These Flower Pot Cookies are perfect for spring! The bright colors pop and the easy recipe makes them a fun party idea. With sugar cookie cups, chocolate ganache, and Oreo dirt, they are as good to eat as they are cute to look at.
Anyone else excited about spring? The snow is gone, the tulips are coming up and we can finally be outside without a coat. I am looking forward to green grass, budding trees and planting flowers, but for now we can celebrate with adorable Flower Pot Cookies!
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Where is the Flower Pot Cookies recipe? In this post, I will share step-by-step instructions with photos for how to make the cookies, as well as answering FAQs about the recipe and sharing a short video showing the recipe in motion. But you can go directly to the recipes by scrolling down to the bottom of the post.
How To Make Flower Pot Cookies:
Step One: Make The Cookie Cups
To make the flower pot cookies you can use a metal mini muffin pan or a silicone mini muffin pan. The cookies are easier to remove from the silicone pan, so if that is an issue for you try the silicone pan.
First, grease the mini muffin pan and separate Pillsbury Ready To Bake Sugar Cookie Dough into the 24 pieces.
Roll each square in sugar and then place one square in each cup.
Bake at 375 degrees for 11-13 minutes, or until golden brown (if using the silicone pan place it on a cookie sheet). Allow the cookies to cool completely before removing them from the pan.
Step Two: Remove Cookie Cups and Fill
Carefully remove the cookie cups from the muffin tin. I used the tip of a thin knife to gently pop them out. Make chocolate ganache using semi-sweet chocolate chips and heavy cream. Fill the cups with chocolate ganache.
Sprinkle each flower pot cookie with crushed Oreos. Place them in the fridge so that the ganache can cool and set.
Step Three: Create The Flowers
To make the flower cupcake toppers, I used some paper flower embellishments that I found in the bargain bins at Michaels. I carefully separated the green leaves from the flowers and glued both onto toothpicks using hot glue.
Insert the toothpicks into the chocolate of each cookie cup to hold up the flowers.
They are so cheerful looking and are the perfect thing for spring! These Flower Pot Cookies, with their bright colors, look great on a white cake stand for serving.
Flower Pot Cookie FAQs
1. How should I store the cookies? Store in an air tight container in the fridge for 2-3 days.
2. Can I use edible flowers? Yes, you could try these edible flowers
3. How can I make these gluten free? Use gluten free sugar cookie dough and gluten free sandwich cookies
4. What can I use instead of chocolate ganache? You could use chocolate pudding instead.
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Flower Pot Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
Cookie Cups
- 16 ounces Pillsbury Ready-To-Bake Sugar Cookie Dough 24 squares, divided
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
Chocolate Ganache
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
Topping
- 8 Oreos
Instructions
Cookie Cups
- Bake at 375˚F. Grease a mini muffin tin, separate Pillsbury sugar cookie dough into the 24 pieces. Roll each square in sugar place one into each cup.
- Bake at 375˚F for 11 to 13 minutes, until golden brown (put the silicone pan on a cookie sheet).
- Leave the cookies in the muffin pan and allow them to cool completely.
Chocolate Ganache
- Bring 1/2 cups heavy cream just to a boil.
- Pour over semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- Allow them to sit for 3 minutes and stir until smooth.
- Fill the cups with chocolate ganache.
Topping
- Crush Oreos in a food processor or food chopper and sprinkle over the chocolate ganache.
- Add a flower cupcake topper or icing flowers.
Video
Karen Fox says
I made 72 of these flower cup cookies for a Spring Banquet as individual favors. I found molded roses at Hobby Lobby 6 for $1.79. I made green stems on the computer and printed them on green card stock. If you have the rubber candy molds, the rose made out of cream cheese and powder sugar would also be adorable and edible. Too bad I didn’t think of that one earlier! I also used the mini muffin papers in the muffin pans and removing them was easy. I choose a polka-dot pattern and they looked really cute. Thank You for a really great idea!
Shylene says
Lovely! How far in advance do you think I could make this for a birthday party? Would I just keep it in the fridge?
Tonia says
I think they would be okay for a day or two when stored in the fridge. Thanks!
meral says
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Tamara Terni says
What a great idea my grandkids are gonna love this.
Mary Lou Haley says
Saw a recipe like this last year but you put white icing in the middle then cover with green colored coconut and added small Easter candy to them. Also had red vine licorice cut to make handles.
Tonia says
Hi Mary Lou! I was thinking about making an Easter Basket version, but then I saw that it had already been done by lots of other bloggers. Maybe I will have to try to come up with my own spin for next Easter. Thanks for stopping by!
Shawna says
These are perfect for little girl tea parties. I am.expecting family in a few.Derek’s.3 granddaughters and this.is perfect! Thanks so much!!!
Tonia says
Love it! That will be so much fun! I remember having tea parties when I was little. Such good memories!
Natalia says
Awesome idea! I have those flowers too. Never thought of using them this way!
Tonia says
Really? How perfect! Thanks, Natalia!
Suhani Shah says
Hey thank you so much for your reply I really appreciate that .. I will surely try it out and let you know how it turns out .. Thank you for your wishes ..
Suhani Shah says
Hey thank you so much for your reply I really appreciate that .. I will surely try it out and let you know how it turns out .. Thank you for your wishes ..
Suhani Shah says
Hey we don’t eat eggs and the sugar cookie dough has egg in it any idea what’s the alternative .. I want to bake these for my daughters first birthday .. Any feed back will be appreciated ..
Thank you
Suhani
Tonia says
Hi Suhani,
I’ve never made eggless sugar cookies but here is a recipe you could try: http://www.novicehousewife.com/2014/02/02/eggless-sugar-cookies/ Happy birthday to your daughter!
~Tonia
suhani says
Hey
Thankyou for the recipe the sugar cookies turned out great .. The party is on saturday so just a quick question if i serve these a couple of hours later preparing them would they turn soggy ? Thank you once again …
Suhani
Tonia says
Hi Suhani,
I hope your party went well! Sorry I didn’t get to you before then!
Amber says
Made these for my mother’s annual garden party this year. They were a big hit! I used flower embellishments from Micheal’s that came on green wire so I didn’t have to do all that gluing. And I did some pots with 2 or 3 flowers since mine were smaller. So simple, so cute, and so delicious! Will definitely be making these again next year 🙂
Tonia says
Wonderful! Thanks for stopping back to let me know that they turned out.
Joanne Conway says
These are so cute. I make roses out of bubblegum and suckers. Might be something to look into if you wanted an edible flower option.
jeannette says
how adorable! so cute for a shower!
Gena Pap says
Can’t find the cookie dough anywhere!!! Any ideas?? Can I use the dough for tarts??
Tonia says
You could use homemade cookie dough! Happy Easter!
lovedieer says
If replace these flower with some carved fruit, so everything is edible.
lisa says
Incredibly cute idea! If you try to make them, as I did, keep in mind that the description requires a lot of trial and error… Splitting a 16oz package of cookie dough into 24 pcs was FAR too small for my mini muffin pan cups (are there different sizes of mini-muffins?) Also, if you don’t SERIOUSLY grease the muffin cups, the cookies are never coming out in one piece after letting the cookies completely cool in the pan as instructed. So…while it’s not as easy as it looks, but I am otherwise completely in love with them.
Tonia says
Hi Lisa,
I’m so happy you tried making them! The 16 oz package of Pillsbury Ready To Bake cookie dough is already segmented into 24 pieces so it is really easy: http://www.pillsbury.com/products/cookies/ready-to-bake-cookies/sugar-cookies. I have a brand new mini muffin pan and they popped right out with no issues, but I did spray the pan with cooking spray first. Thanks for the tips!
~Tonia
Julie says
Well I don’t think these could be any cuter if you tried! Reading the comments I can see how you have kick started lots of people’s imaginations. I think this is a really versatile idea. Lovely, thanks
Pamela says
How many does this recipe make?
Tonia says
It makes 24 flower pot cookies! Happy Baking!
Stephanie says
I was thinking a thin pretzel for a stem and a chocolate mold (flower shaped) for a completely edible version! Thanks for the cutest idea!
Tonia says
Great idea! Thanks Stephanie!
Jami says
Can you sub the ganache with a chocolate pudding??? And could you use regular muffin tins and make them bigger????
Tonia says
Hi Jami,
Chocolate pudding will not set like the ganache so make sure that you have something to hold the toothpick in place. It might work to just press it into the bottom of the cookie cup. As far as using regular muffin tins, you might have to use 2 pieces of cookie dough per muffin tin cup. If you only use one, it the sides of the cookie cup will not be very high. Best of luck and happy baking!
~Tonia