Total Eclipse Half Moon Cookies

This upcoming Monday April 8th is the Solar Eclipse! 

This astronomical phenomenon, where the Moon will cast a shadow over the sun, is expected to create a 117.9-mile-wide path of totality. For those lucky enough to be in the center of the path, a mesmerizing four minutes of total darkness will unfold. – https://www.arkansashouse.org/

We are lucky enough to live in The Natural State, aka Arkansas, where the path of totality runs through and I am excited to see it with my family in a few days!

To celebrate and explain the upcoming eclipse to my kids I made these Total Eclipse Half Moon Cookies to show the stages of the stunning experience. 

These can be made with any cookie and all you need is two tubes of cookie icing.

Check out the details below and have fun experiencing this unique event on April 8th.

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Total Eclipse Half Moon Cookies

Ingredients

• 8 baked round cookies I recommend light colored like sugar or white chocolate
• 7 oz tube black cookie icing
• 7 oz tube white or yellow cookie icing

Instructions

• Once you bake your cookies let them cool completely.
• Following my examples above in the chart and cookie photos above, decorate the eight cookies with the two icing colors showing the stages of coverage.
• Wipe edges of cookies if icing spreads and let dry completely.
• Use a round platter and arrange the cookies in the stages to display and serve.

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You can use any round cookie but light colored work best for decorating. 

I like sugar cookies or white chocolate macadamia nut.

Bake your cookies and let cool completely.

I always bake a couple extra in case one breaks or I mess up.

You need two tube of cookie icing.

I used white and black but you could always use yellow instead of white to represent the sun.

The cookie icing is thinner than regular jarred cake frosting and spreads better in my opinion.

But be prepared because it can get messy!

Following my examples above in the chart and cookie photos above,

decorate the cookies with the two icing colors showing the stages of coverage. 

You need 8 decorated cookies total.

Let them dry completely. 

Wipe the edges if needed.

Use a round platter and arrange the cookies in the stages. 

Have fun explaining the eclipse and then eating these tasty treats!

This recipe and over 30 more eclipse themed food and activities are featured

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