Description
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 love and sweetness, these festive cookie cups are easy to make and beautifully decorated with sprinkles.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 17.5 ounce package sugar cookie mix
- 0.5 cup salted butter, melted (1 stick)
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- Pink or red food coloring, as needed
Filling and Decoration
- 24 to 26 Hershey’s hugs, unwrapped
- Decorative sprinkles, optional
Instructions
- Prepare Pan and Oven: Spray a mini cupcake pan with cooking spray to prevent sticking. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure it’s ready for baking.
- Mix Dough: In a large bowl, beat together the sugar cookie mix, melted butter, all-purpose flour, egg, and food coloring until just combined. Add more food coloring if a stronger pink or red color is desired.
- Shape Dough: Take about 1 tablespoon of cookie dough and flatten it with your hand or rolling pin to roughly the size of your palm, preparing it to wrap the candy center.
- Add Candy Center: Place one unwrapped Hershey’s hug in the center of the flattened dough. Carefully wrap the dough around the hug, shaping it into a ball. Fix any cracks in the dough using your hands to ensure it encloses the hug completely.
- Fill Pan: Place each filled dough ball upright into a cavity of the mini cupcake pan. Repeat this process until all dough has been used.
- Bake: Bake the cookie cups for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are set and the cookie looks cooked but soft inside.
- Add Sprinkles: Remove from the oven and immediately press decorative sprinkles onto the tops while the cookie cups are still warm to help them stick.
- Cool: Let the cookie cups cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing and serving, allowing them to firm up to prevent breaking.
Notes
- Allow cookie cups to cool for about 15 minutes in the pan before removing to help them hold their shape and prevent falling apart.
- Fix cracks that form when wrapping dough around Hershey’s hugs by gently pressing and molding the dough with your hands.
- Use cute decorative sprinkles such as hearts or flowers pressed into warm cookie cups right after baking for festive presentation.
- Store cookie cups in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two weeks.
- To freeze, wrap cookie cups individually, place them in a freezer-safe container or bag, and freeze for 5 to 6 months.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie cup
- Calories: 120 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 90 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: 15 mg
