Cadbury Chocolate Egg Cookies are soft cookies with sweet milk chocolate with crunchy candy shells…perfect for an Easter treat!
I know I’m coming in a little under the wire here… I mean Easter in only in 2 days. I haven’t given you a ton of prep time, have I? But the amazingly perfect thing about these cookies is they are totally appropriate before AND after Easter. HELLO SALE CANDY!
I was actually given this most amazing idea from a gal who messaged me on Instagram. When she talked about the milk chocolate and crunchy candy shell on the Cadbury Chocolate Eggs in a cookie, I knew I had to try it. She was OH SO RIGHT! The crunchy candy bits make these different and delicious!
So now, go out and buy out the Cadbury Chocolate Eggs at your store before they’re all gone! Or…go ahead and raid your kiddo’s Easter basket. #judgementfreezone
I actually used the Soft Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe that I made a few years ago with a few adaptations. They are a favorite of mine and I knew they would be perfect paired with the milk chocolate!
I mean look at how gorgeous these candies are…
The pretty pastels make my heart happy! Even smashed up they are gorgeous.
I just put them in a zip-top bag and went to town with a rolling pin.
The batter is simple to make, but you will need some Malted Milk. This is a dry powder that can typically be found down the grocery aisle with the hot chocolate mix and powdered drinks…
The batter comes together simply. I added in some milk chocolate chips as well, but this is totally optional!
The malted cookie, paired with the crunchy candy and creamy milk chocolate. I wish they sold these eggs ALL YEAR LONG!!
PrintCadbury Chocolate Egg Cookies
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Cook Time: 11 mins -
Total Time: 11 mins
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Yield: 36 cookies 1x
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PinIngredients:
- 2½ cups flour
- ½ cup malted milk powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1¼ teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 1½ cups light brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups Cadbury Milk Chocolate Eggs, crushed)
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Whisk flour, malted milk powder, baking powder, salt and cornstarch together. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the melted butter and brown sugar on low speed. Alternately, this can be done in a mixing bowl with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula.
- With mixer still on low, add in the eggs and vanilla, and then finally the dry ingredients until evenly incorporated, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Stir in crushed candy and chocolate chips.
- Chill dough for 2 hours or up to 3 days.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a medium cookie scoop (2 tablespoons) drop dough onto prepared baking sheet 3 inches apart.
- Bake for 11-12 minutes until the edges golden. Don’t over-bake.
- Allow to cool on baking sheet for 3 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling.
Notes:
Store airtight for up to 3 days
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The flour is all-purpose, right? Thanks!
Yep!
ok, so I have made a lot of cookies, and a lot of good cookies. But I made these the other day for my family and EVERYONE said they were the best cookies they had ever eaten. I couldn’t find malted milk powder so I used Ovaltine and they were fabulous
I LOVE hearing this!! Great adaptation with the Ovaltine!
The cadbury eggs are my favorite candy, stock up as they are only available at
Christmas and Easter. Can’t wait to try the cookies, Word of warning, don’t buy the enormous container of malted milk powder, it clumps up ( like a year) and cannot be used.
These are absolutely wonderful! I purchased your book last summer (and my grandson spilled water on it the first day ) ?. But I’ve tried nearly every recipe in the book and they are ALL delicious! Thank you for a great cookbook!
oh thank you so so much!!
I have sea salt on hand. Does the quantity change?
no 🙂
These look totally amazing – headed out for the eggs ASAP. I’m not sure I can get the malted powder in Canada. Any suggestions for a substitution?
I am going to try this recipe with carnation breakfast vanilla drink mix
That sounds like it would work. No malted milk powder locally so I successfully substituted salted caramel hot chocolate mix from a bulk food store. The dough was more chocolatey than pictured but they are a big hit!
Rhonda, I use Ovaltine — works great.
Store airtight for up to 3 steaks???? LOL
omg!! hahaha! where is my brain?? clearly craving red meat! all fixed 🙂