These Easter Candy Cookies are a sweet, soft and chewy way to use up your leftover Easter candy.
Course Desserts
Cuisine American
Keyword cookies, Easter, easter candy
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 3Servings
Ingredients
Ingredients:
1/2cupunsalted buttersoftened
1cupdark brown sugar
1/2cupgranulated sugar
2eggs
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2 1/4cupsall purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking soda
1/4teaspoonsalt
1/2cupcrushed robins eggs candy
1/2cupcrushed dark chocolate candy coated mini eggs
1/4 - 1/2cuppink colored sugar crystals
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In the bowl of a stand mixer cream together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar for 3 minutes.
Beat in eggs one at a time. Scraping down the sides of the bowl after adding each egg. Beat in vanilla.
In another bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
Add dry mixture to wet mixture and beat just until it comes together, 1 -2 minutes.
Fold in candy.
Use a cookie scoop to make rounded tablespoonfuls of dough. Roll dough in sugar crystals and place 2 inches a part on cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven allow to cool for a couple minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Serve.