Snickers Cookies

Your favorite childhood candy bar has been upgraded in the best possible way… Snickers cookies! These delicious cookies are crispy on the outside, soft and moist on the inside, and loaded with chopped up Snickers bars. The ultimate nostalgic treat!

If I were to pick only one type of dessert I could have for the rest of my life, I would pick the cookie. I love cookies. I especially love these cookies because they are crispy yet soft and so flavors are out of this world!

I used to make a lot more cookies than I do now, but there is a reason I scaled back.

I would eat them all by my lonesome. I used to be able to fool myself that they didn’t exist, once I was finished baking and had packed the cookies away. But now I’m finding that those frozen cookies in the back of the freezer are always in the front of my mind.

“What would it hurt if I took out one or two cookies?” I’d ask myself.

The problem was, I would ask myself the question daily and that is detrimental to my thighs. So, I just have to take that temptation off my ‘plate’.

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Helpful tips

• I like using the Snickers minis candies as there is less of a risk of my eating a whole Snickers bar before I actually bake the cookies, but full-size bars are fine, too.
• Take the butter out of the refrigerator at least a half hour before starting the recipe and let it soften in the stand mixer, so you’re not handling it multiple times. Unwrap the sticks into the mixing bowl and help the softening along by cutting them into several chunks.
• I use spelt flour in most of my baking, but you can definitely use all purpose flour.
• Hubby isn’t a fan of cookies with nuts in them. So since these have peanuts from the candy bars, that’s enough for him. But if you want a crunchier cookie, add some chopped up peanuts.
• These cookies freeze well. Place in an airtight container or gallon zip lock bag and lay flat in the freezer until they freeze, after which you can stack them with other items. You can even put a piece of parchment paper between the layers of cookies.
• I use a medium cookie scoop but you can use a small scoop or even roll the dough between your palms to shape your cookies.
• Only place 12 dough balls on the cookie sheet to let the cookies have room between each other to spread.
• Everyone’s oven is different. My cookies took 12 minutes to bake, so I suggest you look at the cookies after 10 minutes just to see how much time you need to get the perfectly baked cookie. They should be lightly browned around the edges.
• Even though I know people use unsalted butter, I do not. Use what you are comfortable with.

How to make Snickers cookies

Pre-step

Take the butter out of the fridge at least 30 minutes before starting the recipe. You want it to be softened and room temperature.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Get out a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, rubber spatula and baking sheets.

Step one

Gather the beginning ingredients: light brown sugar, cane (or white) sugar, large eggs and softened butter. (A)

Step two

Place the butter and sugars in the mixer and mix until combined.

Step three

Add both eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.

Step four

Gather the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and rolled oats. (B)

Step five

Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, into the stand mixture and mix until just combined.

Step six

Chop up 1 cup of Snickers bars and measure out 1/2 cup of chocolate chips. (C)

Step seven

Pour the oats, Snickers bites, and chocolate chips in the bowl with the cookie dough. (D)

Step eight

Stir until combined. Do not over mix.

Step nine

Get a medium cookie scoop and scoop 12 cookie dough balls on the cookie sheets.

Step ten

Bake for 10 – 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheets for 5 minutes before removing them to a wire rack.

Yum! I pile some on a plate and get a little glass of milk. I like almond milk.

Time to take a bite.

So delicious!

I hope you enjoyed this Snickers cookies recipe!

Other cookie recipes

• Pistachio
• Dutch chocolate
• Butterfinger
• Italian wedding

And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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