Frugal Foodie Mama: Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies

Soft & thick cake mix cookies are loaded up with rainbow sprinkles & then topped with a perfect buttercream frosting in these Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies...




Soft & thick cake mix cookies are loaded up with rainbow sprinkles & then topped with a perfect buttercream frosting in these Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies.










As some of you all may recall, my daughter turned four last month. (Yes, hold me. I can't believe how quickly she is growing up!) 








Her birthday happened to fall on one of the days of the week that she attends preschool, so I asked her if she would like to bring in a special treat to share with her friends at school that day. Of course, she was absolutely ecstatic about it. 








And to be perfectly honest, I was pretty excited about baking up a fun sweet treat for her classmates as well. ;) 








You see, my son is an August baby. And his actual birthday is always towards the end of summer break, so I never really got to bake anything for him to take to school and share with his class.








When I asked Little Miss what she wanted me to make for her class for her birthday, she had just two requirements- she wanted cookies and she wanted pink frosting on them. Okay. That was something I could definitely handle. :) 








Cake mix cookies happen to be one of my favorite cookies to bake. They are soft & thick, taste like cake, and happen to be crazy easy to make. 








So, I took a basic cake mix cookie dough and loaded it up with LOTS of rainbow sprinkles (because you can never have too many rainbow sprinkles!). Then I topped each of these cookies with a perfect pink buttercream and even more rainbow sprinkles. 








Let's just say that these Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies were a HUGE hit with her preschool friends and teachers...












Soft & thick cake mix cookies are loaded up with rainbow sprinkles & then topped with a perfect buttercream frosting in these Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies.

















Soft & thick cake mix cookies are loaded up with rainbow sprinkles & then topped with a perfect buttercream frosting in these Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies.









And it isn't like you have to be celebrating a birthday to bake up batch of these. ;) I mean, these cookies are also perfect for my rainbow sprinkle fans out there no matter what day of the year it happens to be! 








And while we did a pink buttercream for these as per the birthday girl's request, you could certainly leave the buttercream plain or color it any another shade of the rainbow that you desire. 









Soft & thick cake mix cookies are loaded up with rainbow sprinkles & then topped with a perfect buttercream frosting in these Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies.






















These Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies are also the perfect alternative for that special birthday boy or girl (or man or woman) who isn't a big fan of birthday cake. 








Little Miss happens to be one of those kids who would rather have a cookie filled with rainbow sprinkles than a cupcake topped with a mound of icing. ;)








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