Beach Cookies
These fun Beach Cookies are a kid-favorite treat and they start with an easy cake mix! Topped with blue frosting for the ocean water, and then decorated with edible beach items like goldfish crackers, gummy rings for pool floaties, teddy grahams, and rainbow belt gummies for beach towels.
Ingredients
Cake Mix Cookies
- 1 box (15.25 oz) yellow cake mix or vanilla cake mix
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
Ocean Blue Frosting
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- blue gel food coloring
Decorations
- honey teddy grahams
- vanilla cupcake goldfish crackers
- peach gummy rings
- rainbow sour belts
- white pearl/round sprinkles
- crushed graham crackers
- umbrella or palm tree cocktail picks (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Line a cookie sheet(s) with parchment paper and set aside.
Cake Mix Cookies
- In a large mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat the cake mix (dry), oil, and eggs until combined well. About 1-2 minutes. The batter will be thick.1 box (15.25 oz) yellow cake mix or vanilla cake mix, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 2 large eggs
- Scoop the cookie dough, using a medium cookie scoop (or 1.5 tablespoons), and place 12 per cookie sheet.
- Bake for 9-12 minutes or until the edges are set and the cookies look done (no wet batter on top).
- Allow the cookies to cool on the warm baking tray for 20 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely before frosting & decorating.
Frosting
- In a mixing bowl, with an electric hand mixer or a stand mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese until it's smooth and creamy. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter, 4 ounces cream cheese
- Beat in the powdered sugar, vanilla, and food coloring until it's smooth and well combined.2½ cups powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, blue gel food coloring
- Frost the cooled cookies with the blue frosting.
Ocean & Beach Decorations
- - Place a teddy graham into a peach ring. - Place a teddy graham onto a piece of the rainbow belt candy. If needed, dab some frosting underneath teddy graham to help it stick to the candy belt. - Place the white pearl sprinkles above the goldfish to create the bubbles. - Use crushed graham crackers to create the beach sand. - Decorate with umbrella toothpicks if wanted for a fun touch. - For serving, try adding crushed graham crackers onto a tray and serving the beach cookies on the sand.honey teddy grahams, vanilla cupcake goldfish crackers, peach gummy rings, rainbow sour belts, white pearl/round sprinkles, crushed graham crackers, umbrella or palm tree cocktail picks
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Notes
Rainbow Sour Belts : These can be hard to find, if you can't find them, use fruit roll-ups that have been cut into rectangle shapes for the 'beach towel' that the teddy graham bear lays on.
White Pearl Sprinkles : These can usually be easily found by the other sprinkles in the cake decorating aisle or the baking aisle. Either omit them entirely if you can't find them, or you can also use blue or white sprinkles (any shape) to create the bubbles coming up from the 'fish'.
Cream Cheese : Make sure you are using the brick-style cream cheese (you will need half of an 8 ounce bar for this recipe) and not the whipped cream cheese in the tub.
Leftovers : These are best served the same day, within several hours, of decorating them. If you need to make them ahead of time, I recommend making and preparing each competent separately and storing until needed. The cookies can be made ahead of time, cooled to room temperature, and then stored in an airtight container at room temperature. The frosting can be made up to 3 days ahead of time and stored in the fridge. If you know you will have leftovers, do not decorate all the cookies, only decorate what you will serve that day.
Nutrition
Calories: 196kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 71mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 0.001g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 279IU | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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