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    Home » Recipes

    Love Bug Cookies

    Published: Feb 12, 2019 · Modified: Jun 14, 2023 by Alison · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    How cute are these Love Bug Cookies? I just love how a truffle can be turned into a ladybug and the cookie is turned into grass. It’s the perfect cookie for any Valentine’s Day dessert or for the kids classroom party. 

    Be sure to pay attention the instruction and ingredients as there are several parts to the recipe. Just follow the directions below and your cookies will look fantastic.

    Love Bug Cookies

    Yield 12 cookies

    Love Bug Ingredients

    • 1 package of Dove dark chocolate mint truffles
    • 1 tube of red cookie icing
    • 1 tube of black cookie icing
    • 1 tube of white cookie icing
    • 1 tube of green cake icing with grass tip
    • 1 container of Valentines Day Sprinkles

    Cookie Ingredients

    • 1 box of White cake mix
    • ⅓ C vegetable oil
    • 2 large eggs
    • Green gel food coloring
    • 1 container of green sanding sugar

    Love Bug Directions

    Unwrap 12 of the truffles and place onto a wire rack over a cookie sheet.

    Using the red icing, pipe a line across the middle of the truffle and cover the back half with the icing making sure that there is still ¼ of the truffle bare for the face.

    Allow to dry for 1 hour.

    Pipe a black line down the middle of the red.

    Pipe black dots on the lady bug.

    Pipe white dots on the bare part of the chocolate to create the eyes.

    Pipe a small black dot on the white to create the pupil.

    Allow to dry for 30 minutes.

    Cookie Directions

    Preheat oven at 350º F.

    Using a standing mixer, combine cake mix, vegetable oil, and 2 eggs until combined.

    Mix in a few drops of Green food coloring until combined.

    Take about 1 TSP of each color of dough and form into tablespoon sized balls.

    Pour the sanding sugar into a bowl.

    Roll cookie dough into the sanding sugar.

    Place cookie dough balls about 2 inches apart on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

    Lightly push each cookie dough ball down so that it becomes a thick but flat disk.

    Bake for 7 to 8 minutes.

    Set aside to cool completely.

    Using the green icing, pipe grass in the middle of the cookies.

    Place the lady bug in the middle of the grass.

    Place heart around the grass.

    Enjoy.

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    Servings 12 Cookies

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    Love Bug Ingredients

    • 1 package of Dove dark chocolate mint truffles
    • 1 tube of red cookie icing
    • 1 tube of black cookie icing
    • 1 tube of white cookie icing
    • 1 tube of green cake icing with grass tip
    • 1 container of Valentines Day Sprinkles

    Cookie Ingredients

    • 1 box of White cake mix
    • ⅓ C vegetable oil
    • 2 large eggs
    • Green gel food coloring
    • 1 container of green sanding sugar

    Instructions
     

    Love Bug Directions

    • Unwrap 12 of the truffles and place onto a wire rack over a cookie sheet.
    • Using the red icing, pipe a line across the middle of the truffle and cover the back half with the icing making sure that there is still ¼ of the truffle bare for the face.
    • Allow to dry for 1 hour.
    • Pipe a black line down the middle of the red.
    • Pipe black dots on the lady bug.
    • Pipe white dots on the bare part of the chocolate to create the eyes.
    • Pipe a small black dot on the white to create the pupil.
    • Allow to dry for 30 minutes.

    Cookie Directions

    • Preheat oven at 350º F.
    • Using a standing mixer, combine cake mix, vegetable oil, and 2 eggs until combined.
    • Mix in a few drops of Green food coloring until combined.
    • Take about 1 TSP of each color of dough and form into tablespoon sized balls.
    • Pour the sanding sugar into a bowl.
    • Roll cookie dough into the sanding sugar.
    • Place cookie dough balls about 2 inches apart on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
    • Lightly push each cookie dough ball down so that it becomes a thick but flat disk.
    • Bake for 7 to 8 minutes.
    • Set aside to cool completely.
    • Using the green icing, pipe grass in the middle of the cookies.
    • Place the lady bug in the middle of the grass.
    • Place heart around the grass.
    • Enjoy.

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    Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.

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