When we made these for my godson’s Communion, he suggested we make them again for Easter. He’s right. They’d make a great Easter dessert.

We have some other recipes for easy Easter desserts too, if you’re looking for those.

Easy No-Bake Cross Wafer Cookies Recipe

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No-Bake Cross Wafer Cookies Recipe Ingredients:

You can get the full list of ingredients with measurements in the recipe card below.

• Wafer cookies – Any brand or flavor of wafer cookies works.
• Almond bark – Almond bark is used to hold the wafer cookies in a cross shape and to secure the sprinkles. It’s easier to work with than chocolate chips, especially if you’re making these with kids. You can use almond bark a little bit slower and if it hardens, you can just reheat it. If you’re using vanilla cookies, use vanilla almond bark. For chocolate cookies, use chocolate almond bark.
• Sprinkles – I used a pack that came with multiple shapes and colors of sprinkles. Since it was a mixed pack, it was easier for my nephew to just add one pinch from a single pack instead of multiple pinches from multiple sprinkle packs, which would slow the process down (and maybe lose his attention too).

How To Make No-Bake Cross Wafer Cookies:

Use a butter knife to cut some of the wafer cookies into thirds. These will be the pieces for the side of the cross.

I originally asked my nephew to just cut them in half because I thought it was easier for him to eyeball half rather than thirds, but he immediately realized the ratio of the cross was wrong.

So he went back and trimmed the pieces a little. Cutting them in thirds from the start means you don’t have to trim them later.

You need two side pieces per cross, and one full wafer, so don’t cut all of them.

Put the vanilla almond bark into a microwave-safe bowl and heat according to the package.

Quick note: The easiest way to do this is to cut the almond bark into pieces and microwave it on high for one minute. Then, take it out to stir. Repeat this at 30-second intervals until the chocolate is completely melted. It usually takes me about 90 seconds.

Dip one end of the cut wafer cookies into the melted almond bark.

Place it on the whole wafer cookie about a third of the way down.

You don’t have to measure this. Just allow your child to eyeball it.

If they’re preparing for their First Communion or Confirmation, they’re sure to have seen tons of crosses by now, so they’ll know the proper placement.

Stick another piece of cut wafer cookie into the vanilla almond bark and stick it on the other side of the whole wafer cookie to make a cross.

Put the cookie down on a parchment paper- or silicone baking mat-lined cookie sheet.

Personally, I prefer to use a silicone baking mat because it’s reusable, which is better for the Earth and saves you money. But, parchment paper works fine too.

Just make sure you’re putting something down because if you don’t, the melted almond bark will harden onto the cookie sheet and stick.

Continue until you’re done with all of your crosses.

You’re going to use the same melted almond bark to decorate your cookies.

If it has started to harden, you can simply put it back in the microwave for 30 seconds to reheat it. That’s part of the beauty of using almond bark. You wouldn’t be able to do that with chocolate chips.

Scoop the melted vanilla almond bark into a ziptop plastic bag.

Cut off a small portion in the corner of the bag to turn it into a piping bag.

Alternately, you could use a piping bag with a piping tip.

Pipe the chocolate over the cross cookies.

Immediately add these sprinkles on top of the melted chocolate.

Continue until you’ve decorated all of the cookies.

Then, let them cool for at least an hour until the chocolate is completely hardened. The timing varies on how warm it is in your house.

You want to cool them on the counter. If you put them in the refrigerator, the almond bark may bloom and your cookies won’t look very pretty. When they’re ready, package them in treat bags with a ribbon on top.

I was at my brother’s house where cookie decorating supplies are limited so we used plastic bags and paper shred. My nephew loved how they looked, and, honestly, that’s all that mattered.

After you package them, we suggest storing them in a cake pan so they can travel to wherever you’re having the party. You want them to have as much space between them as possible so that they don’t break because they’re going to be fragile.

Tips For Making These With Kids

These are such a fun cookie for kids to make completely on their own (with adult supervision) for their First Communion or to make for their religion class. To make sure it goes smoothly, here are a couple tips I learned from making these with my 7-year-old nephew.

Make a piping bag from a plastic bag

If I was making these myself, I would use a parchment bag and piping tip. But, when I’m decorating cookies with kids, I find it easier to make a piping bag out of a plastic bag.

It’s a little neater this way because, if you’ve used a piping bag before, you know the filling wants to move up and out of the top of the bag (even if you twist it properly), which creates a big mess if you’re using that with the kids.

Also, chocolate pools in the piping tip and will harden in there if the kids are moving slowly, making it hard for them to pipe the chocolate.

Use almond bark

Kids move slowly sometimes, especially when they’re concentrating and trying to do a good job on something. So, they may be dipping the cookies and decorating them slowly. That’s fine. Let them take their time.

If the almond bark hardens, you can simply re-microwave it and continue on. If you’re using chocolate chips, you can’t do that. You have to work quickly, which will make your child feel rushed.

Let your kid enjoy it

If you’re making these with kids, you really want to take a step back and let them pipe the chocolate as haphazardly as they want and add as many or as a few sprinkles as their heart desires. There will be an urge to do it your way, but just let your kid enjoy it.

That being said, you do want to encourage them to pipe the chocolate and sprinkle the cookies one at a time. If they tried to pipe all the cookies at the same time, the almond bark will harden on top of the cookies by the time they’re ready to decorate and the sprinkles won’t stick.

Variations For Easter Or Confirmation

These work really well for other Christian holidays or celebrations, like Easter. If you do want to make them for another holiday, just change the sprinkles you’re using.

Pastel sprinkles would be perfect for Easter because it feels like springtime. Pink sprinkles would be great for a baby girl’s baptism and blue sprinkles would be good for a baby boy’s baptism. For Confirmation, you could do something neutral like gold and silver sprinkles.