• Bright Ideas
• on 09/17/2008

"An easy way to share your love for chocolate."

love dots

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• Prep Time: 15 min.
• Bake Time: 12 min.
• Decoration Time: 5 min.
• Difficulty: Easy
• Yield: Makes 28 love dots.

• ¾ cup butter, unsalted
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 1 cup pecans, finely chopped
• 28 pieces DOVE® Brand Milk or Dark Chocolate
• 28 mini paper cup cake liners
• Mini muffin pans

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• 2. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg, and slowly stir in the flour.
• 3. Roll nicely rounded teaspoons of the dough into 1-1/4-inch balls; then roll the balls in chopped pecans.
• 4. Line the mini muffin pans with the mini cupcake liners. Place one ball into each cup, and bake until golden (about 12 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean).
• 5. Remove from oven, and place one piece of DOVE® Brand Milk or Dark Chocolate firmly on top of each ball.
• 6. Return to oven for 3 minutes, remove, and let cool completely.
• 1. TIP: These cookies are equally delicious when made without nuts.

• Calories per serving 141
• Total Fat 10 g
• Saturated Fat 5 g
• Trans Fat 0 g
• Cholesterol 21 mg
• Sodium 3 mg
• Carbohydrates 12 g
• Dietary Fiber 1 g
• Sugars 6 g
• Protein 2 g
• Vitamin A 0%DV
• Vitamin C 0%DV
• Calcium 0%DV
• Iron 0%DV