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Glitzy Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies

Good fortune lies ahead for party guests with these delicious candy-dipped cookies. Fancy sprinkle assortments can be found online or mix your favorite sugar pearls, confetti and sparkling dragees for this project. Food color pens can be found at most craft stores in the baking aisle.

Good fortune lies ahead for party guests with these delicious candy-dipped cookies. Fancy sprinkle assortments can be found online, or mix your favorite sugar pearls, confetti and sparkling dragees for this project. Food color pens can be found at most craft stores in the baking aisle. Gift them in Chinese carry-out boxes or display the cookies on a gilded tray.

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies

Good fortune lies ahead for party guests with these delicious candy-dipped cookies. Fancy sprinkle assortments can be found online, or mix your favorite sugar pearls, confetti and sparkling dragees for this project. Food color pens can be found at most craft stores in the baking aisle. Gift them in Chinese carry-out boxes or display the cookies on a gilded tray.

From: Heather Baird

Photo by: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

By: Heather Baird

Related To:

Holidays Celebrate the New Year Recipes

Ingredients

  • 12 store-bought fortune cookies
  • 6 ounces pink candy melting wafers
  • 6 ounces teal candy melting wafers
  • assorted sprinkles and dragees
  • 4 ounces white ready-made fondant (check the candy-making aisle in your craft store)
  • black food color marker
  • Yield: 1 dozen

Instructions

Unwrap the fortune cookies and have ready to hand.

Unwrap the fortune cookies and have ready to hand.

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies: Step 1

Unwrap the fortune cookies and have ready to hand.

From: Heather Baird

Photo by: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Place the pink and teal candy melting wafers in separate heat-proof bowls. Microwave each bowl at 30 second intervals at 100% power, until the candy can be stirred smooth.

Place the pink and teal candy melting wafers in separate heat-proof bowls. Microwave each bowl at 30 second intervals at 100% power, until the candy can be stirred smooth.

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies: Step 2

Place the pink and teal candy melting wafers in separate heat-proof bowls. Microwave each bowl at 30 second intervals at 100% power, until the candy can be stirred smooth.

From: Heather Baird

Photo by: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Pour the sprinkles into a bowl.

Pour the sprinkles into a bowl.

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies: Step 3

Pour the sprinkles into a bowl.

From: Heather Baird

Photo by: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Dip one side of each fortune cookie into the melted candy (Image 1), then immediately dip into the sprinkles (Image 2). Place the cookies on a sheet of parchment and let stand until firm, about 10 minutes (Image 3).

Dip one side of each fortune cookie in the melted candy and then immediately dip into the sprinkles.

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Dip one side of each fortune cookie in the melted candy and then immediately dip into the sprinkles.

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Place the cookies on a sheet of parchment and let stand until firm, about 10 minutes.

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies: Step 4

Dip one side of each fortune cookie in the melted candy and then immediately dip into the sprinkles.

From: Heather Baird

Photo By: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies: Step 5

Dip one side of each fortune cookie in the melted candy and then immediately dip into the sprinkles.

From: Heather Baird

Photo By: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies: Step 6

Place the cookies on a sheet of parchment and let stand until firm, about 10 minutes.

From: Heather Baird

Photo By: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Knead fondant well and roll flat on a sheet of parchment paper (Image 1). Trim the edges of the fondant edges so they are square (Image 2). Cut the fondant into long thin strips so they look like paper fortunes. Let stand until the surface is dry, about 1 hour. Use a food writer to pen “Happy New Year” and other messages on the fondant strips (Image 3). Tuck one end of the fondant fortune strips into the dipped fortune cookies (Image 4).

Place the cookies on a sheet of parchment and let stand until firm, about 10 minutes.

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Trim the edges of the fondant edges so they are square. Cut the fondant piece into long thin strips so they look like fortunes. Let stand until the surface is dry, about 1 hour.

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Use a food writer to pen “Happy New Year” and other messages on the fondant strips.

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Tuck one end of the fondant fortune strips into the dipped fortune cookies.

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies: Step 7

Place the cookies on a sheet of parchment and let stand until firm, about 10 minutes.

From: Heather Baird

Photo By: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies: Step 8

Trim the edges of the fondant edges so they are square. Cut the fondant piece into long thin strips so they look like fortunes. Let stand until the surface is dry, about 1 hour.

From: Heather Baird

Photo By: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies: Step 9

Use a food writer to pen “Happy New Year” and other messages on the fondant strips.

From: Heather Baird

Photo By: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies: Step 10

Tuck one end of the fondant fortune strips into the dipped fortune cookies.

From: Heather Baird

Photo By: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Gift them in Chinese carry-out boxes or display the cookies on a gilded tray.

Good fortune lies ahead for party guests with these delicious candy-dipped cookies. Fancy sprinkle assortments can be found online, or mix your favorite sugar pearls, confetti and sparkling dragees for this project. Food color pens can be found at most craft stores in the baking aisle. Gift them in Chinese carry-out boxes or display the cookies on a gilded tray.

Glittering Candy-Dipped Fortune Cookies

Good fortune lies ahead for party guests with these delicious candy-dipped cookies. Fancy sprinkle assortments can be found online, or mix your favorite sugar pearls, confetti and sparkling dragees for this project. Food color pens can be found at most craft stores in the baking aisle. Gift them in Chinese carry-out boxes or display the cookies on a gilded tray.

From: Heather Baird

Photo by: Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

Heather Baird SprinkleBakes.com

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