Cute Beach Cookies for a Party

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What better way to celebrate a summer birthday than with a beach party? But if you’re throwing a birthday party for your kid, you’re going to need some beach themed treats to serve the guests at your event. With the help of these adorable beach cookies, you turn plain sugar cookies into a cute party snack perfect for any ocean themed celebration.

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From ocean themed birthday parties to summer snacks for your kids, there are so many great reasons to serve these adorable beach sugar cookies! And since they’re so simple to make and decorate, you can whip them up any time you need to make a cute treat for your kids.

And since these fun beach themed sugar cookies are made with prepared cookie dough, they’re ready in a matter of minutes! Just bake the cookies, top with icing, and add your beach decorations on top.

Beach Themed Cookies

Everyone at your summer party will love these adorable beach cookies! On top of being simple to decorate, they’re also so fun to eat!

But the best part about this easy recipe is that you don’t have to have any special decorating skills to make them! All you have to do is grab these ingredients and follow the simple instructions below.

• Sugar cookie dough. These cute cookies start out as a sugar cookie. I like using premade Pillsbury sugar cookie dough that’s already portioned out. Since the cookies are circles, there’s no need to roll or cut them! Just bake and decorate!
• White icing. You can make things easy on yourself and use a jar of white icing or prepare your favorite white icing recipe from scratch. Once the icing is prepared, you’ll also need some blue food coloring to make it look like ocean water.
• Graham crackers. To turn your cookies into a beach, you’ll need some graham cracker sand! You can use premade graham cracker crumbs or make your own by crushing a few graham crackers.
• Teddy Grahams. You can use any flavor of Teddy Grahams to decorate the top of your cookies.
• Rainbow sour belts. Create a cute towel for your bears to relax on with the help of some rainbow sour belts.
• Paper drink umbrellas. Finish the decorations on the top of your cookies by adding a paper drink umbrella to the top of some of your beach treats.

How to Make Beach Cookies

You won’t believe how easy it is to make this adorable beach party food! And when you use premade cookie dough, they’re ready in a matter of minutes!

The first step to preparing these cute beach treats is to make the cookies. I used premade cookie dough to speed up the preparing process, but you can also bake your favorite sugar cookie recipe and make them from scratch.

Either way, you’ll need to make round sugar cookies and allow them to cool completely.

Once the cookies are cooled, it’s time to prepare your icing. If you’re making your frosting from scratch, prepare it according to the recipe instructions. After that, you can add the blue food coloring to give it the look of ocean water. I used three drops of blue gel food coloring to create a light blue color for the icing on my cookies.

When you’re satisfied with the color of your icing, spread a thin layer evenly over the top of each of your sugar cookies.

Next make your beachy sand by crushing some graham crackers. You can use a food processor or blender to finely chop the graham crackers. Or place the cookies in a plastic bag and use a rolling pin to crush the cookies into a fine crumb.

Now that you have your ocean and your sand ready to go, it’s time to create a beach! Sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs over one half of each cookie. Lightly press the crumbs into the icing to ensure they stick, then lift up the cookie and lightly shake it to remove the extra crumbs from the top of each cookie.

After you have your beachy sand added to the top of your cookies, why not add some sun tanning bears on top? First, place a small piece of rainbow sour candy on top of the sand. Then, rest one Teddy Graham on top of the rainbow candy.

After that, you can finish decorating your cookies with a paper beach umbrella! Once all the cookies are decorated, they’re ready to be served at your beach party.

Beach Themed Cookies for a Birthday Party

These easy shark cookies are the perfect beach party food to serve your guests at any summer get together! And since they’re so simple to make, they’re going to be your go-to summer treat.

Who wouldn’t love snacking on these adorable beach cookies? Whether you’re hosting a birthday or looking for a fun Bible School snack, these easy treats are perfect! And the best part about this recipe is that they can easily be adjusted. Try recipe ideas to help you create a delicious dessert for any celebration:

• Add some fish. If you want to add more decorations to the top of your cookies, why not add some fish? You can use graham cracker Goldfish or Swedish fish to give your cookies a fun ocean themed look.
• Make them gluten free. Do you need a gluten free treat for your party? Make this gluten free sugar cookie recipe, then decorate your beach treats with gluten free graham cracker crumbs and beach umbrellas!

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Easy Beach Cookies Recipe

Yield: 24

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Turn plain sugar cookies into cute beach cookies for your next summer party with the help of drink umbrellas and graham crackers.

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Ingredients

• 1 package sugar cookie dough
• 1 container white icing
• Blue food coloring
• 4 graham crackers
• Rainbow sour belts
• Honey Grahams
• Paper drink umbrellas

Instructions

1. Bake the sugar cookie dough according to the package instructions. When the cookies are finished baking, transfer to a wire cooling rack and allow to cool completely
2. Stir together the white icing and blue food coloring until your desired shade of blue is reached.
3. Spread the icing evenly over the top of each cookie.
4. Place the graham crackers in a bag and crush them into fine crumbs with a rolling pin.
5. Sprinkle the graham cracker crumbs over half the cookie.
6. Cut each sour belt into three even pieces. Place one piece on top of the graham cracker crumbs one each cookie. Lay one Honey Graham on top of the sour belt.
7. Decorate each cookie with a paper drink umbrella next to the graham cracker bear.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 22Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 19mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 0gSugar: 2gProtein: 0g

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Emily is a midwestern mom of two boys. She loves all things DIY — from home renovations to kids birthday party planning. Whether she’s making a new farmhouse craft for her home or helping her kids with a cool activity, you can bet she’s in the middle of some kind of DIY project (or three) right now!

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