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Snickers Chocolate Chip Cookies

on May 08, 2024

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These Snickers chocolate chip cookies are soft, chewy and loaded with Snickers candy bars and chocolate chips. The Snickers pieces add bites of caramel, peanuts, nougat and chocolate for a delicious cookie that’s impossible to resist. The recipe is super simple and made without a mixer, but be sure to give yourself enough time when making these cookies – as chilling the dough is essential!

If you’re wondering if another chocolate chip cookie recipe is really necessary, after trying these Snickers cookies you’ll realize the answer is yes. These Snickers chocolate chip cookies are super chewy. They’re thick and pudgy, so that you can fill them with tons of Snickers bars and chocolate chips. You could technically make these with your favorite chocolate bar – like Mars, Milky Way or Oh Henry – but I love what the caramel, peanut and nougat from the Snickers adds to these cookies. There’s just a hint of saltiness from the peanuts to make these totally addictive.

The cookies get their super chewy texture because of a few key ingredients: melted butter, cornstarch and just the right amount of flour. However, because we’re using melted butter it means that chilling the dough is 100% mandatory.

Making Snickers Cookies

Ok, so here’s the rundown with recipe tips and photos (the exact recipe is below).

Start by whisking together the dry ingredients: flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. You’ll notice that the amount of flour may seem a bit weird – 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons. I found 2 cups wasn’t enough, but 2 1/4 cups was too much and the cookies got too dry. Therefore, 2 cups plus 2 extra tablespoons was perfect.
Then in a separate bowl you’ll whisk together the melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Make sure that the melted butter is cooled slightly first. This ensures that the butter and sugar actually combine, instead of the melted butter sitting on top.
Whisk the egg and vanilla extract into the butter and sugar mixture.
From there, add the flour mixture into the butter mixture and whisk/stir until combined. I typically do this about 1/2 at a time. You could use an electric mixer, but I find a wire whisk works just fine. It my look like a lot of dry ingredients when you first add it to the bowl, but it will all mix in.
Then carefully fold in the chopped Snickers bars and chocolate chips. I stir in about 3/4 cups each of chopped Snickers and chocolate chips, then reserve the rest for dotting on the tops of the cookies after they come out of the oven.
You’ll cover the bowl with plastic, then pop the dough in the fridge to chill for at least 2 hours or up to 48 hours.
When ready to bake, you’ll preheat the oven and line your cookie sheets with parchment paper. If your cookie dough was chilling in the fridge overnight, you’ll want to take it out of the fridge and let it sit on the counter for about 10 minutes so that it’s easier to work with.
Then scoop the dough into balls with about 2 tablespoons of dough each and place the dough balls about 2 inches apart on the lined cookie sheets.
You’ll bake 1 sheet at a time in the middle of your preheated oven. The cookies will take about 8-10 minutes to bake. I always take my cookies out of the oven when the tops look just set because I like my cookies soft, chewy and verging on gooey. I recommend placing a few extra pieces of chopped Snickers bars and chocolate chips on top of each cookie.

Pro Tip: Measuring flour carefully is important for the perfect cookies. Too much and your cookies become dry and flavorless, not enough and the cookies will spread too thin. Be sure to whisk the flour first, then spoon it into a dry measuring cup and level off the top. Alternatively, using a kitchen scale will give the most accurate results. I used 2 cups plus 2 extra tablespoons of flour. But if you prefer slightly thinner cookies, use 2 cups.

Cookie dough balls freeze really well. After forming the dough into balls, place them in a freezer bag and freeze for up to 2 months. When you’re ready to bake, preheat the oven and line your cookie sheets as directed. Bake the cookie dough balls from frozen – they’ll just need 1-2 extra minutes.

These Snickers cookies are thick, chewy and absolutely addictive. You’ll love the bites of chocolate, caramel, peanuts and nougat in every cookie. And if you love adding candy bars to your baked goods, then be sure to try: