Super Easy Garden Stone Cookies for Any Celebration!


Let’s make some cookies that look like garden stepping stones!  What I love about is easy cookie decorating idea is that you can customize the garden stone cookies for any event or theme. Kids of all ages can get involved in the garden stone cookie decorating.

Garden Stone Cookies to Celebrate Mother's Day - a group of decorated garden stone cookies shown on grass with flowers
Let’s make some easy Mother’s Day cookies!

We traditionally think of making stepping stones on holidays and milestones.  Wouldn’t it be fun to add an edible version to the celebration?  Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduation, birthdays, anniversaries…

Grab the kids, some cookies, frosting, and candy, and let them get creative making sweet Garden Stone Cookies.  The decorative stepping stone cookies we are making today are for Mother’s Day!

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How to Make Garden Stone Cookies

The idea for these cookies is based on a full size edible version of a garden stepping stone on Hungry Happenings – Cookies ‘n Cream Fudge Garden Stones. It started me on a path to creating more edible rocks with three ingredients.

Edible Rock Ingredients

When blended together, they really do have the appearance of stone!

Little hands will have an easy time decorating these cookies. Kids can be artistic or messy, just as long as they are having fun! Our garden stones can be decorated in so many different ways with candy and other edibles.

Suggested Stone Decoration Ingredients

Garden Stone Cookies

The goal is to make something fun & festive for whatever holiday you are celebrating.  Today let’s do something for mom on Mother’s Day.

  • 18-24 store bought or baked sugar cookies (I made 18 (3 1/2 inch cookies)
  • 1 tub Betty Crocker Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Cream Frosting*
  • Optional: 1 or 2 Oreo Cookies
  • Candy to decorate cookies

*You could also just crush up some Oreo Cookies into white frosting.

Directions for Making Garden Stepping Stone Cookies

Step 1

Set the cookies on a cooling rack set over a piece of parchment or wax paper.

Step 2

Open your tub of  Cookies ‘n’ Cream Frosting, and stir in the crumbs. If you want a darker shade of grey for your garden stone cookies, crush one or two more Oreo Cookies, and stir them into the frosting.

Step 3

Spoon frosting into a microwave safe bowl. Heat on high power for 20 seconds, then stir. Heat for another 20 seconds, then stir. If the frosting is thin enough to pour, it’s ready, if not then heat it for 10 second increments, stirring after each until it’s ready.

Step 4

Garden Stone Cookies to Celebrate Mother's Day

Pour frosting over cookies, using a spoon to spread it out if needed. You may need to re-heat the frosting as you are working. Allow the frosting to set for about 20 minutes.

Step 5

Garden Stone Cookies to Celebrate Mother's Day

Now the kids can have fun using candy to decorate their cookies to look like garden stones.

How to Store Garden Stepping Stone Cookies

The cookies will stay fresh for a few days if stored at room temperature.  Place them in an airtight container to prevent them from drying out.

Cook Time
1 minute

Additional Time
15 minutes

Total Time
16 minutes

Ingredients

  • 18-24 store bought or baked sugar cookies (I made 18 (3 1/2 inch cookies)
  • 1 tub Betty Crocker Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Cream Frosting (or white frosting with crushed Oreo cookies mixed in)
  • (Optional) 1 or 2 Oreo Cookies
  • Candy to decorate cookies – M&M’s, Skittles, Candy Coated, Sunflower Seeds, Chocolate Rocks, Reese’s Pieces, Starburst, Confetti Sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Set the cookies on a cooling rack or parchment paper ready to decorate.
  2. Crush the Oreo cookies in a plastic bag making cookie dust.
  3. Open the frosting and stir in some cookie crumbles and dust until the frosting is the shade of grey you desire.
  4. Spoon the frosting into a microwave safe bowl. Heat on high for 20 seconds then stir. Heat another 20 seconds then stir. Continue until frosting is thin enough to pour.
  5. Pour frosting over cookies using a spoon to spread it out if needed. Let the frosting set for about 20 minutes.
  6. Decorate like garden stones!

More Garden Stepping Stone Fun

Now that you have yummy Garden Stone Cookies for your celebration, why not make a real garden stepping stone that will last forever in your garden. 

Make your own garden stepping stone for Mothers Day - Kids Activities Blog
Now we can make a REAL garden stepping stone that will last longer…

Make a Stepping Stone

We have made kids stepping stones for Father’s Day here at Kids Activities Blog.  We also have found these favorite garden stones that you can make for your yard:

Did your kids have fun making a garden stepping stone cookie?





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