Raspberry Chocolate Chip and Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites

These teeny tiny bite size cookies are a fun and cute little treat for anyone, but especially my hungry puppies.  The tender and not-too-sweet cookies are a perfect "sandwich" for their chocolate chip filling.  These cookies are also a perfect hands on activity for your hungry puppies to help you with.  The dough is not sticky, so easy for little hands to roll into balls, and pressing with a fork is a perfect job for little helpers.  You can make the filling plain vanilla, but my hungry puppies decided that colors and flavors would be more fun.  Use your favorites!

Raspberry Chocolate Chip and Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites

Cookies:

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup cake flour

3/4 cup cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, room temperature

3/4 cup powdered sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

Filling:

1/2 cup (1 stick butter), room temperature

2 cups powdered sugar

1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon raspberry extract (or your choice)

red food coloring (or your choice)

1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon mint extract (or your choice)

green food coloring (or your choice)

1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips, divided

Preheat the oven to 300F.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

For the cookies, sift together the flours, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.  In a separate bowl, beat the butter and powdered sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.  Beat in the vanilla.  Add the flour mixture and carefully beat on low speed until the dough forms.  Scoop dough a tablespoon at a time, and divide in half.  Roll each half into a ball and place on the baking sheet.  Repeat with remaining dough.  After all of the dough balls are on the baking sheet, use a fork to flatten each dough ball.  

Bake the cookies for about 20 minutes, or until the bottoms are golden. The tops will not brown at all.  Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack.

For the filling, beat the butter and powdered sugar in a bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.  Divide the filling in half and place one half in a separate bowl.  In one bowl of filling, add raspberry extract and red food coloring, and stir well until completely incorporated.  Stir in 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips.  Set aside.  In the second bowl of filling, add mint extract and green food coloring, and stir well until completely incorporated.  Stir in remaining 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips.  

To assemble the cookies, spoon or pipe about a teaspoon of frosting on the bottom of a cookie, then press another cookie gently on top of the frosting to make a cookie sandwich.

Enjoy!  -Cardamommy