Cookie Bites with Pumpkin Mousse
These mini cookie bites with pumpkin mousse and an easy and delicious bite-size sugar cookie cup recipe that is the perfect fall dessert.
Servings: 60 Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Cups
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Pumpkin Mousse
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Optional: whipped cream and pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
Cookie Cups
- Preheat the oven to 350° and spray a mini muffin pan(s) with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix butter, sugar, brown sugar, rum extract, and eggs together until combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Slowly add dry ingredients into wet ingredients and mix on medium speed until just combined.
- Roll dough into ½ inch balls and press firmly into the bottom of the muffin pan.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes until edges are golden brown and the middle of the cookie is fully set.
- Take the end of a spatula and press into the middle of each cookie to create a cup for filling.
- Let sit in the muffin pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
Pumpkin Mousse
- In a medium bowl, beat heavy cream until stiff peaks form.
- In a separate bowl, whisk pumpkin puree, powdered sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla extract together until combined.
- Gently fold pumpkin mixture into the whipped cream until just combined.
- Place mousse into the fridge until cookie cups are cool.
- Pipe pumpkin mousse into each cookie bite, top with a little whipped cream, and sprinkle with just a little pumpkin pie spice on top of the whipped cream, and enjoy!