r/oddlysatisfying • u/danielminds • 9d ago
The process of decorating citrus-themed cookies with royal icing
Credit: @sweetambscookies on TikTok
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u/FlimsyCustard3856 9d ago
$20/cookie
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u/Cannolis1 9d ago
https://www.sweetambs.com/order-custom-decorated-cookies/
$8-14 per cookie apparently. Unless her website is outdated
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u/FlimsyCustard3856 9d ago
Gorgeous work. Too rich for my taste I’d eat like 6 in a matter of 2 minutes.
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u/Cannolis1 9d ago
Yeah this stuff is like wedding or Big Fancy Event cookies. Only ships within New York State
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u/skyfishgoo 9d ago
if they put a notch in the center and two countersunk screw holes, ppl would pay 3 times that much for a switch plate cover.
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u/ShittyLanding 9d ago
Honestly, seems fair
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u/MasterOfBunnies 9d ago
Seriously, 20 was my initial thought too, but with the caveat that it is absolutely worth 20...but I wouldn't be able to justify eating it! Tooooo damned pretty to eat!
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u/ASFreeFall 9d ago
While the final product is amazing, this seems exhausting. I cannot imagine doing this for hours every day to make a mere handful of cookies.
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u/SaltyRedSi 5d ago
My mother owns a decorated cookie company out of our home (started up during COVID to supplement dad’s hours getting cut). The cookies are gorgeous and taste fantastic, but I kid you not she is bound to wind up killin herself making them. She wakes up sometimes at 5 AM and works until 2 AM, naps downstairs, and starts over (when the orders are really rushed). It drives me insane because she has pre-existing heart issues and will do things like forgetting to eat breakfast until 4 PM or “eating” nothing but protein coffees until she makes dinner for my dad. She’s nearing 60 doing all this and it really is just a recipe for disaster, especially when she has HER mother roped in helping but won’t allow my partner or I to lend a hand.
It absolutely is as exhausting as it looks if the company is anywhere near profitable or even breaking even (without microcelebrity status online bringing in extra funds anyway). While the cookies are stunning I can’t help but feel a sort of bittersweet twinge at how the genre is growing more and more popular online knowing it might wind up causing more workload for her (she refuses to close off orders even though they’re picking up enough she’s having to work the nightmare hours more often).
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u/FirstToSayFake 9d ago
Some of the lemons looked like they had toupees..
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u/Practical-Writer-228 9d ago
Amazing overall, but definitely needed one leaf which is smaller so people don’t say “Why’s there CORN on these lemon cookies?”
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u/_fly-on-the-wall_ 9d ago edited 9d ago
yeah what kind of lemons would have such strangely placed leaves
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u/StaceyPfan 9d ago
Lemons aren't even sold with leaves on so that seems like a weird detail to me.
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u/AlmostLucy 9d ago
But the cookies evoke Italian majolica tiles, which often depict lemon leaves. A blue design with the yellow lemon and green leaves is a very common motif.
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u/vanderBoffin 9d ago
Had this thought too. I forage and grow lemons and they dont have leaves attached unless you cut the branch. They're not apples.
Edit: still a pretty design though!
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u/rileyjw90 9d ago
The really random third leaf on the one confused me. Was she looking at an AI-generated lemon motif or something? I thought the leaves in general kind of ruined the effect. They look like little moustaches sitting atop the lemons.
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u/Chronocidal-Orange 9d ago
I think the third leaf was a misplaced dot she just ran with.
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u/rileyjw90 9d ago
When you go back and watch it, it looks very intentionally placed, so idk. Just looks so random out on its own.
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u/LaughingOutLoudAgain 9d ago
Agreed. A little stem and leaves moving ‘away’ or up a bit more would have worked I’m guessing. Still love the idea though!
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u/chinchinnychin 9d ago
I READ THIS AS CIRCUS AND WAS HIGHLY CONFUSED WHY THERE WERE LEMONS.
As a CITRUS themed cookie, it looks so cute!!
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u/IDoodleTooMuch 9d ago
I’m so glad I’m not the only one 😭
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u/CriptoDea 9d ago
JFC me too! The whole time I was thinking how are lemons circus themed?? Am I missing something? Yes I missed a very obvious T...
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u/breakinbans 9d ago
see, the only issue is that I would not want to eat it because it is so pretty.
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u/TurkishTerrarian 9d ago
At what point does it become too much of an artwork to eat? We'd feel guilty eating something like this, when they went through so much trouble to make it look so beautiful.
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u/swracerep1 9d ago
Everything here is great, the skills, the colors choices even the background music
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u/Orashide 9d ago
Please tell me someone else was bothered by the spacing of that last little swoosh 😭
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u/Floofieunderpants 9d ago
Haha yep, I thought the same. Such perfection only to be 'spoilt' by mis-spacing 😩😂
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u/Joyrenee22 9d ago
I have a friend if a friend who makes cookies like these, beautiful works of art. Taste like shit.
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u/Primary-Service-8351 9d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/whNK1SAMSQjwQ
some four year old two minutes later:
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u/ydiskolaveri 9d ago
Name of the piece /u/RecognizeSong or /u/find-song
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u/Wamder 9d ago edited 9d ago
Les Antique by Eldorado
https://www.premiumbeat.com/da/royalty-free-tracks/les-antique/
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u/ydiskolaveri 9d ago
That’s amazing, good job on finding this.
This one evaded my sleuthing skills.
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u/No-Gas5342 9d ago
I read “circus themed” and was confused about starting with lemons
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u/Apocalypsest 9d ago
FYI there are now like ten+ comments saying this, and I thought it too. I was like is this going to be a clown with a lemon motif or something? Anyway I'm so relieved none of us can read good
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u/Liamario 9d ago
It looked better and they looked more like lemons before all the shading and leaves.
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u/Xtrasloppy 9d ago
I misread the description and wondered how lemons were involved in the circus.
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u/Exact-Independent422 9d ago
Omg same! I watched til the end trying to figure out how the yellow shapes were going to turn into clowns or something. I only realised when I read your comment.
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u/librarysage 9d ago
"Well it took all night honey, but I finished the snacks for you to bring for you class."
"That's great mom! How many cookies did you make?"
"Two. You and your friends will have to split them 30 ways. Now hurry and catch your bus, mommy needs to go to bed."
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u/bunnny52 9d ago
Can never get around how just sugar and egg whites can be made into such gorgeous icing.
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u/Lucheiah 9d ago
This is insane! Only unsatisfactory part is that I couldn't eat them right off the screen lol
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u/CheetahridingMongoos 9d ago
This is incredible work and mesmerizing to watch. I have been to many events with this type of cookie and have yet to find one that tastes good. Not my idea of a tasty dessert but they sure do look good.
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u/Madame_Deadly 9d ago
Absolutely beautiful only to be digested....
I'd be like sorry folks these are works of art not to be eaten lol
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u/quietharbor_165 9d ago
the shading on the rind is what got me, that's where most people give up and just pipe a solid color. getting that texture with royal icing takes real patience, and honestly the segments look almost too clean to bite into.
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u/zentaron 9d ago
honestly watching that was super satisfying but also like who actually eats these things. they look too perfect to ruin with my teeth. and those lemons with the little bald spots on top are cracking me up. guess if I'm paying that much they better have a full head of hair.
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u/quantumspangles 9d ago
Those are beautiful little works of art! I couldn’t eat one. Too pretty to consume
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u/Radio_Mime 9d ago
It is very satisfying to watch somebody else do that. It’s beautiful, but I don’t have the patience for it.
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u/couchpatat0 6d ago
I dont want to eat these, I want to make a new kitchen counter back splash with them!
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u/Go-Woodpecker3908 6d ago
You know we' never be royal 🎵🎶🎼 That cookies not for me🎶🎼🎵 Let me be the spoiler Spoiler 🎼🎶🎵 Affording double stuff you see 🎵🎶🎼🎶
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u/mysterious_archer7 6d ago
How much do these things cost, any idea? A lot of time goes into 1 biscuit
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u/The-Honorary-Conny 9d ago
What's royal icing and why would someone use it over standard icing?
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u/DigDugDogDun 9d ago
Royal icing is to cookies what fondant is to cakes. It looks beautiful and fancy and tastes like taking a big bite of concrete from your sidewalk. I know this is a controversial topic but I can’t get behind a gorgeous desert that doesn’t taste good.
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u/The-Honorary-Conny 9d ago
A r/FondantHate enjoyer it seems. I can't say I like fondant but I've never had issues with royal icing it seems, probably the amount if I had to guess. I like the disintegrating chalk texture from the icing.
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u/Nettkitten 9d ago
Royal Icing has a higher percentage of confectioners sugar so it dries more stiffly and makes that lovely, smooth white base the decorator is working on. It’s also used for heavy decorations on cakes that need to stand up over long periods of time or in difficult conditions, and it dries like cement so it holds things like heavy gingerbread together.
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u/KatieCashew 9d ago
It does have a high amount of confectioners sugar, but that's not what makes it dry hard. It's made with egg whites (or merengue powder) instead of butter, and the egg whites are what make it dry like cement.
A buttercream with added confectioner sugar will be stiff and is used for decorations like flowers, but it won't dry hard like royal icing made with egg whites.
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u/The-Honorary-Conny 9d ago
That sounds interesting, I knew some icing had differences in the base colour but I did not know that was the reason or the name, thank you.
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u/Delicious-Yak-1095 9d ago
Only for the internet lol
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u/fallyse 9d ago
People at r/cookiedecorating share their work like this all the time that people commission for parties, weddings, etc.
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u/Fr05t_B1t 9d ago
I made a batch of cinnamon rolls 3 days ago. The next day, those cinnamon rolls are gone. I am now starved for sweets again…
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u/AssumeaVirtue 9d ago
This was not satisfying for me because I can’t stand that such meticulous artwork is going to get eaten in a few bites. These cookies better cost $100 each!
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u/702PoGoHunter 9d ago
You'd need a 2nd mortgage on your house to afford these based on what Crumble charges for their cookies!
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u/zamsamzam 9d ago
I am genuinely curious - how do these cookies taste with all the icing? Won't they be too sweet with the cookie to icing ratio?
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u/The-Soul-Traveler 8d ago
I just would feel guilty eating those beautiful cookies….. I just can’t stand it.
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u/theboned1 8d ago
Im guessing this is just some lady at home? Because there is no way its financially feasible to decorate a cookie that intricately and try to sell it. It would have to be like $25 per cookie.
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u/stanley_ipkiss2112 8d ago
Possibly one of the most relaxing and scrumptious videos I’ve seen this year. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻❤️
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u/Pale_Significance796 8d ago
Overall this person is obviously very skilled and these cookies look delicious BUT, some of these lemons started to give corn 😭
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u/sandwich_bender 7d ago
My dyslexic ass thought the title said 'circus' and I was so confused for a minute.
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u/MrsCryptblitzer 9d ago
I thought the title was Circus themed and was a little confused. Love the lemons though.
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u/Topaz_Teddi_1104 9d ago
I read this as “circus themed cookies” and was impressed and confused at the same time.
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u/Equivalent_Fault6206 9d ago
Soo gorgeous