So I made mousse twice in one week.
That’s kind of weird because I don’t ever make mousse.
Strange things are happening.
These little cookie cups are kind of perfect. I am usually not a fruit in dessert person.
Fruit, on its own…totally fine.
But fruit isn’t dessert to me. It’s health food. I’m not one of those people who can convince myself that an apple is just as good as a slice of cake.
Seriously now.
So yeah, not only did I make mousse TWICE. I put fruit in my mousse.
Fruit in my mousse. Snort.
Check your pulse folks. Has the world ended? Is it opposite day? What is HAPPENING to me?
But trust me on this. I love you guys. I’d catch a grenade for ya and all that. This is most definitely not a fruit-dessert fail.
Although there are strawberries in that-there cookie cup, it’s still hard core.
I mean, about as hard core as a strawberry can be.
I’d throw my hand on a blade for ya.
Believe.
This is a total cheat cookie too. Buy sugar cookie in a tube. It’s ok, do it.
First make your mousse. It’s the same recipe that I used HERE. It’s totally versatile.
Chop up some strawberries.
Fold those sweeties in and see how happy it makes them.
Bake your cookies in a mini muffin tin…
…then add some white chocolate in there to get all melty.
Fill the cookie cups with the strawberry mousse and eat on!
Prepare to be shocked at how hard you are gonna love those strawberries.
Strawberry Mousse Sugar Cookie Cups
Description
makes approx 30 cookie cups
Ingredients
- 4 oz cream cheese, room temp
- 1 cup Cool Whip, thawed
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2/3 cup chopped strawberries, plus more for garnish *optional
- 1/3 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 (16.5 oz) tube sugar cookie dough
Instructions
- With your electric mixer beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar together until smooth, about 30 seconds. Carefully stir in your Cool Whip. When combined fold in your chopped strawberries.
- Place bowl in refrigerator to chill for 2 hours.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 ° and spray mini muffin pan with cooking spray. Place 1 1/2 teaspoons of cookie dough into each muffin tin.
- Bake for 8 minutes until they are just starting to golden.
- Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle 4-5 white chocolate chips in each cup. The heat from the cookies will melt them. As soon as the chips are soft spread carefully in the bottom of the cookie cup.
- Release the cookies from the muffin tin by loosening with a knife. Let cool on a wire rack until ready to fill.
- When ready to fill the cups, use either a spoon or a piping bag (or ziplock) and fill each with about one teaspoon of mousse.
- Garnish with a strawberry slice, if desired.
Notes
Store in refrigerator after assembled or until ready to eat.
Recipe adapted from Joy’s Hope
I love sugar cookies! I really love that you have a whole large hunk of sugar cookie. Add in some creamy strawberry goodness and I’m all over this.!
Yes and please.
What’s the oven temp for baking the cookies??
oh goodness! Can’t believe I left that out! AI updated the recipe, but 350°!
Thanks for the catch!!
They look like such a cute, little, yummy bite- and i’m not much of a fruity dessert person myself!
I have to tell you- I have been dreaming of myself making your Spring push-up pops! I’m not a baker but my kids (especially my 4 yr old daughter) will LOVE these.
I’ve been emailing the link to them hoping someone else will be brave enough to make them for my kids for Easter!!!
So… I attempted to make these last night. I think I put too much cookie dough in the pans because they did not come out as I expected. I’ve never made cookie cups before, but I definitely need to rework. I must say the mousse is DELICIOUS!! I made everything like you said, but instead of piping the mousse on, I decided to just crumble the made cookies and make a trifle-like dessert with a layer of cookie on the bottom, then mousse, more cookie, and more mousse followed by chopped strawberries on top. It was actually very good like that as well!! Thanks for the recipe. :]]
SOrry to hear about the cookie cups, but the trifle sounds amazing!
Since they’re healthy I can eat a lot!!! Those little cups are pretty cute. I need to make them soon!
Sugar cookie cups and strawberry mousse = Awesome!
These look so delicious and I’m not really a fruit in my dessert as well but I’d sacrifice for these.
I’m the same way with cinnamon. I’m not into cinnamon desserts. I mean, really… who chooses cinnamon and nutmeg over chocolate and cream? It’s probably the same people that put raisins in their oatmeal cookies. Ugh. I’m good with fruit desserts, though, and this one looks delicious! And I’m all addicted to lemon right now, so I might even add lemon juice to this mousse! YUM!
Perfect for a spring brunch. 🙂
I am not a fruit in dessert person either. But for some reason strawberries are the exception. Strawberry shortcake? Maybe because they are always mixed with tons of sugar 🙂
These little cups look so cute, and sound divine!