Valentine's Day Cookie Cups are made with refrigerated sugar cookie dough, store-bought icing, sprinkles and a heart-shaped York peppermint pattie. This easy-to-make Valentine's Day treat is a peanut-free treat perfect for the classroom Valentine party.
I am going to be adding this recipe to my other Cookie Cups recipes post. Be sure to check it out because there is something for every cookie lover. If you are a chocolate lover you will want to make my no-bake eclair cake recipe and chocolate pizzelles. And Valentine's Day is not complete in my house unless I have a Chocolate martini in my hand.
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💖 Here is why this recipe is amazing:
- Easy recipe that kids will love to help with.
- Perfect for Valentine’s Day dessert trays, school parties, or homemade gift-giving to your friends and coworkers.
- The store bought dough makes easy work of making the cups. Just break and bake!
- Minimal clean up with all the store bought ingredients.
🍪 Ingredients needed:
Here is a visual overview of the ingredients in the recipe. Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities.
📝 Ingredient notes:
- Refrigerated cookie dough - break apart sugar cookie dough is what I use because it is so pre-portioned and makes simple work of filling the cup cake tins.
- York Peppermint Pattie- I am able to find the heart shaped ones during February. get 2 bags because only 20 come in a bag and this recipe calls for 24.
- Store bought icing - Get 2 cans because depending on how generous you are, one can won't be enough.
- Sprinkles - I added Valentine sprinkles but if you icing comes with sprinkles you may use those instead or in addition to the ones that came with the can.
- Pan spray - not pictured is non stick pan spray. Use it to help the cookies release from the pan after they bake.
🔄 Substitutions
- York Peppermint Pattie - There are also heart-shaped Reese's peanut butter cups but those will not work for people who need peanut-free candy. Any Valentine Themed candy will work. Just unwrap it before placing it on the icing.
- Icing - I chose bright pink canned icing but feel free to switch it up by using vanilla, chocolate or any color that will coordinate with your party theme.
- Cookie dough - I used sugar cookie dough but another yummy option would be chocolate chip cookie dough or a refrigerator cookie dough with M&M's in it.
🥣 Helpful Kitchen Tools
- Mini muffin tin (24) - this mini muffin baking pan will hold 24 cookie cups. I was able to get the entire batch baked at one time. A smaller pan will work, you will just have to bake in batches.
- Paper muffin cups - optional but helps the cookie cups release from the pan easier.
- Disposable pastry bag - no tip is needed for this decorated cookie. Just snip the dip to the diameter you want and squeeze away!
🥄 How to make Valentine's Day Cookie Cups
- Preheat the oven to 350 and unwrap the candy you will be using for garnish.
- Line the mini muffin tin with paper baking cup liners. Give a light spray of non stick pan spray over the pan.
- Break apart the cookie dough and distribute one per cup.
- Bake at 350 for 20 -25 minutes or until the cookies are light brown in color.
- Remove them from the oven, allowing them to cool completely before decorating.
- While to cookies are cooling, fill a disposable pastry bag with your icing of choice. Snip approximately 1 inch off the bottom of the bag.
- After the cookies have cooled, pipe the icing onto each cookie cup, forming a mound or swirl.
- If using sprinkles, press the sprinkles to one side of the icing mound while the icing is still wet.
- Press the York Peppermint Pattie or the candy of your choice onto the other half of the mound of icing.
- Store in an air tight container until serving.
📝 Frequently asked questions, answers and tips:
That is perfectly fine. We are using a mini muffin tin for this recipe and when the cookies bake up and over the edge of the cup, they form a muffin top. When you spray the pan with nonstick spray, they will easily release when the cups are cool.
That is fine! Mine sunk too. You want to cookie cup to be on the soft side instead of the crispy side. As long as you have good color on the edges, your cookie cups will be amazing.
👩🍳 Chef Tip
Be sure to give the pan a quick spray with baking spray before you put the cookie dough in the cups. The cookie cups will release from the pan very easily.
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Valentine's Day Cookie Cups
Ingredients
- 1 package refrigerator cookie dough
- 2 cans icing
- 24 York Peppermint Patties Hearts
- ⅓ cup sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and unwrap the candy you will be using for garnish.
- Line the mini muffin tin with paper baking cup liners. Give a light spray of non stick pan spray over the pan.
- Break apart the cookie dough and distribute one per cup.
- Bake at 350 for 20 -25 minutes or until the cookies are light brown in color.
- Remove them from the oven, allowing them to cool completely before decorating.
- While to cookies are cooling, fill a disposable pastry bag with your icing of choice. Snip approximately 1 inch off the bottom of the bag.
- After the cookies have cooled, pipe the icing onto each cookie cup, forming a mound or swirl.
- If using sprinkles, press the sprinkles to one side of the icing mound while the icing is still wet.
- Press the York Peppermint Pattie or the candy of your choice onto the other half of the mound of icing.
- Store in an air tight container until serving.
Nutrition
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