Poison Dart Frog Decorated Cookies

I came back from Virginia Beach earlier this summer with so many new cookie ideas! We saw poison dart frogs at the Virginia Aquarium and their colors were amazing. These poison dart frog decorated cookies are my sweet version of these beautiful (yet dangerous) animals.

I think these cookies would go perfectly with these lily pad decorated cookies. The full video tutorial, printable template, supply list, instructions, and recipes are available in the Cookie Art Club!

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I used the royal icing transfer method to create these frog decorated cookies. To do this, I printed out a template on paper (the template is available to members of the Cookie Art Club) and placed it underneath a piece of wax paper.

Then, I piped the frog with royal icing in layers, starting with the bottom layers and working my way up, letting each one dry in between.

Before the icing dried, I added spots of different colors with edible luster dust and edible paint, which were inspired by the real frogs that we saw at the Virginia Aquarium.

Here’s what you’ll need to make these poison dart frog decorated cookies

These supplies are available in my Amazon store

• Chilled sheet of cookie dough (I used my chocolate cut-out cookie recipe)
• Small plaque cookie cutter 
• Frog template on a wax paper covered board
• Royal icing
• Teal, Sky Blue, Red, and Yellow food coloring (I used Chefmaster brand)
• 1 12” decorating bag
• 3 tipless decorating bags
• Scribe tool
• Wilton decorating tip 3
• Couplers & Bag ties (I used Wilton brand)
• Luster dust in copper or bronze and blue (I used Sweet Sticks Copper and The Sugar Art Blue Jay)
• Black matte color dust (I used Crystal Colors Black Coal)
• Vodka, grain alcohol, flavored extract, or paint powder activator
• Paint palette or small dishes
• Decorator brush (I used Sweet Sticks brand)

Relevant tutorial: Royal Icing 101 (available in the Cookie Art Club!)

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