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May 2, 2012|49 Comments »
Caution…I am about to have a geek moment. Read at your own risk.
Most of you already know that I am a huge Star Wars junkie. One of my biggest decorating goals is to “cookie-fy” every character I can. I’ve already tried it with my holiday cookie cutters and made an in-depth tutorial on Yoda in cookie form. Now I’m ready to work on my second favorite Star War’s friend, R2-D2. Luckily this guy is pretty simple which makes him perfect for beginners.
This little R2 unit began as this simple tombstone cutter from Foose. I trimmed a little off of the bottom of my cookies but that’s optional.
To make these cookies you will need:
- gray outline and flood icing
- white outline and flood icing
- blue 20-second icing
- red candy pearls or red piping icing
- large and small black candy pearls or black piping icing
To start outline the cookie. The top should be gray, and the bottom white. Next used blue 20-second icing to add shapes as shown below, then quickly drop in candy beads. Use a large black bead for the biggest square and red for the small one.
Give the blue a bit to dry then flood the gray area.
Let the gray set for a bit, then use blue icing to add more details.
Once the gray has set enough that it will not run into the white, flood the bottom half of the cookie. Also, use gray piping icing to make a little dot and drop a small black candy bead into the wet icing with tweezers.
Let the cookie dry for a bit then finish up with the final details. I used a photo of R2 for reference and added two little lines under the facial details, three lines on the front panel {using 20-second icing}, and white rectangles on either side. Of course, this is GREATLY simplified, but after years of cookie-ing, I’ve decided that in most cases that simple is the best route. Especially when making cookies for kids.
This little guy is perfect as a stand alone cookie favor…
but he also looks great paired with other familiar faves!
I hope everyone is having a great week! May the force be with you!
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Melissa {Simply Sweets by Honeybee} — May 2, 2012 at 8:02 pm Reply
I love R2-D2! Your Star Wars cookies are the best. P.S. should it say gray outline and flood, and white outline and flood ;-).
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Sweet Sugar Belle — May 2, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Missed it! Going to blame it on my pain meds, LOL! Tks.
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Melissa {Simply Sweets by Honeybee} — May 2, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Anytime :-). I hope you’re feeling okay.
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Jackie (Just Add Milk) — May 2, 2012 at 8:10 pm Reply
Thanks for another great post. You make it ALL look so easy!!!!!!
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Karen @ Trilogy Edibles — May 2, 2012 at 8:19 pm Reply
my fellow star wars geek, I love these. R2 is my fav character. I cheered when they “introduced” him in the Phantom Menace HEHE. see we have so much in common!
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Kim J. — May 2, 2012 at 8:26 pm Reply
THANK YOU!!! You couldn’t have posted this at a more perfect time. My friend asked me to make cookies for her son’s 4th birthday…a Star Wars party! I had NO idea what I was going to do, but you’ve done it again. Thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge!
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Sara B — May 2, 2012 at 8:29 pm Reply
Perfect for May 4th coming up! For us in coincides with our Friday Movie Night, so of course we are going to watch Star Wars!! May the 4th be with you!!
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Jill @ Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons — May 2, 2012 at 8:46 pm Reply
Wow! These are amazing! My boys would LOVE these cookies! Almost too perfect to eat. We have been making lots of Star Wars goodies here as well. I just got done coming up with new Star Wars party ideas for my 5 year olds bday this month from what we came up with last year. My boys are Star Wars fanatics! R2D2 is so hard to do…you made it look so easy!
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Agos — May 2, 2012 at 8:54 pm Reply
I know nothing of Star Wars but I just looked up this guy and the cookies look pretty accurate 🙂 And by the way, have you noticed the Star Wars tag on your right? It’s bigger than birthday, just to name a common topic. I guess that’s the best proof that you’re a huge fan hehe.
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Suzanne — May 2, 2012 at 8:57 pm Reply
Thanks for sharing this idea.
I love the word “cookify!!!” so perfect. Trying to cookify something makes my head hurt. You have done all the hard work simplifying so many of the characters we all love.
Thanks again!!!
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Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar — May 2, 2012 at 9:14 pm Reply
These are so freaking cute!! Love these!
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Julie — May 2, 2012 at 9:16 pm Reply
I adore R2D2 and your cookie version of him of awesome! Yoda rocks as well! From one Star Wars junkie to another , I’m glad you had a geek moment. 🙂
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JulieD — May 2, 2012 at 9:29 pm Reply
Love these! Did I tell you that we’re going to Star Wars Celebration in August in Orlando? Let me know if you want me to look out for anything for you!! I’ll see stuff like this http://twitpic.com/2eehwc & http://twitpic.com/2ec9zn (pics from when I went in Aug. 2010)! 🙂
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Lizy B — May 2, 2012 at 10:40 pm Reply
Love this soooo much! Thanks for simplifying ythis little guy! Can you hear me banging my head on the table for making it the hard way?!
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Not Just A Mommy! — May 2, 2012 at 10:59 pm Reply
Fabulous as always, and just in time for me to share in my May The Fourth Be With You post! 🙂
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Maaike — May 3, 2012 at 2:06 am Reply
You are my hero… My life is one long, everlasting geek moment, so these cookies are like… Wel… The icing on the cake. You are the master, I am merely the student. May the force be with you. (having a really bad “Luke, I am your father” moment here, hehehehe… Guess what I’ll be watching as soon as the kids are asleep)
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The BearFoot Baker — May 3, 2012 at 6:25 am Reply
He is so cute! If I tried to make him without your tutorial, it would have been awful! LOL I am so glad I can follow your steps to make cute Star Wars cookies. Thanks for sharing your brain with us:)
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Banjo — March 6, 2014 at 8:43 am
Slam dunkin like Shaquille O’Neal, if he wrote inrfvmatioe articles.
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Paula — May 3, 2012 at 7:19 am Reply
Once again you show us how to simplify a character cookie along with how to be innovative with a cookie cutter. Love R2-D2 and all the accompanying cookies!
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Sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more — May 3, 2012 at 7:24 am Reply
so cute! Where do you get those candy beads, I cannot find ones in the nice dark colours you use in that size, mine are always way too tiny or huge.
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Sommer@ASpicyPerspective — May 3, 2012 at 8:00 am Reply
Girrrl! My little guy would go crazy over these!
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Jaclyn — May 3, 2012 at 8:25 am Reply
So cute! I love when you simplify complicated characters. I need to do this more!
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Tami — May 3, 2012 at 9:04 am Reply
These are great! Please send some of your creativity my way. I always struggle so much with what to do with my cookie cutters. I just can’t seem to think outside of the box. Your talent really is an inspiration 🙂
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Marla Meyer — May 3, 2012 at 9:05 am Reply
So Great! I love starwars. OK, really I only love the last 3 which were the first 3.
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Janine (sugarkissed.net) — May 3, 2012 at 1:55 pm Reply
May the fourth be with you! I didn’t know about Star Wars Day but I will be prepared for next year! My hubby is demanding light saber cookies now 🙂
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Cristin (Pinkie) of Cristin's Cookies — May 3, 2012 at 9:15 pm Reply
These are AMAZING! I was excited to see the progress of how you came up with the design. I’m always amazed at how you see a blank cookie and make it into something amazing every time! I have to completely outline my cookie before I can envision what it will look like, but you just take a completely blank slate and make it amazing. My daughter and I went shopping last night to look at baby clothes (I CAN’T stop!) for my first grandchild coming in August and she picked up a cute outfit and I said “no, I only want ones that I can make into a cookie” she looked at me bewildered and said that it was crazy how I see everything as a cookie now and I literally yelled in the store “it’s Callye’s fault!” 😉 I’m having SO much fun!
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Rochelle — May 4, 2012 at 8:33 am Reply
I am going to try these today with a few other designs. My husband and children are Star Wars fanatics! I thought it would make a nice “May the Fourth be with you” treat. I recently found your blog, and I am already addicted. Thanks for sharing!
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Ann P. — May 5, 2012 at 2:24 am Reply
Callye!! It’s so wonderful to be back in the states, catching up on all your posts for the past three months! You’ve been so busy making gorgeous cookies! These ones are SO amazing. Seriously, the yoda ones are pretty much astounding. You are awesome, girl. 🙂 I missed you while I was away!
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Sweet Sugar Belle — May 5, 2012 at 12:42 pm
You’re home!!!!!! Ahhhhhh! I’ve been reading about your adventures! Welcome back!!!
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ryann — May 5, 2012 at 9:19 pm Reply
Oh my love all your cookies! I made some of the star wars cookies for a birthday part they were a huge hit! thanks for all your great ideas.
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Patricia — March 29, 2013 at 10:36 pm Reply
Just wanted to thank you for all your great posts/recipes and tips. I made the R2/Yoda cookies for my son’s birthday and they turned out amazing. I have come back to your site several times since then and have learned SO much. Thanks for sharing! I will be back=)
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Allison — April 10, 2014 at 3:06 pm Reply
My son is having a Lego Star Wars birthday. Do you make these to sell?
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Melissa {Simply Sweets by Honeybee} — May 2, 2012 at 8:02 pm Reply
I love R2-D2! Your Star Wars cookies are the best. P.S. should it say gray outline and flood, and white outline and flood ;-).
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Sweet Sugar Belle — May 2, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Missed it! Going to blame it on my pain meds, LOL! Tks.
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Melissa {Simply Sweets by Honeybee} — May 2, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Anytime :-). I hope you’re feeling okay.
Jackie (Just Add Milk) — May 2, 2012 at 8:10 pm Reply
Thanks for another great post. You make it ALL look so easy!!!!!!
Karen @ Trilogy Edibles — May 2, 2012 at 8:19 pm Reply
my fellow star wars geek, I love these. R2 is my fav character. I cheered when they “introduced” him in the Phantom Menace HEHE. see we have so much in common!
Kim J. — May 2, 2012 at 8:26 pm Reply
THANK YOU!!! You couldn’t have posted this at a more perfect time. My friend asked me to make cookies for her son’s 4th birthday…a Star Wars party! I had NO idea what I was going to do, but you’ve done it again. Thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge!
Sara B — May 2, 2012 at 8:29 pm Reply
Perfect for May 4th coming up! For us in coincides with our Friday Movie Night, so of course we are going to watch Star Wars!! May the 4th be with you!!
Jill @ Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons — May 2, 2012 at 8:46 pm Reply
Wow! These are amazing! My boys would LOVE these cookies! Almost too perfect to eat. We have been making lots of Star Wars goodies here as well. I just got done coming up with new Star Wars party ideas for my 5 year olds bday this month from what we came up with last year. My boys are Star Wars fanatics! R2D2 is so hard to do…you made it look so easy!
Agos — May 2, 2012 at 8:54 pm Reply
I know nothing of Star Wars but I just looked up this guy and the cookies look pretty accurate 🙂 And by the way, have you noticed the Star Wars tag on your right? It’s bigger than birthday, just to name a common topic. I guess that’s the best proof that you’re a huge fan hehe.
Suzanne — May 2, 2012 at 8:57 pm Reply
Thanks for sharing this idea.
I love the word “cookify!!!” so perfect. Trying to cookify something makes my head hurt. You have done all the hard work simplifying so many of the characters we all love.
Thanks again!!!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar — May 2, 2012 at 9:14 pm Reply
These are so freaking cute!! Love these!
Julie — May 2, 2012 at 9:16 pm Reply
I adore R2D2 and your cookie version of him of awesome! Yoda rocks as well! From one Star Wars junkie to another , I’m glad you had a geek moment. 🙂
JulieD — May 2, 2012 at 9:29 pm Reply
Love these! Did I tell you that we’re going to Star Wars Celebration in August in Orlando? Let me know if you want me to look out for anything for you!! I’ll see stuff like this http://twitpic.com/2eehwc & http://twitpic.com/2ec9zn (pics from when I went in Aug. 2010)! 🙂
Lizy B — May 2, 2012 at 10:40 pm Reply
Love this soooo much! Thanks for simplifying ythis little guy! Can you hear me banging my head on the table for making it the hard way?!
Not Just A Mommy! — May 2, 2012 at 10:59 pm Reply
Fabulous as always, and just in time for me to share in my May The Fourth Be With You post! 🙂
Maaike — May 3, 2012 at 2:06 am Reply
You are my hero… My life is one long, everlasting geek moment, so these cookies are like… Wel… The icing on the cake. You are the master, I am merely the student. May the force be with you. (having a really bad “Luke, I am your father” moment here, hehehehe… Guess what I’ll be watching as soon as the kids are asleep)
The BearFoot Baker — May 3, 2012 at 6:25 am Reply
He is so cute! If I tried to make him without your tutorial, it would have been awful! LOL I am so glad I can follow your steps to make cute Star Wars cookies. Thanks for sharing your brain with us:)
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Banjo — March 6, 2014 at 8:43 am
Slam dunkin like Shaquille O’Neal, if he wrote inrfvmatioe articles.
Paula — May 3, 2012 at 7:19 am Reply
Once again you show us how to simplify a character cookie along with how to be innovative with a cookie cutter. Love R2-D2 and all the accompanying cookies!
Sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more — May 3, 2012 at 7:24 am Reply
so cute! Where do you get those candy beads, I cannot find ones in the nice dark colours you use in that size, mine are always way too tiny or huge.
Sommer@ASpicyPerspective — May 3, 2012 at 8:00 am Reply
Girrrl! My little guy would go crazy over these!
Jaclyn — May 3, 2012 at 8:25 am Reply
So cute! I love when you simplify complicated characters. I need to do this more!
Tami — May 3, 2012 at 9:04 am Reply
These are great! Please send some of your creativity my way. I always struggle so much with what to do with my cookie cutters. I just can’t seem to think outside of the box. Your talent really is an inspiration 🙂
Marla Meyer — May 3, 2012 at 9:05 am Reply
So Great! I love starwars. OK, really I only love the last 3 which were the first 3.
Janine (sugarkissed.net) — May 3, 2012 at 1:55 pm Reply
May the fourth be with you! I didn’t know about Star Wars Day but I will be prepared for next year! My hubby is demanding light saber cookies now 🙂
Cristin (Pinkie) of Cristin's Cookies — May 3, 2012 at 9:15 pm Reply
These are AMAZING! I was excited to see the progress of how you came up with the design. I’m always amazed at how you see a blank cookie and make it into something amazing every time! I have to completely outline my cookie before I can envision what it will look like, but you just take a completely blank slate and make it amazing. My daughter and I went shopping last night to look at baby clothes (I CAN’T stop!) for my first grandchild coming in August and she picked up a cute outfit and I said “no, I only want ones that I can make into a cookie” she looked at me bewildered and said that it was crazy how I see everything as a cookie now and I literally yelled in the store “it’s Callye’s fault!” 😉 I’m having SO much fun!
Rochelle — May 4, 2012 at 8:33 am Reply
I am going to try these today with a few other designs. My husband and children are Star Wars fanatics! I thought it would make a nice “May the Fourth be with you” treat. I recently found your blog, and I am already addicted. Thanks for sharing!
Ann P. — May 5, 2012 at 2:24 am Reply
Callye!! It’s so wonderful to be back in the states, catching up on all your posts for the past three months! You’ve been so busy making gorgeous cookies! These ones are SO amazing. Seriously, the yoda ones are pretty much astounding. You are awesome, girl. 🙂 I missed you while I was away!
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Sweet Sugar Belle — May 5, 2012 at 12:42 pm
You’re home!!!!!! Ahhhhhh! I’ve been reading about your adventures! Welcome back!!!
ryann — May 5, 2012 at 9:19 pm Reply
Oh my love all your cookies! I made some of the star wars cookies for a birthday part they were a huge hit! thanks for all your great ideas.
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Patricia — March 29, 2013 at 10:36 pm Reply
Just wanted to thank you for all your great posts/recipes and tips. I made the R2/Yoda cookies for my son’s birthday and they turned out amazing. I have come back to your site several times since then and have learned SO much. Thanks for sharing! I will be back=)
Allison — April 10, 2014 at 3:06 pm Reply
My son is having a Lego Star Wars birthday. Do you make these to sell?
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