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Red Velvet Sprinkle Cookies

February 1, 2021 By Jere Cassidy 47 Comments

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These beautiful Red Velvet Sprinkle Cookies have a delightful surprise filling inside.  Take one bite to reveal the colorful red velvet filling covered with a simple sugar cookie and pretty red, white, and pink sprinkles.  Bake for Valentine’s Day or for any day you want a sweet and colorful cookie.

Red velvet sprinkle cookies on a white towel.

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Valentine’s Day is on February 14, just in case you forgot and this cookie makes the perfect Valentine’s Day treat. Who said you need to give your special someone chocolates?  Bake a batch of these easy to make and pretty-as-can-be cookies for your celebration. 

The base for this cookie is a simple sugar cookie recipe that is divided into two batters. Keep one plain, and flavor and color the other dough for the red velvet filling.  The fun part in making thee cookies is you get to make a lot of dough balls and roll them in the nonpareil sprinkles.  

Why these are a favorite cookie

  • You can change the color of the sprinkles for any occasion
  • The middle layer can be different flavors or colors
  • Once you bake these cookies you can freeze them for later.
  • These cookies are perfect for gift giving and they travel well.

Try these other Surprise Inside Sprinkle Cookies

  • For St. Patrick’s Day make these pretty green and white Mint Surprise Inside Cookies
  • Fill your Easter baskets with Raspberry Sprinkle Cookies that are covered in the prettiest pastel sprinkles
  • We like to celebrate baseball and these San Francisco Giant Orange and Black Sprinkles Cookies are a fun treat
  • Bake a batch of the Red, White, and Blue Sprinkle cookies for your 4th of July Celebration
  • Ghosts and goblins love these Halloween Sprinkle Sugar Cookies with a cinnamon filling
  • Santa loves these Christmas Sprinkle Cookies with a chocolate filling. Bake a batch for some delicious holiday gifts!

Let’s start with the cookie ingredients

Ingredients for sprinkles cookies.

For these cookies, I prefer to use the nonpareil sprinkles which are just tiny round sugar balls. This type of sprinkle sticks to the dough better keeps its color when baked. and they just look super pretty on a cookie. The Valentine Nonpareil Sprinkles are what you need. You can use liquid or gel food color, today, I am using McCormick Red Food color that works well in this recipe. The vanilla flavor of the outer cookie layer really tastes great with the red velvet layer so make sure to add the flavor to that dough with vanilla extract.

Ready to bake with me? This cookie recipe is very easy to make, no chilling required, yeah for that! The dough for these cookies is super simple to make, just beat with a mixer and you will end up with one vanilla-flavored dough and a smaller red velvet dough.

Let’s Bake Cookies

Step 1.   Mix the butter and shortening to combine then add the eggs and vanilla and mix thoroughly. Mix in the flour, baking powder, and salt. This is the basic dough.

Step 2. Remove 3/4 cup of the dough and put that into a smaller bowl.  Next, add melted butter, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, and the red food coloring, and mix this with a spoon to create the red velvet middle layer for the cookie.

Cookie dough, butter, cocoa powder and sugar for cookies.

Step 3.  Prepare two cookie sheets with parchment paper and turn your oven to 375 degrees F. 

Step 4. Now the fun begins, not that mixing the dough and turning your oven on wasn’t fun, but this is way more fun.  Using a tablespoon, scoop the vanilla-flavored dough and roll it into balls, then using a teaspoon, scoop the red velvet dough and roll it into balls. I made 25 of each.

cookie dough balls on a baking sheet.

Step 5.  To make the complete cookie ball with the red velvet center take the vanilla-flavored dough and flatten it into a round disk.

Step 6. Take the red velvet dough ball and place it in the center of the disk and then wrap the plain dough around the red velvet dough to form a larger ball.

Rolling cookie dough into ball,

Step 7. Put your sprinkles in a nice big bowl so you can roll the cookie dough balls around. After you roll the two cookie dough balls together, you need to roll the dough ball between your hands several times to warm the dough up so it will get sticky enough for the nonpareils to stick to.  Immediately roll the dough balls in the nonpareils.

Cookie dough balls in sprinkles.

Step 8. Place on your baking sheet, and when ready, bake for 12 minutes.

sugar cookies on baking sheet.

While your cookies are baking go get the broom and dustpan to sweep up all the sprinkles that landed and the floor and rolled clear to the next room.

Now when you open that oven door be prepared to say “Oh how cute.” I swear I say that every time.

Baking tips

  • Roll each of the dough into balls, I usually get 25 of each. Sometimes I have to pinch dough from one or two balls to get enough dough to make 25.
  • Make sure the nonpareil are in a large bowl so you can roll the dough ball around.
  • Once you make the big dough ball immediately roll that in the sprinkles while it is still warm and a bit sticky. If you wait to roll the balls the sprinkles will not stick.
  • You do not have to chill this dough, but if you find it to be too soft, pop the dough in the fridge for 15 minutes to firm it up.  
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Red Velvet Surprise Inside Valentine's Cookies

These pretty as can be Red Velvet Sprinkle Cookies have a tasty surprise filling and with the red, white and pink sprinkles, these cookies are perfect for a Valentine's Day celebration.
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Course Cookie
Cuisine American
Keyword cookies, Sprinkle Cookies, valentine's day cookies
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
42 minutes
Servings 25
Calories 179kcal
Author Jere' Cassidy

Equipment

Cookie Sheets
Parchment Paper
Measuring Spoons
Kitchen Aide

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter 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 tsp. red food coloring
  • 2 4 oz bottles Red, white and pink nonpareils

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F, and prepare two cookie sheets with parchment paper or a Silpat
  • In a large bowl beat the butter and shortening until fluffy on medium speed.
  • Add the sugar, the egg and egg yolks and vanilla then mix until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl.
  • Mix in the flour baking powder and salt on medium speed 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, red food coloring, and melted butter. Mix well to combine.
  • Measure out 1 tablespoon of almond-flavored dough and make 25 balls with the dough
  • Measure out 1 teaspoon the red velvet dough into 25 1" balls.
  • Flatten the vanilla-flavored dough balls into a disk and place a red velvet dough ball in the center and mold the dough around it to make a round ball.
  • Roll the dough ball several times in your hands to warm the dough up. The dough ball needs to be warm for the nonpareils to stick to the dough.
  • Roll the ball in the nonpareil sprinkles and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  • Bake for 12 minutes at 375 degrees. Remove and let cool for 5 minutes then move to a cooling rack.
  • Store the cookies in an airtight container for several days.

Notes

Measure out all the dough balls to make sure you have 25 of each.  If you have too many or not enough of one just pinch some dough off another dough ball to make 25 of each.
After you roll the two dough balls together, roll the ball in you have several times to warm up the dough to get a bit sticky and immediately roll in the nonpareils.  
If you let the dough balls sit and then roll in the nonpareils the dough won't be sticky enough and the sprinkles will not stick to the dough.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 179kcal | Carbohydrates: 25.2g | Fat: 8.4g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 30mg

First Published: February 05, 2017… Last Updated: Feb 1, 2021

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Comments

  1. Katie

    February 9, 2021 at 11:01 am

    I absolutely love these, they’re so cute! I’m going to make some green versions for St Patricks Day!

    Katie xoxo

    Reply
  2. Paula

    February 8, 2021 at 3:20 pm

    5 stars
    These were so tasty. My boys enjoyed making them with me and of course eating them! thanks for another great recipe

    Reply
  3. Ramona

    February 8, 2021 at 1:30 am

    5 stars
    Wow, these cookies will be real fun to make for this Valentines. They sound easy to make and they’re so beautiful too. My kids will love these and might even join me making them. Thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  4. Jacqueline Debono

    February 8, 2021 at 1:13 am

    5 stars
    These are my favourite Valentine’s cookies. I made them last year and am planning to do them again this year too!

    Reply
  5. Kari Heron

    February 7, 2021 at 4:21 pm

    5 stars
    Is it any surprise that these cookies were a major hit at my sone’s school? Thanks for always delivering great recipes Jere!

    Reply
  6. Julie @ Running in a Skirt

    February 6, 2021 at 1:18 pm

    5 stars
    These are the perfect Valentine’s day cookies! I love how you had the step by step instructions to make them. I’m making these for my family for next weekend.

    Reply
  7. Chef Dennis

    February 6, 2021 at 9:46 am

    5 stars
    I’ll be making these cookies for Valentines Day! Thanks for a delicious recipe

    Reply
  8. Leslie

    February 6, 2021 at 6:44 am

    5 stars
    This is the perfect recipe for my little Valentines party with my kids. I just pinned it to make this week with them! Thank you!

    Reply
  9. Lesli Schwartz

    February 5, 2021 at 11:22 am

    5 stars
    These are just the prettiest, most romantic cookies! I love that they’re layered and that red velvet middle is just perfect! ❤️

    Reply
  10. Amy Liu Dong

    February 5, 2021 at 9:15 am

    5 stars
    Wow! These cookies are such cuties. I loved it, kids will definitely enjoy this as they eat it. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe, can’t wait for the next one.

    Reply
  11. Stine Mari

    February 5, 2021 at 2:03 am

    5 stars
    These cookies are gorgeous and would be perfect for Valentine’s Day. I love red velvet and these really knocked it out of the park.

    Reply
  12. Emily

    February 4, 2021 at 8:33 pm

    5 stars
    What an adorable Valentine’s day treat! My six year old and I love to bake and we are going to make these again on Valentine’s day.

    Reply
  13. Lathiya

    January 26, 2020 at 12:18 pm

    5 stars
    Oh how cute the cookies looks. I loved this idea. Am sure my kids will love it.

    Reply
  14. Nart | Cooking with Nart

    January 23, 2020 at 8:10 pm

    5 stars
    Love a good surprise in my cookies. These look perfect for Valentine’s day!

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      January 25, 2020 at 3:38 pm

      Surprises are always fun!!!

      Reply
  15. Sonila

    January 23, 2020 at 3:53 am

    5 stars
    Sprinkles, red velvet cookies!! Yes, definitely these can be the best valentine’s cookies ever. Such a great idea and they look amazing. Have to make them, thanks for the recipe.

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      January 25, 2020 at 3:37 pm

      You are so welcome and thanks for the kind comment.

      Reply
  16. Jacqueline Debono

    January 23, 2020 at 2:19 am

    5 stars
    You made me laugh with the part about cleaning up the sprinkles that have dropped! These cookies are definitely cute! As you have done, they are fab for lots of special occasions!

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      January 25, 2020 at 3:36 pm

      Seriously, these are my go-to cookies for so many events.

      Reply
  17. Simone

    January 23, 2020 at 2:11 am

    Oooh these are so adorable & look yummy! Perfect for Valentine’s Day or birthdays.

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      January 25, 2020 at 3:37 pm

      Thanks, they are always a hit at parties.

      Reply
  18. Christy Boston's Kitchen

    January 22, 2020 at 3:13 pm

    These are really pretty. I think I will have to surprise my husband with them for Valentine’s day!

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      January 22, 2020 at 6:58 pm

      That would be a fun and delicious surprise.

      Reply
  19. Beth

    January 22, 2020 at 5:30 am

    5 stars
    Oh, a surprise fudge filling is so much more fun than a fudgy frosting any day. How clever and versatile!

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      January 22, 2020 at 6:59 pm

      I agree it’s such a nice addition to the cookies.

      Reply
  20. Raquel

    January 22, 2020 at 3:58 am

    This is a creative idea for a delicious cookie. So fun!

    Reply
  21. Liz

    January 21, 2020 at 6:37 pm

    These look fun and festively delish

    Reply
  22. angela

    January 21, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    So fun and beautiful. My kids will love these and so versatile = great for xmas too I think!

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      January 22, 2020 at 7:00 pm

      Kids love rolling the dough and rolling in the sprinkles. Plus, they love eating them.

      Reply
  23. Sharon

    February 8, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    What cute little cookies with an extra bonus of a chocolatey surprise, yes please!

    Reply
  24. Diana

    February 8, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    Absolutely love these cookies! They’re so pretty and the surprise is such a great idea. Perfect for Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day!

    Reply
  25. Dannii

    February 8, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    5 stars
    What cute cookies. I bet kids would have so much fun making these too.

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      February 9, 2018 at 2:36 am

      My kids have made a lot of these cookies. Now they are grown and still ask for them.

      Reply
  26. Pam Greer

    February 8, 2018 at 7:57 pm

    5 stars
    Such a cute idea! I love how they easily can be made for almost any holiday!!

    Reply
  27. Helena

    February 8, 2018 at 7:56 pm

    5 stars
    These are incredible! The way you made them, the way you presented them… Everything shows how passionate you were about making these cookies. Thank you for sharing the result of your passion.

    Reply
    • Jere Cassidy

      February 9, 2018 at 2:37 am

      Thanks so much, I do love making these cute cookies.

      Reply
  28. Kasia

    February 21, 2017 at 11:28 pm

    5 stars
    These look so festive. I’d have to try to make them next Valentine’s Day.

    Reply
  29. thepretendchef

    February 16, 2017 at 9:24 am

    Wow these look so good, will have to try making them.

    Reply
  30. Tabitha

    February 14, 2017 at 5:07 pm

    Oh my gosh, these look so good!! <3

    Reply
  31. Julia @ PB & Julia

    February 9, 2017 at 7:31 pm

    Mmmmm these look amazing! I LOVE red velvet anything!

    Reply
    • OneHotOven

      February 20, 2017 at 4:49 am

      I agree. Red Velvet was my wedding cake.

      Reply
  32. David

    February 8, 2017 at 3:48 am

    This looks so amazing. Definitely going to have to try out this recipe.

    Reply
  33. Kylie Kreischer

    February 8, 2017 at 1:40 am

    Those look incredible!!!

    Reply
  34. Andrea

    February 7, 2017 at 11:39 pm

    5 stars
    these cookies look incredible! I am so going to make these for my daughter’s group of friends she is having over on Valentine’s Day

    Reply
  35. Renee

    February 7, 2017 at 11:17 pm

    5 stars
    How cute! I love sprinkles…….and red velvet…how could you go wrong?

    Reply
  36. Laurie

    February 7, 2017 at 11:07 pm

    5 stars
    OMG! My kids would love to help make these. So much fun! Your pictures make them irresistible.

    Reply
  37. Vanessa

    February 7, 2017 at 10:00 pm

    These look so good! I’ll have to add these to my Christmas cookie list! (Although, I’ll need to practice making them before that because they look so good!)

    Reply

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