Description
Festive football-shaped chocolate sugar cookies topped with rich chocolate icing and white chocolate laces—perfect for game day parties, tailgates, or any football celebration.
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1½ cups confectioners’ sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 cups confectioners’ sugar (for icing)
4–5 Tbsp hot water
¾ cup bittersweet chocolate chips
½ tsp vanilla extract (for icing)
2 Tbsp light corn syrup
White chocolate wafers
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat butter and confectioners’ sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract; mix until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and combine until dough forms.
- Roll dough to ¼-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut out football shapes using a cookie cutter. Re-roll scraps as needed.
- Place cookies on prepared baking sheets and bake for 7–8 minutes until edges are set. Cool completely on wire racks.
- To make icing, melt chocolate chips. In a small saucepan, boil corn syrup and water, then remove from heat and stir in melted chocolate, confectioners’ sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
- Spread chocolate icing over cooled cookies using an offset spatula. Let set for about an hour.
- Melt white chocolate wafers in the microwave at 50% power, stirring every 15 seconds. Pipe football laces and stripes using a small round tip. Let dry completely before serving.
Notes
- Chill cut-out dough before baking if it’s too warm to prevent spreading.
- Weigh flour and cocoa to avoid dry cookies.
- Corn syrup keeps icing shiny and smooth.
- Dough can be refrigerated for 48 hours or frozen up to 3 months.
- Store decorated cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days or freeze for longer storage.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 7–8 minutes per batch
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 60mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
