Chocolate Peppermint Fluff Cookie Cups

By srumbel

Ingredients

• For the Cookies
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup dark cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• For the Peppermint Fluff
• 1 - 3.4 box instant white chocolate pudding
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 1 - 8 ounce container Cool Whip, thawed
• pink gel color
• 1/4 cup peppermint candy cane bits
• 24 chocolate covered peppermint pretzels

Details

Servings 24
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 41mins
Adapted from insidebrucrewlife.com

Preparation

Step 1

Yield: 24 cookie cups

Fluffy pink filling and a fun peppermint pretzel makes these pretty Chocolate Peppermint Fluff Cookie Cups the star of any holiday party!


Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray a regular muffin tin with nonstick baking spray.

Beat the butter until creamy. Add the cream cheese and beat again.

Pour in both sugars and beat the mixture until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat again.

Stir together the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder. Slowly add it to the butter mixture until everything is mixed in.

Use a 1 1/2 Tablespoon cookie scoop to divide the dough into 24 even dough balls. Roll each one into a nice round shape and place in the prepared pan. Bake for 11-12 minutes. Remove and let cool in the pan for 2 minutes.

Press the centers of each cookie down using a tart shaper or the back of a spoon. Remove the cookies gently from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

Whisk together the pudding mix, milk, and extract. Fold in the Cool Whip.

Add the pink gel color to get the desired pink color. Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until set. Pipe onto the cooled cookie cups using a piping bag and tip # 1M. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Notes

*You can also divide the dough into 48 dough balls and bake them in a mini muffin tin for 8-9 minutes.

http://insidebrucrewlife.com/2016/12/chocolate-peppermint-fluff-cookie-cups/