Olympic Rings Cookies
Olympic Rings Cookies are a fun snack to munch on while you watch the Olympics!
In case, you didn't know the Sochi Winter Olympic start this week. We are big Olympic fans around here. I love watching all the events and so do my kids. I also love cookies. So today I'm combining the two!!
When thinking about the Olympics, my mind went instantly to the Olympic rings and I thought it would be fun to make Olympic rings cookies.
I used cake mix cookies (recipe below) for these because of the ease of mixing them and cut out sugar cookies and I don't normally get along. But I'm sure you could use a sugar cookie dough for these too. I used a white cake mix and a chocolate cake mix.
Olympic Rings Cookies:
Mix up your cookie dough. Divide the white cookie dough in half, set half aside and divide the other half into four section. Add a few drops of food coloring (red, green, yellow, and blue) to each of the sections.
Pinch off a little white cookie dough and roll in between your hand. Take the long rope and form into a circle. Take a little of one of the coloring and do the same thing, placing it inside of the white. Pinch of small piece of white and fill in the center.
Use the chocolate mix for your black rings. After I had made several rings of every color, I made some regular cookies in every color. Of course, there was lots of chocolate cookie mix left over, so we made lots of those. Not that we minded!
Bake according to cake mix cookie recipe.
After I was all done baking, I had the thought that you could also make the cookie rings without the white cookie around it. But we already had so many cookies, I didn't test it out.
Tip: If you press your ropes together a little when you assemble your cookie and make sure to bake them all the way, they are less likely to fall apart.
Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box cake mix
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients in a large bowl.
- Drop by teaspoons on a cookie sheet, flatten if desired and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
- Let cool on pan for a couple minutes before transferring to wire rack to finish cooling.
If you're watching the Olympics, you'll want to make sure and do this fun craft with your kids!
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Love this cute idea. Thanks so much for linking up at Mom's Library last week. This will be featured at Pounds4Pennies!
Thanks Amy!! So glad you liked them!!
These sound very simple. When I looked at them, I didn't think you made them the way you described, so I guess you could go about it in different ways. Regardless, they are yummy and appropriate for the Olympics! Thanks for linking up to the Olympics Link Up! Be sure to stop on by again in the weeks to come!
I had originally tried to use cookie cutters to make the rings but I didn't have small enough circular cookies cutter so I used this way instead. I'm sure you could do it other ways but this is the way it worked best for me.
Cute! Thank you for linking up at Tasty Tuesdays! Your post has been pinned to my Recipes from Tasty Tuesday board. I can't wait to see what you link up next week!
Have a terrific weekend!
Cathy
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Glad you liked the cookies Cathy!
How cool are these? Thanks for linking them up with Mom's Library, I'll be featuring them this week at Crystal's Tiny Treasures.
Thanks so much for the feature! So glad you liked them!
We don't have a way to watch the Olympics at home, but I'm hoping we can watch with friends. These cookies are so fun! And cake mix makes them simple!
I hope you find a way to watch some Olympics! The cake mix really does make it pretty fast but they still taste great and are fun!
Fun idea!
What a cute idea! My 2-year-old daughter is obsessed with making cookies - --- she really just likes to eat the dough. Thanks for sharing!
That sounds like a kid after my own heart!! Cookie are the best and so is the dough!
Cute idea. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Cute idea!
These look like so much fun!
Thanks Mary Ellen! I thought they were fun too!
What an adorable fun idea for the olympics!
Thanks Serena. It's always fun when an idea works out!
Fun idea for the kids to get them excited about upcoming olympics
It doesn't take much to get my older kids excited about them but the younger two don't remember what they are. But they sure did enjoy the cookies!
Those are so fun!
Thanks Amy! They were fun to make!
I was just looking for something fun to make and eat with my kids during the Olympics, so this is perfect!
Glad I could help out! We love cookies and the Olympics so perfect for my family too!