Description
These Valentine’s Day Cookie Cups are delightful bite-sized treats featuring a soft, chewy, buttery sugar cookie base wrapped around a sweet Hershey's Hug center. Perfect for sharing or gifting, these adorable cookie cups are decorated with festive sprinkles and are easy to make with a simple cookie dough mix.
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, as needed
Filling and Toppings
- 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 even baking.
- Make Cookie 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 food coloring to achieve your desired color intensity.
- Shape Dough: Take about 1 tablespoon of cookie dough and flatten it to about the size of your palm using your hand or a rolling pin.
- Add Filling: Place an unwrapped Hershey’s Hug in the center of the flattened dough, then carefully wrap the dough around the candy, sealing it and shaping it into a smooth ball. Patch any cracks with your fingers.
- Fill Pan: Place each filled cookie dough ball upright into the cavities of the prepared mini cupcake pan and repeat until all dough is used.
- Bake: Bake the cookie cups in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, until the outer dough looks set but still soft.
- Add Sprinkles and Cool: Remove cookie cups from the oven and immediately press decorative sprinkles on top if desired. Let them cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing to prevent breaking.
Notes
- Allow cookie cups to cool for 15 minutes in the pan before removing to maintain their shape and prevent crumbling.
- If cracks form while wrapping the dough around the Hershey’s Hugs, gently pinch the dough to seal and smooth them out with your hands.
- Decorative sprinkles like hearts or flowers add a festive touch; press them gently into warm dough right after baking to help them stick.
- Store cookie cups in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks.
- For longer storage, wrap cookie cups individually and freeze in a freezer-safe container for 5 to 6 months.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie cup
- Calories: 120 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 70 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg
