Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place butter and sugar in a large bowl. Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, cream together. Add in the egg and salt and mix to combine. Add in the flour a little at a time until fully mixed and a dough forms.
Taking half of the dough at a time, roll it out to 1/8 of an inch between two pieces of parchment paper. Using a round cookie cutter (I used the beveled side to make it prettier) cut out dough rounds. On the back of a mini cupcake tin that has been sprayed with baking spray, place cookies and form around the cupcake tin. Make sure to press it down around all the sides to form perfect cups.
Bake 10-12 minutes until lightly golden brown. Place on wired rack for 10 minutes. Remove cups and place back on rack to cool completely.
Cheesecake Mix
Using a stand or hand mixer, cream all the ingredients together until completely smooth.
Cherry Filling
Place cherry pie filling in a food processor and pulse until smooth.
Cookie Assembly
Take two bowls and in each bowl place two Tbsp of the cream cheese mixture. Color with food coloring, one bowl should be orange, one black.
Place 1 tsp of the cherry filling in each cookie cup. Fill the rest of the way up with the cream cheese mixture and smooth out the top.
Carefully decorate the tops of the cookies like little snowmen faces. This is easily done with wooden skewers.
Let sit in the fridge at least 4 hours until serving, enjoy!