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!
And, if you're looking for other great cookie recipes, look no further! Try my Brown Butter Oatmeal Raisin Cookies or my Chocolate Peppermint Cookies.
a quick word about the ingredients
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!
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!
instructions and baking tips
To begin our cookies and cream cookies, preheat the oven to 350° and grab the stand mixer. This dough is thick and the stand mixer really does help with getting all the ingredients combined together thoroughly.
Cream the butter and cream cheese together until fluffy. Hint: The cream cheese really needs to be room temperature before you start. Otherwise it's almost impossible to incorporate it into the chocolate crunch cookie dough.
Once the cream cheese and butter are nicey-nice, add in the corn syrup, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract, mixing until everything is completely combined.
Next up, add the flour, baking soda and salt and mix until just combined. Don't over mix because we don't want a tough dough.
Now for the fun part! We need some chocolate sandwich cookie pieces. I put mine into a zip top bag, get all the air out, seal it, and whack at it 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.
Add the sandwich cookies pieces and chocolate chips to the dough and fold to combine. Using a tablespoon scoop, portion out the dough onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes or just until the edges are slightly golden brown. Let them cool for just few minutes if you are able. The suspense will be difficult.
These cookies and cream cookies are incredible dipped in a cold glass of milk. Share if you're polite, but you are definitely allowed to keep them all to yourself.
recipe variations
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
recipe frequently asked questions
Do Cookies and Cream Cookies freeze well?
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!
What other add-ins could you incorporate?
I used chocolate sandwich cookies for this version, but the sky is the limit. You could fold in vanilla sandwich cookies, chocolate chips, peanut butter sandwich cookies, and even your favorite lemon sandwich cookies.
How do I store these cookies and cream cookies?
I store my baked goods in the fridge. They just stay fresher long. In the fridge, they will stay good for up to a week. If left out on the counter, they will stay good up to 3 days.
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.
Recipe
Cookies and Cream Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 8 oz block cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoon corn syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups ap 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 see note below for instruction
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!
Notes
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Happy Cooking!
-Rufus
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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!