12 Days of Christmas Cookies - Day 2: Buddy the Elf Cookies

  

It's always fun to see movies turn into Christmas classics so that you can add them to your yearly holiday repetoire of films.  There are the serious movies that I love: It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Carol (the George C. Scott version, naturally).  The classic cartoons: How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Charlie Brown Christmas.  The creepy puppet ones from the 70s like Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer that I used to like as a kid, but now freak me out as an adult because Santa is so mean to Rudolph, I don't get why an elf wants to be a dentist, and that Jack Frost character is very disturbing.  And then there are the funny holiday classics that may not be that old in comparison to the other movies on this list, but are my favorites.  Scrooged (brilliant), Home Alone (1 and 2 of course... let's not mention the 3rd one), and most importantly and the newest on the list of Christmas Classics, Elf. 

I can't get enough of this movie. No matter how many times I watch it, I still laugh hysterically at so many parts. I sometimes want to answer my office phone with the greeting "Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?" and  can say "and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel" in dramatic fashion over and over.

The things I love about this movie are almost too numerous to list, but I'm going to try any way. 

The guy who plays the store manager is brilliant. I always repeat the lines, "Code word is 'Santa's got a brand new bag", or his demand of long ribbons on christmas wrapping.

Store Manager: "Six inch ribbons, honey!"

Zoey Deschanel: "But that's impossible"

Store Manager: "SIX!....... inches."

And let's not forget about the best part with Peter Dinklage where Buddy keeps calling him an elf, the comments getting hysterically worse and worse as Buddy goes on, much to Lord Tyrion's (sorry, had to throw a Game of Thrones reference in there) consternation:

"I didn't know you had elves working here!" 

"Does Santa know that you left the North Pole?"

"Did you have to borrow a reindeer to get here?"

"He’s an angry elf."

I mean, come on!!!  Can it get any better than that?

As I was trying to figure out cookies to do for my 12 days of cookie, for some reason, Buddy the Elf popped in my head.  I wanted to stick to the four major food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup.  But I didn't want a cookie with candy corn in it, because candy corn, although crazily popular, is just gross. I'll have candy canes in another cookie coming up, so I nixed that ingredient.  But then I though of the scene where Buddy is on the phone with his dad as he is pouring a ridiculous amount of candy on top of spaghetti. 

There was my cookie. 

I decided to make these an oatmeal cookie so that it would hold up to all of the stuff I was going to throw in these cookies.  I laughed as I went shopping and my basket consisted of Sno-Caps, M&Ms, marshmallows, pop tarts, oats, and of course, syrup.  The woman at the register gave me an odd look as I smiled meekly at her and lowered my head as I walked out of the super market, giggling to myself. 

As these cookies came together, I couldn't believe it. With each add-in I threw in the batter, my heart jumped a little... slightly out of the fact that I couldn't believe I was actually making a cookie with chopped pop tarts in it, slightly because I think Buddy the Elf is on to something. 

An oatmeal cookie filled with sno-caps, marshmallows, M&Ms, S'mores Pop Tarts, and frosted with a maple syrup glaze.

YES. I'm in love, I'm in love and I don't care who knows it! 

 

Buddy the Elf Cookies

1 ½ cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp nutmeg

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs

1 /2 cup (1 stick) + 6 tablespoons butter

3 cups quick or old fashioned cooking oats

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup M&Ms

1/2 cup mini-marshmallows

1 cup Sno-caps

4 S'mores Pop Tarts, chopped 

Maple Syrup Glaze:

1/4 cup powdered sugar

1-2 tablespoons maple syrup

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Heat oven to 350°F.

In large bowl of a stand mixer using a paddle attachment, beat butter and sugars on medium speed until creamy (you can use an electric hand mixer as well). Add eggs one by one and beat until fully incorporated. Add vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; mix well. Add oats. Add in sno-caps, Pop Tarts, M&Ms and marshmallows.

Using a 1/4 cup ice cream scooper, place rounded circles on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Bake 14 to 16 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool for 5 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Drizzle glaze on top and Cool completely. Store tightly covered.

For the Glaze

In a medium bowl, combine maple syrup, vanilla and powdered sugar, whisk until smooth.  

"The best way to spread Christmas cheer, is singing loud for all to hear."

 

Comments

[Bianca @ South Bay Rants n Raves]

Love how this silly movie inspired these cookies! Very creative. I can almost hear buddy saying "OMGZ ITS SANTA!"

[Natalie @ Once Upon a Cutting Board]

I love this idea and love every word of your post! I can't believe you managed to fit all that stuff in a cookie - they look so good though! Your part about the "creepy puppet movies" killed me but you're right, it doesn't seem right that Santa would be mean to Rudolph! I might look at these movies differently now ..

[Jill]

I love this movie too and i love that you made a cookie inspired by it. All the way down to the maple frosting!!! That movie is now a classic for us!!

[Ashley]

I love that you put pop tarts in these cookies!! They sound awesome.

[Sabrina]

Those are brilliant! Way to capture Buddy the Elf in a cookie form!! I love that movie so much and it's definitely in the Christmas movie rotation!

My brother's nickname is Buddy and so we always say, Bye Buddy, Hope you find your dad. (in the voice that Mr. Narwhal says it in)
and we also call him Little Buddy Diapers!
Good thing he loves that movie too!

[Lauren]

You are so creative!!!!!

[Jeremy Scott Shoes]

Thanks for sharing，I really like it..I am ready to read more from you everyday.~~

[Jill]

I am so impressed that you added chopped-up Pop Tarts to cookies! Plus,the S'mores Pop Tarts are the best flavor!

[Amy]

I can't wait to make these cookies. One thing - the ingredient list says 3 cups of oats, but the oats aren't mentioned in the recipe. When you add those?

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