You Can Write On These Chalkboard Cookies With Edible Chalk

Have you ever been sitting in class, watching your teacher scribble something unreadable on the blackboard, and thought, "Dang, I wish I could eat that!"? Yup... me neither. But, all of your dreams (that you didn't even know you had) are about to come true! In just a few short hours, instead of using that lame lined paper to finish your math homework, you could be using these ~rad~ chalkboard cookies! SO LET'S GET COOKIN'. You have work to do!

Chalkboard Cookies

• Prep Time:8 hrs
• Cook Time:15 mins
• Total Time:8 hrs 15 mins
• Servings:24
• Medium

Ingredients

• 3 1/4 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• pinch salt
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 egg whites
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tbsp warm water
• 1 1/2 tsp dark cocoa
• 3/4 tsp activated charcoal
• 1 package white chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 tbsp shortening
• 12 straws cut in half

• Step 1

  Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and baking powder together in a large bowl.

  

• Step 2

  In another large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and sour cream until smooth.

  

• Step 3

  Mix together the wet and dry ingredients until dough is formed.

  

• Step 4

  Wrap the dough in cling wrap and chill for 3 hours. Once chilled, roll out and cut into 2 inch shapes. Bake cookies for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.

  

• Step 5

  Now for the icing! In a bowl, mix sugar, egg whites, cocoa and activated charcoal (fancaaay), then beat with a whisk or hand mixer for 8 to 10 minutes.

  

• Step 6

  Fill a piping bag or plastic bag with blackboard icing. Cut the tip of the bag off to allow for easy icing. Ice the cookies and let them sit for 2 hours until solid.

  

• Step 7

  While icing is hardening, mix the bag of white chocolate chips with the shortening. Microwave for 15 second intervals, stirring at each interval, for a total of 1 minute and 30 seconds or until smooth.

  

• Step 8

  Next, place a plastic bag in a cup, and fill with white chocolate mixture. Seal and cut the tip of one side of the bag.

  

• Step 9

  Cut each straws in half. With your bag of white chocolate, fill each straw and freeze for 3 hours until hard.

  

• Step 10

  When the chalk is firm, squeeze each pieces out of half straws. Set aside.

  

• Step 11

  Finally, IT'S COLORING TIME! Check out that chalkboard cookie masterpiece!