Your Guide to Emoji Cookies

It seems like emojis have been around for centuries – and in a way, they have (more on that later). One thing is true though, they have completely revolutionized the texting culture. Today, you can have a full conversation using emojis only.

Therefore, it was only a matter of time before emoji merchandise became a thing – emoji pillows, emoji jewelry, and even emoji cookies. Emoji cookies are a fun way to reimagine your normal sugar cookies, and you can use cookie cutters and food color to get many different shapes and colors. It’s an interesting project to take on with your children of all ages – in case you’re looking for your next family night activity!

In this article, learn the fascinating history of the emoji, how to make your emoji cookies, and how our baking kits can make your work easier. Keep reading, and share with someone you know!

Emojis have made lots of progress in the last few years. There’s a huge variety now; you’ll practically find any emoji for any noun or feeling you can think of. Even though some versions of emojis have been around since a publication in a newspaper in 1881, the emojis we know today exploded around 2012 when Apple launched iOS 6 with an emoji keyboard.

Emoji’s history starts with the story of emoticons – facial expressions made using punctuation marks. But since their first sighting in 1881, it took exactly 101 years for emoticons to be included in a computer language (1982). Around 2000, emoticons became a common tool of communication.

The emojis we use now were born in Japan: the word “emoji” is translated to “image character”. Shigetaka Kurita worked for a company called DoCoMo, which at first had a heart button in its pages. They followed up by creating 176 emoji characters using inspiration from manga, leading many other companies to add their creative flair to the emoji culture.

It was a little messy in the beginning because you couldn’t tell whether an emoji would be received as it was sent. Later Google and the Unicode Consortium created universal code points so that people on different devices would see the same emojis.

World Emoji Day is celebrated on July 17th, and this year, at Baketivity, we want to teach you how you and your kids can make the easiest and tastiest emoji cookies, especially using our baking kits.

The precursor of good and tasty emoji cookies is a simple tray of sugar cookies. You can start with your favorite cookie recipe, as long as it gives a smooth top because decorated cookies are easier to do if the cookie surface is even.

The beauty of emoji cookies is that you can experiment with the shapes, sizes, and toppings to create different faces. Look at some of the things you have in your kitchen, what can you incorporate into the cookies? Also, if you need healthier cookies, you can use gluten-free flour, less or no sugar, or healthy sugar substitutes if you have diabetic patients. That way, even they can enjoy these delicious and healthy treats when you make them.

The next step is to have your cute cookie toppings – remember not to burn your cookies; the cookies should still remain white because you’ll cover them with frosting. You can use store-bought frosting or alternatives like melted coconut butter. Again, there are vegetarian and low-fat/low-sugar options if you want to make healthier edible cookies with pictures.

To get emoji colors, you can use turmeric or yellow food coloring for the most common emojis. Freeze-dried blueberries make an excellent natural alternative for purple emojis, while beet juice or beet powder will give a surprisingly red color. Acai berry powder gives a nice pink color. Alternatively, you can use food colorings to give all the colors you want on your emojis.

Bonus tip: Chocolate chips make interesting eyes for certain emojis

Baking cookies is an excellent way to keep your children occupied as they stay at home during the pandemic. Even though you can use your own ingredients to make easy emoji cookies, we always recommend using our emoji cookie baking kits when baking with children.

Why? Because our baking kits are made especially for children right from 3 years to tweens of 12 years. Our baking kits include pre-measured ingredients so that the process of baking and decorating your cookies is much easier for kids.

Children’s motor skills are still developing, and when they’re younger getting the small details such as eyes and lips on the emojis can be difficult. Soon, your child may become discouraged with the results, and even stop trying.

If you’re using our kits, however, you can benefit from the pre-measured ingredients, step-by-step instructions with pictures (children can interpret illustrations better than words, regardless of their age). Therefore, even younger children whose reading skills are still developing can follow along and learn how to make the cookies.

Our emoji stickers are edible so that once you make the sugar cookies and spread the frosting, you simply need to stick the cookie face onto the cookie – voila! Your cookies are ready to enjoy. Each baking kit gives you twelve delicious cookies to share among the children and family, so order as many more baking kits as you need to make a nice big batch of emoji cookies.

As a bonus, all our kits come with fun educational games to occupy the children during waiting times, such as when the cookies are baking in the oven. Use these fun learning games to make the time go faster, and you can keep playing long after the baking is done – the games can keep your children occupied for hours!

Cookies are best eaten fresh – as soon as they are cool, but if you ever want to store your emoji cookies, then you simply can’t throw them into an airtight container and be done with it.

Decorated cookies, such as emoji cookies can get sticky because of the frosting. First, ensure that your cookies have cooled completely before storing – warm cookies release condensation that can make the frosting run and make other cookies soggy. Don’t store your emoji cookies with other kinds of cookies; they should be kept separately to prevent them from getting ruined.

The best way to store emoji cookies is to place them in a wide container with parchment paper between every layer. Ensure the frosting is completely hard to prevent smudging. Choose a container according to the number of cookies to be stored; there should be little room for airflow to keep your cookies crunchy. On the top layer, you can place a slice of white bread, which absorbs moisture to retain crunchiness. Top off with an airtight cover.

Soft cookies can stay unrefrigerated for 3 days, while hard cookies can stay up to two weeks.

Now you know everything about making emoji cookies. While we’re still at home because of the pandemic, you may be at loss for how to keep your children engaged away from screens. Baking is a fun and engaging activity, and there are many lessons children can pick up along the way.

Order one or more of our emoji cookie baking kits and spend time together baking and eating these delicious cookies with your kids.