Bite Sized Sugar Cookie Nibbles

By Wendy Sondov · Published: Nov 3, 2013 · Modified: Jul 24, 2018 · This post may contain affiliate links · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Bite Sized Sugar Cookie Nibbles are fun to eat by the handful! Their tiny size and their delicious crunch, makes these cookies irresistible. Bake a batch of these cuties for snacks, lunch boxes, and care packages!

Some of you may remember that at the beginning of this summer my family adopted a 6 month old Sheltie who we named Pax. Somewhere in the back of my brain was the clear understanding that puppies are active little creatures, but I somehow ignored that fact when I decided that a puppy was just what we needed. Some breeds are more active than others. Shetland sheepdogs are on the “more” end of the scale. I have learned the hard way that if Pax doesn’t get out to do some running during the day, we will have to deal with “Devil Dog” from 7 to 9 pm. that night. “Devil Dog” is a barking, hyperactive lunatic. He demands to be played with. He leaps. He chews (people, shoes and newspapers are favorite chewables). Making time for walking was imperative.

Unfortunately, Pax is afraid of cars. Every time a car goes by he tries to hide. We are working on that, but in the meantime trotting down the subdivision side streets is not an option. Luckily, I stumbled upon a hidden gem of a public park with a two acre fenced dog park, just a five minute drive from my house. Almost every afternoon, Pax and I go to the dog park where, for more than an hour, Pax wrestles and runs. He is genetically programmed to herd, and apparently in lieu of sheep, he is happy to herd other dogs.

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Afterwards, we walk the one mile path around the lake. It’s a gorgeous walk, especially now with the trees draped in fall colors.

All of that time spent admiring fall foliage made leaves the obvious shape choice when I decided to make these roll-out cookies. The original recipe was for animal crackers, which aren’t really crackers in the savory sense, but mildly sweet, crunchy, plain, little cookies. Bite Sized Sugar Cookie Nibbles end up with a flavor and crunch very similar to animal crackers but, because of the sugar topping, they are a bit sweeter. I mixed four colors of large crystal decorating sugar (gold, red, yellow, and orange) to make the topping. The color combination seems to capture the autumn glow. The gold sugar was purchased but the other colors were homemade using white crystals and food coloring. I put about ¼ cup of white sugar crystals into a zip lock bag along with 2 or 3 drops of gel food coloring. Then I mushed it together until the color was uniform (No, the sugar doesn't disolve. I don't know why.) I opened the bag and let the sugar dry for about an hour before using.

A note about tiny little cut out cookies:

Bite Sized Sugar Cookie Nibbles are adorable.They are tasty and fun to eat by the handful, which means they disappear quickly. Cutting out 100 tiny shapes is time consuming and, honestly, I am not sure that the tiny leaves end up looking like leaves. Cutting the sprinkled dough into little squares would be a whole lot quicker.(No need to re-roll out the scrapes either.) All the crunch and sparkly color without the time intensive cookie cutter use. Just a suggestion.