Description
These festive Grinch Cookies feature a green-tinted sugar cookie dough wrapped around a Hershey’s Kiss, baked into mini muffin cups and topped with heart candy sprinkles. Perfect for holiday celebrations, they combine a soft cookie texture with a chocolate surprise center.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 17.5 ounces sugar cookie mix
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¾ teaspoon green gel food coloring
Filling and Topping
- 18 Hershey’s kisses, unwrapped
- 18 large heart candy sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly spray a mini muffin pan with baker’s spray or line with paper cups, and set aside.
- Mix egg and food coloring: In a small bowl, whisk together the egg and green gel food coloring until fully combined to ensure even green coloring in the dough.
- Combine dough ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, using a handheld mixer on low speed, combine the sugar cookie mix, flour, unsalted butter, and the green egg mixture for 2 to 3 minutes until the dough is thick and well incorporated.
- Form dough balls with candy: Using a 1½ tablespoon scoop, take a ball of dough and flatten it into a 3-inch disc. Place a Hershey’s Kiss in the center and carefully pull the dough edges up to cover the candy, shaping it into a ball. Keep the Hershey’s Kiss upright when placing it into the muffin tin.
- Bake the cookies: Place each dough ball into the mini muffin tins with the Hershey’s Kiss standing upright. Bake for 12 minutes, ensuring the cookies do not brown but are fully cooked through.
- Add heart candy and cool: Immediately after removing from the oven, gently press one heart candy sprinkle offset to the right onto each cookie. Let the cookies cool in the muffin tin for at least 10 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Whisking the green gel food coloring with the egg helps distribute the color evenly throughout the dough for a uniform green appearance.
- Keep the Hershey’s Kiss candy upright during baking to prevent it from shifting and ensure the chocolate remains centered.
- Do not overbake the cookies to avoid browning; they should be soft and fully cooked in the center.
- Using a mini muffin pan helps shape the cookie dough around the candy evenly for perfect cookie cups.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
