1pkg Refrigerated Sugar Cookie DoughI used the break apart kind OR Mini Muffins
24ozWhite Frostingabout 2-3 tubes of prepared frosting
24Strawberries
24Valentine's Day M&Ms
Instructions
Cookie Cups
Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a mini muffin pan with cooking oil spray. You can also use mini cupcake liners if you have them (preferred method).
Place one cookie piece into each muffin cup. You don't need to flatten or roll them.
Bake cookies for 20 minutes and place pan on a wire rack to cool.
While the cookies are still warm, take a small scoop to gently press the cookies into a cup shape.
Cool completely before removing from the pan.
Decorate the Gnomes
Wash and dry strawberries and slice off the tops of strawberries so you have a straight edge on the large side of your strawberry.
Add pink melting chocolate to a bowl and microwave with a little bit of Crisco until smooth. Heat in 30 second intervals, stirring between each interval until smooth.
Push a fork into the large side of a strawberry, then turn it over and dip into the pink melted chocolate. NOTE: You can also leave some of the strawberries un-dipped and use some of the chocolate to add a sprinkle.
Allow excess to drip back into the bowl and transfer strawberry to a wax paper lined platter to dry. To do this, gently slide the large side of the strawberry off the fork and allow to dry so it looks like the hat is right side up. Repeat for each strawberry.
Before the chocolate sets completely, add some Valentine's Day sprinkles.
Pipe the white frosting onto your cooled cookie cups or mini muffins.
Then push a strawberry on top of the icing and add a candy nose just under the strawberry. We used red and pink M&Ms for these.
Take a toothpick to spread some of the icing down to create the white beard.
Enjoy!
Notes
See step by step photo instructions in the post if needed.