Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups

Name: Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 16.5 ounce roll refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough (See Tip 1); 24 Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures, unwrapped; 24 Mellowcreme Pumpkins; Green Decorator icing (See Tip 2)

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How cute is this? With only four ingredients, these adorable Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups are super simple to make and taste delicious! They’re the perfect treat for Halloween!

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Ingredients
Making the Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups
Frequently Asked Questions
Other Delicious Halloween Recipes

Ingredients

I used the following four ingredients for the Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups: Store-bought refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough, Reese’s Miniatures, Mellowcreme Pumpkins, and store-bought green decorator icing.

I started by spraying my mini-muffin pan with non-stick spray.

Then, I unwrapped the cookie dough cut it into six rounds. I cut each of the six rounds into four pieces.

Cutting cookie dough rounds into four pieces.

Next, I dropped the pieces of cookie dough into the cups of the prepared mini-muffin pan.

From experience, I knew that it wasn’t necessary to try to shape the dough at this point.

I baked the cookies in a preheated 350° F oven for about 15 minutes. While the cookies were baking, I unwrapped 24 Reese’s Miniatures.

After 15 minutes, the cookie were puffy and golden brown. When I removed the pan from the oven, I immediately pressed a Reese’s Miniature into the center of each of the cookies to form the cups.

Placing Reese's Miniatures in cookie cups.

After letting the cookie cups cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, I carefully removed them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups cooling on wire rack.

I filled a piping bag fitted with a #233 tip, added some of the decorator icing, and piped some “grass” in the center of each cookie cup.

For the finishing touch, I topped each of the cookie cups with a candy pumpkin!

How cute are these?

With only four ingredients, these are so easy and fun to make. They not only have the “WOW” factor for their appearance, but also taste delicious. Yum!

Frequently Asked Questions

Can another flavor of cookie dough be used in this recipe?

You can substitute either sugar cookie dough or peanut butter cookie dough for the chocolate chip cookie dough.

Is it necessary to spray or grease a non-stick mini-muffin pan?

You want to be able to easily remove the cookie cups from the mini-muffin pan. Therefore, even if the pan is non-stick, I would highly recommend spraying it with non-stick spray or greasing it.

When the dough is placed in the mini-muffin pan, is it necessary to press it down and form the cups?

When the cookie dough is placed in the oven, it will melt down and fill the cups of the mini-muffin pan. Therefore, it is not necessary to do anything other than drop the dough in the prepared pan.

Can homemade buttercream frosting be substituted for the store-bought icing?

Feel free to use your own green buttercream frosting for the “grass” in place of the store-bought icing.

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I first posted this recipe on October 9, 2016. Since then, these Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups are a regular for Halloween treats.

This updated post contains new photographs and updated text.

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