This Pistachio Pudding Cookies recipe is a keeper for sure! The addition of chopped pistachios and white chocolate chips make these easy cookies an irresistible treat!
I have had cookies on the brain lately. I can’t seem to stop!
I ain’t mad about it either.
Except my jeans are a little mad about it.
And my shorts…
And my {gasp} swimsuit.
I read all those ecards all over Pinterest and Facebook telling me how “nothing tastes as good as thin feels” or “choose what you want now or what you want most”…
You know what? I want a cookie now AND most.
SO…
Anyhow, I will totally get back on track…just as soon as I eat the last of these Pistachio Pudding Cookies.
I mean, I can’t throw them out…aren’t there still starving children somewhere?
It would be rude and entitled to just toss cookies into the wastebasket.
I’m choosing my cause, folks.
Ok, cookies…they are made (flavored really) with a pudding mix.
I’ve read that pudding mix keeps them soft yada yada…but I found mostly it just flavors. That’s my opinion anyway.
And in this case the pudding flavored AND colored the cookies…so don’t be scared by the green-ness.
It’s just there to remind you that you are eating pistachio flavored stuff. Because it couldn’t be pistachio if it weren’t green, right?
Easy, I’m kidding.
Ok, let’s talks cookies.
I have never really been a pistachio girl. I mean I do enjoy the occasional nut, but I generally would never choose a pistachio flavored item.
However, these cookies have made me a believer. Hallelujah.
I even grabbed some pistachios to throw into the cookies…
Actually I bought already shelled pistachios for these cookies, but alas, when I went to the cupboard to procure said pistachios, they were missing, with only the shelled variety staring back at me.
One of my lovelies decided to eat the already shelled ones. SO I spent the next eleventy minutes shelling pistachios.
Then chopping…
Finally after my hundredth birthday when I was done shelling and chopping I got to the dough.
I added the instant pudding mix…
And it made the dough an unusual green…
Stay with me here. I swear they’re delicious.
Do the normal baking stuff…
And the normal cooling stuff…
Then of course the normal eating stuff…
Blam. A Pistachio cookie.
PS – I added white chocolate chips because they rawk.
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- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Pistachio Pudding Cookies recipe is a keeper for sure! The addition of chopped pistachios and white chocolate chips make these easy cookies an irresistible treat!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 (4 servings) box Instant Pistachio Pudding
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2–3/4 cup chopped pistachio nuts
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat, set aside.
- In bowl of stand mixer beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add in eggs and beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl as necessary.
- Add in pistachio pudding and mix well, until incorporated, again, scraping sides as necessary.
- Add salt and baking soda and mix, followed by flour. Beating on low speed until combined.
- Stir in chopped nuts and white chocolate chips.
- Drop by heaping tablespoon (or cookie scoop) on lined baking sheet 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes until edges are beginning to golden and top are just set.
- Allow to cool on rack for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to continue cooling.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 219
- Sugar: 16.7 g
- Sodium: 174 mg
- Fat: 12.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 25.4 g
- Protein: 2.9 g
- Cholesterol: 37.3 mg
I love these cookies! I don’t add any chocolate but increase pistachios to 1 cup.
These cookies are incredible., everybody loves them
Hello, your original recipe for these had only 1 package of pudding..I loved it for years..any other changes to the measurements?
I’m not sure what happened with the recipe… looks like a weird glitch on the backend pulling in different measurements! Long story short, the recipe is back to normal…yes 1 packet!! SO weird!!!
Thanks Shelly. Glad I’m not crazy.
I made these for my mother for Mother’s Day. I was a little concerned because the dough seemed so thick and stiff but they baked up perfectly. They taste great and pistachio is a nice change from the typical cookie flavors. I’m usually not a fan of white chocolate but it works here. My mom really liked them. I got 36 cookies out of this recipe.
Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the feedback!!
Unsalted or salted butter? Look delicious. Thank you
You can use either, but I use salted 🙂
Made these cookies tonight and my wife about stole the bowl of dough before I could even bake them. Of course after I made them she said she wanted a pistachio cookie tower for her birthday cake so I guess I need to get some more ingredients and quadruple the recipe!! Excellent cookies and thanks for the great recipe!
Could I just leave the white chocolate chips out?
Sure!
Delicious cookie! I added some almond extract. Even better.
Great idea!!
I baked these last Saturday , so I can give these to my co-workers at St. Patrick’s Day. So my family and relatives tasted these and said,”These are wonderful!”. They definitely loved them. Co-workers loved it too! Great for my Christmas cookie holiday lineup this year.
Best. Cookie. Ever.