Cookies and Cream Cookies are such a fun cookie recipe to make! The dough is tender and light, the crunch comes from your favorite chocolate sandwich cookie, and semi-sweet chocolate chips tie everything together. I love making these for kids, for adults, for parties and cookouts, and for everything else in between!
This fantastic recipe makes a lot of cookies and they freeze wonderfully, as well! It'll be your new go-to whenever you need a very popular, very tasty sweet treat.
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Cookies and Cream Cookies are a favorite around my house. My kids absolutely adore these. I have to hide them from my husband. And, what's not to love?! The cookie is tender and wonderful and with the crunch of the chocolate sandwich cookie, it's hard to resist. And, it's like having two cookies in one!!!
Make these for a fun sweet treat, for your next party, or to keep in the freezer for a rainy day!
What You'll Need (The Major Players)
Cream Cheese, Butter, Sugar, Corn Syrup - These make the dough of these cookies incredibly tender and light.
Vanilla Bean Paste - I use this instead of vanilla extract now. The flavor is much nicer and much less alcohol-flavored. It's easy to find and I love seeing the little flecks of vanilla bean in my recipes!
Buy Now → The Chocolate Sandwich Cookies and Chocolate Chips - Use your favorite brand of chocolate sandwich cookie. You can even play with the flavor variations. As for the chocolate chips, I use a semi-sweet one because it's not too sweet. If you like milk chocolate, use those. You can't go wrong!
Tips and Tricks
- Make sure your ingredients are room temp - especially the cream cheese. They will mix better and bake more evenly.
- Measure and level the dry ingredients.
- Pulverize the chocolate sandwich cookies in a zip top bag and whack with a rolling pin. If that's the technical instruction you needed, you're welcome. Whack away just enough to break the sandwich cookies into smaller pieces, but not enough completely pulverized them.
- I prefer using a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop for this recipe. I love the size. They're a perfectly portioned cookie. You can have one and if you need another, it's not like its a huge cookie. These cookies and cream cookies are small. That means they're basically healthy.
- The cookies will be slightly underbaked straight out of the oven. They will continue to cook for a few minutes and will be perfect in the end. Don't panic!
Variations and Substitutions
These cookies and cream cookies are so much fun because I have used so many different add-ins over the years. I have literally dumped in any cookie/candy I've had in my pantry into these cookies. Have fun with it!
Make everything per usual in the recipe, leaving out the sandwich cookies and chips, and then play with the endless options of additions.
Think:
- any kind of chocolate chips
- peanut butter chips
- vanilla sandwich cookies
- mint chocolate candies
- toffee pieces
- caramel pieces
- candy coated chocolates
- pretzels (I've even seen chocolate mint coated pretzels!)
- peppermint pieces
Frequently Asked Questions
How big or small do the sandwich cookie pieces need to be?
You don't want to pulverize them or you'll end up with a gray cookie. I keep them small enough to fold in, but big enough to have crunch and texture in these cookies.
Cookies and Cream Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (8 oz block) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoon corn syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 cups chocolate sandwich cookies, broken into small-ish pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Whip butter and cream cheese together until fluffy. Add sugar, corn syrup, vanilla and cream together.
- Add one egg at a time, mixing thoroughly.
- Add flour, baking soda, and salt until just combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips and chocolate sandwich cookie pieces.
- Using a tablespoon cookie scoop, portion out onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes, just until the edges are barely golden brown. Remove from the oven and let cool.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Storage and Freezing Instructions
I store my baked goods in the fridge. They just stay fresher long. In the fridge, cookies and cream cookies will stay good for up to a week. If left out on the counter, they will stay good up to 3 days.
Cookies and cream cookies freeze phenomenally! This recipe makes a lot of cookies, so I usually end up throwing a few into the freezer for a rainy day. There's nothing better than have a great dessert on hand!
I bake mine, cool them, and freeze in a zip top bag. However, you could freeze the dough balls and then bake them as needed. Just add a few more minutes of cook time!
Thank you!
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Happy Cooking!
-Rufus
For some fun facts about our favorite chocolate sandwich cookie, click here!
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Emily Davis says
These are amazing. My kids are obessed now. I made them for a birthday party and they were gone. Everyone loved them! I'm gonna try it with other flavors of oreos next!