Lollipop Sugar Cookies

Lollipop Sugar Cookies

Happy first day of December, friends!

Let’s kick things off right with a treat that’s fun and festive. I just love these swirly lollipop sugar cookies. They make a cute edible gift and they’ll be right at home on any holiday cookie tray. I plan on making a big batch of these for my cookie swap this year. They’re easier than you’d think!

Lollipop Sugar Cookies

Most any sugar cookie recipe will work with this technique, but if you don’t have one then you’ll find a really great recipe to use at the end of this post. Just divide the cookie dough into three even pieces, and tint each piece a contrasting color. Then you’ll pinch off about a 2-inch piece of each color of dough, roll each into a rope, and then roll the three colors together into one big rope! As you roll you’ll notice the colors will start to twist and make a candy stripe. It’s pretty intuitive once you get started!

After you have approximately 10-inches of cookie rope, coil it up and place the cookie on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Insert a lollipop stick straight through the middle of the cookie, making sure to pass through all the coils without poking the lollipop stick through the top of the cookie. After that, repeat, repeat, repeat until all the dough is used.

Lollipop Sugar Cookies

After the cookies bake and cool, you can pick them up by the stick – just like a lollipop! I like to package these individually in cellophane wrappers an tie them with ribbon or baker’s twine. They are so pretty displayed standing upright in a Styrofoam base, or even tied onto a gift-wrapped package (which is like getting a present on top of a present!).

Lollipop Sugar Cookies

Heather Baird
Sugar cookie dough is tinted and swirled into a lollipop shape, then baked with a lollipop inserted into the bottoms.
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Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 47 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 20

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup/226g unsalted butter softened
  • 1 1/2 cups/300 g granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 3/4 cups/350 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Red gel food color
  • Leaf green gel food color
  • Dark green food color
  • Lollipop sticks

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two (or more) baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Beat in egg and extracts; mix well. Combine flour and salt; add to butter mixture. Beat until well blended. Divide dough into three equal pieces. Tint each piece a different color with the gel food color (I kneaded it into the dough with my hands, but you could use the mixer on low speed). The dough should not be sticky, but if it is,then refrigerate it for 15 minutes.
  • Pinch away a 2-inch piece of each color dough and roll each piece between your palms to make small, fat logs. Stack the logs on top of each other, then roll them into one long 10 to 12-inch rope. The dough will twist and stripe as you roll it. Coil the rope into a 3-inch round and transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet. Insert a lollipop stick straight through the middle of the cookie, making sure to pass through all the coils without poking the lollipop stick through the top of the cookie.
  • Repeat with remaining dough. Space cookies at least 2-inches apart on the cookie sheet.
  • Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until fragrant and puffed. Cool on the pan for 10 minutes; transfer the cookies to a cooling rack and let them cool completely.
  • Package in cellophane wrappers tied with pretty ribbon.

Notes

The lollipop technique was first spotted at Occasional Cookies, and then on Sweet Sugarbelle’s blog. The cookie recipe is my own.
Keyword almond extract, blue food color, butter sugar cookie dough, lollipop sticks
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Unknown
Unknown
9 years ago

Oh how cute!! I love this idea and of course these cookies!

Heather
Heather
9 years ago

You know who just asked me if we can make these! 🙂

June Burns
June Burns
9 years ago

Oh, those are just adorable! Love the festive winter colors!

Jessica @ Golden Brown and Delicious
Jessica @ Golden Brown and Delicious
9 years ago

I love these so much! So fun, and they would be super easy to customize for any color scheme!

Unknown
Unknown
9 years ago

Cute cookies! This one would be fun to do with kids 🙂

Tertúlia da Susy
Tertúlia da Susy
9 years ago

Que bonitos!

Rosa's Yummy Yums
Rosa's Yummy Yums
9 years ago

Extrenmely pretty and so festive!

Cheers,

Rosa

Erin
Erin
9 years ago

I've had these type of cookies on my list of things to make for years. Why I haven't done it yet is a mystery. Love the Christmas colors!

teridodds
teridodds
9 years ago

These are seriously adorable! I am going to make these with my 4 year old son. He wil love them.

Colette (Coco)
Colette (Coco)
9 years ago

Cute, cute, cute, cute!

Sue
Sue
9 years ago

Yours look so perfect! I need to make some of these again and try your twisting method…perfect!

Angelyn
Angelyn
9 years ago

these are the cutest – love these!!

Maite Sweet Treats
Maite Sweet Treats
9 years ago

These cookies look really great!!! =)

Unknown
Unknown
9 years ago

Not sure if my last comment went through so I'm retyping it. I am planning to make these cookies for my girlfriend's housewarming party this weekend. I have slowly been purchasing the necessary supplies and can't seem to locate gel food coloring. I have found liquid food coloring but haven't purchased it yet. I checked at Michael's and my local grocery store. Where did you purchase yours?? If I cannot locate gel food coloring will liquid food coloring suffice??

Heather Baird
Heather Baird
9 years ago

Hi Shira!

The cookies will not be as vivid without the gel food color. You may use liquid, but you may have to add more flour to the dough so it will not be sticky when rolled.

You can order the gel food color from Wilton – they are pretty fast with shipping. Here's a link to their no-taste red:
http://www.wilton.com/store/site/product.cfm?sku=610-998

Best of luck with the cookies!