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Pillsbury® makes it extremely easy for hosting this holiday season. You don’t need to be a pro in order to bake for the holidays. With a little love, everything can be semi-homemade! Here is a glimpse of Pillsbury’s items on the shelves this year:
I LOVE the dark chocolate premium cake mix. Regular chocolate just doesn’t do it for me. It also looks better with frosting since the darker color contrasts the bright frosting colors. In order to make things semi-homemade without people knowing that half of it came from a box, you can always doctor up a cake mix or use the sugar cookie mix to create something more extravagant (like roll out holiday shaped cookies or in this case, cookie cups!).
This red frosting is truly a vibrant red. Don’t get it on your hands– it’ll stain if you leave it on! I like that I can buy the frosting pre-dyed and not have to worry about turning my counters into a hot mess. You can even be more festive by filling half of your frosting bag with green frosting and the other half with red. That way, when you pipe it, you get the best of both worlds!
If you want to make these for a dinner party and have to transport them elsewhere, hold off on frosting them until you get to your final destination to ensure pretty, tall frosting swirls. If you don’t have a frosting bag and tip (I used a Wilton 109 to pipe these), you can always fill up a Ziploc bag and cut the corner off to pipe the frosting on. It won’t be as delicate, but it will still make an impression.
Another way to spice up these cookie mixes is to mix some sprinkles into the batter. You get your very own Christmas Funfetti cookies!
Ingredients
- 1 box Pillsbury Traditional Holiday Sugar Cookie Mix
- ingredients listed on box (butter, eggs)
- cinnamon sugar for rolling
- 1 can Rudolph Red Vanilla Flavored Holiday Funfetti Frosting
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a mini muffin tin with cooking spray.
- Prepare cookies according to package. Roll the dough into tablespoon sized balls.
- Roll each ball into the cinnamon sugar mix and lightly press into the muffin tin.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until done.
- Let cool completely before piping on frosting and decorating with sprinkles.
Disclosure: I was compensated for this post, but the opinions expressed are my own. ©/® The J.M. Smucker Company. Pillsbury is a trademark of The Pillsbury Company, LLC, used under license.
These are super cute, Kim! It was so nice to meet you in Vegas too!!