This pretty pink cookie came about when Dave asked for a “plain chocolate chip cookie.”
Let me explain.
I experiment a lot with baking (and cooking). Mostly with making things a little healthier but still tasting awesome. My latest kick has been a breakfast cookie (that is still in the works), and apparently the poor man just wanted a plain Jane, sugar-filled cookie.
He then told me his favorite cookie is an M+M cookie to which I flipped out because he told me about five years ago snickerdoodles were his favorite and I have made them countless times for him. (Including a lemon doodle and healthier lemon doodle versions.)
Okay. So I go to pinterest for a little inspiration (of course I can’t just make a semi-healthy M+M cookie recipe I’ve made before…that would be maddness…). I am a veritable cookie monster, so of course I have a Dessert [I Heart Cookies] board. I find a recipe pinned for Soft and Chewy M+M Cookies. It looked a little crazy. I mean it has butter, oil AND cream cheese all in the same cookie. I think,
“that’s okay, I have some strawberry Laughing Cow wedges…we could make this work. “
Then we get to the store and of course Valentine’s Day M+Ms are on sale. So we add those red, white and pink goodies to the cart.
As I’m mixing up the dough and half watching Bridesmaids, I think,
“Well, the cookies might have a pink tint anyways…maybe I could add some jello to help with the color and encourage the strawberry taste.”
I didn’t stop there. I busted out the pink food coloring. I figured it already looks like a Valentine’s Day cookie, might as well reinforce the idea.
Thus I created the Valentine’s Day Strawberry Jello M+M Cookies. The night before my blogger bootcamp and brunch when I should have been prepping for that. Oops.
[Updated to add: Dave loves the cookies, but he still wants a plain Jane cookie sometime soon. ;)]
And since I’m linking up to Lindsay’s Pinterest Party post (did I mention I’m into Pinterest this year?), here are some other mouthwatering treats you can check out for Valentine’s Day.
And pin, if you’d like. 🙂
Banana Chocolate Chip Confetti Bars
Double Chocolate Whole Wheat Cookies
Whole Wheat Lemon Doodle Cookies
(I redid this graphic because this one actually had my dot blogspot address on it!)
Whole Wheat Chocolate Peanut Chip Oat Cookies
This post makes me realize how much I LOVE baking and how much I want to post more COOKIE recipes!!
Tell me….
What are your plans for Valentine’s Day? I have absolutely no idea what we are doing. Exchanging cards, maybe?
What is your favorite cookie?
Linking up to:
Share Your Stuff Tuesdays with Erin at Table for Seven
Treat Yourself Tuesday with Becky at Olives n Wine
Tasty Tuesdays with Anyonita Nibbles
Show and Share Wednesday with Kelly at Mostly Homemade Mom
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So…did Dave like them? They aren’t quite the “regular” chocolate chip cookies… 😉
ha good question! He did like them. 🙂
Whoa! Too many delicious ones there! But first your jello cookies! WOW! They are the PERFECT valentines day cookie! Pinning for sure! Cant wait to try them…..my running may suffer a bit due to cookie overload, but we only live once right? 🙂
Hey I’d say cookies are great running fuel! Don’t mind the sugar crash! 😉 The jello cookies aren’t super healthy, but the other ones are all semi-healthy! 😉
Umm, yum! I have been seeing Valentine treats all over the place and makes me want to bake and of course eat it aalllll! lol
I had the same thought as Katie, lol. So much for a basic cookie. I have a really hard time sticking to as-written recipes, too. I always healthify them and he requests I don’t lol!
It’s funny though because back in the day he wanted healthier treats! I know he likes the stuff I make but I think he just gets tired of me experimenting and coming up with weird stuff sometimes haha.
These are so fun! I love this idea – I think I might have to make these for my man. My birthday is on February 15, so I usually make a bigger deal about celebrating that instead of valentine’s day, so I don’t know what we have planned quite yet, but I’m excited.
Yes you will have to make these and let me know how they turn out! Happy early birthday, Kelsey!
yum! pinned those m&m cookie bars!
Thanks, Lindsay and thank you for the fun link-up! 🙂
HaHa – cracks me up that Dave wants plain chocolate chip cookies and you come up with those!!! They look awesome!!! My husband would probably be happy if I would actually make cookies!
Yeah..I kind of got away from the original idea haha. It happens! At least your hubby won’t blame you for fattening him up with cookies! 😉
OMG that cookie dough pie!
So good!! You have to make it!!
Oooo! All the pink! My little girls would love all this pink food. Happy Pin It Party!
haha I’m a fan of pink, too!
How adorable! Perfect for Valentine’s! We never really do anything for Valentine’s, but this year it happens to fall on a long weekend, so we are hitting the trails for snowshoeing and staying at a B&B. Very much looking forward to it!
Lemon cookies are my favorite! Hands down!
Aw that is adorable! I’ve never been snowshoeing OR to a B&B! Hope you two have fun!! <3
These are so pretty, Amanda! I haven’t jello in forever but I love the pink color it gives these cookies 🙂 Thanks for linking up!
Thanks, Becky! You should try these!! 🙂