Pot O'Gold Cookie Cups

    Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! I knew I had found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow when I stumbled upon this cookie cup idea! The kids at church loved them and devoured them all. They are almost like brownies that I stuffed with mini Reese's cups. Amazing! You're going to love this recipe. You could even experiment with filling them with different candy, I almost put mini Butterfingers in them. I hope everyone has a fun and safe day. Someone please drink a couple of green beers for me! 

Pot O'Gold Cookie Cups

Ingredients:

- 1/3 cup of butter, at room temperature

- 1/3 cup of vegetable shortening

- 3/4 cup of granulated sugar

- 1/4 cup of brown sugar

- 1 large egg

- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

- 1 and 1/3 cup of flour

- 1/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder

- 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

- 1/2 teaspoon of salt

- 24 unwrapped mini Reese's cups

- 1 and 1/2 cup of vanilla frosting, store bought or homemade

- food coloring

- 24 Airhead Extremes or any gummy rainbow candy really

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter and shortening until smooth. Then, beat in the sugars, egg, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Once combined, take a tablespoon cookie scoop and scoop the dough into a well greased mini muffin pan. It should be distributed evenly. Bake for 10 minutes and remove from oven. Act swiftly and press each Reese's cup into the center of each cookie cup before they start to cool. You want to do this as fast as you can before they start to get firm. Now let them cool completely. Next, color your frosting gold, pipe it over each cookie cup, and top with an Airhead Extreme. Easy stuff!