I love to bake goodies for my special Valentines. Whether it’s for my husband, family, neighbors or friends. My favorite decadent gift is my recipe for Valentine Candy Filled Surprise Cookies.
There are SO many variations of this cookie recipe. It’s all about what YOU like and your baking creations.
This month’s Thrifty Style Team has come together celebrating Valentine’s Day by sharing 12 Valentine’s Day Desserts. This post is hosted by Julie at Redhead Can Decorate.
As well as 11 more bloggers with their incredible and sweet confections. I will be linking their recipes at the end of this post.
This recipe for Valentine Candy Filled Surprise Cookies is a fun way to make a fresh “from scratch” treat for any holiday or celebration. Just make the frosting colors that match your event. Such as at Christmas, use red, green, white or blue. Valentine’s Day, use pink, like I have today. The ideas are endless.
Valentine Candy Filled Surprise Cookies
Cookie Ingredients:
1/2 cup real butter, softened
3/4 cup confectioners or powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon real vanilla
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
M&Ms, maraschino cherries, chocolate chips, Spanish peanuts, nuts, dates or your own favorite filling ( I used semi-sweet chocolate chips in my recipe, today.)
Icing Ingredients:
1 cup confectioners or powdered sugar
2 1/2 Tablespoons light cream OR 1 1/2 Tablespoons whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
If desired, stir in a few drops of food coloring
Your favorite festive candy or colorful sprinkles
Directions:
Heat oven to 350*
Mix thoroughly butter, sugar, and vanilla.
Work in flour and salt until dough holds together. (If dough is too dry, mix in 1 to 2 Tablespoons light cream.)
Mold dough by Tablespoonfuls around your candy, cherries or chocolate pieces.
Place cookies 1 inch apart on un-greased baking sheet.
Bake 12-15 minutes or until set, but not brown.
*While cookies are baking, make your icing*
Mix 1 cup confectioners sugar, 2 1/2 tablespoons light cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth. I mix my icing with a fork.
Divide icing into 2 or 3 bowls. Add drops of food coloring into each bowl for desired colors.
I make however many colors for each various type of cookies I have.
IE; Red for maraschino cherries, Pink for Chocolate Chips, White for M&Ms. You can color code them to your own preference. This is also a good way to keep track of which cookies have what center filling.
*When cookies are cooled dip tops of cookies into icing.
Decorate with sprinkles, coconut, candies, or colored sugar
These Valentine Candy Filled Surprise Cookies are a fun and delicious way to treat your favorite Valentine(s). My grand-kiddos LOVE them. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family does.
Now, as promised, my friends on the Thrifty Style Team are sharing their tasty sweet treats linked below. You don’t want to miss their recipes, as well. Grab your favorite drink and browse through all the deliciousness.
DIY Beautify – Yummy Chocolate Chip Meringue Kisses
2 Bees In A Pod – Easy Ice Cream Sandwiches
Postcards From The Ridge – Rose Shaped Buttermilk Bundt Cake
The How To Home – Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Pies
The Tattered Pew – Valentine’s Day Dessert Charcuterie Board
Sweet Pea – The Best Homemade Triple Chocolate Brownies
What Meegan Makes – Valentine Candy Filled Surprise Cookies
Cottage At The Crossroads – Low Carb Strawberry Fluff
Lora B. Create & Ponder – Delicious Dessert Crepes
White Arrows Home – Cherry Chocolate Pretzel Ice Cream Cake
Our Crafty Mom – Heart-Shaped Red Velvet Cake Batter FudgeMore ideas from my blog that you might enjoy:
Make a Rosette Heart for your Valentine decorating.
Meegan, these look and sound amazing. I’m sure your grandkids and family gobble them up when you make them. Thank you for sharing the recipe. I’ll definitely try it soon!
Your cookies sound so good, Meegan! I love that you can choose which surprise to include in the cookie and color code them so you remember which cookie has which surprise.
These sound so yummy. I love that you can switch them up, depending on the holiday and your tastes! Pinned:)
Those cookies sound and look amazing. I think the surprise filling is a brilliant idea.
I’ve never thought to fill my cookies! I love this because you can make them different each time! Thanks for sharing Meegan!!
Such a fun cookie! I love that you can fill it with what you like. My girls would love these. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Good old-fashioned, real cookies and then there’s a surprise inside too. Now that’s my kind of treat. I’ve shared the recipe with my daughter, coz she’s the baker in this house and I can’t wait to see what she puts inside.
These are so cute and such fun! Thanks for the inspiration!
Meegan, I love the idea of treats being inside the cookie. That’s awesome! These look so pretty, and I am adding them to my ever growing recipe list. Thank you so much for sharing.
Meegan, these surprise cookies look so enticing! I’d have to put cherries in mine if I made them. They are my weakness!
These look so delicious and I love the idea that they are filled with a surprise!