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Back to School Pencil Cookies

Sweet pencil cookies created from wafer cookies, almond bark and chocolate chips.
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 pencils

Equipment

  • 1 Stove
  • 1 set mixing bowls to fit in saucepan
  • 1 saucepan
  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 silicone spatula
  • 1 paring knife
  • parchment paper

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pkg/24 wafer cookies
  • 1 pkg white candy melts or almond bark
  • 1 pkg pink candy melts
  • 1 pkg chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Lay each cookie on a cutting board and cut off one end to form a point.
    cutting pointed tip for pencil cookies
  • Add them to a strip of parchment paper.
  • My favorite way to melt chocolate for this is adding a couple of inches of water into a saucepan and placing a large glass bowl over the saucepan opening. You may use a double boiler for this step.
    Add one type of melts or almond bark to the bowl and begin slowly simmering the water in the saucepan so that the almond bark melts slowly. BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET water or steam in the melted chocolate or get too hot as this will cause it to seize.
    NOTE: Microwaved chocolate heats and cools quickly making it difficult to use with this recipe.
    use a double boiler to melt the white chocolate for the pencil end of the pencil cookie.
  • Use a paring knife or small straight edged spatula to create the pencil point- cut end- of the wafer to add the white melted candy of the front and sides of the cut point of the cookie.
    TIP: Have a knife or small straight edged spatula close in case you need to remove excess chocolate or smooth.
    adding the white chocolate pencil point
  • Then lay the pencil flat on the parchment paper and immediately add one chocolate chip to the point making the pencil lead, turning any loops on the top of the chocolate chip to the back side so that the pencil looks pointed.
    add a chocolate chip with curl to the back to form the pencil lead for the pencil cookies.
  • Use a knife to straighten edges of the white pointed end.
    straighten the end of the pencil point with a knife
  • When the white candy has "set", begin heating the pink candy melts in the same way as the white candy.
    let the white chocolate harden before adding the eraser end of the pencil cookies.
  • Be careful to heat candy melts slowly and not too high a heat.
    pink candy melts to melt and add for erasers for pencil cookies.
  • Using a knife, create the "eraser" end of the pencil by adding the melted pink candy to the top, end and sides of the other end of the pencil. Place back onto the parchment paper to let cool and set.
    Again, use a straight edged spatula or knife to smooth the surface of the eraser.
    add pink erasers with pink candy melts to the pencil cookies
  • When both ends of the "pencils" are hardened, add to clear gift bags and label.
  • TIP: When delivering food gifts, it's always nice to include the ingredients on the label to make sure that no food allergies to cause the recipient issues.

Notes

Individually wrap the pencils to keep them from touching. Add a tag and gift to teachers on Back to School nights or First day of school.
A tiny gesture to welcome and thank teachers at the beginning of the year is always thoughtful and appreciated.
 
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