Stuffed Cookies Archives - Cookies for Days https://cookiesfordays.com/category/cookie-type/stuffed-cookies/ Sat, 06 Dec 2025 03:03:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://cookiesfordays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/cropped-flavicon-full-color-copy-32x32.png Stuffed Cookies Archives - Cookies for Days https://cookiesfordays.com/category/cookie-type/stuffed-cookies/ 32 32 Mini Christmas Tree Cake Cookie https://cookiesfordays.com/mini-christmas-tree-cake-cookie/ https://cookiesfordays.com/mini-christmas-tree-cake-cookie/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2025 02:45:23 +0000 https://cookiesfordays.com/?p=89727 These mini Christmas Tree Cake Cookies are bite-sized, soft and buttery sugar cookies that are filled with Christmas Tree Cake buttercream and then decorated to match your favorite holiday snack cake! Small Christmas Tree Cake Cookies I don’t want to speak for Debbie, but honestly? She would be more than a little proud of these....

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Sugar cookies stuffed christmas tree cake buttercream.

Small Christmas Tree Cake Cookies

I don’t want to speak for Debbie, but honestly? She would be more than a little proud of these. These are the catering (mini) size of my new Christmas Tree Cake Cookies! They take a soft, buttery sugar cookie and fill it with Christmas Tree Cake Buttercream. As in, the buttercream literally has mashed up Christmas Tree Cakes in it. And woof, it’s so freaking good. Then, in case it wasn’t obvious, the cookie is frosted with the iconic white chocolate coating, red trim, and green sanding sugars so it looks like the treat we all know and love.

A christmas cookie cut in half to reveal christmas tree cake buttercream.

Ingredients

*Consider this your quick reference list. Exact quantities and instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of this post. 

Sugar Cookie:

  • Salted butter softened –  I always, always use salted butter. If you don’t have any on hand, you can use unsalted and add an extra pinch of salt to the dough.  
  • Granulated sugar
  • Eggs
  • Butter flavoring – If you do not have butter extract, you can sub in vanilla extract BUT you will be missing that buttery yellow cake flavor.
  • Vanilla extract – This is the perfect supporting cast member. It adds a subtle hint of flavor without distracting from the other elements of the cookie. 
  • All-purpose flour
  • Baking powder
  • Salt
  • White candy melts – I like the Ghirardelli brand! I highly suggest sticking with the white candy melts vs using white chocolate. The white chocolate has a stronger flavor and takes away from the star of the show, the buttercream.
  • Red candy melts 
  • Green sanding sugar 

Christmas Tree Cake Buttercream:

  • Salted butter, softened – Again, I use salted butter but unsalted will also work. 
  • Powdered sugar
  • Vanilla extract
  • Heavy cream
  • Christmas Tree Cakes – Yes, THE Little Debbie’s Christmas Tree Cakes.
  • Red and green sprinkles
Sugar cookies decorated to look like Christmas Tree Cakes.

Instructions for Mini Christmas Tree Cake Cookies

Making the Buttercream

  1. Start by making the buttercream. Begin by whipping the butter until smooth.
  2. Next, add in the powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy cream. Mix until fully incorporated and smooth.
  3. To the frosting, add 5 whole Christmas Tree Cakes, and mix until incorporated. Be careful to not over mix! You still want a little bit of the texture from the cakes in your buttercream. This will be a thick buttercream. Add in red + green sprinkles and fold until incorporated.
  4. Scoop 2 tsp dollops of buttercream and flatten slightly. Place onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Place in the freezer to harden while making the dough.
  5. Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Dough + Assembly

  1. Make the cookie dough by creaming together the butter and granulated sugar until light in color and fluffy in texture. I like to use a stand mixer or an electric hand mixer for this. 
  2. Scrape the sides of the bowl and add in the eggs, vanilla, and butter extract. Mix until well combined.
  3. Next, add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until a soft dough forms. 
  4. Scoop out your dough using a #48 scoop (about 1 heaping Tbsp). Flatten each dough ball into a disk. 
  5. Remove buttercream dollops from the freezer and place one in the center of each dough disk. 
  6. Close the cookie dough around the frosting dollop and seal any cracks the best you can. Place filled dough balls onto a lined cookie sheet, placing the sealed side of the dough up. 
  7. Bake at 350° F for 11-13 minutes, or until the cookies no longer look wet and glossy on the top.
  8. Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet.
  9. After your cookies have cooled, melt your white candy melts according to package instructions until smooth (typically in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring between).
  10. Drizzle the top of each cooled cookie with the melted white candy melts. Sprinkle with green sanding sugar. 
  11. Melt the red candy melts according to package instructions and pour into a piping bag or a plastic bag with the corner snipped off. 
  12. Pipe lines similar to those on the Christmas Tree Cakes on each cookie.
  13. Let the candy melts finish setting up before serving, you can speed this process up in the refrigerator. Enjoy! 
A filled sugar cookie decorated like a christmas tree cake.

Storage

Store these cookies in an airtight container at room temperature and enjoy within 4 days.

These cookies will also freeze well. Allow the candy melts to set up completely and then place on a cookie sheet close together. Place the entire cookie sheet into the freezer and ‘flash freeze’ until they’re beginning to harden. Place cookies into a ziptop bag and freeze. Use within 3 months!

Karli’s Kitchen Faves 

Here are a few of my favorite kitchen tools that I used to make this recipe! 

  • Cookie Sheet – These cookie sheets have put in WORK in my kitchen. If you’re looking for a brand that will stand the test of time (and cookies), this is my recommendation. 
  • Silicone baking mat – I love using this or parchment paper to line my cookie sheets to make it easy-peasy to get cookies off of the pan without sticking. 
  • Piping bag – These are disposable, meaning you do not have to clean them ha. They are durable and won’t burst and leak your frosting. Use this (or just a ziplock bag with the corner snipped off) to pipe the red candy melts onto the cookie.
  • Kitchenaid Mixer – I really love this thing. It’s not necessary for making good cookies, but I love the size of the bowl and the power. It saves me a lot of arm aches. 
Little debbie inspired Christmas Tree Cake Christmas cookies.

Christmas Cookie Faves

A mini sugar cookie filled with christmas tree cake buttercream.
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Mini Christmas Tree Cake Cookie

These mini Christmas Tree Cake Cookies are bite-sized, soft and buttery sugar cookies that are filled with Christmas Tree Cake buttercream and then decorated to match your favorite holiday snack cake!
Course Dessert
Keyword mini christmas cookies, mini christmas tree cake cookies
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Servings 48 small cookies

Ingredients

Christmas Tree Cake Buttercream:

  • ½ cup (111g) salted butter, softened
  • 2 cups (214g) powdered sugar
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp heavy cream
  • 5 Christmas Tree Cakes
  • 1/4 cup Red + green sprinkles

Sugar Cookie:

  • 1 ½ cups (333g) salted butter, softened
  • 1 ½ cups (345g) granulated sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 tsp butter extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 ½ cups (684g) all-purpose flour
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 10 oz white candy melts (I like Ghirardelli)
  • 4 oz red candy melts
  • Green sanding sugar

Instructions

  • Start by making the buttercream. Begin by whipping the butter until smooth.
    ½ cup (111g) salted butter, softened
  • Next, add in the powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy cream. Mix until fully incorporated and smooth.
    2 cups (214g) powdered sugar, 2 tsp vanilla extract, 3 tbsp heavy cream
  • To the frosting, add 5 whole Christmas Tree Cakes, and mix until incorporated. Be careful to not over mix! You still want a little bit of the texture from the cakes in your buttercream. This will be a thick buttercream. Add in red + green sprinkles and fold until incorporated.
    5 Christmas Tree Cakes
  • Scoop 2 tsp dollops of buttercream and flatten slightly. Place onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Place in the freezer to harden while making the dough.
  • Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  • Make the cookie dough by creaming together the butter and granulated sugar until light in color and fluffy in texture. I like to use a stand mixer or an electric hand mixer for this.
    1 ½ cups (333g) salted butter, softened, 1 ½ cups (345g) granulated sugar
  • Scrape the sides of the bowl and add in the eggs, vanilla, and butter extract. Mix until well combined.
    3 eggs, 3/4 tsp butter extract , 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Next, add the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until a soft dough forms.
    4 ½ cups (684g) all-purpose flour, 3 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt
  • Scoop out your dough using a #48 scoop (about 1 heaping Tbsp). Flatten each dough ball into a disk.
  • Remove buttercream dollops from the freezer and place one in the center of each dough disk.
  • Close the cookie dough around the frosting dollop and seal any cracks the best you can. Place filled dough balls onto a lined cookie sheet, placing the sealed side of the dough up.
  • Bake at 350° F for 11-13 minutes, or until the cookies no longer look wet and glossy on the top.
  • Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet.
  • After your cookies have cooled, melt your white candy melts according to package instructions until smooth (typically in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring between).
    10 oz white candy melts
  • Drizzle the top of each cooled cookie with the melted white candy melts. Sprinkle with green sanding sugar.
    Green sanding sugar
  • Melt the red candy melts according to package instructions and pour into a piping bag or a plastic bag with the corner snipped off.
    4 oz red candy melts
  • Pipe lines similar to those on the Christmas Tree Cakes on each cookie.
  • Let the candy melts finish setting up before serving, you can speed this process up in the refrigerator. Enjoy!

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Chocolate Mint Cookies: Christmas Edition

Peppermint bark is a staple of Christmas desserts because it is SO festive and tastes jolly good. And these Peppermint Bark Cookies are ‘snow’ different!  These chocolate mint cookies take a soft & chewy chocolate base, wrap it around peppermint bark squares, dip it into white chocolate and decorate it with crushed peppermint. Equal parts stunning and tasty, these Peppermint Bark Cookies are what Christmas cookie treat plate dreams are made of.

A plate piled with chocolate peppermint bark cookies dipped in white chocolate + peppermint.

What Ingredients are in Peppermint Bark Cookies?

  • Salted butter, softened – I like to use salted butter in all of my bakes. Unsalted butter will also work, just add a little extra salt as needed. 
  • Brown sugar
  • Granulated sugar
  • Eggs
  • Corn syrup  
  • Vanilla extract
  • All-purpose flour 
  • Dutch processed cocoa powder – Unsweetened cocoa powder will also work here. 
  • Cornstarch – The cornstarch helps these cookies stay soft. 
  • Baking soda
  • Salt
  • Squares of peppermint bark – Any brand will work! I used Ghirardelli.  
  • White chocolate chips
  • Crushed peppermint candies
Close up look at the inside of a chocolate mint cookie.

How to Make Peppermint Bark Cookies

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and line a cookie sheet with a piece of parchment paper or silicone mat. 
  2. In a bowl with an electric hand mixer or a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until light in color and fluffy in texture.
  3. Add in the eggs, corn syrup and vanilla extract. Mix until combined. 
  4. Next, add the flour, cocoa, corn starch, baking soda and salt. Mix until a soft dough forms.
  5. Open and cut each peppermint bark square into 4 equal pieces.
  6. Divide the dough into 3 tbsp portions, flatten each portion, stack 4 pieces of peppermint bark on top of each other and then roll into a ball before arranging on a parchment or silicone lined cookie sheet.
  7. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until the cookies spread slightly and start to crack.
  8. Once cooled, melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave and dip the edge of the cookie into the white chocolate and sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies. Enjoy!
Close up of white chocolate peppermint bark cookies.

How to Store Chocolate Mint Cookies

After your Christmas cookies have cooled completely and the white chocolate has hardened, place cookies in an airtight container. Store at room temperature for up to 4 days.   

Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Customization

If you don’t feel like dipping these cookies in white chocolate, the stuffed chocolate cookie can hold its own without any extra adornment. I also like drizzling the white chocolate across the top or pressing crushed peppermint into the top right after baking. Make these your own!

peppermint bark cookie. Across the top it says "It's a chocolate cookie stuffed with peppermint bark"

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Peppermint Bark Cookies

Stuffing a chewy chocolatey cookie with peppermint bark, dipping it in white chocolate and then sprinkling on crushed peppermint candies? Peppermint Bark Cookies are just ‘mint’ to become your signature Christmas bake.
Course Dessert
Keyword chocolate mint cookies, Christmas cookies, peppermint bark cookies
Prep Time 15 minutes
Calories 1816kcal

Ingredients

  • ¾ cups (333g) salted butter, softened
  • ¾ cups (369g) brown sugar
  • ¼ cup (115g) granulated sugar
  • 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp corn syrup
  • ½ tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ¾ cups (285g) + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup (60g) dutch processed cocoa powder
  • ½ tbsp corn starch
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 12 squares of peppermint bark
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup crushed peppermint candies

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and line a cookie sheet with a piece of parchment paper or silicone mat.
  • In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until light in color and fluffy in texture.
  • Add in the eggs, corn syrup and vanilla extract. Mix until combined.
  • Next, add the flour, cocoa, corn starch, baking soda and salt. Mix until a soft dough forms.
  • Open and cut each peppermint bark square into 4 equal pieces.
  • Divide the dough into 3 tbsp portions, flatten each portion, stack 4 pieces of peppermint bark on top of each other and then roll into a ball before arranging on a parchment or silicone lined cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 9-11 minutes or until the cookies spread slightly and start to crack.
  • Once cooled, melt the white chocolate chips in the microwave and dip the edge of the cookie into the white chocolate and sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 1816kcal | Carbohydrates: 376g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 50g | Saturated Fat: 28g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 183mg | Sodium: 2490mg | Potassium: 2364mg | Fiber: 44g | Sugar: 304g | Vitamin A: 265IU | Vitamin C: 0.5mg | Calcium: 507mg | Iron: 19mg

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What is a Crookie?

These cookie dough stuffed croissants are currently blowing up the internet! And for good reason. Crookies combine flaky, buttery croissants and doughy, warm chocolate chip cookies in a way that has you thinking “omg. What is this delicious thing I’m eating?” 

And the best part?? They’re ridiculously easy to make! All this viral crookie recipe requires is two store-bought components and a few minutes of your time. Truly, there’s no reason NOT to try this sure-to-be-a-favorite new dessert.

A croissant cut in half with cookie dough in the middle prior to being baked into a tiktok crookie.

Ingredients in Crookies

  • Small croissants – I bought mine from Sam’s Club, but grab these at your local grocery store. 
  • Chocolate chip cookie dough – You’re going to want to use a tube of safe to eat raw or baked cookie dough.
Small croissants and a tube of cookie dough to make tiktok crookies.

How to Make the TikTok Crookie

  1. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
  2. Cut each croissant in half, lengthwise, leaving one side connected.
  3. Divide the cookie dough into 8 equal size pieces.
  4. Take one portion of dough and stuff it into the inside of a croissant. Repeat with the remaining croissants, replacing the tops of the croissants after the cookie dough has been placed inside.
  5. Top each croissant with another portion of cookie dough.
  6. Bake at 350° F for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
  7. Enjoy while warm!
Aerial view of a 2 completed crookies on the counter.

Can I use homemade cookie dough in Crookies?

You could, but the cookie dough on the inside of the croissant really doesn’t get cooked so I would advise against it! Store bought safe to eat raw cookie dough is the best way to go!

Close up of tiktok crookies. Across the top it says "2 ingredient crookie" in text.

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TikTok Crookie Recipe

A croissant stuffed with ooey-gooey cookie dough that spills out over the top? Say less. Jump on the trend and give these addictively easy crookies 10 minutes of your time.
Course Dessert
Keyword crookies
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 4 crookies

Ingredients

  • 4 small croissants
  • 1 30 oz tube chocolate chip cookie dough (safe to eat raw & baked)

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350° F.
  • Cut each croissant in half, lengthwise, leaving one side connected.
  • Divide the cookie dough into 8 equal size pieces.
  • Take one portion of dough and stuff it into the inside of a croissant. Repeat with the remaining croissants, replacing the tops of the croissants after the cookie dough has been placed inside.
  • Top each croissant with another portion of cookie dough.
  • Bake at 350° F for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
  • Enjoy while warm!

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