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Easy Easter Cookie Cups Recipe

These Easy Easter Cookie Cups Recipe is just the perfect dessert to serve this Easter. They are cute and delicious and a family favorite.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Additional Time5 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Sweet
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24 Cookie Cups
Calories: 404kcal
Author: Alli Ward

Ingredients

  • ● 1 package of ready to bake chocolate chip cookie dough 24 cookies
  • ● 1 can vanilla frosting
  • ● 24 Cadbury Mini Eggs
  • ● 6-10 drops green food dye
  • ● Cooking Spray
  • ● Mini cupcake pan
  • ● Wooden spoon
  • ● 1M frosting tip optional
  • ● Pastry bag or quart size plastic Ziploc bag

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
  • Coat each cavity of mini cupcake pan with cooking spray.
  • Break apart your cookie dough, and place one piece of cookie dough into each mini cupcake cavity.
  • Bake for 9-12 minutes, until the edges are golden.
  • Remove from the oven. A shallow well should form in the center of each cookie cup once out of the oven. If not, use the end of the wooden spoon to make a small well for your frosting.
  • Let cookie cups cool for 10-15 minutes, leaving them in the mini cupcake pan.
  • Run a butter knife along the edge of each cookie cup to help release them from the pan.
  • Spoon frosting into a small bowl.
  • Add food coloring. Stir well.
  • (optional) Insert frosting tip into pastry bag or Ziploc bag. You cup the corner off if using a Ziploc bag.
  • Spoon frosting into pastry bag or Ziploc bag. Knead frosting down to the frosting tip.
  • Pipe frosting into each cookie cup.
  • Top each frosted cookie cup with 2 Cadbury Mini Eggs.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 404kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 208mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 35g