Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!

Well, these pictures don’t need a whole lot of introduction…

My first set of Mardi Gras cookies! (Then again, I’ve only been making sugar cookies for one year now… most holidays are still my “first” time…) But they were so fun! Also, I used chocolate dough for the cookies to make the colors really POP!

I was determined to find SOMETHING in my collection of cookie cutters that would work. I did hand-cut the Fleur-de-Lis cookies, but the rest all came from existing cutters in my stash.

I used crowns…

Mario’s mustache from Halloween…

And hearts and butterflies.
(I flipped the heart over to cut the opposite direction after making the first cut.)

I even put sticks in a few of the larger masks to make them the “real deal.” Fun!

This one is my very favorite mask. I love the feathers. 🙂

Though I really like this one, too!

And there were SO MANY MORE! It was very tough deciding which ones I wanted to take pictures of, so I definitely took a bunch!

We’ve got a soccer game for my youngest tonight, so I’m definitely ready for an easy Mardi Gras dinner of pancakes. I hope you are having a wonderful time, and eating some King Cake, too!

18 comments on “Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!”

1. Renee on March 8, 2011 at 3:08 pm said:

   WOW. Seriously WOW. Is this the last minute order you were talking about? because…… well….. WOW!

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   • Nicole on March 8, 2011 at 3:39 pm said:

     LOL, thanks! No, these were cookies I was making just for funsies. 🙂

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2. Paula on March 8, 2011 at 7:48 pm said:

   These are wonderful and I love your colour choices. Hand-cutting that
   Fleur-de-Lis must have been tedious but they sure came out wonderfully!

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   • Nicole on March 8, 2011 at 7:59 pm said:

     Thanks, Paula! I seem to hand-cut a lot lately – is that the mark of a fairly new baker, that I never have the cutters I need? I generally end up ordering the shape *AFTER* I needed it for something, in hopes that I’ll need it again. LOL!

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3. Andrea on March 8, 2011 at 10:30 pm said:

   Wow!! These are beautiful!

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   • Nicole on March 9, 2011 at 2:19 pm said:

     Thanks, Andrea!

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4. Lisa on March 9, 2011 at 7:08 am said:

   These are beautiful, Nicole.

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   • Nicole on March 9, 2011 at 2:19 pm said:

     Thank you, Lisa! 🙂

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5. Kristina on March 9, 2011 at 8:34 am said:

   I love these!! They are gorgeous!!! It makes me miss New Orleans. We lived there when I was little and I always hoped to find the baby in the King Cake =)

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   • Nicole on March 9, 2011 at 2:20 pm said:

     Thanks, Kristina! I had no idea you grew up in New Orleans – I thought you were a true-and-true WV girl!

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6. Renee (Kudos Kitchen) on March 9, 2011 at 9:55 am said:

   What a bunch of fun and great looking cookies! You did mardi gras proud!

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   • Nicole on March 9, 2011 at 2:20 pm said:

     Thank you, thank you, Renee!

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10. B. Lovely Events on February 1, 2013 at 3:34 pm said:

    These are amazing! I can’t believe it is your first year. They are so good I featured them on my blog, blovelyevents.com

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    • Nicole on February 11, 2013 at 5:37 pm said:

      Thank you! Yep, these were from my first year, but I *finally* got a chance to re-do them & improve this year. Thank you for your sweet words! 🙂

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11. KMCourtney on April 25, 2013 at 8:00 pm said:

    Your work is BEAUTIFUL!! Do you take orders? I am planning my sister’s Mardi Gras themed baby shower for July. These would be perfect!!!

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