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Love Bug Cookies

Servings: 12 Cookies
Author: EverydayShortcuts.com

Ingredients

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
  • 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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