gender reveal dessert

Fudge cookies for gender reveal party!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Ruthanne

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!