Best Decorated Easter Sugar Cookies

_{Decorated Easter Sugar Cookies are always a hit at Easter! These sugar cookies are a delicious treat and perfect for Easter. Turn your plain sugar cookies into a fun Robin Eggs Nest with colored grass.} 

Best Decorated Easter Sugar Cookies For Kids To Make

Prep Time: 35 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes Total Time: 45 Minutes Servings: 16 Cookies

I love making these decorated Easter Sugar cookies each year! The kids love helping me make them, and of course, they are tons of fun to eat. They are a great semi-homemade treat that everyone loves to have, and are ideal for potlucks, parties, and special Easter events!

You certainly don’t have to be Picasso to create a masterpiece. A sweet treat for dessert at Easter or a spring party. These cookies couldn’t be easier, starting with Betty Crocker or Pillsbury’s refrigerated sugar cookies and purchased frosting. Skipping the hand mixer all together and many other ingredients, like royal icing.

I used these pretty little Robin Eggs Candy to brighten up our cookies. It’s a ton of fun to make Easter cookies like these that our kids can help make!

Why You Will Love These Decorated Easter Sugar Cookies

• Simplicity: Using store-bought cookie dough means you can skip the measuring and mixing, allowing you to enjoy the fun parts of baking without the hassle. It’s perfect for those who may not have the time or energy to start from scratch.
• Family Fun: Decorating cookies is a great activity for the whole family. Kids can get involved by helping with icing, choosing decorations, and creating their own designs. It’s a wonderful way to bond while making delicious treats.
• Memorable Traditions: Making and decorating cookies can become a cherished holiday tradition. Each year, you can try new designs, themes, or techniques, keeping the activity fresh and exciting for everyone.

Ingredients Needed

Please note that a full list of ingredients and a printable recipe available below. Just scroll down.

• Classic sugar cookie dough and vanilla icing – I typically make these a store purchase items instead of making homemade. These cookies are fun for eating and decorating. I like to save time on kid-friendly projects if I can.
• Mini Robbin Eggs – I can’t wait for these seasonal candies. Not only are they fun for decorating but they are my favorite.
• Coconut flakes and Food Coloring – Make up the nest for these cookies.
• Optional: Easter Sprinkles – You can make your cookies extra fancy with sprinkles.

How to Make These Easter Cookies

STEP ONE: First thing, remove your sugar cookie dough from the package and cut it into uniform circles. You will be cutting out 16 circles. Then bake your cookies for 10-12 minutes on a cookie sheet until the edges of the cookies are slightly golden brown.

Side Note: If you want to get fancy you can use a rolling pin on a lightly floured surface and cookie cutters. You can create different shapes as your nests. A great way to make your cookies unique.

STEP TWO: Let the cookies cool for a couple of minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely. Once cooled to room temp, you are ready to begin to decorate.

STEP THREE: Start by adding a few drops of green food coloring to your ready-made frosting.  Mix until well incorporated.

STEP FOUR: After you mix up your icing, you’ll want to add a few drops of food coloring to some of your unsweetened coconut flakes. I recommend putting about a cup of coconut into a plastic baggie, adding 3-4 drops of food coloring to it, sealing it, and letting your kids shake it until the coconut is dyed green for grass on these Easter cookies.

Or instead using a medium bowl add in your coconut flakes and food coloring and mix until completely dyed.

STEP FIVE: Next, you will simply put some icing on your cooled cookies and sprinkle them with the colored coconut flakes.

Turning plain sugar cookies into a fun nest to hold your candy-robin eggs.

STEP SIX: Add a few of your Mini Robins egg candies to the top of each Easter sugar cookie so they look like patches of grass with eggs hidden!  

To Store Cookies

Place cookies in an airtight container. Can be stored at room temperature on your counter for up to three days or in the refrigerator for seven. If stacking cookies use parchment paper sprinkled with powdered sugar in between each cookie to prevent sticking.

What a fun and super easy Easter cookie idea for your kids to help you create!

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