Hamburger Slider Cookies
Hamburger Slider Cookies are a fun and delightful way to create an eye-catching treat easily. These tasty confections, made to look like mini hamburgers, are a whimsical twist on classic cookies.
Servings: 12 Burger Slider Cookies
Calories: 209kcal
Equipment
- 12 bamboo cocktail picks, cut down to about 3 inches
Ingredients
- ¼ cup sweetened coconut flakes
- 1 Tablespoon hot water
- 2 to 3 drops green gel food color (See Tip 1)
- ½ package (12 pieces) 16-ounce package of Reese's Peanut Butter Cookie Dough (See Tip 2)
- 1 Tablespoon sesame seeds
- 6 Oreo Cakesters, cut in half (See Tip 3)
- ⅔ cup (4.5 ounces) yellow candy melts, melted according to package directions
- ⅔ cup (4.5 ounces) red candy melts, melted according to package directions
Instructions
- Add the coconut flakes to a jar with a lid. Dissolve several drops of the green gel food color in hot water. Add about a teaspoon of the dissolved green food color to the coconut. Secure the lid and shake the jar until the color is evenly distributed. Spread the colored coconut flakes on wax paper to dry.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a half-sheet pan with parchment paper or a silicone liner. Set aside.
- Cut a piece of the Reese's peanut butter cookie dough in half. Roll each half into a ball. Dip one of the balls in sesame seeds. Flatten each ball to about ¼ inch and place it on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining 11 pieces of the dough for a total of 24 cookies. (See Tip 4)
- Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to rest on the pan for five minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- To assemble the cookie sliders, place one of the cookies with no sesame seeds, top side down, on a flat surface. Place a dollop of melted candy melts in the center of the cookie. Top with half of an Oreo Cakester, icing side down. Spoon about ½ teaspoon of the melted yellow candy melts. Top with about ½ teaspoon of the green-colored coconut flakes. Spoon on about ½ teaspoon of the melted red candy melts. Top with a cookie with sesame seeds top side up. Finish with a bamboo cocktail pick inserted into the cookie slider.
- Allow the candy melts to harden. Store in an airtight container for up to three days.
- Yield: 12 Burger Cookie Sliders.
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Notes
- I used gel food color because that's what I had on hand. You could also use liquid food coloring, which is available in grocery stores—experiment with how much to add to achieve the desired color of the coconut.
- The package of Reese's Peanut Butter Cookie Dough contains 24 individual squares of cookie dough. Each square cut in half weighs between 0.32 and 0.35 ounces. To achieve the same size cookies, make sure to use equal quantities for each cookie, i.e., weigh the cookie dough before rolling it into a ball!
- The box of Oreo Cakesters contains a total of 10 caksters. I used six, each cut in half horizontally for the 12 slider cookies. I tried to keep the same amount of white icing on each half when cutting the cakesters in half.
- To achieve perfectly round cookies, make sure that you roll each piece of dough into a perfect ball and flatten it into a perfectly round disc.
Nutrition
Calories: 209kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 114mg | Potassium: 69mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 7IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 2mg
