Hogwarts Sorting Hat Cookies
Break out your wands and robes, it's time for a Harry Potter marathon with these delicious Hershey kiss Sorting Hat cookies! Made with real cocoa and butterscotch pudding, you'll be transported straight into the magical wizarding world of sweets - Fred & George would be proud! What house will you get sorted into?
Equipment
- 2+ cookie sheets
- Parchment Paper
- toothpick
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 - 3.5 oz butterscotch pudding mix
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 ½ cup flour
- 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 Tbsp corn starch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 bag Mini Peanut Butter M&M’s, sorted into red yellow, green, and blue. can use any flavor mini m&m's
- 10 oz package Hershey’s kisses, unwrapped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then line your baking sheet(s) with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugars (1 cup brown sugar & ½ cup sugar) and (1 cup) softened butter. Mix together until creamy and smooth.
- Next, add in the 2 eggs, butterscotch pudding mix and (1 tsp) vanilla. Mix until thoroughly blended.
- Add in the (2 ½ cup) flour, (3 tbsp) cocoa powder, (1 tbsp) corn starch, (1 tsp) baking soda and (1 tsp) salt. Mix well, making sure to scrape down the sides and mix again until thoroughly combined.
- Take a large spoon or tablespoon and scoop out the dough, lightly rolling into 1-inch size balls. Place the dough on your parchment lined baking sheets and gently press a finger into the center of each one, making a slight indent.
- Open up your mini m&m's and begin separating the colors between the 4 houses (red, yellow, green, blue).
- Where we made an indent, fill each cookie with about 3-4 candies of the same color. Then, carefully fold the dough back over the candies and gently roll, so that the candies are fully hidden within the dough.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 8-10 minutes. The edges of the cookie should be set and the center no longer shiny in appearance.
- Immediately upon removing from the oven, place a single Hershey’s kiss on top of each cookie. You may gently wiggle the kiss while pressing down, causing the melting bottom to create a "hat brim".
- Wait around 5 minutes, allowing the heat from the cookie to soften the kiss and using a toothpick, draw the eyes and mouth of the Sorting Hat onto each kiss. (*See notes below)
- Allow time to cool for about 1-2 hours to allow the chocolate to completely re-solidify. Serve & enjoy on your next Harry Potter marathon and let me know what house you get!
Notes
*This recipe makes around 30-40 cookies, depending on how big you make them.
When drawing the sorting hat face onto the kisses: Try your best to use a steady hand as the chocolate will be very soft due to the heat of the cookie and can collapse or turn into a gooey mess if you press too hard.