So my cousin Erika messaged me this week asking for ideas for a gender-reveal party she’s throwing this spring. For those of you uninformed folks (as I was a week ago)– a gender reveal party is where you break the “It’s a boy/girl” news to all your friends and family at a fun party. I say– what better way to deliver good news than in a dessert??!!?? So I went to work and I have several ideas you will likely see here in the coming weeks.
Idea#1— a recycled recipe tweaked for the occasion. Remember my chocolate bonbons? Fun little fudge cookies with a hershey kiss inside. Instead of a kiss, how about colored white chocolate? Here you go:
INGREDIENTS:
- 40-50 Wilton candy melt pieces in BLUE or PINK
- 8 oz. Philadelphia Cream Cheese
- 1 bag (12 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 t. vanilla
- Additional Wilton White Candy Melts
for decorating as desired.
DIRECTIONS:
- Soften Philadelphia cream cheese in microwave until completely smooth.
- Melt chocolate chips in microwave in 30 second increments, stirring well in between.
- Add cream cheese to melted chocolate and blend well.
- Add flour and vanilla and stir into a thick dough consistency.
- Flatten about 1 tbs. of dough in your palm, place 2 candy melts (flat sides together) in the center and gently wrap the dough around the melts until they are completely covered.
- Flatten dough and shape into an Oreo shaped and sized cookie and place on an un-greased cookie sheet.
- Bake cookies at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove warm cookies from cookie sheet and place on parchment paper (they will be a little greasy on the bottom, the parchment paper helps with this)
- Decorate as desired- I dipped the entire top of the cookie in melted white candy melts and then piped two small circles on the top. Dragging the tip of a toothpick through the circles while they are still melted makes them into hearts (aww….) Easy and fun!
Not expecting a baby? Make these with pink or red melts inside and pink and red hearts on top for a fun and festive Valentines Day treat!
ENJOY!!
That’s really creative!
Ohme Ohmy! These look delish!! And oh so fun!!! =) What a great idea for gender revealing!!
These are so cute!
Thank you
these look wonderful for valentines day(:
but does anyone know around how many cookies can this mixture make?
Thanks– it really depends on how much dough you wrap around the melts. If you aim for an oreo-sized cookie this recipe makes 24-28 cookies.
This is a really creative idea, Thanks!
Very Cool. I will use this some day.
I awarded you with the Liebster Award – http://sweettwistoffate.blogspot.com/2012/02/gluten-free-pear-bread.html
Thanks so much Meg. I will pass it along!!
Found you through Meg’s blog, I’m loving your recipes! These are so cute – I’ve never heard of gender reveal parties (probably because I never want to know what I’m having til the ACTUAL reveal), but I love this idea
Welcome
I had never heard of them either until my cousin called…sounds fun though!
I love this so much, I just made some for my reveal party tomorrow. They are in the oven as I type this comment. =) I did make one alteration, but that’s because my family really loves their chocolate very sweet. I put in 1/4c. sugar and creamed it with the chocolate-cream cheese mixture. Very tasty! I can’t wait til I see the look on their faces when they eat them too.
Nothing makes me happier than hearing stories about how people have used and enjoyed recipes!! My cousin just made these too- she is having a *girl*
She is a teacher and brought them in to her kids– they loved the idea that the cookies held a secret. Have a wonderful time at your party Melissa– and congratulations!!!
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Please help!
I made these cookies last night (I’m not a good baker) and they were a disaster. Not sure wher I went wrong. The dough was very “crumbly” and I had a hard time getting it to stick together to make into a ball. Once they were out of the oven they tasted like there was too much flour but I did use 2cups exactly. Any suggestions on where I may have gone wrong?
Thanks!
Oh goodness Jennifer– I’m so sorry they didn’t turn out. It sounds like maybe you had too much flour– but I’m really not sure- if you decide to try it again I’d just add the flour until you have a nice moldable dough consistency. And I bet you are a better baker than you give yourself credit for– half the battle is just being willing to try. I still completely fail at recipes (I just tried a Betty Crocker cake roll that was TERRIBLE!– and thats a tried and true Betty Crocker recipe!). Good luck!!!!