Smiley Face Shortbread Biscuits

The idea for these biscuits came from Tommy, who is an avid 'Wanda and the Alien' fan. If you haven't seen it, it's a TV show about the unlikely friendship between a rabbit and an alien. Tommy is obsessed with it at the moment and seems to want to watch it at every opportunity. In one episode, the alien, who is terribly homesick, is cheered up by being offered some smiley face biscuits. Tommy asked if we could make our very own smiley face biscuits and this is what I came up with.

The biscuits themselves use the same recipe as our melted snowman biscuits, which you will find here. This recipe makes 10 of these smiley faces.

We started by cutting out circular biscuits and baking them. Once the biscuits were completely cool, we melted some milk chocolate and then dipped the biscuits in it to make the hair. Using an icing bottle, we then piped on circles for the eyes and nose and a smiley mouth. As a final colourful touch, we added smarties to the chocolate eyes and nose.