Hello, little snowman!
I was inspired by Martha Stewart's ice cream and coconut snowman. What a cute idea, but just not the right party treat for our toddler craft party. Hmm, what else is round and little?
Donut holes!
At first, I imagined plain donut holes that I would frost, stick together, and top off with a toasted marshmallow hat like Martha. Funny thing is, I couldn't find plain donut holes. After I thought about it some more, I realized that frosting on top of donuts was not really necessary (especially for two year olds!) so why not just powdered sugar covered ones? That just made the whole project SO much simpler!
What you need:
3 powdered sugar covered donut holes
toothpick
frosting
2 eyes (nonpareils, or 2 pieces cut from black licorice string, or anything else you can think of that will work, even two tiny dollops of black frosting)
carrot nose (I used a piece of candy corn, cut the orange middle and molded it into a carrot. You could also use marzipan and dye it orange.)
mouth (In this case, red decorating gel you can buy in the little tube in the baking section did the job!)
One skinny pretzel stick cut in half for arms.
whipped cream for snow (optional)
Here's the step-by-step: