The US Marine Corps motto Semper Fidelis is often shortened to Semper Fi and means “always faithful” in Latin. It is used as a greeting, motivation and expression that unites all Marines both past and present. When a friend’s son was recently commissioned into the Marines, we had to make up a batch of cookies to honor him and his commitment to serve our country. This set of Semper Fi cookies is dedicated to all those who serve, no matter what branch!
Choose a Latin looking font for the words to add to the overall feel of the cookie. Something with serifs, those little strokes at the ends of the letters, works well. For even more drama, add more length to the bottom of some of the letters.
To begin, outline a long rectangle with gold pipe consistency icing.
Fill the middle with red flood consistency icing and set aside to dry.
Next, pipe “Semper Fi” in the center of the cookie and allow icing to set.
Finish cookies by painting the letters with edible gold paint.
Steps to make Marine uniform cookie
The traditional dress blue uniform of the Marines stands out and is so iconic. We love the dark blue base and the pops of color with red, white and gold details.
Using red icing, outline the shape of a heart cookie.
Next, fill the center with blue flood consistency icing and put aside to set up.
To add the details of the uniform, pipe a line down the center in red and add a collar at the top. Pipe pocket flaps in blue on each side of the chest.
Once icing has set, pipe a white belt, gold belt buckle, and dots for buttons.
Finish by painting all the gold with metallic edible paint.
Steps to make Ooh-Rah cookie
Since Ooh-rah is the common battle cry of Marines we had to include it in the set too.
Outline the fall banner cookie with white pipe consistency icing.
Fill the center of the fall banner cookie with white flood consistency icing.
Pipe the phrase “Ooh-Rah” in the center of the banner.
Using gold icing, pipe the banner details around the edge.
Once the gold icing is dry, paint with edible gold metallic paint.
Steps to make star flag cookie
Turn a star cookie into a flag!
Create a “corner” on the top left hand side of the star by piping blue around the edge and in the middle of the star cookie. Next, pipe the remainder of the star edge in white.
Fill the blue area with blue flood consistency icing and immediately pipe white dots for the stars.
Using flood consistency icing, fill the rest of the star with white and then immediately pipe red lines for the stripes.
