Bake sales are my weakness. I love going to bake sales and seeing all the delicious things people have made. Being on the baking side of the bake sale though, definitely my weakness in a whole ‘nother way. So, I set out to create a bake sale worthy item that even a non-baker could throw together and make it a best seller. My quest led me to Pumpkin Iced Ginger Snaps.
These cookies use a store bought ginger snap base {because hey…we’re non-bakers here} but look just as homemade and delicious as any other treat made from scratch. Their store bought origins will be our secret.
What You’ll Need:
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Icing
Ginger Snap Cookies
Candy Corn
Let’s Make It {this could get complicated so be warned 😉 }
1) Place your ginger snaps on plate or any desired serving dish.
2) Put the icing into a frosting bag {or ziploc with the corner cut off in my case} and pipe frosting onto the top of each cookie. Get fancy with it if you want or just do little circles. I had 6 year old help so fancy was not part of our mission…keeping frosting off our clothes and walls was.
3) Top each cookie with a candy corn.
Yeah, that is almost so easy that I didn’t even numbers for it. I just didn’t want anyone to get lost in the steps though. Now that I’ve shared my secret of bake sale desserts, what is your favorite bake sale item?
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Oh man… these sound and look amazing! Love the addition to the candy corns on top!
katie recently posted…Loaded Baked Potatoes in the Slow Cooker
I love candy corn so I try to add it to just about anything I can find 🙂
Great idea and looks oh so yummy! In time for the halloween 🙂
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Thanks! I thought they would be fun for fall and Halloween. My kids love them.
This is exactly my kind of cooking….which is to say no cooking at all (because I’m a disaster in the kitchen) and in the end you have cookies and candy. Genius.
Super cute, too.
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Haha…these are definitely right up your alley then. There is no real cooking involved and they are impossible not to get right 🙂
Love that you could whip these up pretty easily for an event due to the semi-homemade nature. Perfect!
Semi-homemade is one of my favorite things when it comes to baked goods. Makes things super easy.
Yum! Pumpkin icing has me hooked.
Oh, I love this icing. I have used it on so many different things now.
These are adorable and sound delicious. Definitely making them for a treat this month!
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Thanks! I thought they were cute. Plus, they taste great!
I used to love Ginger Snaps when I was a kid. Now I can try these with my boys. Thanks so much for sharing.
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Ginger snaps are definitely one of my favorite cookies. They go well with so many things too.
I bet the flavor combination of ginger snaps and cream cheese is out of this world! I love the ease of these cookies! I love to bake, but usually end up giving the cookies or whatever to the neighbors, these could be made in small batches! Just perfect!
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I love the spices in ginger snaps and think they match so well with the cream cheese. Being able to throw together something like this quickly is great for unexpected visitors too!
Since I AM a baker I will have to try this frosting on my favorite ginger molasses cookie recipe.
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Oh, yum that sounds delicious!
What a great simple recipe! They look really good too. You can’t go wrong with candy corn and gingersnaps.
Thanks! I am always looking for simple recipes that look and taste good.
So simple, yet so yummy!
Virginia @thatbaldchick recently posted…Practical Gifts for Missionaries
Thanks! I definitely like cookies that don’t require a lot of work but taste delicious.
This recipe is so easy and seems like a lot of fun. I am going to try this with my children this weekend.
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Thanks! It would be easy to do with kids for sure.
So simple & yummy!
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Thanks!
this would be a fun activity to do in the afternoon with the kids! and delicious to eat too
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Great idea to get the kids involved.
Those look sooo yummy!
I pinned them to my fall board on pinterest.
Can not wait to make a batch for my kids.
This would be a great activity to do with the kids as well.
Thanks! These would be so fun to do with kids.
Wow!! These look so good and so easy too! Perfect for Halloween!
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Thanks!
Those look fun! The perfect Fall cookie 🙂
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Thanks. I love ginger snaps so really wanted to use them in a cookie.
These look great~! It is so funny because I also made Halloween themed ginger snaps, but with Halloween Sixlets on them “)
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Oh fun!
These are so so cute. Perfect for Halloween and thanksgiving too
Thanks! I like the idea of using them at Thanksgiving too.
These look amazing.. I soo want to bite into one now.. thanks for sharing, soo gonna give it a try with the kids this weekend
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Thanks! These would be fun to have the kids help with.
These look adorable and yummy too. I love Ginger Snaps.
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Thanks! I am a huge fan of ginger snaps.
These look really good. I love candy corn and ginger cookies so this will work well for Fall.
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Ginger snaps are one of my favorite cookies!
What a great fall cookie recipe. I will have to make these for our harvest party at church!
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Thanks! I love it because they are so easy.
Those look like heaven! I love ginger cookies 🙂
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Thanks! I am a big fan of ginger snaps too.
This so easy and I am sure my kids and my nieces and nephews would love to make these
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This would be fun to do with kids for sure!
OMG! I read “pumpkin creamcheese icing” and thought “What if i were to sandwich two cookies together…..” Yummy! Thanks for the inspiration!
Jill recently posted…Individual Pumpkin Cheesecakes
Great thinking! I did snickerdoodle sandwich cookies with the cream cheese frosting. YUM.
Shannah, this is such a great idea and so simple to make. Love simple in the kitchen ideas, and perfect for a bake sale where you usually need to make a lot. Thanks so much for sharing on Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in this week’s issue.:)
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Thanks! I am so bad at baking in general that I always like to have some go to ideas that don’t require any major baking 🙂 Thanks for the feature.
YUMMY! I’d love for you to add this to my link up party “Friday Follow Along Party”
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