Gummy Bear Gum Drop Cookies

These Gummy Bear Gum Drop Cookies are such a treat for the kids and fun to make! Forget Jam Drops and go for Gummy Bear Gum Drop Cookies instead 😉

Ingredients (makes 30 Cookies)

3 cups Plain Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1 cup Butter, softened
1 1/2 cups Caster Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 packet Haribou Gummy Bears (or similar)

Method

Preheat oven to 190 degrees C. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and the vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients.
Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto baking trays lined with baking paper. Take the end of a wooden spoon (or the end of a large permanent market makes the perfect size) and put a generous dent in the centre of the biscuit (but don't go all the way through). Don't forget to space the biscuits out on the trays as this mixture will spread a little.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden. Let stand on baking trays for a few minutes before moving to cool on wire racks.
The Gum Drop centre for each biscuit will use approx 3 Gummy Bears (depending on the size of your biscuits). It's best to work with only 2 biscuits at a time as the mixture will start to set too quickly otherwise. Pop 6 Gummy Bears in a tiny heatproof bowl (or coffee cup) and heat in microwave on full power for 30 seconds.
To avoid the gummy mixture setting too quickly you can stand the cup or bowl in a larger bowl of hot water. Spoon or drizzle the mixture into the centre of the biscuits and allow to cool.

Notes

Take care when melting the Gummy Bears for the Gum Drop Centres of the biscuits. The bowl will be hot and the molten gummy bears will be hot too. If you children are under 12, it might be best for you to help them with this part of the recipe.

How good do these Gummy Bear Gum Drop Cookies look! Perfect for the kids. If your kids like to bake (so much better than sitting on screens) here's a few other recipes they might like to try:

Flower Biscuits - perfect if you have some Freckles in the cupboard
Twix Inspired Biscuits
Malt Spoon Biscuits
Teddy Bear Biscuits

39 Comments

- - AmbieBambi said
  - 31 Jul 2019
    9:38 pm
Such a cute idea!

- - Jessica said
  - 25 Jul 2019
    10:57 pm
Wonder if you could melt the gummy bear in a gummy bear puddle that would look cool.

- - mom152736 said
  - 18 Jul 2019
    2:37 pm
so gorgeous and so cute

- - feebs said
  - 16 Jul 2019
    1:10 pm
Wondering if you have to melt the gummy bears or if you can simply put one on-top of the biccie mixture?

- - mom93821 said
  - 14 Jul 2019
    5:14 pm
Gummy Bear Cookies – a terrific idea!
They look so pretty and I bet they taste good too. 🙂

- - nadine_hill said
  - 14 Jul 2019
    8:16 am
So cute and colourful! Perfect for parties!

- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 12 Jul 2019
    2:52 pm
Love how colourful they are perfect for kids parties

- - happymum2018 said
  - 11 Jul 2019
    7:05 pm
They look great and would be seriously fin to make tha ks for sharing

- - youngoldlady said
  - 10 Jul 2019
    9:29 pm
Interesting idea there, wondering if snakes would work here as need to get rid of some.

- - rachelvk said
  - 10 Jul 2019
    1:03 pm
These look so delicious and fun to make! Love the colours.
- rachelvk replied
  
  11 Jul 2019 , 9:33 pm
  This would be a great activity with the kids.
- - mom62624 said
  - 10 Jul 2019
    9:56 am
A brilliant recipe idea, fun to make & eat!
- mom93821 replied
  
  15 Jul 2019 , 5:52 am
  It is a terrific recipe to make during the school holidays.
  A good cooking/baking activity for parents and kids to do together and also a good recipe to keep for fetes.
  The cookies would look so very pretty wrapped in clear cellophane and tied with a pretty and colourful ribbon.
  - kjgarner replied
    
    11 Dec 2019 , 9:48 pm
    
    Even given as Christmas presents.
- - taynik46 said
  - 10 Jul 2019
    7:49 am
ha what a cool idea and so much easier than spooning jam into the holes! – love it!!

- - nealsq said
  - 09 Jul 2019
    9:56 pm
oh yum! I can’t wait to give these a try!

- - mom129591 said
  - 09 Jul 2019
    9:08 pm
Gummy bears make me smile! A good idea to get some great flavours on those cookies.

- - becstalou said
  - 09 Jul 2019
    8:14 pm
Yum, I used to love the biscuits at my Nannas with the different lollies stuck in the top.

- - mom90758 said
  - 09 Jul 2019
    4:10 pm
What an original idea. I never thought about melting gummy bears.