These SUPER SOFT Sprinkle Pudding cookies are so so easy and loaded with vanilla flavor! This is the best sprinkle cookie recipe to make because it’s so easy, buttery, and delicious!
Of ALL THE BAKING I do here in my kitchen the recipe most requested and most baked is chocolate chip cookies. Certainly I am all about the special occasion dessert, I mean duh, but if I’ve learned anything from you nice folks it’s that easy, everyday classics are your jam. Those are the recipes you come back to time and time again.
So with that said, these super soft sprinkle pudding cookies will be a staple in your baking arsenal from this moment on. Trust me. This sprinkle cookie recipe is ridiculously easy, loaded with vanilla flavor, non-messy and did I mention sprinkles are involved? Yep. LOTS of sprinkles!!
Adding instant pudding to your cookie dough is a simple trick to amp up the flavor, but also to keep the cookies soft.
Make sure you’re using instant pudding, not “cook and serve”. The coagulants in the “cook and serve” are different than the instant, containing a large amount of cornstarch. The texture will be altered and it won’t bake up as nicely.
I used regular old vanilla instant pudding… but you could really use any flavor you wanted to. Flavored pudding will add a nice subtle flavor to the cookies, like I did with my Butterscotch Apple Pudding Cookies.
And yes you’ll need sprinkles. I used this fun mix of all my leftover sprinkles.
When you scoop the dough you can even add a few extra sprinkles on top if you’re feeling fancy. Truth be told I did that on a few cookies and then I got lazy!
Nope, no need to chill your sprinkle cookie dough! This means these cuties will go from birth to belly in under 30 minutes.
The texture of this easy sprinkle cookie recipe is outstanding! Make sure not to over-bake them if you want super soft cookies. If you prefer a little bit of a crispy texture, no problem just bake them a little bit longer!
Print- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Dessert
Description
These soft sprinkle sugar cookies are made with a pudding mix!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg, plus 1 yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 (3.5-ounce packet instant vanilla pudding mix)
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the butter and sugar on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add in the egg, yolk, vanilla, baking soda and salt. Mix until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Next mix in the pudding mix for 30 seconds.
- Turn the mixer to low and add in the flour, mixing until just combined.
- Finally add in the sprinkles and mix until incorporated evenly.
- Using a medium (2 tablespoon) sized cookie scoop drop dough onto the prepared baking sheet 2 inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes until the cookies are almost set. Don’t over-bake if you want super soft soft cookies.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 140
- Sugar: 12.2 g
- Sodium: 164.4 mg
- Fat: 6.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 20.2 g
- Protein: 1.4 g
- Cholesterol: 23 mg
Hello! Very excited to make these! Am I supposed to use salted or unsalted butter?
I use salted, but you can use either!
These look amAzing!!!! Do you think i could use stevia instead of sugar?
I have never made these with a sugar replacement, so I wouldn’t know the amounts to tell you! If you try it let me know how they turn out!
Hi! I have heard so many good things about these cookies. Can I mix these by hand without a stand mixer? Thanks!
Yes, you can 🙂 Just make sure the butter is soft – room temperature to make them as easy to mix as possible!
I’ve probably left a review several years ago, but these never fail to disappoint. My fiance requests them all the time!
My favourite way to make them is with white chocolate pudding mix, but it’s hard to find up in Canada (or at least where I live)… I think the next time I will replace the sprinkles with mini chocolate chips and see how those go!
Chocolate Chips sound delicious! And thanks for the (maybe repeat) comment! lol!! ?
I loooove these cookies! But every time I make them they turn out super liquidy and super sticky. Please help!
And I have the total opposite happen, mine are super dry.
These are delicious! Used a regular cookie scoop and got 48 cookies.
These are to die for. I’ve shared the recipe with several people and my family goes crazy for them. Definitely a treat! Today we are making them with chocolate chips instead of sprinkles
So glad you enjoyed them!!
I want to make these SO badly! If I’m out of Baking Soda, would Baking Powder work?
We’ve made these a few times now. Awesome cookies! But I would use about half the amount of butter listed in the recipe. 3/4 of a cup is way too much and then the cookies just end up tasting like straight butter.
Great and simple recipe! They turned out great! Very fluffy cookies and not a ton of spread to them!