Candy or cookies? Why not both?! These Kit Kat Cookies are a fun halloween (or everyday) treat that are more than just your average candy bar.
About these Cookies
A candy mix in is one of my favorite change ups to a basic cookie recipe. Don’t get me wrong, a classic chocolate chip cookie is something that’ll always be special, but it’s fun to switch it up and skip the chips sometimes.
When I first made this Leftover Candy Cookies recipe, I absolutely loved the concept of adding candy to cookies (I added candy to these Candy Corn Rice Krispies which I think you’d love, too!) and knew I had to develop another version. When your sweet tooth is calling, these Kit Kat cookies will answer.
These Kit Kat Cookies have a chocolate base that’s thick with a chewy cookie texture. Chopped up Kit Kat Bars and dark chocolate chunks are added to take this treat to the next level. The chocolate on the Kit Kat gets a little melty and when swirled with the cookie dough, just WOW.
And if you’re a cookie monster, also try these Cherry Chip Cookies, these Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookies, or these No Bake Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies that I’m sure you’ll love, too!
Recipe Ingredients
- Cocoa Powder – Creates a rich chocolate flavor. You’ll want to sift the cocoa powder to ensure no chunks end up in your Kit Kat Cookies.
- Cornstarch – An underrated cookie ingredient in my opinion. Mixed with the all purpose flour, it helps create that great, crumbly cookie texture.
- Sugar – We will use both brown sugar and white.
- Butter – You’ll want to let this soften at room temperature, so it mixes easily with the sugar to produce creamy texture we need for our batter.
- Kit Kat Candy Bars – These chocolate covered wafer bars are the star of this cookie. There are a handful of Kit Kat flavors you could try in this recipe, but I went with original.
- Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Bar – Ghirardelli is top notch in my opinion when it comes to chocolate. I like a chopped bar in this recipe as compared to chocolate chips to create a similar shape to the chopped Kit Kats.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
How to Make This Recipe
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a mixing bowl, add softened butter and both white and brown sugars. Beat together until all of the butter is mixed and there are no clumps remaining (I used an electric hand mixer, but a stand mixer can also be used).
2. Beat in eggs one at a time and add vanilla extract. Remove Kit Kats and the chocolate bar from their packaging and chop into small pieces.
3. Using a sifter, sift cocoa powder and flour into the mixture. Add the remaining dry ingredients: salt, cornstarch, and baking powder to the batter. Use a hand mixer to combine all ingredients. Note: batter will be sticky.
4. Toss in all of the chopped Kit Kats and chocolate and stir. It’s going to be quite thick.
5. Grease a baking sheet or line with parchment paper, then using a greased cookie scoop (just spray the scoop with cooking spray), scoop into cookie balls and place on the cookie sheet (this recipe makes ~24 cookies so you’ll need two trays or to bake in two batches).
6. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are golden brown. Remove promptly from the baking sheet and allow them to cool on a wire rack. While they’re still warm, push in a few extra Kit Kat pieces into the tops if desired. Enjoy with a cold glass of milk!
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Recipe FAQs
Store cookies in an airtight container in the fridge or on the counter for up to 5 days. Pro-tip: If you store a piece of bread in the container with the cookies it’ll keep them super soft!
These Kit Kat Cookies also freeze well. You can store pre-made dough balls and bake from frozen for an extra 1-2 minutes, or store baked cookies in an airtight container or freezer bag after cooling. I suggest adding parchment between layers to avoid cookies from sticking to one another.
If you’re going for eye-catching symmetry in your batch of Kit Kat Cookies, right when these cookies come out of the oven, find either a metal ring from a mason jar lid or a cookie cutter slightly larger than your cookies.
Place the circle over your cookie while it’s still hot and move it in a circular fashion so it ‘rounds out’ the edges of the cookies.
No, feel free to change up this recipe and use another favorite candy bar! Try Snickers, Rolos, Heath Bar, Twix, Reese’s, Crunch Bars, Almond Joys, Butterfingers, or Milky Ways.
Candies I would steer away from substituting would be sour or fruit candy like Starbursts, Skittles, or Smarties as these will not go well with our chocolate cookie base.
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Kit Kat Cookies
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- hand mixer or stand mixer
- Rubber Spatula
- Knife
- Cutting Board
- Sifter
- cookie scooper
- Baking sheet
- parchment paper
- cooling rack
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder, sifted
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 10 Kit Kats
- 1 bar Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate, 3.5 oz
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add softened butter and both white and brown sugars. Beat together until all of the butter is mixed and there are no clumps remaining.
- Beat in eggs one at a time and add vanilla extract. Remove Kit Kats and the chocolate bar from their packaging and chop into small pieces.
- Using a sifter, sift cocoa powder and flour into the mixture. Add the remaining dry ingredients: salt, cornstarch, and baking powder to the batter. Use a hand mixer to combine all ingredients. Note: batter will be sticky and thick. That’s ok!!
- Toss in all of the chopped Kit Kats and chocolate and stir. It’s going to be quite thick.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line or grease a baking sheet. Using a greased cookie scooper (just spray the scoop with cooking spray), scoop cookies into balls and place on the cookie sheet (this recipe makes ~24 cookies so you’ll need two trays or to bake in two batches).
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are golden brown. Remove promptly from the baking sheet and allow them to cool on a wire rack. While they’re still warm, push in a few extra Kit Kat pieces into the tops if desired. Enjoy!
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Umm wow, THESE ARE IT!!
I don’t really eat much candy on its own, but put it in a cookie and GAME CHANGER. These are so fun to make especially around halloween when all the candy is laying around the house