Adorable, not too sweet, soft, & chewy Avatar: The Last Airbender cookies decorated with melted chocolate. They can be made in one bowl with a hand whisk and rubber spatula, making these Aang sugar cookies an easy project for beginner bakers and kids!

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About these Aang sugar cookies

Avatar: The Last Airbender was my FAVORITE show growing up. I’ve seen it sooo many times growing up, and it’s one of the shows I always reference in convo.

I was scrolling through my Instagram feed and was surprised to see that my last Avatar-themed bake was two years ago in 2021. I made Flameo Hotman macarons for fun, using diluted food coloring in vodka to paint on the details. It was one of my favorite projects and I was honestly impressed with how well they came out! I’d REALLY love to make more ATLA/Korra bakes soon, so if you have any ideas, please let me know!

As for this recipe, it’s very beginner-friendly. Making the cookie dough is simple—you can use one bowl, a hand whisk, and a rubber spatula. In addition, shaping the cookie dough is quick and all the decorations are made with melted chocolate. I opted to make silly ‘lil faces for Aang, but you can get more detailed if you wanted to. Either way, you’ll get beautifully soft and chewy cookies, perfect for any ATLA fan!

If you’re interested in other kawaii cookie recipes I have, check out these recipes!: BlueBEARy cookies, Coconut Ube Bear Cookies, Red Velvet Bear Cookies, Strawberry Kirby Sugar Cookies, StrawBEARy Sugar Cookies, Bunny Sugar Cookies, Teddy Bear Chocolate Chip Cookies, Keroppi Matcha Sugar Cookies, Frog Matcha Sugar Cookies, Soft, Less Sweet Ube Sugar Cookie Bears (Dairy-Free!), Pig-Shaped Snickerdoodles (Vegan), Cat-Shaped Black Cocoa Cookies (Vegan), and Chick-Shaped Lemon Cookies.

FAQ

Can you make these vegan?

Yes, you can!

Instead of regular butter, you can swap in high quality vegan butter made for baking. Make sure to use a good brand—some brands are very high in water content and melt at lower temperatures, yielding very flat cookies. I recommend brands like Miyokos and Country Crock.

You can also omit the egg. First, follow the recipe up until you add the flour, baking powder/soda, and salt. Slowly mix the dry ingredients in. If the dough seems too crumbly, add a tablespoon of alternative milk at a time (2-4 tbsp total), until the dough comes together. The finished dough should be thick, but scoopable.

Lastly, you can replace the chocolate for a vegan brand, like Pascha chocolate. OR, you can try out my easy icing recipe, which is found in my teddy bear cookie recipe.

Can you make these gluten-free?

Absolutely! I recommend using 1:1 gluten-free flour.

Tips for baking and decorating

Properly measure the flour

I always like to measure my ingredients with a kitchen scale for consistent, accurate results. But if you’re measuring with cups, make sure you follow this tip: gently spoon in the flour into the cup until it’s full, then scrape the excess off using the back of a knife or offset spatula.

If you scoop the cup directly into the flour bag or container, the flour may get compacted, and you will be adding in more flour than necessary. On the other hand, if your flour is clumpy, you could be adding in chunks of flour into the cup with gaps in between them, possibly adding less flour than required. These instances can cause tougher or even really flat cookies, since the proper ratio of dry:wet ingredients isn’t met.

So, for best results, use a scale. If you don’t have one, gently spoon and level the flour into your measuring cup!

Chill the dough

After making the dough, cover the top with plastic wrap. Then, leave it in the fridge for about 30 minutes so the dough hardens up a bit. This will make shaping easier and also yield chewier cookies.

Shaping the dough

For each Aang cookie, you’ll want to use a small cookie scoop, or gather about 1 ½ tbsp of dough. Shape it into a ball and place it onto your lined baking tray. Repeat for about 15 more cookies, making sure you have some left over for the ears.

For the ears, take about 1/4 tsp of dough, and split it into two equally sized pieces. Roll into balls and place on the sides of Aangs’ heads.

Decorating with melted chocolate

You can use a piping bag, cookie scribe, or toothpick to add on the details.

First, use the blue white chocolate for the arrows. Then, use dark or milk chocolate to add the eyes and mouths. Lastly, use pink white chocolate for the blush.

When dying white chocolate, you’ll want to use oil-based food coloring or the chocolate will seize up and become lumpy. However, if you don’t have oil-based food coloring, you can try mixing in a tsp of neutral oil (canola, vegetable) at a time! The chocolate should come back together. Maaagic.

One Comment

Tiffany says:

February 25, 2024 at 2:31 pm

I made these yesterday to share with friends as we watched the new Avatar show on Netflix. They were all so delighted when I surprised them with these cookies, they just loved how cute they were. Not only were they cute, they were so soft and delicious. The cookies were light, buttery, and melt in your mouth. They were also so easy (and so fun) to make. The measurements were perfect and I ended up with just the right amount to add his ears.
I ended up doing a test with one cookie pan using parchment paper and another using a silicone mat and the one with parchment paper held their shape a bit better, the cookies on silicone flatted out a bit more. Would use parchment the next time because I would definitely bake these again, the one batch went so quickly I was only able to have two cookies hehe!
I didn’t have oil-based food colouring so I ended up making simple cookie icing to decorate them which still turned out great! I look forward to trying your other recipes!~

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Aang Sugar Cookies (Avatar: The Last Airbender Cookies)