Animal Cookie Bites

The kids were coming over for a pool party/cook out and I decided that cookie bites would be a perfect quick little dessert. My daughter first made cookie bites during a holiday visit a few years ago and it was really easy.

I have to admit I had to search high a low to find frosted animal cookies to make these. But I was determined, and after the third grocery store I finally found them.

With my hard-to-find purchase in hand I was ready to start the fun.

They were a huge success; in fact, they ate the entire batch that afternoon, except for a few that I set aside to take to work to share with colleagues the next day. Guess there’s still a kid in all of us…especially when it comes to animal cookies.

Animal Cookie Bites

• Author: KrazyKitchenMom

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Ingredients

• 1 box of Frosted Animal Cookies
• 4 oz. cream cheese, softened
• 1 bag white Wilton Candy Melts
• 1 bag pink Wilton Candy Melts
• Sprinkles or Jimmies

Instructions

1. Put cookies into a large zip top bag.
2. Crush cookies into small pieces (careful not to crush them too small; you want nice little pieces of cookie)
3. Mix together cream cheese and crushed cookies (I use my KitchenAid Mixer on a low speed but you can do this by hand.)
4. Form the cookie/cream cheese mixture into small balls and place them on a lined cookie sheet.
5. Place them in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
6. After 1 hour, melt the Wilton Candy Melts is two separate bowls in the microwave.
7. I do one color at a time.
8. Dip the cookie bites into the candy melts; sprinkle with Jimmies.
9. Place them back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate for another hour.