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Lovely Ladybugs
These spectacularly-speckled cookies are covered with cuteness!
Prep time: 15 min.
Baking time: 15 min.
Decoration time: 20 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
- 1 bag DOVE® Brand Rich Dark Chocolate Hearts
- 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for Valentine’s Day
- 1 18-oz. roll refrigerated sugar cookie dough
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 16-oz. can vanilla frosting
- Red food coloring
- 1 tube chocolate decorating frosting
- Sheet pans
- Parchment Paper
- Spatula
What to do:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the sheet pans with parchment paper.
- Knead the cookie dough with the flour until smooth. Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces. Press an unwrapped DOVE® Brand Rich Dark Chocolate Heart in the center of each piece of dough, then roll it into a ball and place on the prepared sheet pan, each piece about 3 inches apart.
- Bake for approximately 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven, transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely.
- Tint the vanilla frosting with the red food coloring. Spread the frosting on top of the cookies, leaving a thin edge of cookie showing. Place an unwrapped DOVE® Brand Rich Dark Chocolate Heart at the top of each cookie for the ladybug's head. Pipe a line of chocolate frosting down the center of each cookie. Dot both sides of each cookie with M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for Valentine's Day.
