Chocolate Holiday Bears

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These cookies are delicious! You can't just eat one! These don't need to be rolled out real thin either!

posted by

stunank

on 7/13/2010

time

prep:

20 min

total:

49 min

servings

total:

20 servings

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What You Need

3/4

cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened

3/4

cup packed brown sugar

pkg. (3.9 oz.) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding

egg

1-3/4

cups flour

tsp. baking soda

oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate

Decorations: assorted small candies, raisins, sprinkles, colored sugars, JET PUFFED Mini Marshmallows

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

BEAT first 4 ingredients in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Mix flour and baking soda; gradually add to pudding mixture, beating well after each addition. Shape into ball.

ROLL out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch-thickness. Cut out dough using 4-inch bear-shaped cookie cutter; place, 2 inches apart, on greased baking sheets. Reroll scraps and use to cut additional cookies. Decorate with small candies, raisins or sprinkles for eyes, mouth and buttons, pressing decorations lightly into dough to secure.

BAKE 12 to 14 min. or until slightly firm. Let stand on baking sheets 2 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.

MELT chocolate; spread onto bottom halves of bears for the pants or skirts. Use remaining chocolate to attach remaining decorations. Let stand until chocolate is firm.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

Enjoy one serving of these festive cookies with a cold glass of fat-free milk.

Special Extra

Mix 1 tsp. ground cinnamon with flour and baking soda before mixing with other ingredients as directed.

Note

If dough is too soft to roll out immediately after mixing, refrigerate it up to 1 hour or until of desired firmness.

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hwright83

posted:12/10/2005

We loved this! The kids asked me if we could make it again soon. We used them to decorate with all kinds of stuff and they worked wonderfully! I had to refrigerate for 1/2 hour before rolling dough. Would definetly make again!

a cook

posted:11/27/2005

GROSS!! NOT GOOD AT ALL!

icegirl1490

posted:4/30/2005

a cook

posted:12/9/2004

It was a bit messy, but the kids seemed to enjoy themselves. It's a recipe for when you have time to really sit down with your kids and experiment, and let them have fun decorating.

kninelover3399

posted:12/7/2004

This was so easy to mix and roll out. My 13 year old step son helped alot and my 2 year old just loves to eat them...he could hardly wait till they were cool enough to eat.

scschaap

posted:12/7/2004

I LOVED these. They are soo cute and they are a great alternative for kids that don't care for ginger bread people. They taste great, so good in fact that I have to make more tonight since the first 2 batches I made 3 days ago are gone and they weren't decorated yet. One question, does anyone know if you could make these with a different flavor pudding for different kinds of bears?

WhitsEnd

posted:12/6/2004

My kids loved making this with me yesterday. The dough was very easy to work with (I did refrigerate it for about 30 minutes). We have not "decorated" them yet, as I'm a novice and haven't decided what to use yet. They are good to eat without decorations though! Also, we used "boy" and "girl" cutouts instead of the bears, and of course they work just as well. We will make these again!

mrs.cook2

posted:12/5/2004

I loved this recipe. We all thought it was good and so delicious. The kids loved it! :)

a cook

posted:11/23/2004

Easy and delicious! Guests couldn't stop eating them!

super#1mom

posted:11/11/2004

Very good kids enjoyed making them!