Description
Celebrate Valentine's Day with these delightful Valentine’s Day Cookie Cups. These bite-sized treats feature a soft, chewy, and buttery sugar cookie base wrapped around a sweet Hershey's Hug chocolate center. Topped with festive sprinkles, they make a perfect gift or party dessert that’s easy to prepare and irresistibly delicious.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 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/red food coloring, adjusted to preference
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 the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure a non-stick surface and proper baking temperature.
- Mix Dough: In a large bowl, beat together the sugar cookie mix, melted butter, all-purpose flour, egg, and pink/red food coloring until just combined. Adjust the food coloring to achieve the desired color intensity.
- Flatten Dough: Take about 1 tablespoon of cookie dough and use your hand or rolling pin to flatten it out to about the size of your palm.
- Add Chocolate Center: Place an unwrapped Hershey’s Hug in the center of the flattened dough, then carefully wrap the dough around the chocolate to form a ball, sealing cracks with your fingers as needed.
- Fill Muffin Pan: Place each filled dough ball upright into a cavity of the mini cupcake pan. Repeat until all dough and chocolates are used.
- Bake: Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes or until the outsides look set and slightly golden.
- Add Sprinkles: Remove the cookie cups from the oven and immediately press decorative sprinkles into the warm tops to adhere well.
- Cool: Allow the cookie cups to cool in the pan for 15 minutes before carefully removing and serving.
Notes
- Store cookie cups in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks.
- To freeze, wrap each cookie cup individually and store in a freezer-safe container or bag for 5-6 months.
- Cool the cookie cups for 15 minutes in the pan before removing to prevent them from falling apart.
- Seal cracks carefully when wrapping dough around Hershey’s Hugs to maintain shape during baking.
- Use themed decorative sprinkles like hearts or flowers to enhance the festive appearance, pressing them into warm dough immediately after baking.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie cup
- Calories: 130 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 17 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg
