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Little Pea Sugar Cookie Pops and a Virtual Baby Shower

August 31, 2011 - 57 Comments

Little Pea Cookies via Sweetapolita

Happy Wednesday to you! Today’s post is a special one because not only are we going to celebrate the insane cuteness of little pea cookies, but it’s a surprise virtual baby shower for the adorable and talented Maria & Josh from the popular blog Two Peas and Their Pod. Surprise! Did you know you’d be attending a baby shower today?

Maria and her husband Josh are expecting their little pea in a few weeks (a baby boy!), so a group of fellow food blogger friends and I are celebrating by sharing baby shower drinks, savories, sweets, and crafts through our blogs today.

I connected with Maria many months ago via twitter, and she simply has a way of spreading sunshine with everything she does and says. I love their blog because there is such a warmth and down-to-earth’ness to it all, and their recipes are always wonderfully comforting, approachable, and, I’m certain, delicious. Maria is one of those people who supports those around her with such sincerity and loyalty, and I love seeing her sweet comments on my blog. I wish I lived closer to them, so I could share these cookies in person, but even still they were made (and eaten) in honour of their little baby pea!

Little Pea Cookies via Sweetapolita

As soon as fellow bloggers Marla & Lisa let me know about this virtual baby shower they were coordinating for Maria and Josh, I knew I had to create these Little Pea Sugar Cookie Pops. See, one of our favourite children’s books at our house is Little Pea (a charming book about an adorable little pea who had to obey his parents’ rules about eating all of the dreaded candy off his plate for dinner to then enjoy the reward of much-loved spinach for dessert), and although I went for a different look for the pea faces, it was because of this book that I’ve always wanted to create pea cookies!

I’m so happy that I was able to create them for some of the sweetest “peas and their pod + 1,” in celebration of their soon-to-be-born baby pea. They are +1, not +2, but for a few of these cookies I couldn’t help but sneak an extra pea on top. I’m crazy like that.

Little Pea Cookies via Sweetapolita

By using nested cookie cutters, I had so many sizes to choose from, that I tried several different configurations: mama & papa pea, mama, papa, and baby pea, and then, just for fun, family-of-four pea cookies! Okay, truly, I never thought I’d ever use the word “pea” so many times, but alas, it makes me smile and, well, just makes me hap-pea. Okay, I’ll stop.

If you too felt inspired to make little pea cookies, you don’t have to make them cookie pops, and they would be just as adorable. Wrapped in a crystal clear cellophane bag and tied with ribbon would make an adorable baby shower favour, in my opinion. Even a Little Pea baby birthday party would be so adorable!

Little Pea Sugar Cookies via Sweetapolita

Sweet peas.

Little Pea Cookies via Sweetapolita

Yum!

Best wishes to Maria, Josh, and their little pea!

For even more baby shower festivities (drinks, savories, sweets, and crafts!), please pop by these incredible blogs to see what they’ve whipped up:

Virtual Baby Shower for Two Peas & Their Pod

Drinks

Simple Bites – Lemon Balm infused Lemonade

Ingredients, Inc. – Healthy Fruit Punch

Food for My Family – Lemongrass Soda

Heather’s Dish – Mixed Fruit Punch

She Wears Many Hats – Mini Pistachio Smoothies

Georgia Pelligrini – Watermelon Agua Fresca

Appetizers/Savory Bites

With Style and Grace – Truffle Popcorn

Family Fresh Cooking – Baby Peas & Cheese Frittata

Barbara Bakes – Creamy Orange Fruit Dip and Fruit

Aggie’s Kitchen – Pasta Salad with Balsamic Basil Vinaigrette

Reluctant Entertainer – Nutella Berry Bruschetta

Dessert

Dorie Greenspan – French Lemon Cream Tart

TidyMom – Blue and Chocolate Cake Balls

i am baker – Baby Pea Baby Shower Cake

Brown Eyed Baker – Pavlova

Picky Palate – Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Sandwich

What’s Gaby Cooking – Coconut Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing

Cookin’ Canuck – Nutella & Cream Cheese Swirled Blondies

Kevin and Amanda – Baby Blue Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Cups

Sweetopia – Decorated Sugar Cookies

Mountain Mama Cooks – Lavender Shortbread Cookies

Bake at 350 – Petit Fours with fondant pea pods

RecipeGirl – Baby Button Cookies

RecipeBoy – Mud Cups with Gummy Worms

Add a Pinch – Blackberry Tartlets

Dine and Dish – Oven Baked Cinnamon Apples

Crafts

Wenderly – Handmade Sweet Pea Cards

Our Best Bites – How To: Make a Diaper Cake Centerpiece

Enjoy!

If you would like to make your own Little Pea Sugar Cookie Pops, here is the recipe as well as decorating instructions:

Little Pea Sugar Cookie Pops        {click here for full Little Pea cookie recipe & instructions}

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Perfect Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
  • 6 cups 750 g all-purpose flour, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon 8 g salt
  • 2 cups 454 g(4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened for about 20 minutes at room temperature
  • 2 cups 400 g sugar
  • 2 large eggs cold
  • 1 tablespoon 15 mL pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon 1.25 mL pure lemon extract
Instructions
  1. In large bowl, sift together flour and salt. Set aside.
  2. In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until fluffy and pale, about 5 minutes. Beat in eggs.
  3. Add flour mixture and mix on low speed until thoroughly combined. Add vanilla and lemon extract and blend.
  4. Remove 1/2 of dough from bowl, make a ball, and place on a large piece of plastic wrap on counter.Wrap the sides of wrap over the ball, then press down with the palm of your hand and make a disc about 2" thick. Finish wrapping the disc with the plastic wrap. Repeat with 2nd half of dough. Chill both discs of dough for about 45 minutes.
  5. Remove one disc and remove plastic wrap. Place on top of a large piece of parchment paper (I use a silicone rolling mat underneath to ensure it doesn't slip while rolling, but you can even dampen counter so the parchment sticks a bit.), then place two 1/4" wooden dowels on either side of your dough, then another sheet of parchment paper.
  6. Roll dough (this will require a bit of elbow grease for the first few minutes until it softens up a bit) so it's flush with dowels--they will ensure that your dough is even thickness.
  7. Preheat your oven to 325° F. Slide your parchment paper and dough onto a board, then place in refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
  8. Remove from fridge, and cut your shapes using the cutters of your choice, placing them on a baker's half sheet lined with a silicone baking mat (or parchment), with 2" clearance around each one and the edge of sheet. Place sheet with cookies into freezer for 15 minutes before baking. Bake 12-14 minutes, or until edges are golden brown.
  9. Cool sheets on wire racks for 10 minutes, then gently remove cookies and place on wire racks to finish cooling.
Sweetapolita's Notes

May be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks. They also freeze well.

 

You can find more of my tips on making the perfect sugar cookie and cookie pops in the previous post Steps to Making the Perfect Sugar Cookie and Cookie Pop.

Tools & Ingredients For Decorating Little Pea Sugar Cookie Pops

1. Approximately 1 oz (29 grams) of green fondant (I used Sugarflair “Gooseberry” with a hint of Americolor Electric Green to colour white fondant) per 4-pea cookie.

2. Approximately a “pea-size” ball of light pink fondant for cheeks (I used a few drops of Americolor Soft Gel Paste .75 oz Deep Pink Color to colour white fondant), per cookie.

3. Small fondant rolling pin (I use Wilton Fondant 9 Inch Rolling Pin) with 1/8″ guides

4. Nested circle cookie cutters (I use Ateco 5357 11 Piece Plain Round Cutter Set)

5. Small amount of royal icing for “glueing” fondant to cookies

6. Black decorator pen (I use the black marker included in the rainbow coloured decorator pens (Gourmet Writer Food Decorator Pens, Assorted Colors, Set of 10) for eyes and mouths

7. Non-toxic glitter for cheeks, optional (I used a dash of a green apple colour)

Steps to Making the Little Pea Sugar Cookies

1. Using a variety of circle cookie cutters (I used ) cut your “papa pea,” “mama pea,” “toddler pea,” and “baby pea” from the very chilled cookie dough. Or, of course, you can also create 2 pea, 3 pea, or 4+ cookies.

2. Using the corresponding cutter, cut small nick out of circles where you want to nest the smaller circles and gently press the circles of dough together so they are touching. They will expand a bit while baking, which will also aide in keeping them all together.

3. Insert your cookie pop stick (again, you view photos and cookie pop tutorial here) into the bottom of your cookie with a gentle turning motion until the stick is about 2/3 of the way up. (*You could also make these cookies without sticks, and they would be just as adorable!)Using a flat metal spatula to lift the cookie pops to your parchment or baking-mat lined cookie sheets.

4. Freeze for 30+ minutes and bake according to above recipe instructions.

5. On a lightly dusted (cornstarch or icing sugar) surface, roll out a few ounces of green fondant until it’s 1/8″ thick (I use the purple guides on the small white Wilton rolling pin to ensure fondant is even). Using the corresponding circle cutters you used for the cookies, cut out the circles in the same manner/layout you did for each cookie.

6. Gently fit the pieces together for each cookie, and leave to dry for about 30 minutes (give or take). Because fondant is so pliable and soft when it’s first rolled, picking them up now or placing on the cookie now, would likely misshape them.

7. Repeat steps 5-6 until you have fondant circles for all of the cookies.

8. Apply a thin layer of royal icing on the cookie (be careful to not apply icing on the outer rim, where the cookie will be exposed), and gently place and attach the fondant pieces with a gently smoothing motion.

9. Using black decorator pen, carefully draw on eyes, mouths, and eyelashes (for mamas). *I find if you go too thick with the mouths and eyes, etc. they aren’t as cute, so you’ll want to take care to make those details as fine as possible.

10. Roll small ball of pink fondant and flatten (or you can use the small end of a plain round piping tip to cut out cheeks). Secure to cookie with a tiny spec of water. Add sprinkle of edible glitter over cheeks, if desired.

Finish with ribbon, if desired.

Good luck & enjoy!

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Filed Under: Cookies, Decorated Cookies, Sugar-Coated Cookies Tagged With: cookie pops, little pea, sugar cookies, two peas

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Comments

  1. Kathryn says

    August 31, 2011 at 6:12 am

    These are just about the cutest cookies that I’ve ever seen! I love them; what a fantastic virtual gift to Maria and Josh.

    Reply
  2. Rosaleda says

    August 31, 2011 at 6:18 am

    Maravillosas.

    Saludos.

    Reply
  3. Sanjeeta kk says

    August 31, 2011 at 6:37 am

    What lovely cookies and gorgeous presentation!

    Reply
  4. Barefoot Pregnant and In The Kitchen says

    August 31, 2011 at 6:53 am

    I love this babyshower and all the wonderful posts by so many talented bloggers out there. These cookie pops are to darn cute!

    Reply
  5. Robyn | Add a Pinch says

    August 31, 2011 at 7:05 am

    Absolutely GORGEOUS! I know Maria and Josh will love these!

    Reply
  6. Amanda says

    August 31, 2011 at 7:12 am

    I want to find a word that means adorable x 1000.

    Reply
  7. Ceilidh says

    August 31, 2011 at 7:17 am

    HAHA…I almost died laughing when you said “hap-pea”. Very cute cookies ;)

    Reply
  8. Kulsum at JourneyKitchen says

    August 31, 2011 at 7:33 am

    what a beautiful beautiful cookie. Well done!

    Reply
  9. Wenderly says

    August 31, 2011 at 7:39 am

    Those have to be the most precious little cookie pops I’ve ever seen!

    Reply
  10. Brian @ A Thought For Food says

    August 31, 2011 at 7:51 am

    I love the simplicity of this design and yet it’s so effective. Beautiful cookies, Rosie. I’m sure this will make Maria and Josh very happy :-)

    Reply
  11. Yuri says

    August 31, 2011 at 7:53 am

    These are adorable! They make me hap-pea too :)

    Reply
  12. Sylvia@peachesanddonuts says

    August 31, 2011 at 7:53 am

    What cute looking cookies! Fabulous!

    Reply
  13. Lauren at Keep It Sweet says

    August 31, 2011 at 8:13 am

    These cookies are beyond adorable! What a perfect baby shower treat!

    Reply
  14. Kristen says

    August 31, 2011 at 8:37 am

    How precious are these?? So cute!

    Reply
  15. Erin says

    August 31, 2011 at 9:22 am

    Cute cute cute! I was going to say that these reminded me of the book Little Pea, and then I saw that it is already a favorite in your house. That is one of those books that just makes me smile, and these cookie do too! :)

    Reply
  16. Jenny Flake says

    August 31, 2011 at 9:25 am

    Wow!! These are just perfect! Gorgeous work!

    Reply
  17. Maria says

    August 31, 2011 at 9:30 am

    Too precious, really! And I love the extra pea on top:) Thank you so much! You all made my day-times ten! Love to you! xoxo

    Reply
  18. bridget {bake at 350} says

    August 31, 2011 at 9:38 am

    Oh, those are so clever!!! Saw them on Pinterest this morning and should have known they were yours! So cute!

    Reply
  19. TidyMom says

    August 31, 2011 at 9:45 am

    How cute are these!!…….and how fun if we all could have really gotten together with Maria!!

    perfect shower treat!

    Reply
  20. Kelley says

    August 31, 2011 at 10:05 am

    These are over the top adorable. Perfect treat for a baby shower! Especially for the new little pea!

    Reply
  21. Aggie says

    August 31, 2011 at 10:07 am

    Oh my goodness, how sweet are these! you are so talented, I’m loving these so much!!

    Reply
  22. Sara @ Our Best Bites says

    August 31, 2011 at 10:09 am

    K, that might be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!

    Reply
  23. Barbara @ Barbara Bakes says

    August 31, 2011 at 11:21 am

    So perfect for the shower! That looks like one happy little girl.

    Reply
  24. Cookin' Canuck says

    August 31, 2011 at 11:32 am

    If I had a dollar for every time I said, “Aww” while reading this post…Seriously, these are absolutely adorable.

    Reply
  25. Tanvi@SinfullySpicy says

    August 31, 2011 at 11:49 am

    Gorgeous looking cookie pops..So So perfectly done!

    Reply
  26. Chris @ TheKeenanCookBook says

    August 31, 2011 at 11:55 am

    These are too cute :)

    Reply
  27. Radhika says

    August 31, 2011 at 11:56 am

    Rosie,

    Those are seriously cutesy stuff! Love those lashes on the cookies – Gosh these are so damn cute, I would never eat them..

    Reply
  28. Julia says

    August 31, 2011 at 12:21 pm

    Rosie, these are just DARLING. What a cute cookie pop to celebrate their baby boy!

    Reply
  29. Lisa {With Style and Grace} says

    August 31, 2011 at 12:25 pm

    WOW! These cookies [& your photos] are incredible, Rosie!! Thanks so much for making these for the shower – love them!!

    Reply
  30. BackCountryBelle says

    August 31, 2011 at 12:33 pm

    Possibly the cutest cookies I have seen! Perfect for the shower!

    Reply
  31. Chris says

    August 31, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    Adorable! Linked this on BlogShouts.com :)

    Reply
  32. Emma says

    August 31, 2011 at 2:06 pm

    Well well, aren’t these cookies pea-utiful?! It’s not everyday you find yourself attracted to foods of this color, especially on cookies. But sho nuff, I am pea-guiled, pea-witched, and pea-suaded that these are the cookies for me!

    Reply
  33. Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says

    August 31, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    Too cute! Love the little lashes on the momma cookie.

    Reply
  34. sweetsugarbelle says

    August 31, 2011 at 4:46 pm

    Rosie, I love the design here. Its gorgeous!

    Reply
  35. claire-elisa says

    August 31, 2011 at 5:51 pm

    Oh these are so pretty, I get so excited when I see you have posted on my bloglovin! Your posts always make me smile.

    Reply
  36. mazza says

    August 31, 2011 at 6:18 pm

    i love your site and the quality of your vision….i would like to be able to receive your blog by email as i do not have a twitter account

    Reply
  37. Sandy @ RE says

    August 31, 2011 at 7:45 pm

    Oh, man, these are cute. So happy to find your blog, too. It would have been fun if we could have all met up for Maria’s special day!

    Reply
  38. Paula says

    August 31, 2011 at 8:36 pm

    Seriously, just too cute for words ;)

    Reply
  39. marla {family fresh cooking} says

    August 31, 2011 at 10:16 pm

    Rosie I am SOOOOO happy to finally get to your gorgeous post today. These cookies are darling! Beyond darling. So happy you could join in the fun today with such enthusiasm. Love you girl! xo

    Reply
  40. Shaina says

    August 31, 2011 at 10:29 pm

    These are so completely adorable, and your little girl is, too! Such a perfect baby shower treat!

    Reply
  41. Marian (Sweetopia) says

    August 31, 2011 at 11:21 pm

    Absolutely and positively *charming* cookie pops!

    Reply
  42. Lyndsay says

    August 31, 2011 at 11:36 pm

    Those little peapod faces are SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  43. becca says

    August 31, 2011 at 11:40 pm

    I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited about a pea in my life! These look yummy and so cute!

    Reply
  44. Sneh | Cook Republic says

    September 1, 2011 at 5:59 am

    oooh adorable! Love how each and every pea has their own personality!

    Reply
  45. Sasha (The Procrastobaker) says

    September 1, 2011 at 6:15 am

    These are GORGEOUS! So so perfect, i would be elated to have one of these even if i dont have a little pea of my own coming…but they are just too cute!

    Reply
  46. Katrina says

    September 2, 2011 at 7:52 am

    These cookies are adorable! What a great thing for the food community to be doing. Love this!

    Reply
  47. Sandi says

    September 4, 2011 at 10:39 am

    Just precious!

    Reply
  48. Eloise says

    September 4, 2011 at 2:39 pm

    Okay, this i can’t stand!

    Reply
  49. Anne says

    September 14, 2011 at 4:35 pm

    AWWW no way those are so cute! so great for little kid parties like baby showers? idk lol but they are so darn cutee <3

    Reply
  50. Rachel says

    May 22, 2012 at 4:00 pm

    These are the cutest things ever

    Reply
  51. Cecília Almeida says

    February 19, 2013 at 1:42 pm

    Hello!
    The perfect sugar cookie dough, with or without baking powder?
    You have two different recpes!
    Love this, Thanks!

    Reply
    • Rosie @ Sweetapolita says

      February 19, 2013 at 1:51 pm

      Cecilia, I now prefer to omit the baking powder altogether. I’ve updated the recipe on this post. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Cecília Almeida says

        February 22, 2013 at 2:15 pm

        Thanks so much! I tried with 1/2 tsp baking powder and the finish cookies were wonderful!
        I’ll be visiting you a lot!
        A kiss from Portugal!!

        Reply
  52. Grace says

    March 7, 2013 at 12:51 pm

    These are adorable!
    Quick question ( it sounds very silly) but what type of sticks can I use, can I use the plastic ones I use for cakepops?

    Reply
  53. Mel says

    September 17, 2014 at 8:53 am

    Your creations are so adorable! May. I know how far in advance I can make the sugar cookies with fondant decor?

    Reply
  54. Bella Hardy says

    May 17, 2018 at 9:51 am

    This is gorgeous. I bet they would be scrumptious made little pea sugar cookie pops amazing for kids. Will definitely try this for my son. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply

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