Mickeys Chocolate Dipped Valentines Cookies Recipe
Mickeys Chocolate Dipped Valentines Cookies
Sugar cookies dipped in chocolate in the shape of Mickey Mouse shorts
Ingredients
- Batch of sugar cookie dough (homemade or store-bought)
- Red food coloring
- Disposable food preparation gloves (for kneading food coloring into the dough)
- Plastic wrap
- Rolling pin
- Flour
- Wax paper
- Heart cookie cutter (about 2.5 inches wide)
- Baking sheets
- Cooling rack
- Dark cocoa candy melts
- Small microwavable mixing bowl
- White licorice candies (such as Good & Plenty) - two for each cookie
- Toothpick
Instructions
- Knead red food coloring into the cookie dough.
- Flatten the dough into a disk and wrap it tightly in plastic.
- Chill the dough until firm.
- Heat the oven.
- Working on a flour (for gluten-free try Bob's Red Mill flour used by Disney)-dusted sheet of wax paper, roll out the chilled dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut heart shapes from the dough.
- Bake the cookies according to the recipe directions and then let them cool completely.
- Melt a cup or so of the candy melts in the microwave according to the package directions.
- Dip the top of each heart in the melted chocolate (if needed, gently scrape the back of the cookie against the rim of the bowl to remove any excess coating).
- Place the dipped cookies on a wax paper-lined tray.
- For the finishing touch, use dabs of the leftover melted candy (applied with the tip of a toothpick) to attach a pair of white licorice candy "buttons" to the lower portion of each heart.
Notes
Although many will enjoy the cookies you'll be making, there's a good chance you'll have some left over. Why not store them in a one of a kind cookie jar. Check out this cute yet practical Mickey Mouse cookie jar that will have your kids wanting to get their hands caught in the cookie jar!
