If you’re looking for more ways to use fun shaped silicone molds, try out these snowflake silicone mold sugar cookies! Baking cookies like this lets the mold do the work creating beautiful designs with just the bare cookies, or you can add buttercream, chocolate, or even candy melts to top them off!

How cute would these look on your Christmas cookie platters this holiday season?

Bakers everywhere have jumped onto this fun trend of using treat molds to bake cookies, brownies, cakes, and more to create beautiful designs on their desserts. There are many ways to customize this technique to showcase your creativity and add layers using silicone molds.

Follow the simple steps below to make silicone mold snowflake sugar cookies and treats.

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Step 1: Press Cookie Dough into Mold Cavities

First, make sure to select oven safe silicone molds. I purchased these ones from Michael’s Craft Store last holiday season.

Here is a similar mold from Wilton that’s available on Amazon!

Need a cookie dough recipe? The dough from my Soft and Chewy Cut Out Sugar Cookies works great for this technique!

Tip: Use a cookie scoop to ensure consistency in size. Even with smaller molds (like the tiny snowflakes) you can use a smaller cookie scoop and divide it into three equal pieces to have at least a baseline for equal sizes.

Step 2: Bake Cookies in the Mold

Next, bake the cookies at the recipes suggested temperature until edges are set and tops are no longer shiny.

Tip: Place molds on a cookie sheet to make maneuvering the mold around easier.

Step 3: Allow Cookies to Cool and Remove From Mold

In this step of the process, it is important to allow the cookies to fully cool before attempting to remove them from the mold.

Tip: Place the mold in the fridge or freezer to speed up the process. Freeze for easiest removal.

Tip: Gently pull the mold away from the cookies on opposite sides to loosen before popping them out of the mold completely. Be gentle to avoid breaking.

Step 4: Wash Molds

Make sure to wash your molds before proceeding to the next step to avoid transferring cookie residue or grease.

Step 5: Pipe a Shallow Layer of Buttercream, Chocolate, or Candy Melts Into The Mold

This step is customizable! I used my Swiss Meringue Buttercream recipe (hopefully will be up on the blog soon!) on the larger snowflakes shown in this post, but you could totally do other variations such as my Vanilla Almond Buttercream in my Soft and Chewy Cut Out Sugar Cookies Recipe . The smaller snowflakes shown here were made with white chocolate.

Melt down candy melts or chocolate using short bursts in the microwave, stirring after each.

Regardless of what you’re using to top your cookies, pipe a shallow layer into your clean mold, and then tap the mold on the counter several times to remove air bubbles.

Step 6: Press Cookies into the Mold

Next, insert your baked cookies down into the mold. You can do design side down or up depending on your preference. If using chocolate or candy melts, make sure to press the cookies in right away so the chocolate doesn’t set and become too firm to stick well.

Tip: Don’t press down too hard or your cookie may peak through the buttercream/candy melts/chocolate.

Step 7: Allow Cookies to Set, and Remove

Finally, if using chocolate or candy melts, allow chocolate to fully set before attempting to remove the finished cookie from the mold.

When using buttercream, place mold with assembled cookies into the freezer for 30-60 minutes until buttercream has fully frozen. If you attempt to take it out early, the buttercream will stick to the mold.

Tip: If you notice buttercream is sticking to the mold when attempting to remove them, place back in the freezer for another 20 minutes before trying again.

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That’s it! There really are so many ways you can customize these fun treat mold desserts. Here are a few other desserts you could apply the same technique too!

• Mini Cakes
• Brownies
• Gingerbread

Get creative with the decorating too. I’ve seen people add sprinkles to the very bottom of the mold before putting in the buttercream or chocolate, or even layering in different colors of chocolate before filling in with a background color.

Topping ideas:

• Drizzle of melted chocolate or candy melts
• Edible lustre dust or glitter
• Sprinkles

Looking for more winter dessert ideas? Check out these recipes and tutorials below.