From-scratch Chocolate Rice Krispie Cookies

Chocolate Rice Krispie Cookies – a fun, sweet cookie that’s both soft and crispy. Filled with chocolate, M&M’s, and cocoa Krispies, they are a sweet, unique cookie.

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Ingredients you’ll need for Chocolate Rice Krispie Cookies

• Butter
• Vanilla extract
• Egg
• Sugar
• Brown sugar
• All-purpose flour
• Baking soda
• Baking powder
• Old fashioned oats
• M&ms
• Cocoa rice Krispies
• White chocolate chips

How to make chocolate rice krispie cookies

Detailed instructions and measurements are listed in the recipe card at the bottom of this page.

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, cream together the butter, vanilla extract, and egg.
• In a separate bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and oats. Stir until fully combined and then add to the butter mixture.
• Stir until well blended. Fold in m&ms, cocoa rice Krispies, and white chocolate chips.
• Using a cookie scoop, scoop rounded balls of dough onto a silicone or parchment-lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool 1 minute on the baking sheet and then transfer to a cooling rack to completely cool.

Tips and tricks

• It’s important that your butter is softened. It will not mix properly with the vanilla extract and egg if it is not.
• We prefer to make this in a stand mixer, but an electric mixer works great as well.
• Follow the recipe exactly as written. With baking, even the slightest changes can change the entire result.
• Don’t over bake them! You can take a soft cookie to a crunchy one rapidly by over baking or leaving on the baking sheet too long.

FAQs

• What size cookie scoop should we use? We use This one In the 2 TBSP size.
• How do we store these cookies? We highly recommend storing them in an airtight container. As cute as cookie jars can be, we recommend sticking with only an airtight container. It will keep them soft and satisfying much longer.
• What baking sheet do you use? We use These. We replace them every couple of years because they get used and abused so frequently in our home. They last a while with regular use!

Alterations for picky eaters

• We don’t recommend any changes for picky eaters with this one. You can swap out the candies for something else (even Reese’s pieces rather than M&Ms), but other than that we would make as written.

Alterations to lower calories or WW points

• We recommend going with the full fat, full calorie version. You could try replacing the sugar with sugar substitutes, but we've found it does not yield the same results.