Naughty? ...or Nice? Sugar Cookies

I made this tray of cookies for small Christmas gifts (yet to be named because they are yet to be given).  It's for a group, so....decisions need to be made...who's feeling naughty?  Who's feeling nice this Christmas? 
I saw this cute little gift cookie cutter awhile ago, and I thought it would be great because with one slice of a knife, gifts turn to coal. 
I baked up my favorite sugar cookie recipe, and then whipped up some icing.  Not to be a broken record, but if you add 1 T. of karo syrup to 1 c.  icing, it will harden after about ten hours, and you can package it up. 
I left the gift icing white, and then just dipped them in sprinkles. 
I dyed some icing a reddish color, filled a ziplock, snipped the end, and piped on ribbon. 
I dyed the coal icing gray (so any part that wasn't sprinkled would look darker), and repeated the process, minus the bow.  Naughty people don't deserve bows. 
I printed off some labels, slipped my cookies into baggies, and tied on the messages. 

14 comments

  1. too cute...great hint with the karo syrup...hadn't heard that before...

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  2. That is an absoultely adorable idea.

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  3. This is awesome and so dang clever. LOVE them! Wish I would have seen these before the break. Iw ould have given them to co-workers =o) Merry Christmas!!!

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  4. i so wish i would have seen this before we did our cookies! too cute!

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  5. How cute! LOVE this idea!

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  6. how cute and with the tags. LOVE IT! JEN-CraftOManiac

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  8. What a fun idea!!

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  9. Very creative! I'm sure they'll love it. :)

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  10. Cute! I too, Love Tagging things.. I recently posted some printable Christmas Gift Wrapping Tags over at Delightful Order. Come over & check them out.

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  11. What a cute idea! Love it!

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  12. I love these cookies. I am SO going to make them next year. ~ Thanks for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday's! I'm featuring these on my blog tonight!

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