Happy Wednesday! I hope everyone had a very filling Thanksgiving. I am super pumped about Christmas / Holiday season. I am the person who gets the Christmas stuff out the day after Thanksgiving, and I get really excited when I see ornaments at Rite Aid. Then you know it’s all really happening. This year, we are going to really bring it with some yummy cookie recipes for you guys, as well as some gift giving make your own – do it yourself- situations. So get ready. First up are these Chocolate Chip Rice Krispies Treat Cookies. Like most of you, I am a really big fan of rice krispies treats. So making them into cookies with chocolate was kinda a no brainer. Super yum. The rice krispies make the cookies amazingly chewy, and the chunks of marshmallow and chocolate are awesome little flavor pockets as you eat your way through. Hope you all enjoy!
♥ Teri
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Chocolate Chip Rice Krispies Treat Cookies
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk, room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon molasses
- 2 cups plus 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups Rice Krispies cereal
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- ¾ cup mini marshmallows
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer cream together butter and sugars. Scrape down sides of the bowl and mix in the eggs, one at a time.
- Add vanilla and molasses and continue to beat together.
- In another bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir together until completely mixed together, but do not overmix.
- Fold in the cereal, chocolate chips and marshmallows until fully incorporated. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour.
- Drop 2 ½ tablespoon sized dollops onto a baking sheet lined with parchment, about 1 inch apart from one another (the cookies will spread).
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies have just begun to brown.
- Allow cookies to cool for at least 5 minutes before serving. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
NOTES
- *Makes about 3 dozen
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This is definitely the most crumbly cookie dough I’ve ever worked with, nearly impossible to keep the balls formed (it seemed like there wasn’t enough of the dough to mix in the amount of rice krispies entirely). The results were good in the end, though and I can always make adjustments next time. For those who don’t have baking parchment- bake at 325 with greased foil for 7 minutes, let cool completely before lifting. Will probably make these again, thanks for the recipe!
Yes the dough is rather crumbly and you can alleviate that with the addition of 1-2 tablespoons of milk! (Also using a hand or stand mixer to really incorporate the ingredients together is helpful)
I am new to this site and I am eating it up in big bites! There are so many recipes I am dying to try! My husband’s two favorite treats are rice krispy treats AND chocolate chip cookies so I know he will go nuts over these!
I love them but how many calories etc. ?
Hi–Major problems here. Followed the recipe to the T but they came out flat with some liquified sugar bits. They still tasted decent, but they weren’t really cookies! Any help?
Did you follow the updated recipe? Should work.
Just made these last night with the updated recipe but I used M&M’s instead of chocolate chips. I formed the dough balls by hand and refrigerated dough between batches. They were so delicious! Thank you for melding two of my families favorite treats, we will be making these often!
eek! I cant wait to try these! Tonight I think!
could you make these with whole wheat flour?
Yes you can, but should just adjust the amounts!
These are delicious! I’m making them as a part of my cookies Xmas gifts for family and friends this year. I’m thinking these are going to be everyone’s favorites. I probably didn’t incorporate the Krispies and marshmallows as well as I could. I noticed anywhere that the marshmallows were on the outside, the ending up cooking out and turning into a brittle-like thing. I just broke that stuff off of the cookies.
I just made these and mine spread together instead of remaining thick and chewy, like other commenters above. I had written down the recipe before the milk was taken out, so I’m not sure if it was that or something else. Any suggestions?
Just saw your update- never mind! Will try again sometime with the new recipe.
just read the update and mine are in the oven right now. wish I would’ve known that before I made them today :( oh well.
this is what I get for writing my recipes down weeks ago instead of the day of :( haha. they will still get eaten!
I just made these and had no problems at all! They are delicious! I kept the dough in the fridge for an hour before making them into balls. I baked them in smaller batches and then placed the dough back in the fridge in between. Great recipe, so light and crunchy!
I had the same problem, the dough was really dry. I had to add some water so I could form dough balls.