Easter Egg Hunt Surprise Cookies

Lifting the foil of a freshly baked cookie reveals an Easter egg surprise or two inside.

Surprise your loved ones with these adorable Easter Egg Hunt Surprise Cookies. They are the perfect treat to hand out at a party, or just for fun!

Easter Egg Hunt Cookies are tasty cookie cups that hide a surprise within! These are the greatest Easter Cookies for your springtime holiday festivities, with jelly beans on top and a little Cadbury Creme Egg in the centre.

Egg Hunt Cookies

Christmas is often regarded as the festival of the giant cookie.

Why not include Easter in the festivities?

I return to Cadbury Creme Eggs. Back in the day. I’ve adored them since I was a child, raiding my grandmother’s pantry for the glittering foil wrapping.

Cookies for an Easter Egg Hunt Surprise

Miniature cream-filled chocolate eggs are ideal for baking. Bake a batch of Cookies for an Easter Egg Hunt Surprise with little Cadbury Creme Eggs in the centre this Easter. That is, if you can resist devouring the whole packet of little eggs!

Ingredients for Easter cookies with Cadbury Creme Eggs.

What do I require?

For the cookie cups itself, you’ll need the following Ingredients:

Shortening
Butter
Brown Sugar is a kind of sugar that is used
Vanilla
Eggs
Flour
Soda (baking)
Salt
Cadbury Creme Eggs in Miniature

And here’s what we used to make the Easter egg hunt-themed cookie cups:

Jelly beans — a variety of colors is recommended.
Wilton icing is ideal for green icing! To make it seem like the grass in an Easter basket, add a little green food coloring.

Process shots for Cookies for an Easter Egg Hunt Surprise

What’s the best way to create them?

It’s easy to prepare these bright Easter cookies.

STEP 1: Prepare the dough for the cookies.

This is a basic dough that just takes a few minutes to prepare. It doesn’t even need to be chilled.

STEP 2: Roll out the dough and wrap it around the small eggs.

a smidgeon of a spoonful of cookie dough Wrap one little Cadbury egg in it until it is fully coated. Repeat with the remaining dough until all of the little eggs have been utilized.

STEP 3: Cook

Fill the wells of a tiny muffin tray with dough balls. Bake the cookies for 9–12 minutes, or until golden brown. Allow for thorough cooling before adding the icing and jelly beans.

STEP 4: FINISH THE PROJECT!

Green icing should be piped onto the tops of the cookies. Arrange the jelly beans in whichever design you choose on top. Serve and have fun!

These would make a great treat to share with the kids after they’ve finished their yearly egg search. It’s like getting an additional gift when you find the small egg within each biscuit!

Easter Egg Cookies

What happens if I don’t have any small creme eggs on hand?

Any small chocolate eggs will work in these cookies with a surprise inside. This time of year, candy stores are brimming with a wide range of flavors. Feel free to try out other tastes and variations.

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Recipes for Cookies

Take a look at some of our other fun cookie ideas if you enjoy our Cookies for an Easter Egg Hunt Surprise.

Cookies with Stained Glass
Cookies with Wasabi and Chocolate Crinkle
Cookies with Chocolate Peanut Butter Cornflakes that don’t need to be baked
Cookies made with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
Cookies made using Lemon Cake Mix
Thumbprint Cookies with Strawberry Lime
Sugar Cookies with Strawberry Buttercream
Cookies with Root Beer Floats

There are so many cookies. There’s just so much time!

Easter Egg Cookies with a surprise inside.

Desserts for Easter

Let us assist you in finding the ideal Easter treat! Our Easter menus are full with brightly colored delicacies with vibrant tastes that remind us of flowering plants and sunny days.

Poke Cake with Lemon Marshmallows
Dip in Lime Cheesecake
Cookies with Lime and Poppy Seeds
Dream Bars with Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Lemonade Bars with Strawberries
Raspberry Cream Dream Bars that don’t need to be baked
Crispy Strawberry Rhubarb Skillet
Cake with Citrus Layers
Fudge for Easter
Pound Cake with Lemon Ricotta
Crepes au citron
Lemon Bars are simple to make.
Cake with Strawberries

What will you offer for Easter dessert this year?

The inside of an Easter Cookie.

This Easter cookie recipe will undoubtedly become an annual tradition after you’ve tried it. There’s nothing quite like biting into a jelly bean-covered biscuit and discovering a Cadbury Creme Egg within!

Cookies for an Easter Egg Hunt Surprise

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Dessert course

American cuisine

Keyword cookies, Easter Cookies, Cookies for an Easter Egg Hunt Surprise

30 cookie cups per serving

calorie count: 234kcal

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Equipment

3 basins for mixing
muffin pan for small muffins
1 Mixer
1 spatula made of silicone

Ingredients

12 cup vegetable shortening
12 cup softened butter
a third of a cup of granulated sugar
34 cup brown sugar, packed is a kind of sugar that is used
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs, big
flour (212 cup)
1 teaspoon Soda (baking)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
30 Cadbury Creme Eggs in Miniature unwrapped or solid chocolate eggs

Frosting: Green Buttercream

14 cup vegetable shortening, solid
14 cup unsalted unsalted butter (at room temperature)
2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon of milk
12 teaspoon vanilla extract (pure)
a sprinkle of salt
50 drops green food coloring (more or less depending on desired shade)
1 cup small jelly beans, various

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a mini-muffin pan with cooking spray and set aside.
In a mixing dish, cream together butter, shortening, both sugars, and vanilla extract.
Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, Soda (baking) and salt.
Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture in a slow, steady stream.
Wrap a little less than a spoonful of dough around one little Cadbury egg until it is fully coated. After wrapping the egg, roll it around in your palms to ensure that it is equally distributed. If you use more than a tablespoon of dough, the dough will spread out over the surface of the pan as it bakes.
Place the muffins in the muffin tray that has been prepped.
Preheat oven to 350°F and bake for 9-12 minutes, or until golden brown.
Allow 15-20 minutes for the cookies to cool in the pan before twisting them out. Gently twist the cookie with your fingers to extract it. IMPORTANT: If the cookie seems to be too soft or is breaking apart, wait 2 minutes before attempting again. After the cookies have been somewhat cooled, carefully pull them out of the muffin cups if they have been greased well enough. Allowing the cookies to cool fully in the pan will cause them to adhere to the bottom, making them even more difficult to remove.
Allow for thorough cooling before icing.

Frosting

Serve with jelly beans on top.
Cream the shortening and butter together in a mixing dish until smooth and creamy. Mix in the vanilla extract.
Scrape down the sides of the basin as required as you add the powdered sugar one cup at a time. The frosting will seem dry after all of the powdered sugar has been applied.
Mix in one tablespoon of milk, scraping down the sides as required, until light and fluffy.
Gradually add as many drops of food coloring as you like until you have the appropriate green hue.
Fill a piping bag halfway with frosting and a Wilton Tip #74. Using a pastry bag, pipe grass onto each cookie cup, then top with 3-4 jelly beans.

Nutrition

This article was first published on April 22, 2011. On April 15, 2022, it was formatted and photographed again.

Cookies decorated with green frosting,, jelly beans and a hidden surprise inside - a Mini Cadbury Creme Egg! The perfect Easter treat!

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