I don’t know about you guys, but I hardly had any trick or treaters come to the door last week…which means that I was left with A LOT of leftover Halloween candy. In order to prevent myself from eating it all (chocolate is my weakness), I started looking up recipes for baked goods that incorporate candy. I found a Kit Kat Cookies Recipe that looked pretty good and gave it a try!
Unfortunately, now I have these incredibly delicious Kit Kat Cookies that I have to avoid eating…I should have just left well enough alone with the plain old candy!
You can find the original Kit Kat Cookies Recipe here, but I made a few changes to suit my tastes. For instance, I used a cup of milk chocolate chips and a cup of dark chocolate chips…because I freaking love dark chocolate!
Ever since I found a bag of Nestle Dark Chocolate Chips at Walmart two months ago, I’ve been adding them into everything I can!
I personally L O V E chewy cookies. I kind of hate crispy cookies. So I added an extra egg yolk to my dough.
Did you know that the white part of the egg is what firms a cookie up and makes it crispy? When you just use a yolk, it adds moisture and yields a more chewy cookie. Yum! I’ve only ever tried adding one extra yolk, so I don’t know what would happen if you added TWO extra ones.
And of course, if you don’t like chewy cookies, you can just omit that extra egg yolk altogether.
I chopped my Kit Kat bars into five pieces, but you can chop them smaller or larger if you like. I wanted big enough pieces that I would actually get a piece of Kit Kat bar in a bite, but if you just want the flavor in the cookies, it would be fine to chop them up smaller. If you’re making larger cookies, you can chop them into larger pieces too, of course.
Chocolate Chip Kit Kat Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
2 sticks of unsalted butter, room temperature (or you can microwave then for 25 seconds to soften up)
2 eggs plus 1 egg yolk
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 cup dark chocolate chips (or you can just use two cups of milk chocolate chips)
1 1/2 cup chopped Kit Kat bars
3 cups of all purpose flour
Directions
Beat the sugar and butter together until nice and creamy, then beat in eggs and extra egg yolk, one at a time. Add in salt, baking soda and flour and beat lightly until thoroughly combined. Stir in the chocolate chips and Kit Kat bars – don’t beat them in, just stir with a spoon so that they don’t get broken up.
Refrigerate the dough for about two hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Scoop the dough by heaping tablespoons and roll into balls, placing about two inches apart on the cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes for tender and chewy cookies, or up to 10 minutes for crispier cookies.
Allow to cook for about ten minutes before devouring!
This recipe makes about two dozen cookies, depending on how big you make them!
Laura (Got Chocolate) says
November 6, 2013 at 9:30 amI love chewy cookies, too! I’m impressed with how tall you got these to bake. And Kit Kats are AWESOME! Good job, Jenn! 😀
Jennifer Quillen says
November 6, 2013 at 3:23 pmThank you!! 🙂 The hardly fell at all when I baked them, I was actually worried that they were going to be raw inside when I pulled them out of the oven! LOL!
Jelli says
November 6, 2013 at 9:44 amI love my chocolate chip cookies (and candy cookies) thick and chewy like these. They look delicious and I’m pinning as I type!
Tammy says
November 6, 2013 at 12:23 pmI guess I’d need several days of hard work outs if I made these, because I’d eat them all LOL.
kenton says
November 6, 2013 at 1:05 pmWow–this recipe blew my mind! I love kit kats! And to chop them up and put them in cookie dough? Amazing. I am going to save the recipe and attempt them. Very nice pics as well.
HilLesha says
November 6, 2013 at 4:00 pmWhat a creative AND yummy recipe!
Marcie W. says
November 6, 2013 at 6:31 pmSuper YUM!! I made similar cookies last week, but used random packs of Halloween chocolates instead. I dubbed them Mish Mosh Surprise cookies!
Kelsey Apley says
November 6, 2013 at 6:47 pmAs I clicked to open up to see recipe I was saying to myself.. DON”T Do it! These look SO SO SO Good!!! I am gonna have to make them for sure!!!
Kim says
November 6, 2013 at 9:07 pmUm, yum!! We actually don’t have any candy leftover, but these cookies look so good, I am going to go buy Kit Kats! 🙂
Dina says
November 6, 2013 at 10:04 pmI never thought to use kit kats in cookies, but it sounds delish!
Robin Gagnon says
November 6, 2013 at 10:19 pmThese look really awesome, but my daughter just would not have it, if I chopped up her fave candy bars… just not have it…lol
Angela says
November 7, 2013 at 5:35 pmThese look so good! We have some leftover Halloween candy too. I should use it up in a recipe.
Paula says
November 7, 2013 at 9:38 pmI’m totally going to hold you to saying you were going to make me cookies when you get home from the wedding 😛
I want to make these and surprise my husband tomorrow when he gets home from traveling but not sure I’ll have time.
KayleneP says
November 8, 2013 at 4:31 amWow I love cookies but you have just made them even better! I am definitely going to be making these very soon – thanks for sharing a great idea!
Lolo says
November 8, 2013 at 11:44 pmI do not think I have ever had a kit kat in a cookie. Those look amazing! Great photos!
Ty says
November 9, 2013 at 2:16 amThese look soft and delicious!
courtney says
November 9, 2013 at 5:57 pmMmm I’ll take a dozen! Cookies are my weakness – especially chewy!
Stefanie says
November 9, 2013 at 8:19 pmWhat a great use of leftover candy.
Mickey says
November 10, 2013 at 2:07 amMy kids would LOVE this! I’ll have to make them closer to Christmas for a special holiday treat. 🙂
Karly says
November 10, 2013 at 8:06 amI think I have a few Kit Kats stashed away, I need to make these cookies! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Beverly says
November 19, 2013 at 8:39 pmWow, these look awesome. I could eat one right now.
Thanks for sharing,
Bev
Abbie says
November 26, 2013 at 8:58 amThese cookies look so chewy and delicious!
Pinning!
Deanna says
December 19, 2013 at 2:11 pmWow these look delicious!
Heather {Woods of Bell Trees} says
February 17, 2014 at 6:16 amThese look so good! My little boy would just go crazy at the thought of putting candies in cookies! Saving this! YUM!
Miz Helen says
February 17, 2014 at 11:09 amYour Chewy Chocolate Chip Kit Kat Cookies look like very special cookies that need to be in my cookie jar! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope you have a great week!
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Deb says
February 17, 2014 at 7:32 pmThanks for sharing on Marvelous Monday this week – sharing on FB and pinning. Love Kit Kat Bars!
Anne says
February 18, 2014 at 3:10 pmCandy in chocolate chip cookies is such an awesome idea and I love that you chose Kit-kats. My mother in law is obsessed with them and would go nuts over these cookies!!!!
Shashi @ RunninSrilankan says
February 21, 2014 at 12:26 pmI love “Nestle Dark Chocolate Chips” too – and these cookies look fantastic! Love that you added in the dark choc. chips!
Karen W says
February 22, 2014 at 2:36 pmOh my, Kit-Kats are one of my favorite chocolate bars recently. These look absolutely wonderful. Thanks for the tip on how to make cookies chewy, I have got to try that!
I would love if you could stop by and share on my weekly recipe linky, Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen. I am always looking for new recipes to Pin and to try with my children.
http://totsandme.blogspot.com/2014/02/kids-and-mom-in-kitchen-74-dump-truck.html
Have a great day!
Joy @ Yesterfood says
February 22, 2014 at 4:13 pmJenn, these look so good, and your photography is beautiful. I am so glad you brought these to Treasure Box Tuesday! I am sharing them on Google+ this afternoon! ♥
Maggie Unzueta @ Mama Maggie's Kitchen says
February 22, 2014 at 5:40 pmI suddenly need a glass of milk. 🙂
mika says
February 23, 2014 at 1:23 pmI cant wait to try this recipe! Cookies so delicious!
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Create With Joy says
February 23, 2014 at 11:34 pmCongratulations! Your amazing recipe is one of my features at this week’s Inspire Me Monday party at Create With Joy!
CJ Huang says
February 24, 2014 at 7:52 amWhat a great idea to use a favorite candy bar in addition to chocolate chips. 🙂
Winnie says
February 25, 2014 at 3:49 amThese are wonderful cookies!!
I’m definitely making them SOON !!
Pinning
Katy Blevins says
February 25, 2014 at 10:53 amDefinitely will be trying these! I am a major sucker for soft chewy cookies and Kit Kats are my fave! YUM. Thanks for the share.
Mallory says
March 15, 2014 at 9:27 pmWow!!! These look delicious! I love Kit Kats!!! Found you at Saturday Night Fever via Yummy Healthy Easy! I’m a new follower on Facebook!
I’d love if you’d share these at our link party going on now!
http://www.classyclutter.net/2014/03/spotlight-saturday-link-party-45.html
xoxo, Mallory @ Classy Clutter