Taco cookie recipe for Cinco de Mayo Mexican party.
Servings 12people
Prep Time 5mins
Cook Time 45mins
Total Time 50mins
Ingredients
Cookies
1Package sugar cookies
Taco Cookie Filling
2tspCayenne pepper
1cupShredded coconut
5dropsFood coloringGreen, red and yellow; color to your liking
1tubWhite frosting
1/4cupRed M&M's
1/4cupBrown M&M's
Instructions
Cookies
Preheat oven and shape cookies as indicated on the package
Place cookies on parchment lined baking sheet and sprinkle with cayenne pepper (careful, cayenne pepper makes them SPICY!)
Bake cookies until they're just done (low time on the cookie package should do), don't over-bake them or they'll become fragile! Remember, we want them cooked but not golden brown when we remove them from the oven
Remove from oven, wait 45 seconds (timing is important!) scoop them up with a spatula and gently lay them on a cylindrical surface (empty paper towel roll, or empty wrapping paper roll is perfect). Repeat until all of your cookies are baked and folded into taco shell shapes
Once cooled, remove them and set them aside while you're baking the next batch
Filling
Shake shredded coconut in zipper bags with food coloring (see notes)
Crush some brown M&M's candy
Cut some red M&M's candies in half
Stuff your tacos, brown M&M's chunks on the bottom, green coconut shavings, a little orange coconut shavings, a strip of vanilla or white frosting, and finally halved red M&M's candies.
Video
Notes
Use a couple of drops of food coloring and coconut to create green shavings for lettuce, then use another bag to create orange coconut shavings for the cheese.