These adorable Sugar Cookie Reese's Wreath Cups are the perfect festive treat for your holiday gatherings! These Christmas wreath sugar cookies are super cute and tasty! They’re made with sugar cookie mix, mini Reese's cups, and colorful sprinkles.
The green cookie base, with its chocolate-peanut butter center and fun sprinkles, makes a tasty treat. Everyone will want seconds!
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🗝️ Recipe's key points
- These sugar cookie wreath cups are super easy to make. You can use a simple cookie mix base, which is great for busy holiday schedules!
- They're festive and fun! These cookies look like wreaths, with green colors, chocolate centers, and colorful sprinkles. They really capture the spirit of the season.
- They're perfect for cookie exchanges, holiday parties, or a fun baking project with the kids!
If you love easy holiday baking projects, these Sugar Cookie Reese's Wreath Cups are calling your name. One bite of the buttery cookie combined with creamy peanut butter chocolate will have you hooked.
🛒 Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients for the simple Christmas Cookie recipe. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
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- Sugar Cookie Mix – We're starting with a boxed cookie mix for convenience and perfect results every time.
- Egg – Make sure they're at room temperature for the easiest blending.
- Miniature Reece's Cups – This will create a peanut butter-filled center!
- Green food coloring – This is optional but highly recommended for the holiday look.
- Red and Green Sprinkles – These add a fun, festive touch!
🗒 Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions for the Christmas Sugar Cookie recipe. Full instructions are in the recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Preheat your oven to 375°F. Pour the cookie mix into a large mixing bowl and add the softened butter, egg, and about 10 drops of green food coloring.
- Stir with a large wooden spoon until the dough forms. It will seem dry and crumbly at first, but keep stirring until it comes together.
- Scoop the dough into 1-inch balls using a cookie scoop. Place the dough balls into the cups of a nonstick mini muffin pan.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Working quickly while the cookies are still hot, press a miniature Reese's cup into the center of each cookie. Be careful not to burn yourself!
- Sprinkle the red and green sprinkles around the edges of the Reese's cups. Keep them away from the center to make a wreath shape. Complete this step before the chocolate cools.
- Let the cookies cool completely in the pan before removing them.
- Serve or store at room temperature.
🥫 Storage
Store these Sugar Cookie Reese's Wreath Cups in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. They do not need to be refrigerated.
You can make the dough balls ahead of time and freeze them uncooked. Just remember, the finished cookies don’t freeze well.
📚 Variations
- Candy Options: Substitute the Reese's cups with other miniature candies like Rolos for a caramel center.
- No Food Coloring: Skip the green food coloring if you prefer a more natural look. The cookies will still taste delicious!
- Sprinkle Varieties: Use different colored sprinkles to match other holidays or celebrations throughout the year.
👩🏻🍳 Tips
- Use softened butter for best results. Butter straight from the refrigerator won't mix in properly with the cookie mix.
- Don't be discouraged when the dough seems dry and crumbly at first - just keep stirring and it will come together into a workable dough.
- If your dough isn't green enough, add more food coloring a few drops at a time until you achieve your desired shade.
- Work quickly when adding the Reese's cups and sprinkles after baking. The residual heat will melt the chocolate slightly, which helps the sprinkles stick.
- Use a toothpick to help position the sprinkles and keep them out of the center of the cookie for a clean wreath look.
- If you don't have a nonstick muffin pan, spray your pan with nonstick cooking spray before adding the dough.
🤔 FAQs
Mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (the unwrapped kind) are perfect for this recipe. They fit nicely in a mini muffin tin and melt just enough to give that creamy, peanut-butter center. and melt just eno
Of course! You can substitute other bite-sized candies, such as Hershey's Kisses, Rolos, or chocolate truffles. Or fill the centers with a spoonful of Nutella or jam for a nut-free twist.
That's actually a good thing here! When sugar cookies bake, they naturally puff and then sink slightly in the middle, which creates the perfect little well for your Reese's candy. If they puff too much, gently press the center with a spoon right after baking.
Stored in an airtight container at room temperature, they'll stay soft and fresh for up to 7 days.
You can make the dough balls ahead of time. Freeze them uncooked until you are ready to cook. However, the finished cookies do not freeze well.
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🍽 What to serve with Sugar Cookie Reese's Wreath Cups
These festive cookies pair perfectly with hot chocolate, homemade Irish cream, coffee, or cold milk.
They're wonderful alongside other holiday desserts like fudge, Chocolate Peppermint Cookies, or Italian Christmas Cookies. Serve them at cookie exchanges, holiday parties, or package them up as homemade gifts!
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You’ll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.
- Large mixing bowl – For combining the cookie dough ingredients.
- Large wooden spoon – For mixing the dough (or use an electric mixer if preferred).
- 1-inch cookie scoop – Ensures uniform cookies that bake evenly.
- Nonstick mini muffin pan – Essential for shaping these cookies properly.
- Toothpick – Helpful for positioning sprinkles precisely around the wreath.
📞 Chiacchierata (chat)
Here it is, my dear friends—Sugar Cookie Wreaths with Reese's Candy that will make everyone smile! They are buttery, colorful, and full of peanut butter cup joy. These cookies bring holiday joy. You can bake them with your kids. You can also host a cookie exchange. Enjoy a few with your morning coffee (I won't tell 😉).
They're also fantastici to make ahead and share — pack them in tins, wrap them in cellophane with a fiocco (bow), and gift them from your kitchen with amore. Every bite feels like Christmas magic!
So, tie on your apron, turn up the holiday music, and get baking, amici. These biscotti are ready to make your kitchen smell like a sweet winter wonderland.
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📖 Recipe
Sugar Cookie Reece’s Wreaths — The Ultimate Cookie Cup holiday Treat
Equipment Needed
- 1 inch cookie scoop
- 1 nonstick mini muffin pan
- Toothpick
Ingredients
- 17.5 oz. Sugar Cookie Mix 1 package Sugar Cookie Mix (I used Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mix)
- ½ cup butter 1 stick, softened
- 1 Egg room temperature
- Green Food Coloring
- 10.5 oz. Miniature Reece's Cups 1 package Miniature Reeces Cups, unwrapped
- Red and Green sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Pour cookie mix in a large mixing bowl and add butter, egg and about 10 drops of green food coloring, stir with large wooden spoon until dough forms.
- Scoop dough into 1 inch balls and place them into the middle of the cups of a nonstick mini muffin pan.
- Cook in oven for 10-12 minutes.
- Working quickly, press the miniature Reece’s cups into the centers of each cookie as soon as they come out of the oven being careful not to burn yourself.
- Sprinkle the red and green sprinkles around the outside edges of the Reece’s cups being careful to keep the sprinkles out of the middle so that the sprinkles form a wreath shape. Be sure to have this step completed before the chocolate starts to cool.
- Let cookies cool and remove from pan, serve or store.
Marisa Franca
These cookies are so easy to make, and they look like you spent hours decorating them. They are so cute on a cookie tray and make great gifts.