Snickers Snickerdoodle Cookies

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by Nancy

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Classic homemade snickerdoodle cookies with a Snickers candy twist.

Snickers Snickerdoodle Cookies on plate with milk

Classic snickerdoodle cookies are one of the best cookies to make with ingredients right out of the pantry.

The only ingredient needed that may not be in the pantry is the cream of tartar.

But what a good reason to keep some on hand.

And as if homemade snickerdoodle cookies weren’t delicious enough on their own, these cookies are made with a mini Snickers candy in the middle.

They have the same delicious snickerdoodle taste plus the flavor and texture of Snickers candy in the middle of the cookie.

The combination of the cinnamon and sugar snickerdoodle cookie and Snickers candy, tastes so good together.

About the Mini Snickers Candy

For each cookie, the dough is wrapped around a Snickers mini-size candy when forming the dough ball.

Snickers candy “baking bites” or Snickers “Minis” work well for these cookies.

I’ve found that Snickers “Minis” have more availability and can be used either whole or cut in half to make each cookie.

Since this recipe yields about 38 to 40 cookies, I buy the 9.7-ounce bag of Snickers Minis (generally has about 33 candies, give or take) and just cut about 8 of them in half.

But feel free to buy the bigger size bag of Snickers Minis if preferred.

Tips For Best Results

Baking:

For best results, these cookies should be removed from the oven right when they start to turn a light golden color around the edges and on the bottom of the cookies.

Cooling:

And then they should be quickly transferred onto a cooling rack.

They taste best when the middle is a little soft.

Important Steps When Making These Cookies:

The following steps are very important in order for these cookies to turn out nicely.

Important Steps
when Making these Cookies

1) The cookie dough must be chilled for at least an hour before baking
This should prevent the cookies, and the Snickers candy from
spreading out too much when baked

2) After the cookies bake for 10 minutes, lightly flatten the top of each
cookie with a spatula, then let them continue to bake
This should prevent the cookies from having a “mound” on the top

For Serving

These cookies are really good served warm or at room temperature.

While the cookies are still warm, they can be cut or broken apart (carefully because the middle of the cookie is very hot) and served as a dessert finger-food…kind of like a “broken cookie party mix“.

Let’s check out the ingredients.

Snickers Snickerdoodle Cookies ingredients

Snickers Minis (or Snickers baking bites if available), softened butter, granulated sugar, eggs, flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.

For the Cookie Dough

Dry Ingredients:

In a medium-size bowl, add flour…

…cream of tartar…

…baking soda and salt.

Stir together and set aside for a moment.

Butter, Eggs and Sugar:

In a large mixing bowl, add softened butter…

…eggs…

…and…

…sugar.

Next…

Cream butter, sugar and eggs with mixer in bowl

…beat the butter, egg and sugar mixture…

…until light and creamy.

Creamed butter and sugar in bowl with spatula

Mix the Cookie Dough:

Add flour to cookie dough in mixing bowl

Set the mixer speed to low and slowly spoon in the dry ingredients a little at a time.

Mix until a dough forms.

Chill the Cookie Dough:

Lay the cookie dough on a large piece of plastic wrap and form the dough into a fairly flat round (so that it chills evenly).

Wrap the dough completely in plastic wrap and chill it in the refrigerator for an hour.

Preheat the Oven

After the dough is done chilling, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Form and Coat the Cookie Dough Balls

Cinnamon and Sugar Coating:

In a small bowl, add the sugar and cinnamon.

Ground cinnamon and sugar in bowl with spoon

Stir until combined.

Set aside while making the cookie dough balls.

Form the Cookie Dough Balls:

Flatten cookie dough ball on plate with spoon

Roll 1-1/2 tablespoons of dough into a ball.

Then flatten out the dough ball with the back side of a small spoon or the palm of your hand.

Snickers candy bite on cookie dough on plate

Set a Snickers Mini candy in the middle of the flat piece of dough.

If using Snickers Mini candies use either a whole one or a half of one per cookie dough ball

If using Snickers Baking Bites, use 2 candies per cookie dough ball

Wrap the dough around the candy and form a ball that completely covers the candy.

Coat the Dough Balls:

Coat cookie dough ball with cinnamon and sugar in bowl

Coat each dough ball with the cinnamon and sugar mixture on all sides.

Cookie dough balls coated with cinnamon and sugar on cookie pan

Set the sugar and cinnamon-coated cookie dough balls on a large ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake

Bake in a preheated oven (at 350 degrees F.) in batches.

TIP – A large cookie sheet (pan) should have room for about 13 cookies. If using one large cookie sheet to bake the cookies, it should take 3 batches.

After the cookies bake for 10 minutes, using an oven mitt, carefully pull the oven rack with the cookies out of the oven and lightly press a spatula on top of each cookie to flatten it.

Bake the cookies for another 6 to 7 minutes or until the outer edges just start to turn a golden color.

Total baking time is approximately 16 to 17 minutes per batch (may vary depending on how cold the cookie dough is).

Repeat the process with the remaining cookie dough.

Snickers Snickerdoodle Cookies on baking pan

Cool

Remove the cookies from the oven and transfer them onto a cooling rack.

Serve

A glass of milk…

…may be in order.

Broken Snickers Snickerdoodle Cookies on plate

TIP – For a delicious and fun finger-food dessert, break the cookies into medium-size pieces to make a “Broken Cookie Party Mix”.

…these cookies are so good when…

…dipped in milk or coffee.

Thank you so much for stopping by CCC!

Bite of Snickers Snickerdoodle Cookies with milk

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