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Heart-shaped Red Velvet Sugar Cookies decorated with pink and red sprinkles.
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Valentine Piñata Cookies

These fun surprise-filled Piñata Cookies are like a Valentine Cookie and gift in one!
Prep Time45 minutes
Cook Time9 minutes
Additional Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 24 minutes
Course: Dessert Recipes
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6 cookie boxes
Calories: 332kcal
Author: Laura

Equipment

Ingredients

Sugar Cookies

  • 1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup light brown suagr
  • 1/2 white sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Items for Assembly

  • 1 can frosting
  • fillings of your choice sprinkles or mini candies
  • food dye if you want to tint your frosting

Instructions

  • preheat the oven to 350°
  • mix the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy
  • beat in the vanilla and the egg
  • mix the salt and the flour and mix into the butter mixture, don't over mix
  • lightly flour the counter and roll the dough out
  • use cookie cutters to cut out 18 hearts
  • leave 12 whole and cut a smaller heart out of the remaining 6 cookies
  • transfer to a baking sheet
  • bake for 10-12 minutes
  • cool on a baking sheet 10-15 minutes to allow the cookies to set up
  • tint the frosting if desired
  • fill a piping bag with some of the frosting
  • outline 6 of the hearts with frosting [mv_schema_meta name="outline 6 of the hearts with frosting"]
    Outline the heart cookie with frosting to form the base of the box.
  • stack the six cutout hearts on top of them to form 6 boxes[mv_schema_meta name="stack the six cutout hearts on top"]
    Stack a cut out heart on top of the frosting to form the heart box.
  • add frosting to the box [mv_schema_meta name="add frosting"]
    A Red Velvet heart-shaped cookie with white icing on a white surface, surrounded by colorful sprinkles.
  • fill with sprinkles or whatever you're using inside as filling, fill it as full as you can if you want it to spill out when they take a bite[mv_schema_meta name="fill with sprinkles"]
    Single filled heart shaped valentine cookie.
  • pipe around the top edge of the cut-out cookie and lay a whole heart cookie on top of each cookie box
  • decorate the top of the cookies however you like, more frosting or sprinkles is fun

Notes

  • •If using salted butter leave the salt out
  • •You will have smaller heart cookies leftover after making the 8 boxes, you can make smaller cookie boxes or just snack on the cookies!

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 332kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 68mg | Sodium: 116mg | Potassium: 74mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 512IU | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 2mg