Easter is just around the corner which means MINI EGG COOKIES!!! Or mini egg everything is probably more realistic.
But seriously, who doesn’t like mini eggs? I don’t really like chocolate, but there’s just something about Cadbury mini eggs. The candy coating and the chocolate together are just the perfect combo.
This cookie recipe is a delightful way to kick off the Easter holiday weekend. They’re sweet, soft, a little chewy and a little crunchy. I promise you’re going to love them, so make two batches – you’ll need them.
Why Cadbury mini egg cookies?
Because if you don’t try them, you would be seriously missing out. They are so damn good!
They have the perfect texture, they are soft, chewy, and crunchy from the candy coating in the mini eggs.
They’re fun These easter cookies are just more fun than other easter cookies. They’re more colorful and tasty compared to just plain old chocolate chip.
They’re super easy to put together with mostly staple pantry ingredients. This cookie recipe is simple, fairly quick and absolutely delicious.
You can add chocolate chips too. If you are a serious chocolate lover, go ahead and add a scoop of chocolate chips too. It just makes them extra yummy.
Ingredients for mini egg cookies
This recipe uses mostly staple pantry ingredients and the addition of Cadbury mini eggs
Butter it’s gotta be the real stuff. Well it doesn’t HAVE to be, but it should be. There’s just some things you shouldn’t mess with. Make sure it’s room temperature so it creams together with the sugar. If you absolutely have to, you can sub coconut oil – just know in this recipe, it’s not quite the same.
Brown sugar & granulated sugar the combination is what makes these mini egg cookies what they are. You can use all granulated sugar or all brown sugar, but it will change the consistency of the cookie. So just know this before you mess with the recipe.
Egg just one room temperature egg in this recipe, + one yolk. If you’re wondering if you need the yolk. No you don’t NEED it, but it definitely adds to the texture of these easter cookies.
Vanilla extract can be optional in some recipes but in this one it adds an important profile to this recipe, so try not to skip it.
All purpose flour you don’t want to be subbing things like whole grain flour in this recipe, it’s just not the same. That being said, you could sub a good gluten-free flour at a one-to-one ratio in this recipe.
Cadbury mini eggs are the key to this recipe. Can you use other brands like Hershey’s eggies? Sure, it really depends on what you like. I prefer mini eggs, but I know some people prefer the other ones. Use what you want.
Salt and Baking Soda no surprises here!
That’s it folks, this one is pretty basic in terms of ingredients. But don’t let that fool you, the cookies are amazing!
How to make these Easter cookies
This cookie recipe is super simple to make like most standard chocolate chip cookies. They’re just a bit more beautiful, fun and tasty!
Mix your wet ingredients you’re going to cream the butter with the brown and granulated sugar, then add the egg, egg yolk and vanilla.
Combine your dry ingredients together your flour, baking soda and salt.
Pour the dry into the wet a little at a time until perfectly combined but not over mixed.
Fold your crushed mini eggs and chocolate chips if you’re adding them into your cookie mix with a spatula.
Bake your cookies scoop about 11/2 tbsp per cookie onto the sheet (8 per sheet) leaving space around the cookies for spreading. Bake for 8-10 minutes just until the edge starts to turn golden. DON’T overbake; you want these beautiful Cadbury mini egg cookies to be soft, chewy, crunchy and of course and ooey gooey.
Favourite ways to have mini egg cookies
Send it to Daycare/School Our kids get so excited to bring homemade snacks to daycare to share with their friends. You can make smaller cookies so your kids can have bite size ones to enjoy with their friends.
Package it up for friends we love doing little surprise drop offs. We will make small bite-size cookies and package them up in little egg cartons the kids have colored on for our favourite people.
Anytime for anything these are of course great for Easter, but if you can find mini eggs, who’s to stop you from making them anytime.
These are such a fun treat and easy to make with the kids. And of course you will all enjoy sneaking a few mini eggs here and there as you move through the recipe; Luna and Wilder sure did!
The Best Easter Mini Egg Cookies
Equipment
Ingredients
- 11/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cups butter room temperature
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 egg yolk room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 - 11/2 cups crushed mini eggs don't crush them too much
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- In a large mixing bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter until it's nice and silky about 2 minutes. Then add the brown sugar and granulated sugar and continue to mix until it is smooth about 2 minutes. (If you don't have a stand mixer, you can use a hand mixer or some good 'ol elbow grease).
- Next mix in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla, beating until smooth and well combined.
- In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt; then fold the mixture into the wet ingredients with a spatula. Lastly fold in the crushed mini eggs.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and scoop the dough with a small ice cream scoop or a loaded tablespoon. Roll the dough for a few seconds in your hand and pop down on the baking sheet leaving about 2 inches of space between cookies and the edge of the pan as the cookies will spread a bit. You will most likely have to do it in 2 or 3 batches depending on the size of you cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are just starting to turn a golden brown. I check the first batch after 10 minutes and then pop them back in if I need to. In my oven it is 12 minutes exactly. But they are best when they are a little undercooked as they will cook a bit more as they cool and remain nice and soft.
- Transfer to a baking rack to cool completely and then get them in your belly!
Notes
Nutrition
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Till the next recipe,
Kristen xo
Wow! You just made me realize that Easter is this weekend and I haven’t had any mini eggs yet. That must be a record. We’re heading off to our daughter’s in Vancouver – after I bake up a batch of these cookies to bring!
I hope your daughter loves them, if they make it all the way there 😉
A nice simple vanilla cookie to make the chocolate easter egg shine! Got a massive bag of those eggs… glad I found a fun way to use them!
The best, and so fun to make too.
Nothing makes me happier than mini eggs, especially in cookies – deelicious!
I’m with you there. Something so fun about these cookies!
These Mini Egg cookies look absolutely delicious! I love the combination of crunchy cookies with the sweet and colorful Mini Eggs. This recipe is definitely going to be a hit at my Easter brunch. Thanks for sharing!
I hope you all really enjoyed them!
Mini eggs cookies are my favourite about Easter – these are so delicious and everyone loved it
Aren’t they the best!