Have you been bitten by the Minecraft bug yet? Do you find yourself spending hours mining, building, and killing Creepers? I have to confess that I have spent my share of days in my pajamas wondering where the time went while I tediously dyed sheep and collected my colored wool. It seems only natural that this obsession healthy indulgence would pour over into my baking. So, without further ado, I give you Minecraft cookies….
This cookie set started with a little, okay a lot, of planning. Luckily, the hard part is now done so you can simply download the free printable templates at the end of this post and skip right to the fun part… decorating.
Since the characters in Minecraft (and basically all other elements of the game) are made up of square pixels, each of your Minecraft cookies will be made up of tiny squares. Use the printable templates provided as a paint-by-number guide so you know what color icing to put in each square.
How To Make Minecraft Steve Cookies
To make Steve cookies, you will need:
- Cookies made from your favorite sugar cookie recipe and cut using a square cookie cutter
- Icing made from your favorite royal icing recipe in dark brown, light brown, beige, blue, and white (I used 12-count consistency icing for all the steps in this tutorial. If you need help with icing color or consistency, check out the How To Make Royal Icing section of 101 Essential Cookie Decorating Resources.)
- A food coloring marker in any color
- Icing bags or bottles, couplers, and tips (I used a #2 tip for all the steps in this tutorial.)
Start by using a food coloring marker to draw straight lines breaking each cookie up into eight rows and eight columns. This will give you 64 squares to fill with icing.
Using your printed template as a guide, fill in all of the squares labeled with the #1 with dark brown royal icing. Before icing, you may want to mark the squares with your food coloring marker to help prevent mistakes. Complete this step on all of your Steve Minecraft cookies and let the icing dry somewhat before moving on to the next color.
Repeat the above steps for each of the additional four colors you are using on your Steve cookies. Let the royal icing dry completely (preferably overnight) before stacking or packaging your cookies.
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How To Make Minecraft Creeper Cookies
To make Creeper cookies, you will need:
- Cookies made from your favorite sugar cookie recipe and cut using a square cookie cutter
- Icing made from your favorite royal icing recipe in black, light green, medium green, and dark green (I used 12-count consistency icing for all the steps in this tutorial. If you need help with icing color or consistency, check out the How To Make Royal Icing section of 101 Essential Cookie Decorating Resources.)
- Black sanding sugar (optional)
- A food coloring marker in any color
- Icing bags or bottles, couplers, and tips (I used a #2 tip for all the steps in this tutorial.)
Start by using a food coloring marker to draw straight lines breaking each cookie up into eight rows and eight columns. This will give you 64 squares to fill with icing.
Using your printed template as a guide, fill in all of the squares labeled with the #1 with black royal icing. Before icing, you may want to mark the squares with your food coloring marker to help prevent mistakes. While the icing is still wet, sprinkle black sanding sugar onto the surface of your cookie. Complete this step on all of your Creeper cookies and let the icing dry somewhat. Remove any excess sanding sugar by tilting your cookie vertically and gently shaking or brushing the sugar off.
Helpful Hint: To easily save any unused sanding sugar, do your decorating over a coffee filter. After you shake off the excess sanding sugar, you can easily pour it back into your sugar container.
Next, fill in all of the squares labeled with the #2 with light green royal icing. Complete this step on all of your Creeper Minecraft cookies and let the icing dry somewhat before moving on to the next color.
Fill in the squares for the medium green and dark green colors using the same steps as above, letting the icing dry somewhat in between colors. Let the royal icing dry completely (preferably overnight) before stacking or packaging your cookies.
Whether you’re planning a Minecraft party or simply looking for a fun cookie decorating project, I hope you can take a break from diamond mining to give these Minecraft cookies a try!
If the animals of Minecraft are more your style, hang in there… tutorials for the pig and sheep cookies are coming later in the week. If you don’t want to miss the step-by-step directions for creating these sweets, make sure you are subscribed to sugarkissed.net by email. Simply scroll up to the top right hand corner of the blog, enter your email address in the subscribe form, and click OK. With sugarkissed.net posts delivered directly to your inbox, you’ll never miss a single creative sweet made simple!
In the meantime, check out my Geeks Rule! board on Pinterest for some more geeky inspiration!
Haven’t found the minecraft game – but if it’s anything like these cookies – I’ll be hooked!
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Think carefully before starting to play Minecraft, Kim. I speak from experience… it’s addicting! These Minecraft cookies are a safer way to indulge.
Yes, yes, so awesome!!
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Thanks, Jennifer. I was worried there for a second that I was the only Minecraft nerd out there!
Oh my gosh, I saw your picture on Two Cup Tuesdays and HAD to click! My boys are OBSESSED with Minecraft! I just showed them your post and they are dying! They told me I have to make these ASAP! Just pinned – can’t wait to make! Thanks so much for sharing. These are so cool! Nerds rule! ;P
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Awesome, Jen! I hope you get the chance to make these Minecraft cookies with your boys. They’re so much fun to decorate!
These are awesome, Janine! I haven’t been bitten by the Minecraft bug, but I’d gladly bite into one of these!
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Thanks, Mike! Steer clear of Minecraft… it will consume your life!
Oh my heck, those are awesome!
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Thanks for your compliment on my Minecraft cookies, Bethany!
THESE are AMAZING!!! I actually have a “Minecraft Mamas” Pinterest board and these are going on there! You ROCK! XO, ellie
p.s. Check out this Minecraft Round-up I put together, too! Geeks unite!
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p.s. Found you through the Ducks n’ a Row link up! XO
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So happy my Minecraft cookies are allowing me to “meet” other fans. I’ll be checking out your board and roundup for sure!
AHHH!! Love them. My son wants a Minecraft party in October. He saw these and has requested them…I am gonna have to do a lot, A LOT of practicing before then.
I think I can, I think I can.
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You got this, Larissa. If you use the templates, these Steve and Creeper cookies are actually pretty easy. The Minecraft animal cookies are even easier because there’s not so many different little squares.
Wow! Impressive. That looks like a lot of work but doing a grid like that makes it work. Nice work!
Thanks, Jodi. Using the grid pattern and template really does make the Minecraft cookies a lot easier.
no.way. Those are so awesome! I’m not a miner, but my son is. Bigtime! I’m pretty sure that, if I made these, I’d be the best mom ever. Seriously cool cookies my friend.
Nikki
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Thanks, Nikki. I hope you get the chance to make these Minecraft cookies for your son. My nieces live the game too and the Creeper cookies were their favorite.
oh these aren’t just awesome…epic! You just opened up some amazing possibilities for my son’s birthday party next month!
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Wow, “epic”! Thanks for the flattering compliment on my Minecraft cookies, Micki! I hope you have fun with them for your son’s birthday.
Fabulous!! Using the food marker is a genius idea – pinning it for sure. Would love for you to link this to my Craftastic party: http://www.sewcando.com/2013/04/craftastic-monday-link-party-laminates.html
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Thanks got the invite, Cheryl! I’m on my way over to your link party with my Creeper cookies.
Too cool. My Cameron would love these. Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend!
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Thanks for stopping by to check out my Minecraft cookies, Krista!
We are HUGE Minecraft fans in our family and these cookies are totally amazing! Love them!!! I also love your Pinterest geek board!
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The family that plays Minecraft together stays together!
Wow! What amazing and detailed cookies. My best friend’s daughter loves Minecraft. She would love these cookies.
Thanks so much for linking up at the Real Family Fun link party! Hope to see you next week.
KC
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Thanks for stopping by to check out my Minecraft cookies, KC!
These are awesome!
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Thanks for your compliment on my Minecraft and Creeper cookies, Diana!
I love these cookies. Your graphs remind me of cross-stitch. The cookies turned out great! My husband was impressed! Thanks for linking up to Two Cup Tuesday at Pint Sized Baker. I’ve pinned this for later.
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Thanks for stopping by to check out my Minecraft cookies, Karyn! And for sharing them with your hubby
Wow! These are great. I haven’t been bitten by the Minecraft bug yet but I’m totally addicted to Candy Crush. I’ll have to check it out.
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Hhmmm… Candy Crush cookies would be cool, Melissa. They certainly would be colorful!
Oh my goodness, Oh my goodness!!!! These are AWESOME! My husband and I are daily minecraft players and he would die if I made these for him! Thanks for sharing this, I was hoping that you could share this post on my Sunday Link Party!! I’ll host it every week, and welcome you!
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Thank you for your comment, Abigail! I hope you get the chance to make these Minecraft cookies for your hubby. On my way to check out your link party!
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This is seriously SO cool! My nephews would LOVE this! Thanks for sharing on Sweet & Savoury Sundays!
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Thanks for stopping by to check out my Minecraft cookies, Lorraine!
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These cookies are so cool!!! My son would love them! EXCELLENT job!
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Thanks, Erin! These cookies are perfect for any kid with a bit of a Minecraft obsession.
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Your instructions made it very easy. Time consuming, but simple. I made mine using buttercream, and it gave them a more pixelated look. I put pictures on Pinterest with your blog as the inspiration. Thank you!!
Lisa
I would love to see how yours turned out, Lisa! Would you post or send me the link to your pin?
These are amazing! Thank you for sharing your template and instructions. We had a Minecraft party for my so this past April. Wish I would have had this tutorial then.
http://keithaschaos.blogspot.com/2013/04/minecraft-birthday-party_7.html
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