How to Make Edible Santa Elves

Create small, edible replicas of Santa's elves.

Use Santa's elves as a theme for edible holiday treats. Form candies and cookies into the festive shape. Many stores sell holiday-themed candy molds and cookie cutters around Christmas. Use the treats as gifts, decorations or snacks. For example, make a gingerbread house. Place candy elves around the house to give it a Christmas feel. If you want to give the treats away as gifts, fill a small sleigh decoration with wrapped elf candies.

Things You'll Need

• Plastic microwavable bowls
• Candy chips
• Spoons
• Elf molds
• Lollipop sticks
• Tablespoon
• Sugar cookie dough
• Rolling pin
• Cookie cutters
• Cookie sheets
• Frosting
• Knife
• Sprinkles

Instructions

Candies

1. Pour one cup of melting candy chips into a plastic bowl. Microwave the candy for 20 seconds and stir. If the chips require additional melting, do so in five second intervals.

2. Lay elf molds on a flat surface.

3. Scoop out some of the melted candy with the tablespoon. Pour it into the molds to fill. If you use a lollipop mold, fill the mold halfway, insert the stick and fill the mold the rest of the way.

4. Stick the molds in the refrigerator until the candy hardens (about four hours, depending on size).

5. Carefully pop out the elf candies. They are now ready to eat or use as decorations.

Cookies

1. Roll out the sugar cookie dough on a flat, clean surface until it's about a 1/4-inch thick.

2. Cut out the dough with an elf cookie cutter. Remove the cut dough and place the shapes on a cookie sheet.

3. Bake the cookies for the time stated in the recipe. Remove cookies from the oven when they finish baking. Wait until the cookies cool before the next step.

4. Spread icing over the cooled cookies. Pour sprinkles over the icing.

Tips & Warnings

• If you want your candy-mold elves to have colored features, paint the molds with food coloring before you pour in the melted candy.

References

• Chocolate Candy Mold: Butterscotch Melts