This chocolate acorn cookies recipe is the perfect treat for fall. Wafer cookies, chocolate kisses, and butterscotch chips create a fun and flavorful treat for autumn.
Easy Acorn Cookies
These acorn cookies are perfect for your fall gatherings and parties. You can also just enjoy them as a sweet bite-sized dessert.
Why you’ll love these easy acorn candy cookies
- They are adorable! The little mini cookies are cute and fun for the fall season.
- You only need a few ingredients to make these sweet treats.
- These acorn cookies are easily customizable. You can use other flavors of chocolate candies or different chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- Mini Nilla wafers
- Butterscotch chips
- Hershey kisses candies
- Chocolate frosting
How To Make Acorn Cookies with Chocolate Candy
Place your mini Nilla wafers upside down on a baking sheet or cutting board.
In a small bowl, microwave the frosting in 30 second increments, stirring in between, until melted. Allow the frosting to cool slightly.
Place a small bit of the chocolate onto the bottom of the Nilla wafers, and attach a Hershey’s kiss candy to each Nilla wafer.
Place them in refrigerator to chill for about 15 minutes.
Then, add a dab of chocolate to the top of the wafers and attach the butterscotch chips.
Attach the butterscotch chip to the top of the Nilla wafer cookie.
Repeat this for all of the candies, and then chill for 15 more minutes.
Tips & Notes
- Chocolate frosting is used as a “glue” to hold together the butterscotch chips, wafers, and candy kisses.
- It’s important to let the cookies chill in the fridge so that the frosting sets, keeping the cookies together.
- To secure the cookies even more, add a bit of frosting around the kisses and the chips.
Storage
Store these easy acorn candy cookies in a cool place in an airtight container. You can also keep these chocolate acorn cookies in a Ziplock bag, just make sure it’s in a cool area so the chocolate doesn’t melt.
More fun fall treats:
Chocolate Acorn Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 25 mini Nilla wafers
- 25 Hershey kisses candies
- 25 butterscotch chips
- chocolate frosting
Instructions
- Place your mini Nilla wafers upside down on a baking sheet or cutting board.
- In a small bowl, microwave the frosting in 30 second increments, stirring in between, until melted.
- Allow the frosting to cool slightly.
- Place a small bit of the chocolate onto the bottom of the Nilla wafers, and attach a Hershey’s kiss candy to each one. Place them in refrigerator to chill for about 15 minutes.
- Then, add a dab of chocolate to the top of the wafers and attach the butterscotch chips.
- Attach the butterscotch chip to the top of the Nilla wafer cookie.
- Repeat this for all of the candies, and then chill for 15 minutes more.
Notes
- Chocolate frosting is used as a “glue” to hold together the butterscotch chips, wafers, and candy kisses.
- It’s important to let the cookies chill in the fridge so that the frosting sets, keeping the cookies together.
- To secure the cookies even more, add a bit of frosting around the kisses and the chips.
- Store these easy acorn candy cookies in a cool place in an airtight container. You can also keep these chocolate acorn cookies in a Ziplock bag, just make sure it’s in a cool area so the chocolate doesn’t melt.
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. For best results, calculate these on your own.
