These Movie Candy Cookies are fully loaded with all your favorite movie candy! I used M&Ms, Milk Duds, Reeses Pieces and Raisinettes – so stock up on your favorite candies and go to town with this easy customizeable cookie recipe!
Candy Stuffed Cookies Recipe
So when I was little I wanted to be Kristy Nichol.
Do you guys remember her?
You have to remember that I grew up in the 80s.
So there was this movie that I was obsessed with called The Pirate Movie. And I used to watch it over and over and over annnnd over. I wanted my hair to be “feathered” like hers. I wanted to be tan like she was. And in that movie she wore this white, off the shoulder dress that I became obsessed with. Like, if I could only have that dress my life would be perfect.
Around the same time I was Kristy McNichol-ing it I decided that I also wanted to be Mork. From Ork.
I wore rainbow colored suspenders with pins. Out in public.
As I got a little older I started relating to non-male, non-Pirate types. Like Alyssa Milano. She was basically the coolest. And at least she dressed 80s-normal.
After Alyssa it was Kelly Kapowski. And then Kelly Taylor. Both who could totally pull off the half-shirt/high waisted jeans combo.
But since my mother wouldn’t let me out of the house wearing a half-shirt, I was stuck with just the high waisted jeans. High waisted jeans and hair that grew out rather than down.
I think I looked a lot more like Mork than Kelly Kapowski.
Which explains a lot about my life.
There were other obsessions along the way…like the My Two Dads girl, Blair from The Facts of Life and even Wanda Plenn from Doogie Houser. I just knew that if I was one of those girls, I could end up on the cover of Big Bopper and marrying Kirk Cameron and live happily ever after.
Luckily none of that happened.
When I watch movies or TV nowadays I relate more to people like me now. I mean, elastic pants are so my jam. The fact that I will never be Kelly Kapowski doesn’t stop me from watching TV though, it’s still a bit of a sore spot, but it’s nothing a few cookies can’t quell.
So in honor of all my favorite movies and TV shows I made Movie Candy cookies.
It’s basically an homage.
You have a little McNichol in there, a little Milano and even a little Mork…
Feel free to adapt if you’re more a Donna Martin or Blanche.
These cookies are so great because they’re big and fat and loaded with candy.
How to Make Candy Filled Cookies
Start with butter and peanut butter. Melt them together.
Pour that deliciousness in with some brown sugar, eggs and vanilla…
After you’ve added your flour and baking soda, things start to get fun.
Go ahead, stick your face in there…
Make the dough into “golf ball” sized dough balls and put them on your baking sheet.
You should really sprinkle them with sea salt now. It’s good. OR you can do it after they bake. Up to you!
Now, if you added Milk Duds, you might have a little oozing happen…
Movie Candy Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: About 30 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Movie Candy Cookies are fully loaded with all your favorite movie candy! I used M&Ms, Milk Duds, Reeses Pieces and Raisinettes – so stock up on your favorite candies and go to town with this easy customizeable cookie recipe!
Ingredients
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 2 cups light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 whole eggs, plus 2 egg yolks
- 2 Tbsp vanilla
- 3 cups assorted candy (I used 1 cup Raisinettes, 3/4 cup Milk Duds, 3/4 cup Reese’s Pieces, 1/2 cup Mini M&Ms)
- *optional flaked or coarse sea salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Combine butter and peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl and melt together for 30 seconds. Remove and stir. Continue in 15 second increments until mixture is melted and smooth.
- In a separate large bowl whisk together flour and baking soda. Set aside.
- In your stand mixer fitted combine eggs, egg yolks, vanilla and sugar. Mix on medium until combined and smooth. Turn mixer to low and slowly pour in your butter/peanut butter mixture. Continue stirring until combined.
- With mixer still on low, gradually add your flour mixture until just combined. Batter will be thick.
- Now add in your assorted candies and stir until they are evenly distributed.
- Using a large cookie scoop (3 tablespoon) drop dough two inches apart on your prepared baking sheet and sprinkle with sea salt flakes (if desired). You can also sprinkle the cookies with salt after they bake. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Cookies will be puffy, but will be slightly golden at the edges. They might seem a little underdone in the middle, which is fine.
- Let cool on baking sheet for 3-4 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling.
Notes
You can also use a hand mixer as shown with the video, but this dough gets a bit thick, so while it’s possible with the hand mixer, I recommend the stand mixer for ease.
*Nutrition facts exclude added candy
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 217
- Sugar: 18.2 g
- Sodium: 109.1 mg
- Fat: 8.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 31.5 g
- Protein: 3.2 g
- Cholesterol: 28.7 mg
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Kelly Kapowski was definitely on my top five list of people I wanted to be when I was little. Just don’t tell my mom cause I SO was not supposed to be watching Saved By The Bell. Or 90210. Oops.
These days..I’d rather eat these cookies. Much more my style.
I must not have been cool since I don’t know some of the things you were talking about. I do love these cookies. Does that make me more cool? Blair from Facts of Life is going to be on Survivor this fall. I lived for Facts of Life.
Ha! Ha! Ha! Kristy McNichol! I was a child of the 70’s and I wanted to be Kristy McNichol! Who knew she spanned the decades! In the 70’s she was on a show called Family where she played an awesome character named Buddy Lawrence who wore overalls and had groovy boyfriends like Willie Aames and Leif Garrett. She even won a skateboard competition and a disco dancing contest!! Your cookies look great – just the perfect snack to enjoy while watching Kristy and Tatum O’Neal in Little Darlings!!
totally need these in my life right now. movie theater candy is the best. i usually eat them way too fast before the movie even begins. just like i’d eat these cookies way before they even had time to cool.
Thanks for bringing back the 80’s TV and Movies. I love the Pirate Movie! I remember watching it over and over. Thanks for these amazing cookie recipe I’m going to make them for my son’s soccer team.
Oh yum come to mama. lol!
Wow, now THESE are some cookies! There’s something for everyone in them – and that shot with the leaking Milk Dud or whatever it is that’s all drippy and caramely, mmmm, I want that bite!
I’m almost afraid to make these for fear I would eat all the dough before they even hit the oven! They look and sound wonderful!!!
Forget ‘when I was a kid’, I love The Pirate Movie now! I actually own it on DVD and VHS! The singing, the side jokes, the outfits, and Christopher Atkins – HOT!
Absolutely love this post!!! Brought me back to my favorite shows and favorite candies at the movies! Thank you!!