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Edible Chalkboard Cookies




Source of Recipe


celebrations.com


Recipe Introduction


"Turn simple chocolate peanut butter cookies into edible chalkboards! Chalkboard cookies are perfect for saying "thank you" to that special teacher and showing your appreciation. Bake the chocolate right into your favorite peanut butter cookie dough frame and inscribe your own text or drawings right on the chocolate! This is a great project for children to create their own chalkboard drawings to give as gifts, invitations, or a classroom treat."




Recipe Link: http://www.celebrations.com/content/edible-chalkboard-cookies

List of Ingredients






Peanut Butter Cookie Dough* (or sugar cookie dough)
2 Hershey’s “Special Dark” (120 grams) Chocolate Bars
1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar (or as needed)
White Jimmie Sprinkles

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Recipe




Preheat oven and prepare peanut butter cookie dough as directed. Chill dough in the refrigerator until firm.

You can use store bought or homemade cookie dough depending on your preference.

I used peanut butter cookie dough because peanut butter cookies pair perfectly with chocolate, and give the chalkboard a realistic looking wood frame, because of their color.

As an alternative, you can substitute sugar cookie dough for a peanut free alternative (many schools do not allow peanut products because of allergies).

Break each chocolate bar into 4 equal, 2x2 pieces (4 rectangles make a piece).


Bake cookie as directed (or however you normally would!). Once cookies are out of the oven, immediately trim the outer edges with a knife of spatula, forming a straight, even frame.

Eat (we recommend) or disregard cookie scraps. Let the cookies cool.


Once your cookies are completely cooled and the chocolate has hardened again, you can draw on your chalkboard!

Using a toothpick, engrave a message or picture, wiping away any excess chocolate.

You don’t need to press down too hard; a medium to light pressure inscription will show up just fine.



Next, sprinkle a little bit of powdered sugar (about 1/4-1/2 teaspoon per cookie) on top of the chocolate.

Using your finger, rub powdered sugar into your engraving and all over the chocolate portion of your chalkboard.

Make sure the powdered sugar fills every engraving you want to be shown.

Very lightly dampen a paper towel and rub it across your board, removing excess powdered sugar, leaving your message to stand out.

Make sure your paper towel is not too wet, so it only removes the powdered sugar on top of the board and does not erase the white that has filled the crevasses of your inscription.

You can even keep some powdered sugar wiped across your board to give it a used look.

As a finishing touch, use the white jimmies from a bag of rainbow sprinkles, and press 2-4 into the bottom of the chocolate to resemble chalk pieces.

If the chocolate is too firm to push the sprinkles into, you can attach them with a dab of melted chocolate.


Package them up in clear plastic bags to give as gifts, invitations, or even write a special message to a loved one!

The best part about these chalkboards is your special message can never be erased... until you eat them, that is!



Makes 8 Chalkboard Cookies



* Some people are allergic to Peanut Butter.