Description
These Sugar Wafer Pencil Cookies are an easy no-bake back-to-school treat made with just 4 ingredients. Store-bought sugar wafers get trimmed to a point and dipped in candy melts to look like sharpened pencils — perfect for classroom parties, teacher gifts, and lunchboxes. Twenty minutes of hands-on work, plus 30 minutes to set.
Ingredients
24 vanilla creme sugar wafer cookies
1/2 cup white candy melts
1/2 cup pink candy melts
24 mini chocolate chips
Instructions
1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set it within easy reach.
2. Using a sharp serrated knife, score lightly then cut two diagonal lines from one end of each wafer to form a point. Cut all 24 before you melt anything. Brush away crumbs.
3. Melt the pink candy melts in a narrow microwave-safe container at 50% power in 30-second bursts, stirring between each, until smooth and pudding-like.
4. Dip the flat end of each wafer about 1/4 inch into the pink coating. Tap off the excess and set on the parchment. Repeat for all 24, then let them set.
5. Melt the white candy melts the same way in a clean, dry container.
6. Working one cookie at a time, dip the pointed end into the white coating, tap off drips, set on parchment, and immediately press a mini chocolate chip into the wet tip point-outward.
7. Let set 30 minutes at room temperature, or about 10 minutes in the refrigerator. The coating is ready when it looks matte and feels firm.
Notes
Use a sharp serrated knife. A dull knife crushes the wafer rather than cutting it.
Never use liquid food coloring to tint candy melts — it will seize the coating into a grainy paste. Gel or oil-based coloring only.
Don’t batch step 6. The mini chocolate chip must be pressed on while the white coating is still wet.
Total time includes 30 minutes of hands-off setting. Active work is about 20 minutes.
Storage: Airtight container at room temperature, out of direct sunlight. Best within 3-4 days, good up to 1 week.
Freezing: Lay flat in a freezer bag with parchment between layers, up to 3 months. Thaw sealed at room temperature for 30 minutes.
Allergens: Contains wheat, and typically milk and soy. Check with your school before sending these to a classroom.
Kid safety: An adult should do all of the cutting. Kids can dip and place the chocolate chips.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 125 kcal
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 24mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 0.3g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 2mg