Easter Trash Cookies
These Easter Trash Cookies have delicious sweet and salty candy combinations including M&M's, chocolate chips, pretzels, and chewy caramels.
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 157kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup pretzels crushed
- ½ cup caramels diced about 11 Werther caramels
- ½ cup Easter M&M's crushed or whole
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Cream the softened butter using a stand mixer or hand mixer and beat in the brown sugar and granulated sugar until moistened.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla until the mixture is pale in color.
- In a separate bowl, combine the spooned and leveled all-purpose flour, baking soda, and salt
- Mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until a soft dough forms.
- Gently stir in the chocolate chips, chopped chewy caramels, crushed pretzels, and chopped (or whole) M&M's.
- Scoop the dough using a #30 cookie scoop (2 tablespoonful) and place two inches apart on the cookie sheet.
- Gently press additional candy toppings down into the tops and sides of the cookies before baking.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes. The edges should be set and golden brown.
- Remove the cookies from the oven once done and allow them to cool for 15 minutes before moving. They will be very soft while cooling.
Notes
Crush or use whole M&M's depending on preference in texture
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 157kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 87mg | Potassium: 44mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 140IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg
