We have a neighborhood grocery store called Publix, where I buy the most delicious freshly-baked cookies from the bakery every once in a while. These Publix calypso cookies are a bit nutty, have a hint of coconut, and are soft and chewy. I love those cookies!
I’ve tried figuring out Publix’s recipe so many times, but I have never been able to get it quite right…
Though my most recent experiment actually turned out so good that I think I might like it better than the Publix Calypso Cookies original!
I added a bit of pineapple, and that little extra bit of sweetness and fruit completely changed the entire flavor of the cookie, yet it still somehow tastes like the original.
It’s different, yet the same…only better!
Publix Calypso Cookies Recipe
Copycat Publix Calypso Cookies Recipe
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
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix butter (or coconut oil), sugars, milk, vanilla, and almond extract and set aside.
- 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.
- Add your pineapple, coconut and pecans to the batter and beat at low speed for about a minute.
- 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.
Dang, these look scrumptious. I would add a little salt to the batter myself, I look for that slight saltiness in a cookie though.
they look delicious
Oh my! Those look amazing!
Sounds really good!
Oh YUM! Now I want cookies 🙂
We don’t have Publix out here but I can tell just from the pics that those are delicious!
they look delicious! I like the pineapple addition!
They look great my daughter loves Publix cookies
They look delicious!
These sound great, but I really need you to find out how to copycat their cheesecake brownies!
Those look tasty!
These look so delicious!
Love that they have pineapple in them! I have never had this cookie before but it sounds yummy!! 🙂
This sounds beyond delish! I love Publix when I visit my dad!
So nice that it turned out better since, well, that’s better 🙂 Yummy!
Looks so yummy!
The ingredients on the box of Calypso Crunch Bites from Publix this week doesn’t have pineapple or oatmeal in them.
These looked wonderful, but they did not work when we tried to make them! The batter was dry and unable to form actual cookies.
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.
I just made these. they went completely FLAT in the oven????????????????
did Publix discontinue Calypso??????? can’t find them at any Publix in the last 2 weeks!!
What?! I hope not! They are so good!
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! 🙁
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.
I believe they started carrying them again shortly after I wrote this!
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!
Tried them for the first time today, so our local store has them – hence the reason I am searching for a recipe.
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!
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.
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!
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.
You know, I actually have some sweetened condensed milk! I’m going to play around with it this week and let you know!!
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!
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! 🙂
What size can of crushed pineapple did you use?
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.
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!
I made these without the pineapple and they are just like Publix! Thanks so much for the recipe!!!
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!
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!!!
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!