Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups

Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups square measure festal Christmas cookies! cooky cups stuffed with fudge, mini marshmallows & sprinkles. Love the candy handle!

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/3 cup cream
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. sodium bicarbonate
• 2 cups flour
• 2 TBSP vacation sprinkles
• Fudge Filling:
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 one4 ounce will sweet milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• You'll additionally need:
• 24 mini candy canes
• tiny marshmallows*
• 1 TBSP chocolate chips unfrozen

Instructions

1. Making the cookie cups: heat the kitchen appliance to 350 degrees F. Spray a mini quick bread tin with preparation spray.
2. With a hand mixer, cream along sugar and butter. Add egg and vanilla. In separate bowl, mix cream, salt and soda. Add flour and cream to butter mixture, beat till sleek. Add 2-3 TBSP vacation sprinkles and blend simply till combined. Scoop dough out employing a two TBSP cookie scoop and place one in every mini quick bread cup. No got to roll the dough to form it smooth- it'll all bake an equivalent.
3. Bake cookies for 15-18 minutes, ensuring they’re not obtaining too brown at the top. they're, pull them out.}
4. Right when you're taking them out, use atiny low mensuration spoon to push into the center of every cookie cup, making an area for the fudge filling to travel. You don’t need to come out the cookie completely- however confirm you produce an enormous enough area.
5. Let cool within the pan for 10-15 minutes, then gently run a skinny knife on the edges to pop them out. If you lubricated the pan well, you shouldn’t have any issues here!
6. To make the fudge filling: mix the chocolate chips and sweet milk in a very microwave safe bowl. combine gently and microwave on high for 1-2 minutes. I even have a strong microwave, therefore mine solely took one minute. The mixture doesn’t look unfrozen, however provides it many mild stirs and you’ll see it’s heated to an adequate degree. Add vanilla and stir once more till sleek.
7. Transfer concerning 3/4 the fudge into a quart-sized ziplock bag. Squeeze the fudge into a corner and snip the corner off. currently you'll simply pipe the fudge into the cookies! the good issue concerning this fudge too is that it sets up super quick, therefore be happy to fill the cookies well, so the fudge goes on top of the cookie- it'll created and not run out!
8. If your fudge gets too solid, simply pop it back within the microwave for 10-15 seconds.
9. To assemble the cookies: Cut the rounded half off the candy canes and cling them to the facet of every cookie cup with unfrozen chocolate. this can be really real easy- simply place chocolate on the cut portion of the candy, press it to the facet of the cookie cup, then set it down on the counter till chocolate is solid. when a few minute, the candy handle is well connected to the cookie cup!
10. Fill every cookie cup with fudge. Place many little marshmallows on high. Let cool.
11. Store cookies in associate degree airtight instrumentality on the tabletop, or within the refrigerator for up to one week.
12. *The little marshmallows will be found next to the recent chocolate. My grocery stores not carry the separate containers of them, therefore I purchase the "Marshmallow Lovers" chocolate packets. within the box the recent chocolate and little marshmallows square measure in separate envelopes. you'll have concerning two envelopes for this direction.