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I have fun making faux food for April Fool’s Day. Last year, I made these French fries cookies with “ketchup” and “mayo” dips.
During a recent long train ride, I was mentally rummaging in my pantry and remembered I had some marzipan to use up as well as some leftover sugar cookie dough in the freezer. I don’t know how I went from there to cocktail weenies, maybe it’s living in Germany and being surrounded by wurst 24/7. That didn’t come out right.
Whatevers.
Anyway, these tasted pretty good. Like little marzipan cookie bombs. Here is the recipe if you want to do some April Foolin’.
Cocktail Weenie Cookies
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 1 Dozen
Ingredients
- 7 ounces of marzipan
- Red and brown food gel coloring
- Sugar cookie dough
- 1 tablespoon simple syrup
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 325°F.
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Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Knead the food coloring into the marzipan. Alternate the colors until it resembles a hot dog color.
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Break a piece off and roll it into the shape of a mini hot dog.
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Using a toothpick or paring knife, score the ends of the "hot dog" around in a circle. It helps to dip the toothpick or knife into water occasionally to get clean indentations.
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Roll out the cookie dough and cut it into long strips.
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Encircle each "hot dog" with a strip of cookie dough.
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Seal the two ends of the dough together with your fingers.
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I had a bit of marzipan leftover. So I made a teeny weenie!
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Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the cookie dough browns slightly.
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Transfer to a wire rack.
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While cookies are still warm, gently push the toothpicks through the center
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When cookies have cooled completely, lightly brush the marzipan "hot dog" part with simple syrup.
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Plate and serve.
Yield = a baker’s dozen (13) cookies and one teeny weenie.
Serve ’em up and see if anyone notices before they take a bite.
April Fool’s!!
17 comments
Lora, thank you for the advice — I did try freezing them and it helped, but they still lost their shape a bit. Next I am going to try partially cooking the dough around a dowel and then inserting the marzipan for about 5 minutes. I’m also going to get my oven calibrated! It looks like I am the only one having this problem, so an uneven or inaccurate temperature might be the problem. I will let you know the outcome(s), and thank you again. These cookies are pure genius!
Glad they worked better. Your ideas are great.
I’ve tried these twice and what I want to know is HOW do you get the marzipan to not collapse in a puddle in the oven?
Hi Barbara: So sorry you are struggling with the weenies! I used storebought marzipan which is denser out of the package than homemade. I would try putting the unbaked cookies in the freezer for about 10 minutes before baking. Try this with one piece first. If the cookie holds better but is not perfect, extend the freezer time by 5 minutes or so.
I have an April 1st Wedding coming up…how far ahead do you think I could make these and they would keep? I'm trying to come up with some harmless tricks on my guests 🙂
I think you can freeze them one week ahead of time.
It's 2016 and we are (well, I am) so making these for my family! I can't wait until tomorrow! Will be so much fun! Thanks for the idea and I doubt mine will come out nearly as great as yours did but these are just fantastic!!
Thanks! I am sure they will come out perfect! They're fairly easy to make. Enjoy!
You nailed it! I would never have guessed that these were not the real thing!
These are absolutely adorable!!!!
Soooo realistic! Genius!
These look so realistic! You are an artist in the kitchen 🙂
Your attention to detail in the *cocktail weenies* will have everyone fooled until they take a bite. I love your french fries from last year too.
OMG! These are great! I would never eat the real thing, but I'd gladly eat your weenies (hmmm…that didn't come out right either).
Lora! I stared at that first photo, trying hard to figure out what the "weenies" were made out of and how they looked so realistic. Amazing! The indentations totally make them.
When you mentioned marzipan, I thought to myself "why would she put marzipan around cocktail weenies?". Then it dawned on me as I scrolled down – you are an foodie april fools genius.
Hi!
Thank you so much for you visit and kind words. This is my first visit here, but I really love your blog. I am portuguese but living in Sweden, since I got myself a viking some years ago. Two of our favorite countries are Germany and Belgium, we love the rich food, the beer, we love the beautiful landscapes, the cities… All the History and culture (I better stop now).
The idea of faux food is so great for today. I love playing with what we call and how we serve food. The other day I made a spinach cupcake with salmon frosting. I wanted to bake something special and funny today, I had thought about Martin Blunos´s Eggs and Soldiers, but I wont have the time…
Thank you for sharing your ideas, it is a big help 🙂