Description
These Valentine’s Day Cookie Cups are a delightful treat featuring soft sugar cookie dough wrapped around a sweet Hershey’s Hug center, baked to perfection in mini cupcake pans. They’re perfect for gifting or enjoying at home, with optional sprinkles adding a festive touch.
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, to desired shade
Filling and Topping
- 24-26 Hershey’s Hugs, unwrapped
- Decorative sprinkles, optional topping
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, 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 your desired intensity.
- Flatten Dough Portions: Take about 1 tablespoon of dough and use your hand or a rolling pin to flatten it to roughly the size of your palm.
- Add Hershey’s Hug Center: Place one unwrapped Hershey’s Hug in the center of the flattened dough. Wrap the dough carefully around the candy, shaping it into a ball to enclose the chocolate.
- Place in Pan: Set each filled dough ball upright into the prepared mini cupcake pan cavities, repeating until all dough is used.
- Bake: Bake the cookie cups in the oven for 10-12 minutes or until the dough edges appear set and lightly golden.
- Add Sprinkles: Immediately after removing the cookie cups from the oven, top them with decorative sprinkles if desired for an extra festive look.
- Cool: Let the cookie cups cool in the pan for about 15 minutes before serving to set their shape and prevent burning.
Notes
- Storage: Store cookie cups in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks.
- Freezing: Wrap each cookie cup individually and place in a freezer-safe container or bag. Freeze for up to 5-6 months.
- Serving Tip: These cookie cups are best enjoyed fresh but hold their flavor well when stored.
- Food Coloring: Adjust the amount of food coloring to achieve your preferred pink/red hue without overpowering the dough texture.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie cup
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1.5g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
