Shark Cookies
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Get ready to sink your teeth into these scrumptious Shark Cookies, perfect for every occasion – from kids’ parties to shark week celebrations. They are easy to make and even easier to eat!
Want more Shark recipe ideas? Check out our Shark Attack Punch, Shark-Cuterie Board, and Shark Infested Water.
Shark Cookies Ingredients
- All purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Granulated sugar
- Unsalted butter, softened, divided
- Egg
- Egg yolk
- 3Vanilla extract, divided
- Pinch of salt
- Powdered sugar
- Blue gel food coloring
- Teal gel food coloring
- Gummy sharks
- 4B Star Tip
How to Store Leftovers:
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2-3 days (keep away from moisture)
How to Make Shark Cookies
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together 1 cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add egg, egg yolk, and 2 tsp. vanilla, mix well.
Slowly add flour mixture, mixing as you go. If dough becomes too thick, use cookie dough beaters or fold the mixture together until everything is incorporated.
Use a 1.5 inch cookie scoop to scoop the cookies onto the lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 9-11 minutes, until edges of cookies are golden brown.
Allow the cookies to cool slightly, then move them to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
For the frosting, beat 1 cup of butter, until smooth.
Mix in salt, and 1 tsp. Vanilla.
Slowly add powdered sugar, mixing to combine.
Divide the frosting mixture in half into two separate bowls.
To the first bowl, add 3-4 drops of blue food coloring. Mix well.
To the second bowl, add 3-4 drops of teal food coloring and mix well.
To combine the frostings together, lay out two pieces of plastic wrap.
Add the blue frosting to one and the teal frosting to the other.
Wrap up the frostings inside the plastic wrap, twisting the ends.
Snip off one of the twisted ends of the wrap.
To a piping bag with a 4B star tip, add both colors, with the end you cut towards the bottom near the piping tip.
Gently squeeze the bag with even pressure so that the colors come out together.
Add frosting to your cookies, and top with a gummy shark.
Serve and enjoy!
Shark Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups unsalted butter softened, divided
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 3 tsp. Vanilla extract divided
- Pinch of salt
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- blue gel food coloring
- teal gel food coloring
- 24 gummy sharks
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together 1 cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add egg, egg yolk, and 2 tsp. vanilla, mix well.
- Slowly add flour mixture, mixing as you go. If dough becomes too thick, use cookie dough beaters or fold the mixture together until everything is incorporated.
- Use a 1.5 inch cookie scoop to scoop the cookies onto the lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes, until edges of cookies are golden brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool slightly, then move them to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
- For the frosting, beat 1 cup of butter, until smooth.
- Mix in salt, and 1 tsp. Vanilla.
- Slowly add powdered sugar, mixing to combine.
- Divide the frosting mixture in half into two separate bowls.
- To the first bowl, add 3-4 drops of blue food coloring. Mix well.
- To the second bowl, add 3-4 drops of teal food coloring and mix well.
- To combine the frostings together, lay out two pieces of plastic wrap.
- Add the blue frosting to one and the teal frosting to the other.
- Wrap up the frostings inside the plastic wrap, twisting the ends.
- Snip off one of the twisted ends of the wrap.
- To a piping bag with a 4B star tip, add both colors, with the end you cut towards the bottom near the piping tip.
- Gently squeeze the bag with even pressure so that the colors come out together.
- Add frosting to your cookies, and top with a gummy shark.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.
