Vampire Bites

Ingredients

• 24 (18 g)  fun size Milky Way miniature candy bars

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• red food coloring
• 1/2 cup red decorator's sugar
• 1/4 cup decorator's white frosting

Directions

1. 1

   Combine the flour, baking soda and cinnamon in a medium bowl; set aside.

2. 2

   Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

3. 3

   Add the egg; beat well.

4. 4

   Slowly add the flour mixture into the dough until blended. A.

5. 5

   dd enough food coloring to tint the dough a bright red.

6. 6

   Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

7. 7

   Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

8. 8

   Line the cookie sheet pans with the parchment paper.

9. 9

   Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness.

10. 10

    Use a lip shaped cookie cutter to cut out 24 lip shapes. Or, you can form the dough into 24 balls and flatten each slightly to create free-form shaped lips using your hands to pinch and shape the dough. Transfer these to the prepared cookie sheets.

11. 11

    Re-roll the scraps if necessary.

12. 12

    Sprinkle the cookies with red sugar.

13. 13

    Bake 7-10 minutes, or until light golden brown.

14. 14

    Remove from the oven, and immediately press an unwrapped MILKY WAY® Fun Size chocolate bar piece into the center of each cookie. Cool completely.

15. 15

    Use vanilla frosting to pipe fangs over the candy.