the shamrock part of 6 of the cookie molds.
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Chill the cookie molds for 10 minutes to allow the white chocolate shamrocks to harden.
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Add ½ cup of the green candy melts to a microwave safe bowl and microwave on HIGH for 40 seconds. Remove from microwave and stir. Continue to microwave and stir in 15 second increments until completely melted and smooth.
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Pour 2 Tablespoons of the melted green chocolate into each chilled mold.
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Place an Oreo cookie on top of the melted green chocolate.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
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