5 Beautiful Decorated Cookie Ideas for Mother's Day

Treat Mom and the mother figures in your life with edible art! I hope these 5 beautiful decorated cookie ideas for Mother’s Day inspire you to make your own royal icing creations.

A set of round cookies decorated with peach and pink flowers on a dark blue background. There is a royal icing ruffled edge around the cookies. In between the cookies are piping bags filled with royal icing.

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1. Leopard Print Makeup Cookies

A set of makeup cookies decorated with leopard print, black, pink, and rose gold royal icing

This set of beautifully decorated cookies looks almost too good to eat! The shapes include lipstick, eye shadow palettes, blush compacts, nail polish, and more. You could pair these with a spa day gift certificate to make her feel extra special!

Watch the video to recreate these leopard print makeup cookies here.

2. Floral Cookies With Ruffles

These beautiful floral cookies will make Mom’s heart bloom! They’re decorated with the wet-on-wet royal icing technique, which uses two or more colors of royal icing that are applied while the base layer is set, making a completely smooth design. Add a royal icing ruffle with a tip 101 for a finishing touch!

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3. Crochet Cookies

A set of cookies decorated to look like crochet granny squares and balls of yarn. There are decorating bags with metal tips filled with icing on the edges of the picture.

Surprise your favorite crocheter or knitter with these cookies! The realistic yarn and crocheted designs are almost too cute to eat. They’re decorated with stiff consistency royal icing, which holds it shape, allowing you to create many different textures.

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4. Lilac Cookies

Mother’s Day falls at the heigh of lilac season here in New York and these stunning cookies capture the beauty of a lilac bouquet in full bloom! I can almost smell them just by looking at this picture 🙂

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5. Antique Brooch Cookies

a set of cookies decorated with royal icing and fondant to look like antique brooches

Mom won’t know whether to eat or wear these beautiful cookies inspired by enamel brooches from the Victorian Era. Flavored with orange zest, vanilla, and cardamom, they are as delicious as they are gorgeous and you can make a couple of extras for her to save so she won’t feel so bad eating them 😉

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I hope these 5 beautiful decorated cookie ideas inspire you to create some edible art this Mother’s Day!