Description
Pot of Gold Cookie Cups are a fun St. Patrick’s Day kids treat made with soft sugar cookie cups filled with yellow frosting (or candy “gold”) and topped with shiny gold chocolate coins. Cute, bite-sized, and perfect for parties or classroom treats.
Ingredients
Sugar cookie dough (homemade or refrigerated)
2 large eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 pinch salt
1 tsp fine sea salt
1 1/2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
Green food coloring (optional)
2 tbsp heavy cream or whole milk
Yellow frosting (store-bought or homemade)
24 gold foil-wrapped chocolate coins
Optional: Rolos and/or gold sprinkles
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven according to your sugar cookie dough instructions. Lightly grease a mini muffin tin.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar cookie dough with eggs, baking soda, salt, sea salt, vanilla, and heavy cream (or milk). Mix until smooth.
3. Add a tiny drop of green food coloring and mix until the dough is lightly tinted (optional).
4. Roll dough into small balls and press into each mini muffin cup, pressing slightly in the center to form a cup shape.
5. Bake until the edges are lightly golden and the centers are set (follow dough package timing if using refrigerated dough).
6. Let cool 5–10 minutes, then gently press centers again with the back of a teaspoon if they puffed up. Cool completely.
7. Fill each cookie cup with yellow frosting (spoon or pipe it in).
8. Top with a gold chocolate coin. Add Rolos or gold sprinkles if desired. Serve and enjoy.
Notes
Kid-friendly shortcut: refrigerated sugar cookie dough works great.
No food coloring? Skip it for classic cookie cups.
Filling ideas: vanilla pudding, white chocolate chips, or yellow candy melts.
Storage: store unfrosted cups airtight at room temp up to 3 days; frosted cups refrigerate and enjoy within 2 days.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie cup
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg