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Football-themed cookies...a touchdown of ideas

Football-themed cookies. We all strive as a cookier to make each set different, I'm sure. Sometimes it is hard to do, and we draw a blank. So, we set out on a trek to find new ideas.

This page is dedicated more to sets of football-themed cookies. Have a look! The next page will be devoted to the making of many decorated football sugar cookies

What you will find on this page:

-Tips for making football-themed royal icing colors

-Inspiration for football-themed cookies

-decorating techniques

Football-themed cookies: tips for making icing colors

The purpose of this section is to provide you with tips for royal icing colors for the football themes. Like...

-football brown

-field green

-black

Once you have these basic colors, you may choose to add in team colors. For me, I try to be careful using too many NFL colors. Breaking copyright laws would not be a fun game to watch! Those who want to know all of the team's colors can see them here. NFL Team Colors. It shows the colors, names of the colors, and the hex codes. Please use it wisely.

Mixing Royal Icing for football-themed colors:

If you have been on WeCookier's site much, you know I'm a huge advocate for Americolor food gels. I do not get compensated or nor am I an affiliate for them; I simply think they are the most vibrant colors.

Brown

A good rule of thumb is for every cup of royal icing, work up to 3 drops of Americolor Warm Brown. This brand for brown has a reddish tint and makes it perfect for footballs. When I say 'work up to', I mean add 2 drops and carefully mix that before adding the third drop. You may or may not want the last drop, especially if you plan on airbrushing.

Green

The same rule applies to the field grass. For each cup of sugar cookie icing, i.e., royal icing, work up to 3 drops Americolor Leaf Green. If you are even more particular, you can add 1 drop of Americolor Royal Blue food gel. This will give it a more grassy look.

The dreaded black

It really doesn't have to be so dreaded. It's all a matter of time. Give it a time-out! Too much black gel, yes, I use Amercolor, will definitely cause color bleed. Oversaturating will also cause a bitter taste to the icing. You are not aiming for black to start, but rather a very dark gray.

This is what I do.

For one cup of royal icing, use 1 teaspoon of black gel. Slowly mix it well. Your best bet is using a flexible silicone spatula. Scrape sides and 'paddle' the icing til the color is mixed in.

Nita, owner, writer, and decorator of WeCookiers.com

"I see so many cookiers taking a teaspoon and mixing it hard and fast. All that does is whip air into it and causes bubbles. It also causes the meringue powder to break down and can cause all kinds of problems, like tackiness when it should be dry on the cookies and holes once dry on the sugar cookies. PLEASE, paddle, not whip it!"

When you see the turning a dark gray, it's time to put a lid on it and walk away. Let the color develop/darken for a period of no less than 2 hours. Yes, this will take time.

When I make black icing, I make it one day, then let it set overnight to emulsify. That way I'm not drumming my fingers impatiently.

The next day, if more coloring is needed, I will add a little bit and let it set for another hour. I continue until a good black is reached.

Team colors

Now for the team colors. If they are darker and deeper colors, like red, I handle them like I do the black, the overnight technique. It takes longer, but you want to be pro, right?

Football-themed cookies...Let's kick off some Inspiration

Probably the biggest concern when decorating football-themed cookies is the fear of color bleed.

Since we are working with usually bright and deep colors, you need to know all the tricks. That is why I have written a 3-page hacks list. It took me a considerable amount of trial and error over more than a decade to overcome this problem.

Get your free download of this list on the Royal Icing Flooding page.

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