Sorting Hat Cookies
We are well into the preparations for my daughter’s Harry Potter birthday party. One of our biggest concerns was how to sort the kids? We wanted it to be random and fun, so we came up with these cookies. Each cookie is filled with a different color of M&Ms. The kids each pick their cookie and then break it open to find out which house they are in!
Who doesn’t love finding out what house they are in for the party, especially when it comes with a little sugar?
You will need:
- Chocolate Cookies (I made cake mix cookies using a chocolate cake mix)
- Sugar Cones
- Chocolate Candy Rolls
- Mutil-Colored Candy
- Melting Chocolate or Chocolate Frosting
First separate your color candies into four different piles. Blue for Ravenclaw, green for Slytherin, yellow for Hufflepuff and red for Gryffindor.
Work the chocolate candy rolls with your hands until they are soft and you are able to mold them. Each Sorting Hat face took about three chocolate rolls. Two for the eyebrow line and one for the mouth line. You aren’t working to an exact science, just working to give it a little bit of a face. You can find Sorting Hat pictures here, to get a better idea of what you are working towards.
Once your face is on your ice cream cone, fill your cone with one color of candy and then dip the bottom of your cone in either melted chocolate or frosting to secure it to the brim of the hat, or the chocolate cookie. I used just a little bit of melted chocolate, I felt like it was cleaner. After your Sorting Hat is secured, you are ready to be sorted. Have each person randomly grab a hat and discover what house they are in!
Which house do you hope you are sorted into?
Harry Potter Sorting Hat Cookies
Ingredients
- Chocolate Cookies I made cake mix cookies using a chocolate cake mix
- Sugar Cones
- Chocolate Candy Rolls
- Mutil-Colored Candy
- Melting Chocolate or Chocolate Frosting
Instructions
- First separate your color candies into four different piles. Blue for Ravenclaw, green for Slytherin, yellow for Hufflepuff and red for Gryffindor.
- Work the chocolate candy rolls with your hands until they are soft and you are able to mold them. Each Sorting Hat face took about three chocolate rolls. Two for the eyebrow line and one for the mouth line. You aren’t working to an exact science, just working to give it a little bit of a face. You can find Sorting Hat pictures here, to get a better idea of what you are working towards.
- Once your face is on your ice cream cone, fill your cone with one color of candy and then dip the bottom of your cone in either melted chocolate or frosting to secure it to the brim of the hat, or the chocolate cookie. I used just a little bit of melted chocolate, I felt like it was cleaner. After your Sorting Hat is secured, you are ready to be sorted. Have each person randomly grab a hat and discover what house they are in!
This such a clever idea! I love how themed it is, but simple too!
These sorting hat cookies look amazing it kind of reminds me of Harry Potter haha. So cute xxx
Omg if these aren't the cutest things I've ever seen….
I have never heard of this idea! Its so creative and fun and I cant imagine anyone not getting a major kick out of this! And its yummy!!
Oh how fun! I've had a couple HP themed parties in the past – just for fun – and I really want to do another one at some point. I'll have to remember this. Even my 20-something friends would love it!
I'm actually doing a whole HP month this month if you want to stop by and enter giveaways, etc.
-Lauren
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Loving this idea. Great for Halloween witches hats, too. Anything could go inside that cone! Clever idea!
What a cute idea. One of the twins loves eating just the cones. I want to make these cookies for them.
We love Harry Potter and this is so cute nd easy to make! Perfect for a Harry Potter movie night 🙂
These are so adorable! Such a fun treat to celebrate our favorite Harry Potter!
They look super yummy!
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I've loved your Harry Potter series. These look so yummy and cute too. I think I'd eat one with the kids!
Yum! I love these. My mom had a Harry Potter themed birthday for me when I turned 21. I'll never forget because there was NO alcohol haha. The cake was a Wizard chess board.
What an adorable idea for Halloween! I love that there's a surprise inside as well. What's even better is that it's easy to make and you can change the candies if you want.
These are SO cool! These would be great for Harry Potter themed parties!
These look great! Super cute and creative. Perfect for any Harry Potter fan! The kids would LOVE them! – jeanine
I love these! They are so simple and adorable! Especially for my Harry Potter obsessed kids!
These are really looks yummy and this is great for party
This looks SO easy and delicious. I love harry potter more than life itself so I will totally be making these at my harry potter themed halloween party!
How cute are these! I would love to be in Gryffindor! Or Ravenclaw would be good too.
What a great idea! My sister is a Harry Potter fanatic, and would LOVE these. Her birthday is this weekend, so this just might have to be added to the food list! She'd be Gryffindor all the way.
Your daughter is so lucky to have such a creative mommy! I bet she is all excited about her Harry Potter Birthday party. Happy Birthday to her!
Omg how cute is this idea?!?! I have a bestie who has a kiddo obsessed with Harry Potter!!! She would love this!
This is such a cute idea! I had a Harry Potter birthday party a few years ago and it was so much fun!! Happy Birthday to your daughter 😀
What a fun idea for a Harry Potter themed party! My kids would love the little surprise inside!
What a fun cookie treat for kids who like Harry Potter! My kids are a little young but I'll be saving this!
Even though I have never got into Harry Potter, I must admit that these are adorable. My kids would love them, too!
My friend is planning a Harry Potter themed birthday party for her daughter. I think these cookies would be the perfect treat to serve at her event.
These are so adorable! I love that they can break them open to find out which house they're in!
This year will be my son’s THIRD HP birthday party….Thanks for a great way to sort this year!!!!