Description
Celebrate love with these delightful Valentine's Day Cookie Cups, featuring a soft, chewy, buttery sugar cookie base wrapped around a sweet Hershey’s hug center. Perfect bite-sized treats with optional decorative sprinkles add charm and sweetness to your special occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 17.5 ounce package sugar cookie mix
- ½ cup salted butter, melted
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- Pink or red food coloring, to desired color
Filling and Toppings
- 24-26 Hershey’s hugs, unwrapped
- Decorative sprinkles, optional
Instructions
- Preheat and Prepare Pan: Spray a mini cupcake pan with cooking spray and preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure even baking.
- Make the Dough: In a large bowl, combine the sugar cookie mix, melted butter, all-purpose flour, egg, and food coloring. Beat until just combined, adjusting the food coloring to achieve your preferred shade.
- Shape Cookie Cups: Take about 1 tablespoon of cookie dough and flatten it with your hand or a rolling pin to about the size of your palm. Place an unwrapped Hershey’s hug in the center, then wrap and form the dough completely around the chocolate to create a ball.
- Place in Pan: Set the dough balls upright into the prepared mini cupcake pan cavities. Repeat until all dough is used.
- Bake: Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes until the cookie dough looks set on the outside.
- Add Sprinkles: Remove the pan from the oven carefully and immediately press decorative sprinkles onto the warm cookie cups to help them adhere.
- Cool and Serve: Let the cookie cups cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing and serving to ensure they hold their shape.
Notes
- Allow cookie cups to cool for about 15 minutes in the pan before removing to prevent them from falling apart.
- If any cracks form in the dough while wrapping around the Hershey’s hugs, gently press and smooth the dough to seal the cracks.
- Use festive sprinkles such as hearts or flowers to add a charming decorative touch.
- Store cookie cups in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks.
- For long-term storage, individually wrap cookie cups and freeze them in a freezer-safe container for 5-6 months.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie cup
- Calories: 110 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 75 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 13 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg
