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    The Best Copycat Recipe for Publix Calypso Cookies

    April 28, 2013 by Jenn 67 Comments

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    If you love Publix Calypso Cookies from the Publix bakery, then you'll love this copycat recipe! These cookies are just as light and buttery as the original, with a hint of nut and coconut for a delicious taste. Whether you're looking for a quick snack or a tasty treat to bring to a party, this copycat recipe for Publix Calypso Cookies will be sure to please!

    calypso cookies sitting on a white doily on a wooden background

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    I have always loved Publix Bakery Cookies, and when they suddenly stopped selling the Calypso Cookies, it was a major tragedy for fans of Publix Bakery Cookies!

    If you like cookie recipes, you are going to love my most popular Cookie Recipe! I these Banana Bread Cookies a while ago and it is still going strong on Pinterest!

    Ingredients you will need to make this Easy Sloppy Joes Recipe

    For this easy dinner recipe, you will need:

    • Ground beef
    • Light brown sugar
    • Mustard
    • Ketchup

    This combination of ingredients makes the perfect sloppy joes! Brown sugar and ketchup add a bit of sweetness to the dish, while the mustard gives it a savory kick. The ground beef is the base of the recipe, giving it a hearty flavor that is sure to please. With just these four ingredients, you have everything you need for an amazing meal that your family will love!

    Easy Sloppy Joe Recipe 3 Ingredients Only!

    Substitutions and Variations for these Not so Sloppy Joes

    The trick to Three Ingredient Sloppy Joes is in the sauce...or shall we say, the Heinz KETCHUP?!

    • Tomato Sauce - I am a big fan of Heinz, it is the only ketchup that I ever buy, BUT I realize that not everyone likes Heinz, so you can use tomato sauce (canned sauce is fine) and a dash of Worcestershire sauce if you like.
    • Spicy Brown Mustard - You should be using regular yellow mustard for this recipe, but it is okay to mix it up and try something different to try a different flavor profile!
    • Ground Turkey - You can substitute the beef with ground turkey for a healthier meal.
    • Green Bell Pepper - You can add very finely diced green peppers to the sauce for an extra kick!
    • Red pepper - add a sprinkling of red pepper flakes or chili powder to kick the heat up!
    • Barbecue sauce - Some people like throwing a teaspoon of barbecue sauce into the meat mixture while it cooks over medium-high heat.

    See the printable recipe card below for exact quantities of each ingredient.

    Directions for making this Calypso Cookies Recipe

    You will love the light, buttery texture of these yummy homemade treats. Share the recipe and your cookies with friends and family and enjoy the sweet taste of homemade Publix Bakery Calypso Cookies!

    photo of cookies on a white doily on a wooden board with other cookies on a bakers rack in the background

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix together the butter (or coconut oil), white granulated sugar and light brown sugar, milk, pure vanilla extract, egg and almond extract and set aside.

    In a blender, grind your oats until they are a fine powder. Then add the all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and oats to your butter mixture. Beat well to combine all of your ingredients.

    Once combined, add the pineapple, coconut and pecans to the Publix cookie batter and beat at low speed for about a minute.

    Scoop out heaping spoonfuls of the dough and roll into balls. Place the balls on a parchment lined cookie sheet one inch apart and bake in the preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Allow to cool on a bakers cooling rack.

    photo of cookies on a white doily on a wooden board with other cookies on a bakers rack in the background

    Allow your Publix cookies to cool before enjoying.

    Top tip

    Enjoy these delicious cookies with a glass of cold milk or a cup of hot tea!

    FAQ

    What makes Publix Bakery Cookies so good?

    I know that anyone who frequents Publix is a fan of their bakery. We all laugh about "The PUBLIX CAKE" because they are just THAT good! Well, a little birdie (in the form of several Publix employees related to my family) once told me that Publix uses lard in their baking instead of oil or butter. WOWZA!

    Calypso Cookie Substitutions and Variations

    You can easily customize this cookie recipe by switching things up a bit!

    • Chocolate Chips - Add semi-sweet chocolate chips to make them even sweeter!
    • Chocolate Dipped - Dip these cooled down cookies in melted chocolate!
    • No Pineapple - You can omit the pineapple with no issues!
    • Ice cream - Try adding a scoop of ice cream on top of one of these delicious cookies

    The important part of making - and enjoying - cookies is to have FUN with them! Like this Banana Split Cookies Recipe! It is something that I came up with while playing in the kitchen!

    Why you should make this this Copycat Cookies Recipe

    If you're looking for an easy way to enjoy the flavor of Publix's bakery-style Calypso Cookies, then this copycat recipe is the perfect solution! It takes just 20 minutes to make these cookies that have all the flavor and texture of the original.

    The coconut really stands out in this copycat version, giving the cookies a tropical taste while maintaining the same traditional taste you expect from Publix cookies.

    No matter how you decide to enjoy them, you won't regret making these Calypso Cookies - they are just as amazing as the original Publix cookies!

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    The Best Copycat Recipe for Publix Calypso Cookies

    Author Jenn Quillen

    Ingredients

    • 1 stick butter room temperature or ½ cup of coconut oil
    • 1 egg
    • 1 cup light brown sugar
    • ½ cup granulated sugar
    • 1 teaspoons vanilla
    • ¼ teaspoon almond extract
    • ¾ cup oats leave whole
    • ¼ cup oats ground in a food processor
    • 1 cup all purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ cup dried pineapple or you can use half a can of crushed pineapple, strained through cheesecloth and patted dry with a paper towel
    • 1 cup sweetened coconut flakes
    • ½ cup chopped pecans
    • 2 tablespoons milk

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix butter (or coconut oil), sugars, milk, vanilla, egg and almond extract and set aside.

    2. Grind your oats in blender until a fine powder, then add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and the oats to your butter mixture. Beat well to combine all of your ingredients.

    3. Add your pineapple, coconut and pecans to the batter and beat at low speed for about a minute.

    4. Scoop by heaping spoonfuls and roll into balls. Place one inch apart on a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes.

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    1. Robin Gagnon {Mom Foodie}

      April 28, 2013 at 11:51 am

      Dang, these look scrumptious. I would add a little salt to the batter myself, I look for that slight saltiness in a cookie though.

      Reply
      • Jayne

        November 13, 2022 at 7:40 pm

        There’s one ingredient that is wrong , Publix uses molasses

        Reply
    2. Tricia Nightowlmama

      April 28, 2013 at 12:46 pm

      they look delicious

      Reply
    3. Lolo

      April 28, 2013 at 3:01 pm

      Oh my! Those look amazing!

      Reply
    4. HilLesha

      April 28, 2013 at 4:34 pm

      Sounds really good!

      Reply
    5. Kelly

      April 28, 2013 at 5:29 pm

      Oh YUM! Now I want cookies 🙂

      Reply
      • Phyllis

        January 24, 2020 at 4:21 pm

        I just took these out of the oven! I'm looking forward to my husband trying them. All of his favorite things are in these cookies.

        Reply
    6. Shell Feis

      April 28, 2013 at 7:37 pm

      We don't have Publix out here but I can tell just from the pics that those are delicious!

      Reply
    7. Anne - Mommy Has to Work

      April 28, 2013 at 8:21 pm

      they look delicious! I like the pineapple addition!

      Reply
    8. Colleen

      April 28, 2013 at 9:31 pm

      They look great my daughter loves Publix cookies

      Reply
    9. Sheri

      April 28, 2013 at 10:16 pm

      They look delicious!

      Reply
    10. Kathleen

      April 28, 2013 at 11:17 pm

      These sound great, but I really need you to find out how to copycat their cheesecake brownies!

      Reply
    11. Stefani

      April 28, 2013 at 11:47 pm

      Those look tasty!

      Reply
    12. Ty

      April 29, 2013 at 12:14 am

      These look so delicious!

      Reply
    13. courtney

      April 29, 2013 at 12:32 am

      Love that they have pineapple in them! I have never had this cookie before but it sounds yummy!! 🙂

      Reply
    14. Emily

      April 29, 2013 at 1:21 am

      This sounds beyond delish! I love Publix when I visit my dad!

      Reply
    15. TerriAnn

      April 29, 2013 at 1:58 am

      So nice that it turned out better since, well, that's better 🙂 Yummy!

      Reply
    16. Lisa

      April 29, 2013 at 6:24 am

      Looks so yummy!

      Reply
    17. mom

      June 05, 2013 at 4:00 pm

      The ingredients on the box of Calypso Crunch Bites from Publix this week doesn't have pineapple or oatmeal in them.

      Reply
    18. Kim

      June 14, 2013 at 4:42 pm

      These looked wonderful, but they did not work when we tried to make them! The batter was dry and unable to form actual cookies.

      Reply
      • Jennifer Quillen

        June 14, 2013 at 8:48 pm

        Oh man! I hate when that happens. Did you use butter or coconut oil? It's been so long since I cooked with butter, I wonder if that might make a difference.

        Reply
        • Phyllis

          January 24, 2020 at 4:22 pm

          4 stars
          I just took these out of the oven! I'm looking forward to my husband trying them. All of his favorite things are in these cookies.

          Reply
      • Judy

        June 11, 2014 at 5:46 pm

        I just made these. they went completely FLAT in the oven????????????????

        Reply
        • Holly

          February 15, 2020 at 9:54 pm

          Same.thing happened to me tonight. They are flat crispy and awful!! I don’t know what to do. Help??

          Reply
          • Jenn

            February 17, 2020 at 7:57 am

            They should be a little flat, as they bake down, but they are a soft cookie. How did they taste? Is it possible that you left out something?

            Reply
        • Bobie

          April 04, 2022 at 9:33 pm

          Same for me! I followed the recipe to a T and they’re so flat they look like a piece of paper with a pineapple protruding out of it.

          Reply
          • Jenn

            May 04, 2022 at 11:01 am

            This is so odd, I wonder what happened? I wonder if your baking powder or baking soda was expired?

            Reply
    19. Robin

      July 10, 2013 at 6:15 pm

      did Publix discontinue Calypso??????? can't find them at any Publix in the last 2 weeks!!

      Reply
      • Jennifer Quillen

        July 10, 2013 at 8:28 pm

        What?! I hope not! They are so good!

        Reply
      • Nichelle

        July 12, 2013 at 12:41 pm

        Ladies, I was just informed by my local Publix Supermarkets that they have been discontinued after being on back order for 2 weeks! They were my guilty pleasure! 🙁

        Reply
      • Pat

        November 08, 2017 at 2:09 pm

        Public still has them. I'm eating one now. Check with the bakery dept. in the store. ASk them if they will order some if they don't have them in stock. I can't wait to try this recipe. The pineapple sounds like a great idea.

        Reply
        • Jenn

          November 09, 2017 at 2:57 pm

          I believe they started carrying them again shortly after I wrote this!

          Reply
    20. Sue

      July 23, 2013 at 10:43 pm

      I purchased two packages on Saturday (Metro Atlanta). The Bakery Manager said they hadn't had them in a few weeks and was pleasantly surprised to receive them last week. I adore this cookie!

      Reply
    21. Red

      August 18, 2013 at 10:10 pm

      Tried them for the first time today, so our local store has them - hence the reason I am searching for a recipe.

      Reply
    22. Vicki

      September 06, 2013 at 12:10 am

      I found these scrumptious cookies for the first time today. Never seen them before today at my orange city, fla Publix store. They taste like what my mother used to make.back in the 1960's. she stored them in freezer and she couldn't figure out how they were disappearing. HA!

      Reply
    23. Kassidee

      October 08, 2013 at 5:02 pm

      Hey! I found a copycat recipe years ago and LOVED it, but lost it. I tried this one and found the same as another reader. They're crumbly like pie crust and won't hold together. I think it's because there's no liquid at all - I mean, butter and coconut oil are just fat. I added an egg because I've never seen a cookie recipe without one. That helped them hold together. The taste was good, but I definitely, definitely missed salt. I will make those two changes again next time. It's a good jumping off point though! And I agree - I like it better with oats and pineapple than the original.

      Reply
      • Jennifer Quillen

        October 08, 2013 at 5:25 pm

        Thank you for the feedback! I tried these again this weekend and added an egg and two tablespoons of milk. Was NOt good. LOL The egg made it too hard for me. They're supposed to be soft and crumbly. I tried them again the next day with a few changes and they were better - I've updated the recipe with my changes!

        Reply
      • Peterson Karen

        November 24, 2020 at 9:50 pm

        Bought these at our Publix this week, and they are incredible! They do have 1 egg, and 1/2 tsp. Salt. Can’t wait to make them myself!

        Reply
    24. Mike

      October 25, 2013 at 9:20 pm

      Jennifer I too love the Calypso Crunch cookies from Publix. I have discriminating taste buds and I swear I taste a hint of Sweetened Condensed Milk in the Publix cookies I eat. I hope you might get to try a recipe with that in the mix and let us know how it works out.

      Reply
      • Jennifer Quillen

        October 25, 2013 at 11:26 pm

        You know, I actually have some sweetened condensed milk! I'm going to play around with it this week and let you know!!

        Reply
    25. Candy

      December 28, 2014 at 2:28 pm

      Just made these...added one egg & 1/2 tsp of almond extract instead of 1/4 tsp. only baked for 12 minutes to get a softer, more chewy cookie. Perfection!!! They are delish! About to deliver to neighbors as a Happy New Year gift!

      Reply
      • Jenn

        December 28, 2014 at 4:24 pm

        Oh that sounds really good! I am going to have to make these again and try your changes and see how it comes out for me! 🙂

        Reply
    26. Adria

      January 01, 2015 at 7:33 pm

      What size can of crushed pineapple did you use?

      Reply
      • Jenn

        January 02, 2015 at 10:16 am

        I used half a can of a 15 ounce can - you want it to be about 1/2 a cup after you've patted them down and squeezed out all the moisture.

        Reply
    27. Diana M

      January 03, 2016 at 2:20 pm

      5 stars
      Love this recipe. Comes very close to the Publix version. Followed the recipe to the letter with the exception of cooking time-I like mine chewy but a little darker in color-they came out perfectly. I will add dried cherries with the next batch. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
    28. Susan

      February 13, 2016 at 8:35 pm

      I made these without the pineapple and they are just like Publix! Thanks so much for the recipe!!!

      Reply
    29. Annie

      March 20, 2016 at 3:30 pm

      5 stars
      I made these yesterday and they turned out SO good! I followed the advice of a previous commenter and only baked them for 12 minutes, which was perfect. Can't wait to make these again!

      Reply
    30. milton bowen

      July 07, 2016 at 3:37 pm

      The only thing wrong with these cookies is they are addictive. To steal a line from the past, Bet you can't eat just one!!!

      Reply
    31. Ashley

      December 14, 2017 at 5:42 pm

      I made these for the first time today. I thought the dough was too wet or the butter was too melted so I put it in the fridge before scooping, worked wonders! Make sure your pan is not warm from the last batch though or they will spread!

      Reply
    32. Kathy

      December 07, 2018 at 3:45 pm

      5 stars
      I made these cookies for a cookie exchange and my husband said they were the best cookies he’s ever eaten, however you left out the egg in the instructions. I knew where to add the egg and the cookies turned out perfect. I hope I get the prize for the tastiest cookie this year.

      Reply
      • Jenn

        December 11, 2018 at 8:41 am

        Oh my! Thank you for pointing out the missing egg for me! I am so glad that you liked them!

        Reply
    33. K.M.

      January 11, 2019 at 3:30 pm

      Publix is new to my area about a year now and i thought i had tried almost everything until my mom brought these cookies around Thanksgiving last year. I fell in love the only problem is they only make them in small batches so by the time i get off most days they have run out....i am so happy for this recipe cant wait to try..Now i will have them whenever i want. Thanks a million!

      Reply
    34. J Derico III

      January 14, 2019 at 6:43 am

      4 stars
      You forgot to include one of the main ingredients? The pecans!!
      I buy these all the time here in Ga.

      Reply
    35. Barbara A Eugene

      January 19, 2019 at 4:24 pm

      5 stars
      Publix in South Daytona Florida have the Calypso crunch bites cookies,but it’s good to have a recipe because this cookie is so delicious if they stop selling them... I will have a back up plan. I am enjoying them as I speak.

      Reply
    36. Mariya

      March 18, 2019 at 2:10 pm

      5 stars
      This is such a delicious cookies! I love making it for the family !

      Reply
    37. Rosalyn

      May 04, 2019 at 3:42 pm

      Can they be baked in bars?

      Reply
      • Jenn

        May 07, 2019 at 2:12 pm

        I have not tried it myself, but I would think so!

        Reply
    38. Cheryl

      July 16, 2019 at 3:46 pm

      We just returned from a Florida vacation enjoying these from Publix. My husband said we need to fill an extra suitcase with cookies to bring home. I hope these will do the trick!

      Reply
      • Jenn

        July 19, 2019 at 11:42 am

        I hope that you love them! They don't taste EXACTLY like the Publix cookies, but they're pretty close!

        Reply
    39. Cordelia

      June 21, 2020 at 1:11 pm

      They don't just look good. They are delicious. Attempting to make the copycat publixx recipe. Will let you know how they come out. Cordelia

      Reply
    40. Lucille Ruple

      August 08, 2020 at 11:02 pm

      Tried these today but only baked half. I didn't have almond extract but had some slivered almonds on hand so ground about 2 tbsp. I also used walnuts as that is what I had on hand. Both pans came out flat. The taste was great though. I plan to bake the rest tomorrow but will add a little more flour to the dough to see if that helps.

      Reply
    41. Regina Perez

      November 10, 2020 at 10:22 am

      Today will be my third time making these cookies 🍪 they are so wonderful they are the best cookies ever. I also share them and everyone I share them with feel the same.

      Reply
    42. Lew Newby

      April 17, 2021 at 5:26 pm

      5 stars
      This 79 year old man made a batch for my wife. We just tried the first one. I used a small ice cream scoop to form balls, baked for 15 minutes, and they spread nicely. My wife loves the Publix cookies and just told me these taste better. I think I made some points today. I used butter and substituted Splenda for the white sugar. Thanks for the recipe.

      Reply
      • Jenn

        April 20, 2021 at 3:59 pm

        YAY! Thank you so much for sharing! I like them better than publix's as well! ha ha

        Reply
    43. peggy mckenzie

      May 04, 2022 at 11:16 am

      5 stars
      I like mine really soft so don't cook for the full 15 minutes. the cookie still cooks after taking it out of oven.

      Reply
    44. peggy mckenzie

      May 13, 2022 at 2:36 pm

      3 stars
      you say nothing in the ingredients about pecans until you say to mix them in the directions. how much? not a complete recipe and that is very disappointing.

      Reply
    45. Stephanie

      August 20, 2022 at 6:37 am

      You have the recipe so wrong. I looked at the ingredients and there is pecans and coconut. Not pineapple

      Reply

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