Description
These festive Grinch Cookies feature green sugar cookie dough wrapped around Hershey’s Kisses and topped with heart candy sprinkles, perfect for holiday celebrations or any Grinch-themed event. They are soft, colorful, and surprisingly simple to make with a mini muffin pan.
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
Assembly
- 18 Hershey’s kisses, unwrapped
- 18 large heart candy sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 375°F. Lightly spray a mini muffin pan with baker’s spray or line it with paper cups, then set aside.
- Mix Egg and Food Coloring: In a small bowl, whisk together the large egg and green gel food coloring with a fork until the coloring is evenly combined with the egg.
- Combine Dough Ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, using a handheld mixer on low speed, blend the sugar cookie mix, all-purpose flour, unsalted butter, and the colored egg mixture for 2 to 3 minutes until thoroughly combined and the dough is very thick.
- Form Dough Balls: Using a 1½ tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop out portions of dough and flatten each into a 3-inch disc in your hand. Place one Hershey’s Kiss in the center of each disc, then carefully pull the dough edges up and around the candy, shaping it into a ball. Keep the Hershey’s Kiss upright throughout this process.
- Place in Muffin Tin and Bake: Place the shaped dough balls into the prepared mini muffin tin, ensuring the Hershey’s Kiss remains upright. Bake for 12 minutes, avoiding browning the dough; the center should be fully cooked but the cookie should remain soft.
- Add Sprinkles and Cool: Immediately after removing from the oven, place one heart candy sprinkle offset to the right of the cookie center on each cookie cup. Allow them to cool in the muffin tin for at least 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Mixing the green gel food coloring with the egg first helps achieve an even color throughout the dough.
- Keeping the Hershey’s Kiss candy upright ensures it stays centered inside the cookie during baking.
- Do not overbake the cookies to prevent browning; they should remain soft with a fully cooked center.
- Using a mini muffin pan or paper cup liners helps maintain the cookie shape and makes removal easier after baking.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 160 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 110 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
