Cookie Cup Recipes are some of my very favorite desserts to make for any gathering! These bite-sized treats are filled with a variety of flavors and are easy to make. They make a good amount, are the perfect bite size treat and are so delicious.
Each of these recipes we have gathered here are amazing and will be a hit the next time you make them, whether it is just for your family or a whole group of people for a party!
Each of these Cookie Cup Recipes feature bite-sized cookies filled with a variety of flavors! They’re delicious, easy to make and perfect for any gathering.
Yes, you can use pre-made cookie dough to make the crust for these mini apple pies! If you use pre-made cookie dough and store-bought filling, you can make these little treats super fast and have delicious cookie cups ready in just a few minutes!
What are Cookie Cups?
Peanut Butter Fudge Cups
Peanut Butter Fudge Cups are peanut butter cookies filled with a simple chocolate fudge! Delicious flavor combination in these amazing treats. Peanut Butter Fudge Cups are a treat I decided to bring to a big family dinner last time, and boy were they a hit! Everyone loved them. The good thing is too, they were super easy to make, so the recipe is a keeper. The recipe has 2 parts- a peanut butter cookie base, then a fudge filling. I separated the ingredients below to make it easier to follow. See the Peanut Butter Fudge Cups recipe here!
PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE CUPS
Ingredients
- Cookie:
- 1/2 cup butter softened {or coconut oil}
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Fudge Filling:
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray a mini muffin pan liberally with cooking spray.
- Using a hand mixer, cream butter, peanut butter and white and brown sugars. Mix in egg and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Add in flour, baking soda and salt, stirring until combined. Measure out dough into 1 TBSP scoops. {I use my 1 TBSP cookie scoop so this process is super fast!} No need to shape the cookies, just place each scoop in one compartment of a mini muffin tin.
- Bake for 14 to 16 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and immediately make wells in the center of each using a melon baller or a 1 tsp measuring spoon. Make a good sized well in the center so that you can add a lot of fudge! Cool in pan for 8-10 minutes. Then carefully remove to wire racks. I used coconut oil in my recipe, so the cookies popped out super easily. If you use butter, you should spray the muffin pans well, as instructed earlier, so that your cookies come out easy too! Cool for an additional 10-15 minutes.
- While the cookies are cooling, you can prepare the fudge filling. Combine the chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk in a microwave safe bowl. Mix lightly and microwave on high for 1-2 minutes. I have a powerful microwave, so mine only took 1 minute. The mixture doesn't look melted, but give it a few gentle stirs and you'll see it's heated well enough. Add vanilla and stir again until smooth.
- Transfer about half the fudge into a quart-sized ziplock bag. Squeeze the fudge into a corner and snip the corner off. Now you can easily pipe the fudge into the cookies! The great thing about this fudge too is that it sets up super fast, so feel free to fill the cookies well, so that the fudge goes above the cookie- it will set up and not run out!
- If your fudge gets too solid, just pop it back in the microwave for 10-15 seconds. Just a note too, you'll have roughly half the fudge leftover. So put it in the fridge and save it for another dessert- it's so good!
- I also warmed up about 1 TBSP peanut butter in a small baggie and then drizzled it over the tops of my fudge cups. Yum!! Store in a closed container and enjoy for as long as they last!
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Snickerdoodle Apple Pie Cookie Cups
Snickerdoodle Apple Pie Cookie Cups combine two favorite desserts in a bite sized treat! Mini apple pies with a snickerdoodle cookie crust! Snickerdoodle Apple Pie Cookie Cups are one of my absolute favorite fall desserts.Call them cookies, or call them pies? Either way, they are absolutely delicious and they come together so easily too! See the Snickerdoodle Apple Pie Cookie Cups recipe here!
Banana Cream Pie Cookies
Banana Cream Pie Cookies are the perfect way to cheat and still enjoy the taste of Banana Cream Pie without having to deal with a pie crust! Lovely bite sized banana dessert recipe for parties. Banana Cream Pie Cookies are the perfect alternative to pie, if you’re anything like me and aren’t a huge fan of pie but still love the flavors! I re-created a lovely spring pie in these Banana Cream Pie Cookies. All the flavors of pie with a minimal amount of work- and no worrying about if your pie crust is perfect. Win! Scroll down to see the video I created showing how to make them too. You’ll love them! Find the Banana Cream Pie Cookies recipe here!
Hot Chocolate Christmas Cookies
Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups are the most fun & festive Christmas cookies ever! Sugar cookie cups filled with fudge, mini marshmallows & sprinkles with a darling candy cane handle!
Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups are my favorite Christmas cookie ever! They’re super cute, so festive and absolutely delicious. I saw these darling Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies that Noreen made over at Party Pinching not too long ago and those gave me an idea! I morphed them with my Peanut Butter Fudge Cookies and the result? These darling, delicious perfectly festive Christmas cookies! They’re quite easy to make, especially if you have little helpers. See the Hot Chocolate Christmas Cookies here!
Cherry Pie Cookies
Cherry Pie Cookies are an easy way to whip up some delicious cookie cups that satisfy your craving for cherry pie, without all the work! Cherry Pie Cookies came to be when I was craving cherry pie today, but didn’t really feel like whipping up a pie crust. So instead, I made Nellie’s Super Soft Sugar Cookies and translated them into Cherry Pie Cookies! My kids were drooling on the floor while I was making them. {Talk about testing a 3-year old’s patience. “No, we can’t have one yet, Mommy needs to take a billion pictures of the pretty cookies first.” Poor kid!} They’re so easy and taste delicious- I think they’d be gorgeous on a holiday table. See the Cherry Pie Cookies recipe here!
Snickers Brownie Bites
Snickers Brownie Bites made from a homemade brownie recipe then stuffed with Snickers candy and topped with chocolate frosting and chocolate candies. Snickers Brownie Bites is a gem of a recipe I found nearly 10 years ago in a Woman’s Day magazine. Since then I’ve made them from time to time and am always surprised with the results. They are just delicious and look super cute too! See the Snickers Brownie Bites recipe here!
Easter Rice Krispie Treats
Easter Rice Krispie Treats made with classic marshmallow treat ingredients that look like cute Easter baskets! Simple, fun recipe for a festive Easter dessert. We love rice krispie treats in our house because they’re a quick and easy dessert that everyone loves. I had this idea to make a really basic Easter variety and they turned out so cute! My kids went crazy oven them and the chocolate eggs combined with the marshmallow treats tastes so good! See the Easter Rice Krispie Treats recipe here!
Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Cookie Cups
Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Cookie Cups are easily made with a sugar cookie mix, hot chocolate mix, marshmallows and a few other basic ingredients! The perfect winter treat! Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Cookie Cups are so easy to make and they are absolutely delicious! See the recipe for Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Cookie Cups here!
Nutella Mousse Cookie Cups
Happy World Nutella Day everyone! I mean, it’s super fun and all, but really, I think in our house, Nutella Day is any day I bring home a perfectly ripe bunch of bananas. For a while there, I think my kids thought we could only eat bananas with Nutella! See the Nutella Mousse Cookie Cups recipe here!
Chocolate Cherry Brownie Bites
Chocolate Cherry Brownie Bites are mini brownies filled with chocolate chips, maraschino cherries and then topped with a cherry flavored cream cheese frosting! Chocolate Cherry Brownie Bites are every bit as delicious as they sound! I absolutely love the chocolate/cherry flavor combination and I also love super easy treats that can be made quickly. You could definitely use your favorite homemade brownie recipe for this if you want, but you can also choose to simplify things and use a mix – either way, this recipe will taste delicious. See the recipe for Chocolate Cherry Brownie Bites here!
Ginger Cookie Cups with Pumpkin Cheesecake
Ginger and pumpkin are perfectly combined in these simple & irresistible cookies. They’re easy to make and are great for holiday parties! See the Ginger Cookie Cups with Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe here!
Raspberry Cloud Cups
I found this recipe for Raspberry Cloud Cups a while ago, but the cookie dough originally listed in the recipe wasn’t very good, so I swapped in my favorite Sugar Cookie recipe. The results are amazing! Find the recipe for Raspberry Cloud Cups here!
Lemon Raspberry Cookie Cups
As part of our partnership with Krusteaz, I have had a chance to try out quite a few of their mixes and I have loved all of them! The Meyer Lemon Cookie Mix that I used for this recipe has such an amazing lemon flavor and the cookies always turn out so well! I love how you only have to add a couple of ingredients to make each mix turn out perfectly – it couldn’t be any easier to bake amazing cookies every time! See the Lemon Raspberry Cookie Cups recipe here!
Chocolate Chip Brownie Tarts from Inquiring Chef
With a firm cookie shell and gooey brownie center, Chocolate Chip Brownie Tarts are quick to make and easy to pack up for friends and family. And they start with cookie dough which makes them a surefire win in my book. See the recipe for Chocolate Chip Brownie Tarts here!
Apple Crisp Cookie Cups from Liv For Cake
These apple crisp cookie cups combine classic oatmeal cookies with homemade apple pie filling for the perfect comfort food. I know apples and apple pie are technically more of a fall dessert, but really there’s no bad time for apple pie anything. These apple crisp cookie cups are really simple to make. See the Apple Crisp Cookie Cups recipe here!
S’mores Cookie Cups from Fabulessly Frugal
Even more delicious than traditional s’mores, these cute cookie cups are a family favorite dessert! This s’mores cookie recipe is easy and the results are awesome. Look at how cute they are! A fun and delicious treat for the summer! And you can totally make them during the rest of the year too. No campfire needed. See the S’mores Cookie Cups recipe here!
Ice Cream Sundae Cookie Cups from Lovely Little Kitchen
I’ve got a really fun and simple recipe to share with you here. Making these means we have a stash of these Ice Cream Sundae Cookie Cups in the freezer which has been a really nice treat to enjoy after some pool time on a hot summer evening. See the recipe for Ice Cream Sundae Cookie Cups here!
Snickers Cookie Cups from Shugary Sweets
Easy Snickers Cookie Cups made with refrigerated cookie dough and candy bars. Take the extra step and make the caramel frosting, so worth it! See the recipe for Snickers Cookie Cups here!
Coconut Cream Pie Cookie Cups from The Novice Chef Blog
These Coconut Cream Pie Cookie Cups are the perfect bite size combination of two classic desserts — coconut cream pie and sugar cookies. They are topped with fresh whipped cream and toasted shredded coconut and are perfect to take to a party. Top it with fresh whipped cream and toasted coconut and you have the best coconut cream pie ever! See the Coconut Cream Pie Cookie Cups recipe here!
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Cups from Like Mother, Like Daughter
One of our favorite candies around here is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. There is nothing better than that delicious combination of chocolate and peanut butter. And there are so many great recipes that use Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups in them too – like these amazing Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Cups. See the recipe for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookie Cups here!
Strawberry Cheesecake Chocolate Cookie Cups from Life Love and Sugar
These Strawberry Cheesecake Chocolate Cookie Cups are super fun and a great treat for any occasion, particularly – Valentine’s Day! Plus, they’re smaller and easy to hold which makes for great individual treats for sharing. See the Strawberry Cheesecake Chocolate Cookie Cups recipe here!
Easy Key Lime Cheesecake Sugar Cookie Cups from Carlsbad Cravings
Impressive and delicious easy no bake key lime cheesecake filling cocooned in soft sugar cookie cups made from pre-made cookie dough – doesn’t get much simpler or delicious! Perfect for any occasion, like Easter or baby/bridal showers! See the Easy Key Lime Cheesecake Sugar Cookie Cups recipe here!
Cannoli Sugar Cookie Cups from Klein Worth Co
Simple & delicious go to a whole new level with these Cannoli Sugar Cookie Cups. Easy sugar cookie cups topped with cannoli filling & chocolate chips. YUM! If you want the Cannoli Sugar Cookie Cups recipe, then click here!
Red Velvet Cookie Cups from Live Well Bake Often
Red velvet cookie cups filled with a homemade cream cheese frosting! Not only are they a gorgeous shade of red, but they also have a slightly chocolatey flavor. All you have to do when you want that is mix up some red velvet cookies and make these cute little cookie cups. And, of course, fill them with some cream cheese frosting. Because red velvet + cream cheese = amazing! If you wan the Red Velvet Cookie Cups recipe, then click here!
Salted Caramel Cookie Cups from Six Sisters Stuff
Salted Caramel Cookie Cups are my new go to cookie. I love cookies, and I love salted caramels, and together, they truly make a mouthwatering masterpiece. You need to try this one. See the Salted Caramel Cookie Cups recipe here!
Each of these recipes we have gathered here are amazing and will be a hit the next time you make them, whether it is just for your family or a whole group of people for a party!
Karen N says
Can the following be frozen so they can be made in advance? Peanut “Butter fudge cups, cherry pie cookies and the red velvet cookie cups.
Great recipes and thanx for sharing.
Jessica says
Yes, these can all be frozen in advance!
Krys says
I just made these and they feel far too soft to remove from the muffin tin. Should I just wait even longer to remove them? No matter how carefully I try they start to fall apart.
Nellie says
Yep, just wait a few more minutes! If they start falling apart when you take them out, just let them cool a bit longer.
Samantha Butcher says
I don’t have a mini muffin tin only a normal size muffin tin,can use that ?
Jessica says
You can, but they’ll be more like 3-5 bite cookie bites, instead of 2 bites cookies. : )
Renae Safford says
I have tried twice and I can’t get the cookie out of the pan without falling apart?? Any suggestions
Nellie says
Sounds like it’s probably your pan, or the spray that you are using. Use a non-stick spray that is specifically made for baking…it will have flour in it as well that helps prevent sticking. I would also wait a little longer for the cookie cups to cool before trying to remove them.