Decorate a Santa in a Chimney Cookie Set for Christmas

Add a touch of humor to your Christmas cookie decorating with this adorable Santa in a Chimney cookie set! Perfect for both beginners and experienced decorators, this two-piece set captures the festive spirit with Santa’s boots hilariously sticking out of the chimney.

In this step-by-step tutorial, we’ll guide you through creating this cute and funny design that’s perfect for holiday gatherings, cookie swaps, or gifting. Celebrate the season with some festive fun—and don’t forget, the coordinating cookie cutters for this set are available in our shop to help make your Christmas cookies extra special!

Santa in a Chimney Cookie Cutter Set

Just added to the shop for the upcoming Christmas season is this 2-piece Santa in a Chimney Cookie Cutter Set!

This set will fit in this BRP cookie box (7" x 4 3/8" x 1.25").

Template for the Santa in a Chimney Cookie Set

To help with the decorating process, I made a PDF template available for this season's Christmas collection, including this Santa cookie set.

You can download these cookie templates HERE.

If you have a Kopykake or Pico projector, just print it out (or pull it up on your mobile device) and you are good to go. For those without a projector, follow the suggested steps below by tracing the design onto the cookie with an edible food marker.

The Cookie Decorating Process

To decorate these Christmas Santa cookies, you will need the following suggested colors:

• Brick Red Color royal icing (I mixed Americolor Tulip Red with a touch of Warm Brown and Americolor Super Black.)
• Red piping icing (I used Americolor Tulip Red.)
• Light Blue icing (I used just a tiny touch of Americolor Wedgewood.)
• White icing (I used Americolor Bright White.)
• Black icing (I used Americolor Super Black.)
• Yellow icing (I mixed Americolor Egg Yellow.)

Step 1

For the Santa top cookie, begin by painting a thin layer of light blue icing where there is an empty space between the feet. Let this icing dry for about 20 minutes.

Next, fill in the entire suit area (coat and pants) with red icing.

Step 2

When the red icing had time to set, fill in both boot sections with black icing. Also, add a black band for the belt, as shown. Let this icing set.

Next, add the white fur bands of Santa's suit.

Step 3

Finish the cookie by adding the gold belt buckle over the black belt band.

Step 4

For the bottom chimney cookie, beginning by flooding the entire cookie with brick red icing. Let this icing set for about an hour.

Then add the two snow accent sections, as shown, with white icing.

Step 5

Lastly, add a few brick rectangles in a slight brick pattern, as shown.

Santa in a Chimney Cookie Set Video Tutorial

The steps above are summarized in this time-lapsed video I put together below.

Below is the completed set of the Santa stuck on top of a chimney stack cookies.

I made these cookies using my gingerdoodle cut-out cookie recipe. It's delicious and was the perfect compliment to this cookie design. It also makes your kitchen smell like Christmas.

To help elevate the presentation of these Christmas Santa cookies, we have new pre-printed cookie tags in our shop! We created a Santa in a Chimney gift tag that would go perfectly with these Santa cookies for Christmas.

We hope you had as much fun decorating this Santa in a Chimney cookie set as we did! This whimsical design is sure to bring plenty of smiles and Christmas cheer to your holiday celebrations. If you’re looking for more festive cookie ideas, be sure to visit our shop, where you’ll find a variety of Christmas cookie cutters and coordinating tools to make your holiday baking even more magical. Happy decorating, and may your season be merry and sweet!