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
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.
Making the Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups
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.
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.
After letting the cookie cups cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, I carefully removed them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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
You can substitute either sugar cookie dough or peanut butter cookie dough for the chocolate chip cookie dough.
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 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.
Feel free to use your own green buttercream frosting for the “grass” in place of the store-bought icing.
Other Delicious Halloween Recipes
If you would like some more Halloween sweets, you should try these amazing recipes:
- Halloween Push Pops
- Spooktacular Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Treats
- Spooky Spider Pops
- Monster Munch
- Halloween Nutella Cinnamon Roll Ring
I first posted this recipe on October 9, 2016. Since then, these Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups are a regular for Halloween treats.
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Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups
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)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray mini-muffin cups with non-stick spray or grease cups.
- Cut cookie dough into 6 even rounds; then cut each round into 4 pieces. Drop cookie dough into each mini-muffin cup. (See Tip 3)
- Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until puffy and golden brown.
- Remove from oven and immediately press a Reese's Miniature into the center of each cookie, pressing down to form cup.
- Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely.
- Pipe green icing in center of each cookie cup to look like grass. Place 1 candy pumpkin in center of grass. (See Tip 4)
- Yield: 24 Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups.
Chula’s Expert Tips
- May also use peanut butter cookie dough or sugar cookie dough.
- Can also use green colored butter cream frosting.
- It is not necessary to try to form cookie cups at this point.
- I used the #233 pastry tip inserted into a piping bag for the “grass”.
These are adorable!
This looks AWESOME! We’re hosting a Halloween contest on our site and this would be a great submission. If you want to learn more, check this link https://snapguide.com/contest/spooktacular-snacks/
Congrats to both of you on the article in our local paper. Great pic of both of you too and the article was excellent. I know Sharon is in the mountains but I am saving that food section for you Chula. And just so you know, the cute little Pumpkin Patch Cookie Cups are adorable. I’m going to make some of those for my grand girls, they will love them.
Carolyn
Thanks Carolyn! Sharon did an incredible job on the article.