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Ingredients

4 egg whites 8 cups confectioners' sugar, or as needed ¼ cup lemon juice, or as needed 24 sugar cookies 24 large marshmallows 1 (.75 ounce) tube black decorating gel 1 (.75 ounce) tube orange decorating gel 75 silver nonpareils, or as desired 1 (.75 ounce) tube red decorating gel 1 (.75 ounce) tube green decorating gel

Nutrition Info

308.4 calories carbohydrate: 69.9 g cholesterol: 7.7 mg fat: 3.2 g fiber: 0.1 g protein: 1.5 g saturatedFat: 0.8 g servingSize: - sodium: 126.5 mg sugar: 54.3 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Beat egg whites lightly in a large bowl using an electric mixer until frothy. Slowly beat enough confectioners' sugar into egg whites to make icing that will hold shape, blend in lemon juice until desired consistency is reached.
Arrange cookies about 1-inch apart on a large sheet of waxed paper. Spread icing onto each cookie, allowing icing to drip over edges to look like melting snow.
Grease a microwave-safe plate. Place 1 marshmallow onto plate.
Microwave marshmallow until it starts to puff up, 20 to 30 seconds. Immediately place marshmallow on the edge of 1 cookie while the icing is still wet to look like a melted snowman. Repeat with remaining marshmallows and iced cookies.
Decorate 'melted snowmen' by piping 'twig-like arms' using black decorating gel on the icing. Make 'coal eyes' and a 'mouth' on the marshmallow using black decorating gel. Make a 'carrot nose' under the 'coal eyes' using orange decorating gel. Make 'coat buttons' by arranging silver nonpareils down the middle of the icing. Make 'scarves' or 'bow-ties' using red decorating gel or green decorating gel.
Allow cookies to fully dry before removing from waxed paper, at least 1 hour.

2 dozen cookies

These cookies take some time, but you'll get so many compliments you won't even mind!