OREO Cookie Flag

Name: OREO Cookie Flag
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 35
Ingredients: 35 OREO Cookies; 1 cup ready-to-spread white frosting; 27 candy-coated chocolate pieces; 3 pieces red pull-and-peel licorice (8 inch)

Wave your (cookie) flag with this easy and adorable patriotic dessert. OREO Cookies are decorated with candy to make a simple but fun quick dessert.

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Makes 35 servings, 1 cookie each.

Ingredient list

35 OREO Cookies
1 cup ready-to-spread white frosting
27 blue candy-coated chocolate pieces
3 pieces red pull-and-peel licorice (8 inch)

Directions

Arrange cookies in single layer on large board or tray in rectangular shape of 5 rows of 7 cookies each.

Microwave frosting in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 to 40 sec. or until just warmed and smooth when stirred. (Do not over heat.) Spread frosting onto cookies. Let stand 30 min.

Meanwhile, pull each piece of licorice into 3 pieces of 3 strands each.

Place blue candies in single layer over 9 cookies in top left corner of rectangle. Arrange licorice strands over remaining cookies as shown in photo, cutting as necessary to fit.

Recipe Tips

How to Serve
Use kitchen shears to cut the licorice strands between the cookies to serve.
Substitute
Substitute 26 SWEDISH FISH Soft & Chewy Candies for the licorice pieces.
Pull-and-Peel Licorice
Each piece of pull-and-peel licorice is made of 9 strands of licorice twisted together. Untwist each licorice piece into 3 thinner pieces of 3 strands each before using as directed. Or totally untwist the 9 strands, then re-twist it using 3 twisted stands for each red stripe of the flag.