Calling all chocolate lovers! These easy-to-make chocolate chip cookie cups are stuffed with chocolate-caramel candies, topped with crunchy pecans and finished with a chocolate drizzle for that extra-special touch of decadence. They make the perfect treat for the holidays—or for whenever you find yourself craving a sweet snack.
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Easy Turtle Cookie Cups
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 3 hr 10 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix
- 2 tablespoons Gold Medal™ All-Purpose Flour
- Butter and egg called for on cookie mix pouch
- 2 tablespoons from 1 container (2.1 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sprinkles Jingle Mix Nonpareils
- 36 Rolo® Chewy Caramels Wrapped in Rich Chocolate Candy, unwrapped
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, softened butter and egg until soft dough forms. Stir in nonpareils. Shape into 36 (1 1/4-inch) balls; place in ungreased mini muffin cups. Place indentation in center of each with wooden spoon.
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Step2Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately repeat indentation into center of each cookie with end of clean wooden spoon to make 1-inch opening, cleaning off end with paper towel when needed.
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Step3Press 1 chocolate candy into center of each cookie cup. Sprinkle generous 1/4 teaspoon of the chopped pecans over top of each candy. Press pecans down slightly. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Loosen edges with small knife if needed. Remove to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4Place waxed paper or cooking parchment paper under cooling rack. In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips uncovered on High 30 seconds. Stir; continue to microwave in 15-second intervals until chips can be stirred smooth. Spoon into small resealable food-storage plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut small tip from corner of bag; drizzle chocolate over tops of cookie cups. Let stand 1 hour 30 minutes or until chocolate is set. Store covered in airtight container in single layer.
Nutrition
130 Calories
6g Total Fat
1g Protein
18g Total Carbohydrate
13g Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie Cup
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 17%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 90mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 18g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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