Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Lego Cookies for a Special Birthday!


As the mother and grandmother of boys, I know Legos. I can identify them in the dark, especially if I'm barefoot. (If you've ever had Legos in your house, you probably know exactly what I mean!) I am a Lego enabler (I wonder if there's a support group for this), and love to add to the already overflowing Lego bins that include bits and pieces of all of the random Lego sets my boys collected over the years.


So when my grandson wanted a Lego birthday party for his seventh year, I was more than happy to help his mom make him some cookies.



And some happy little cakes.


Seven already? No way!


These Legos, inspired by Callye's Easy Lego Cookies at The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle, were made with this Iced Spice Cookie recipe. It's a ginger cookie with royal frosting, and my favorite for cut-outs. The cakes were sculpted from sheet cakes and mini-cupcakes, and frosted with buttercream. The Lego head cookies were cut using a template that my daughter in law drew. (Well chilled dough made this easier.) The bricks were simply cut with a knife into squares and rectangles. I used Sugarbelle's Twenty Second Icing to fill the cookies, and frosting that was just a little bit thicker to add the face features and dots on the bricks.


The birthday boy would only eat the brick cookies- the little Lego heads were pronounced "Too cute to eat!" I don't think it stopped anyone else though. :) 

29 comments:

  1. I agree. Too cute to eat. But I would eat them anyway. Still laughing about your ability to identify a lego piece. Can't even tell you how many times I've stepped on one of those with bare feet. Ouch!

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  2. What a great idea. I like that the cookies and really the whole theme of Legos makes for a colorful party.

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  3. Cookies just don't get any cuter than these. How precious! I'm sure they were the hit of the party and your grandson must have been very happy.

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  4. What a great idea! I'll have to make these for my nieces.

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  5. What fun cookies. When my son was small I quickly learned never to enter his Lego area with out shuffling my feet, sort of like shuffling for sting rays at the beach, they both have a painful effect on your feet.
    Mimi

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  6. These are adorable!!! What a sweet grandma you are :)

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  7. Your grandson is so cute! What perfect cookies for a 7-year-old :)

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  8. Great job on the cookies, they turned out so fun! I hope your grandson had a fantastic birthday!

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  9. These fun cookies are perfect for boys' birthdays!

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  10. These are so great and the colors just pop! I am never patient enough to wait for the frosting to harden to add the details. Really, really adorable.

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  11. Wow! Your grandson must be extremely happy with these lego cakes and cookies! My friend's son is a big fan of lego too and I would love to forward your blog post link to her :D

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  12. I remember Legos well, great toy for kids. You did an amazing job on the cookies and cake. They look wonderful. He must have been thrilled:)

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  13. Aww what a great grandmother you are! These are absolutely adorable!

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  14. Very special birthday for a very special boy! LOVE those cookies :))
    Mary x

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  15. So much fun! Love the Lego inspired treats;-) I have a 7 year old grandson, such a wonderful age;-)

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  16. What an awesome birthday! Those cookies are so cute!

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  17. So cute is right! I have my first grandson so I need to take some lessons from you. Looks like such a fun party!

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  18. i am SO impressed! i love legos to this day and still break out my massive tupperware container of them every now and then and play. what a great party!

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  19. These are so cute! I miss playing with legos - now that my kids are grown and having kids of their own. I'm in Fredericksburg and think you are too - is that right?

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  20. Love those Lego cookies! Very, very cute. Wish I'd thought of making those when my boys were little!

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  21. My kids used to love Legos! What an adorable idea. Your cookies turned out perfectly.
    Happy Birthday to your grandson!

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  22. These are just amazing! What a great cookie for boys and girls of all ages! Thank you for sharing. What a sweet way to end my weekend. I hope you have a great start to your week!

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  23. Betty...I've been absent from many blogs...and slowly getting back in. I'm so glad to be back visiting you again...especially on such a colorful post ;o) They should be sent to the toy company for a possible gig for you?!?
    BTW...I scrolled down and also grabbed that sinful Maple fudge recipe.

    Ciao for now and flavourful wishes,
    Claudia

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  24. Betty, these cookies are so cute...love the vivid colors of it. I am glad to see you back :)
    Oh! Your grandson is so precious...
    Enjoy the rest of your week.

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  25. Hi Betty, thank you for your sweet comment, glad to be back and even more glad to see your comment and especially the adorable colorful, and yummy Lego cookies. My little grandson would go crazy over them as well, and probably not wanting to eat them for not wanting to destroy them...lol. Love the photos, as well!

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  26. Such a fun idea. My boys loved their Legos too. So nice of grandma.

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  27. Such darling cookies Betty! I will soon be a grandmother myself this fall and reading this recipe is giving me lots of yummy ideas to bake with my new grandchild! Thanks for sharing!
    xo
    Roz

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