Tropical Pineapple Cookie Decorating Tutorial

Bring tropical vibes to your cookie decorating with this colorful Pineapple Cookie tutorial. Featuring a bright royal icing pineapple, vibrant tropical flowers, and hand-painted details, this cheerful Pineapple Cookie design is perfect for summer celebrations, beach parties, and tropical-themed events. Follow the step-by-step instructions by Radoslava Kirilova to create a fun, eye-catching cookie that’s bursting with island-inspired charm.

Edibles: 

• Egg-shaped cookie 
• Petal dust: pearl shimmer, bright yellow, turquoise, yellow, and brown 
• Black edible pen 
• Royal icing: yellow, green, beige, orange, and fuchsia 
• Gel food color: brown, chestnut, leaf green, peach, orange, poppy red, pink, and white 

Equipment for Pineapple Cookie:

• Large dusting brush 
• Piping bags 
• Piping tips: #1.5, #2, #57R (PME) 
• Paintbrushes: flat and round 

Create the Base 

1. Dust your cookie with a large, fluffy brush to resemble a beach, using pearl shimmer, bright yellow, and turquoise petal dust.
2. Draw your pineapple template on the cookie with an edible pen.

Piping the Pineapple

1. Pipe the pineapple with dots of yellow royal icing and a #1.5 tip.
2. Make the pineapple leaves with green royal icing and a #1.5 tip, from the inside out.

Additional Designs for Pineapple Cookie

1. Pipe beige royal icing using a #2 tip to make the ribbon, forming the sides first before filling in the middle.            

1. Pipe orange royal icing using a #57R tip and flatten with a small, flat paintbrush to form petals. 
2. Change the orange royal icing tip to a #1 to make the stamen and the side petals.

1. With the fuchsia royal icing and a #57R tip, make 4 petals and flatten after each one of them with the round paintbrush.
2. Change the fuchsia royal icing tip to a #1 and make the stamen.

1. Paint the details and the inscription on the ribbon with brown gel food color.
2. Add dimension to the pineapple with chestnut gel food color.

1. Dust the pineapple with brown petal dust.
2. Paint the pineapple leaves with leaf green gel food color.
3. Color the stamens of both flowers with peach and orange gel food colors.

Adding More Dimension to Pineapple Cookie

1. Paint the flowers using poppy red and pink gel food colors.
2. Add some finishing touches with white gel food color.                                                                               

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