These Copycat Crumbl Circus Animal Sugar Cookies are the most delicious, beautiful, and festive way to show others you love them this Valentine’s Day! These cookies feature:

• A thick and soft sugar cookie base flavored with hints of vanilla and almond
• A white chocolate heart sprinkled with pink, red, and white nonpareil sprinkles
• Mother’s Valentine’s Day Puppy Love X’s & O’s Cookies adding a delicious crunch and adorable garnish on top

Crumbl cookies can be quite a hot topic with people absolutely loving or hating them – but – I have yet to meet someone who has tried a homemade copycat version they haven’t adored. Whichever side of the Crumbl fence you are on, I urge you to try this or any other copycat recipe and taste the results for yourself!

Recipe used for the Valentine’s Day Crumbl sugar cookies:

To make a festive Valentine’s Day version of the Crumbl cookies, I used the The Softest Crumbl Circus Animal Cookies recipe by Lifestyle of a Foodie. 

I had made her Copycat Crumbl Churro Cookie and Tropical Chilled Crumbl Coconut Lime Cookie recipes previously and based on how fantastic they are, I knew this one had to be just as good. Below I explain how I decorate these sugar cookies as well as tips for making the recipe that I find helpful.

Tips for making the Crumbl Valentine’s Day sugar cookies:

• Use a cookie scoop to portion the dough:
  • To make round and uniform cookies, a cookie scoop is a game-changer. For these I use the middle size scoop in this set and slightly overfill it. For those of you that love to bake in grams, each scoop comes out to about 70 grams, making 10 cookies in total.
• Use a light colored pan.
  • One of the biggest tips I can ever give when it comes to baking cookies is to switch to light colored pans over their dark counterparts. My favorite are these aluminum pans by Nordic Ware. Light colored pans help cookies bake more evenly, without the bottoms becoming burnt or crispy. The difference truly is shocking!

• Use Almond Extract or Almond Flavoring: The almond flavor adds a delicious note to these sugar cookies.
  • For nut allergies: I use McCormick Almond Flavor instead of Almond Extract in all of my desserts. It is an imitation almond flavor that tastes just like the real thing without the risk of an allergic reaction.
• Use melting wafers for an easy-to-make chocolate heart:
  • If you’ve checked out some of my other posts, you’ll notice that I absolutely love Ghirardelli melting wafers. They are delicious and leave a gorgeous shine. For ease in this recipe, I used their white chocolate version for piping the heart on top.

How to decorate the Crumbl sugar cookies:

1. Bake the cookies and allow them to fully cool.
2. Pipe the white chocolate heart:
   1. Melt the white chocolate according to the package instructions or per the recipe.
   2. Pour the white chocolate into a plastic ziplock back or piping bag.
   3. Cut a small tip off of the corner of the piping bag.
   4. On your cooled cookies pipe the outline of a heart and then fill it in with additional chocolate. Gently lift up and tap down the cookie to help the chocolate settle and flatten.
      1. Be careful not to extend the heart too far over the edge of the cookie or it may drip down the sides. 
3. Sprinkle nonpareil sprinkles onto the heart while the white chocolate is still wet.
4. Place the X’s and O’s Mother’s Cookies on top of the white chocolate before it dries.

These Valentine’s Day Copycat Crumbl Circus Animal Sugar Cookies are absolutely bursting with flavor. They are a delectably soft cookie followed by a scrumptious, sweet crunch of the Mother’s X’s and O’s cookies placed on top. If you are looking for a cookie for Valentine’s Day that is equally as cute as it is delicious, these sugar cookies are an excellent choice!

If you like this recipe, I think you’ll also love:

• Pink and White Striped Heart Sugar Cookies
• Mini Strawberry Oreo Cheesecakes
• Black Cocoa Neapolitan Sundae Cupcakes
• Pan-Banging Sugar Cookies with White Chocolate

Copycat Crumbl Circus Animal Sugar Cookies

Recipe by AshleyCourse: Cookies, Copycat Desserts, Desserts, Festive Treats, Valentine’s Day

Servings

10

cookies

Prep time

20

minutes

Cooking time

10

minutes

Total time

30

minutes

These Copycat Crumbl Circus Animal Sugar Cookies are soft, full of flavor, easy to decorate, and the most delicious Valentine’s Day treat!

Ingredients

• 1 batch Crumbl Circus Animal Cookies by Lifestyle of a Foodie

• Mother’s Valentine’s Day Puppy Love X’s and O’s Cookies

• Valentine’s nonpareil sprinkles

• Ghirardelli melting wafers

• Helpful tools

• Cookie scoop

• Light colored baking sheet

• Piping bag

Directions

• Prepare the cookie dough being careful not to over-mix it once you add in the flour.
• Use a cookie scoop to portion out 10 dough balls onto a parchment lined baking sheet and bake according to the recipe instructions. Allow the cookies to fully cool on a wire rack.
• Melt the white chocolate and pour it into a plastic piping bag.
• Cut a small tip off of the piping bag and pipe an outline of a heart onto the top of each cookie. Fill in the outline with more chocolate and gently pick up and tap the cookie down to help the chocolate settle.
• Sprinkle the white chocolate with festive nonpareil sprinkles.
• Add the Mother’s Cookies onto the chocolate before it hardens. Enjoy!

Notes

• A light colored baking sheet will help to ensure soft cookies without burnt bottoms.
• Use imitation almond flavor instead of extract if concerned about nut allergies.

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If you make this dessert or have any questions, please leave a comment below! I absolutely love hearing when others are inspired to step into their kitchen and try out something new.

Happy Baking!

XOXO,