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Everyone loves a surprise, I know I do, and that is what you get with this tasty buttery-almond flavored Christmas Surprise Inside Cookies with a fudge middle layer. Rolled in red, green and white sprinkles these are the ultimate Christmas cookies and my families favorite. Seriously, who can resist cookie cuteness?
Today I turned on my favorite Christmas songs and started my Christmas baking; it’s that time of year for baked goodies.
These Christmas Surprise Inside Cookies are very easy to make, just divide the dough and make one chocolate and flavor the other dough with almond flavoring. Make sure to have some colorful nonpareil sprinkles for rolling the cookie in and your all set.
Want to get the family involved in your cookie baking, this is a great recipe for kids to help make. They can roll the dough into the balls and then roll in the sprinkles. The cookies bake in 10 minutes and soon you will have a very festive cookie for your cookie exchange or your holiday table. I promise everyone will love these cookies, even Santa.
Rolled and ready to bake.
Surprise Inside Sprinkle Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 egg
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups AP flour
- 1/3 cups powdered sugar sifted
- 2 tbls. cocoa powder sifted
- 1 tbls. melted butter
- 1/4 tsp. almond extract
- Colored nonpareils
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix the butter and shortening until fluffy.
- Add the sugar, baking powder and salt; mix until combined
- Mix in the egg, egg yolks and vanilla until combined, scraping sides of the bowl.
- Mix in the flour until combined, forming a soft dough.
- Remove 3/4 cup of the dough to a small bowl and add the sifted powdered sugar, cocoa powder and melted butter. Mix well to combine
- Add the 1/4 tsp. of almond extract to the remaining dough.
- Measure out 1 tablespoon of almond flavored dough and make 30 balls with the dough
- Roll the chocolate dough into 30 1" balls.
- Flatten the almond flavored dough and place a chocolate dough ball in the center and mold the dough around it to make a round ball.
- Roll the ball in the nonpareil sprinkles and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 - 11 minutes at 375 degrees.
Here’s the surprise, a chocolate center with a tender buttery cookie all around.
All I can say is I love the sprinkles.
Remember cookies are for sharing, that means you can eat all the cookies except one!
Like I always say, cookies go best with tea. After a determined search for what tea would bring out the best flavor of these Surprise Inside Sprinkle Cookies, SerendipiTea Dark Chocolate tea is the answer! This unique blend of Oolong and Rooibos teas along with dark chocolate bits and cocoa powder brew into a deep-flavor that pairs with these chocolate buttery cookies. The aroma of the tea reminds me of all the joy of the Christmas season.
Sprinkles are a must for these cookies. Make sure to get plenty to roll your cookies in.
I love loose leaf teas and this tea strainer is the best one I have found. The holes are the perfect size to keep tea from falling into your cup and it is big enough to allow the tea to expand and steep.
Don’t forget to Pin this to your holiday cookie boards.
What is your favorite Christmas cookie? I would love for you to share here on One Hot Oven.
Wishing you all the happiest holiday’s
Blessings ~ Jere’
Claudia Lamascolo says
November 21, 2018 at 3:20 amthese are simply perfect my grandson will flip over these I will make them today! thanks for this recipe!
Natalie says
November 20, 2018 at 11:28 pmThese cookies are so cute and perfect for Christmas!
Tisha says
November 20, 2018 at 9:28 pmThese are so fun and festive!!!
Amy | The Cook Report says
November 16, 2018 at 2:05 amI love these, definitely making them for Christmas time!
Jere Cassidy says
November 16, 2018 at 7:59 pmSend me a pic of your finished cookies.
Adrianne says
November 16, 2018 at 1:30 amI LOVE this recipe!! They are perfect for the festive season and I think everyone would love them. Very cool idea, well done, cheers!!
Michelle says
November 16, 2018 at 1:02 amThese look so festive and I bet they taste amazing. I think I would struggle to save one for anyone else!
Jere Cassidy says
November 16, 2018 at 7:58 pmI made sure to put some away so I could at least have a couple since my whole family devours these cookies.
Mary Bostow says
November 16, 2018 at 12:46 amChristmas cookies look incredible! My whole family would go crazy for these! Now, this recipe will be one of my favorites.
Veena Azmanov says
November 15, 2018 at 11:50 pmI am already in the mood of the Festive Season seeing these cute little cookies. Sure to make them for my kids Christmas Party.
Jere Cassidy says
November 16, 2018 at 7:57 pmThanks for the kind comment. I just bought more sprinkles so I can make more of these cookies.
swathi says
December 24, 2017 at 8:49 pmThis is really festive cookies that too with surprise, my kids will love it. They will get hooked these cookies, with chocolate and sprinkle.
Tiffany Alexandria says
December 24, 2017 at 5:54 pmI love the name “surprise inside sprinkle cookies”! they are adorable and looks super tasty. It’s now on my next baking list! <3
Alisa Infanti says
December 23, 2017 at 3:50 pmThese are so pretty! At first I thought the picture was of some beautiful ornaments. How wonderful that these are beautiful cookies.
OneHotOven says
December 26, 2017 at 8:40 pmThanks for the lovely comment. These cookies are so colorful with all the nonpareil colors.
Kavita Favelle says
December 23, 2017 at 10:21 amThey look so festive, really love the sprinkles on the surface and of course, the surprise filling!
Sarah says
December 22, 2017 at 4:29 pmThese are adorable! I love the sprinkles! I also love that you could change the sprinkles colors for different holidays!
OneHotOven says
December 26, 2017 at 8:41 pmYes, that is why I love these little gems.
Asia says
December 22, 2017 at 2:06 pmThese cookies are so cute! And so in the Xmas spirit! The surprise in the form of fudge filling is a great idea!
Fiona Maclean says
December 22, 2017 at 11:19 amThose look such fun! I love the festive sprinkles. They’d be good for a kid’s party too with silver/gold for instance. Yum!
OneHotOven says
December 26, 2017 at 8:44 pmI agree, you can get the nonpareils in so many colors and mix and match.
Holly says
December 16, 2016 at 6:05 pmThese sound great! I might need to make these! 🙂
OneHotOven says
December 17, 2016 at 1:47 amThey really are easy and fun.