The best recipes for delicious, no-bake Christmas cookies called Beehives. Get inspired!

20. 10. 2023

Christmas is a time for traditions, and one of the most beloved traditions in the Czech Republic is the making of Christmas cookies.

Among the wide array of Czech Christmas cookies, one stands out for its unique appearance and delicious taste – the no-bake beehive cookies.

For Americans who may not be familiar with Czech Christmas traditions, the beehive cookies are a delightful discovery. These no-bake treats are made from simple ingredients such as butter, cocoa, milk, sugar, and crushed biscuits.

The mixture is shaped into small mounds resembling beehives and then adorned with a dollop of rich chocolate icing. The beehives are filled with a cream with rum or egg nog.

What sets the beehive cookies apart is not only their charming appearance but also their luscious taste. The combination of chocolate, butter, and crushed biscuits creates a rich, indulgent flavor that is sure to delight anyone with a sweet tooth.

Try these delicious cookies with us this year!

You’ll need special molds to achieve their distinctive shape for making beehive cookies.

These molds are typically small and cylindrical, helping create the unique beehive design. You can find them at specialty baking stores or online.

If you can’t get the molds, you can easily substitute them with a shot glass, an egg carton with a clean plastic bag or cling film inside or a piping bag, which can be made out of a regular small plastic bag.

Here are some tips when baking these delicious Christmas cookies:

• Make sure that the consistency of the dough is fairly firm and that it doesn’t crumble.
• The cream filling should be soft and fluffy but not too runny; otherwise, it will run out.
• Make sure to dust the mold with fresh icing sugar every time you push the dough in to create the shape (or dip the dough roll into icing sugar before you place it into the mold). This helps with de-moulding the cookie and prevents it from sticking to the mold.
• Don’t overfill the cookies – sometimes less is more!

Happy baking!

Beehive cookies mold

Openable molds

This type of wasp nest mold is very easy to work with. You press the dough in, make a hole, fill it with filling, and close it with a wafer. Finally, you open the mold and remove it easily.

Knock-out molds

Knockout molds have their supporters, as well as their critics.

They operate on the same principle as regular molds but are more challenging when removing a finished beehive cookie.

Remember to sprinkle powdered sugar, ground coconut, or cocoa before filling each mold with the dough.

You can find many shapes of these molds nowadays – showmen, bears, cats…

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