All molds used are listed in the end of the post.
There are so many ways to decorate cookies, but one of the simplest ones is using small silicone molds with fondant or molding chocolate. They are often quite inexpensive and you can take an hour or so in the evening to make quite a few decorations, saving them for a future cookie project. They can be painted right away (after allowing the surface to dry for a few minutes), or you can save them plain and decide on a color scheme when you are ready to finalize the cookies. In this post, I show you a small collection made in the past 3 months. I hope you like them.
Starting with my favorite… The Peacock! Fondant painted with Luster powder and vodka.
Small flowers can be used in many different ways…
They can go on a fully smooth Royal icing base, or over a base with added texture created with the handle of a brush or a fondant sculpting tool. This is a method I first learned from Marlyn (check it out here) and fell in love with. In the skinny hexagon cookie, I used the fondant flowers without any paint, except for the golden center. I like the modern look of that cookie.
And let’s keep in mind, they are not just for sugar cookies… here they help nut-free macarons get dressed up.
Bigger flowers can be nice also…
In the cookie above the leaves were also molded fondant, and then a food pen was used to add the branch.
The cracked base is very easy to achieve: just paint AMERICOLOR white gel dye on the unbaked cookie, and bake as you normally would. The cookie expands and generates this type of design. It must be Americolor, though. Other brands do not work the same way.
Another favorite of mine, joining small flowers with a vase (those were made in modeling chocolate)
Butterflies, always a nice addition to a cookie…
Because hearts are not just for February…
Bees, always present in my cookie universe… I list a different mold in the end of the post for you, because I actually used a wooden mold and it was not the best option.
I wrap this post with two types of molds that were very tricky to use. The first one was hard to un-mold without breaking its many delicate sections.
I love the way it completed this cookie, but it was truly a labor of love.
And finally, three little owls that demanded quite a bit of patience…
I like the way they turned out, but the mold is very shallow and removing the shapes without breaking was a bit of a hassle. Also, trimming the final fondant shape with an X-Acto knife was time-consuming.
All molds used in this post are listed below
For the Love of Cookies 
Look your work! I have done fondant but on cakes.
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Super work on the peacock!
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