Description
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with these delightful Cookie Cups featuring a soft, chewy sugar cookie base filled with a sweet Hershey’s Hug center and topped with decorative sprinkles. Perfect bite-sized treats to share and enjoy!
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Base
- 17.5 ounce package sugar cookie mix
- ½ cup (1 stick) salted butter, melted
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- Pink or red food coloring, as needed
Filling and Topping
- 24-26 Hershey’s Hugs, unwrapped
- Decorative sprinkles, optional topping
Instructions
- Prepare Pan and Oven: Spray a mini cupcake pan with cooking spray and preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure it is ready for baking.
- Mix Dough: In a large bowl, combine the sugar cookie mix, melted butter, all-purpose flour, egg, and desired amount of pink or red food coloring. Beat gently until just combined, avoiding overmixing.
- Form Dough Discs: Take about 1 tablespoon of cookie dough and flatten it with your hand or a rolling pin to the size of your palm, ready for wrapping around the candy.
- Wrap Candy: Place an unwrapped Hershey’s Hug in the center of the flattened dough, then carefully wrap the dough around the candy, forming it into a ball. Repair any cracks or gaps using your fingers to seal the dough fully.
- Fill Muffin Pan: Place each filled dough ball upright into the cavities of the prepared mini cupcake pan. Repeat until all dough is used.
- Bake: Bake the cookie cups in the preheated oven for 12 minutes or until the outer dough appears set and lightly golden.
- Add Sprinkles: Remove from the oven and immediately press decorative sprinkles onto the warm cookie cups to help them stick well.
- Cool: Allow the cookie cups to cool in the pan for 15 minutes before carefully removing and serving to ensure they hold their shape.
Notes
- Store cookie cups in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks.
- Freeze individually wrapped cookie cups in a freezer-safe container for up to 5-6 months.
- Allow cookie cups to cool for 15 minutes before removing from muffin tins to prevent breakage.
- Use your hands to carefully seal any cracks in the dough around the Hershey’s Hugs to maintain shape during baking.
- Choose themed sprinkles such as hearts or flowers to enhance the festive appearance.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie cup
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
