turtle cookie cups

Smyrna, GA
Updated on Mar 15, 2011

These little cookie cups are very easy to make. I made them for Super Bowl Sunday and they were a big hit. If you like chocolate and caramel, I'm sure you will like these. A Betty Crocker recipe.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

These sweet treats are cute as cupcakes, snackable as cookies and as addictive as candy! Yum....

prep time 15 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Bake
yield makes 36 cookie cups

Ingredients

  • 1 package betty crocker double chocolate chunk cookie mix
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 - egg
  • 36 - round milk chocolate-covered chewy caramels, unwrapped
  • 36 - pecan halves

How To Make turtle cookie cups

  • Step 1
    Heat oven to 375 degrees. Place miniature paper baking cups in each of 36 mini muffin cups.
  • Step 2
    In large bowl stir cookie mix, oil, water and egg until soft dough forms.
  • Step 3
    Shape dough into 36 1-1/4 inch balls, place in muffin cups. If dough becomes sticky, dust hands with flour.
  • Step 4
    Bake 8 - 9 minutes or until edges are set. Immediately press one milk chocolate-covered caramel into center of each cookie cup.
  • Step 5
    Cool two minutes. Top with pecan halves. Cool completely. Remove from pan with narrow spatula.

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Category: Cookies
Category: Chocolate
Collection: Member's Choice
Collection: Nuts for Baking
Method: Bake
Culture: American
Ingredient: Sugar

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