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Twix Cookies

Dec 11, 2018 · 93 Comments

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Twix Cookies are a soft sugar cookie crust, with a creamy caramel on top which is topped with milk chocolate. This delicious cookie explodes with Twix flavor and are super fun to make! Skip the candy bar and make your own!

twix cookies

Twix Cookies- Cookie, Caramel and CHOCOLATE!

Twix is one of my favorite candy bars. I mean, I don’t like to be picky and choosy.. I’d eat almost any candy bar placed in front of me (besides you, Almond Joy!). If I played favorites, though, Twix and Milky Way would be up there.

And what do those two glorious candy bars have in common? Chocolate and Caramel. Heart eyes for days. SERIOUSLY.

So, I thought, why not use my favorite sugar cookie recipe and make my own?? I honestly felt a little like Lindsay Lohan in the parent trap.. Brilliant, beyond brilliant, idea. ?

While making these, I can’t even tell you how many I ate. An embarrassing number, I assure you. To get that picture perfect bite mark I went through at least 4. I’m all about honesty over here, clearly. It’s a good thing I like running!

twix cookies

How to make Twix Cookie Cups

First, you’ll start out with my favorite sugar cookie dough. Basically, it’s butter, sugar, an egg white, vanilla, flour and baking powder.

Butter, sugar, egg and vanilla

The finished dough should be soft and pliable. It should be the same consistency as Play-Doh.

Roll the cookie dough out until it is in between 1/4 and 1/2 inch thick. The cookies will not rise at all while baking. However thick they are cut is how thick the finished cookie will be.

I use a 2 1/2 inch round cookie cutter.

cookies being cut with cookie cutters

Bake at 350° for 6-7 minutes, or until puffy and no longer glossy.

Pull out of the oven and let cool completely.

While the cookie cups are cooling, Microwave wrapped caramels and a little milk until melted and then stir until combined.

Carefully spoon about a tsp or so of caramel onto each cookie. Spread the caramel around to almost cover the whole cookie.

caramel added to the cookie

Toss the pan full of cookies into the fridge for 10 or 15 minutes to help the caramel cool.

While the cookies and caramel are in the fridge, melt the milk chocolate.

carefully spoon and spread the milk chocolate onto the cooled caramel. You can set back in the fridge to help the chocolate cool quickly or they will set up at room temperature.

chocolate onto the twix cookies
Twix Cookies are a soft sugar cookie crust, with a creamy caramel on top which is topped with milk chocolate. This delicious cookie explodes with Twix flavor and are super fun to make! Skip the candy bar and make your own! |Cooking with Karli| #twix #cookie #cookiecup #candybar #candybarcookie #copycat #caramel #recipe

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twix cookies

Twix Cookie Cups

Twix Cookies are a soft sugar cookie crust, with a creamy caramel on top which is topped with milk chocolate. This delicious cookie explodes with Twix flavor and are super fun to make! Skip the candy bar and make your own!
4.64 from 234 votes
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Course: Dessert
Keyword: cookie cup, copy cat, Twix, twix cookie
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Additional Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 24 cookie cups
Author: Karli Bitner

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 20 caramels unwrapped
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 2 cups milk chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°. 
  • Cream together the butter and sugar.
  • Add in the egg and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
  • Add the flour and baking powder. Mix thoroughly.
  • Roll the dough out until 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Use a round cookie cutter to cut out circles. Transfer to an ungreased pan.
  • Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes. Pull out of the oven when the cookies are puffy and no longer glossy.
  • Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
  • While the cookies are cooling, microwave the caramels and milk for 1 minute. Stir at the 30 second mark. Stir until smooth and creamy.
  • Carefully spoon a few teaspoons of caramel onto each cookie, spreading until it almost covers the cookie. 
  • Placethe cookies and caramel into the fridge for 10 -15 minutes or until completely cold. 
  • Melt the chocolate chips for 30 second intervals until completely melted and incorporated.
  • Spread a small amount of chocolate onto each cookie. Let the chocolate layer cool and set up before serving.

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YIELD: 2 Dozen Cookies

Twix Cookie Cups

(Printable Recipe Below)

Twix Cookies are a soft sugar cookie crust, with a creamy caramel on top which is topped with milk chocolate. This delicious cookie explodes with Twix flavor and are super fun to make! Skip the candy bar and make your own!

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 20 caramels, unwrapped
  • 1 tbsp milk, (I used whole)
  • 2 cups milk chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Cream together the butter and sugar.
  3. Add in the egg and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
  4. Add the flour and baking powder. Mix thoroughly.
  5. Roll the dough out until 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Use a round cookie cutter to cut out circles. Transfer to an ungreased pan.
  6. Bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes. Pull out of the oven when the cookies are puffy and no longer glossy.
  7. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
  8. While the cookies are cooling, microwave the caramels and milk for 1 minute. Stir at the 30 second mark. Stir until smooth and creamy.
  9. Carefully spoon a few teaspoons of caramel onto each cookie, spreading until it almost covers the cookie.
  10. Placethe  cookies and caramel into the fridge for 10 -15 minutes or until completely cold.
  11. Melt the chocolate chips for 30 second intervals  until completely melted and incorporated.
  12. Spread a small amount of chocolate onto each cookie. Let the chocolate layer cool and set up before serving.
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  1. Megha says

    February 7, 2021 at 12:58 pm

    What can be the replacement of the egg?

  2. Karli Bitner says

    February 13, 2021 at 10:15 pm

    I haven’t found a good egg substitute for this recipe yet- Sorry about that!

  3. Cooking with Karli says

    February 13, 2021 at 10:17 pm

    Nonstick spray or crisco works as a greasing agent. Just a standard cookie sheet will work great Jennifer.

  4. Cooking with Karli says

    February 13, 2021 at 11:24 pm

    That sounds like it would be really good, let me know how it works out!

  5. Sandra says

    February 19, 2021 at 1:03 am

    These were awesome. Took them to church for supper…..none left. Thank you

  6. KEB says

    April 3, 2021 at 3:45 pm

    5 stars
    Absolutely delicious and easy! My husband adores Twix bars, but stated that these blow them out of the water. Thank you!

  7. Natasha says

    April 16, 2021 at 8:14 am

    Do we melt the butter or is it room temp?

  8. katie Thornley says

    April 21, 2021 at 1:33 pm

    5 stars
    We tried this cookie around Halloween and now its our Halloween tradition ! The base of this cookie is bomb when paired with the caramel and chocolate. It is our favorite cookie to eat while watching scary movies and snuggling on the couch. The kids had fun making them…and then devouring them!! These Freeze well also..if you want to hide some for later after you have eaten all your kids Halloween candy.

  9. Karli Bitner says

    May 15, 2021 at 8:17 pm

    Room temperature!

  10. Sarah-Ann Garcia says

    December 3, 2021 at 9:55 pm

    5 stars
    Delicious recipe! I made 12 dozen for a cookie exchange. The steps were easy to follow. I will make these again!! Thank you for sharing the recipe ❤️

  11. Elyssa says

    February 10, 2022 at 1:19 pm

    Do you think I could use my mini muffin tin to make the cups? I’m not good at rolling dough. I thought maybe I could push the dough into each muffin compartment and then follow the recipe.

  12. Trisha says

    July 10, 2022 at 5:03 am

    5 stars
    Verrrrry yummy cookies! Be sure to let them cook completely, they taste much better that way!

  13. Susan says

    July 18, 2022 at 2:15 am

    5 stars
    My only complaint is I let them set out on the counter and the caramel all ran off the cookie. Should these have been kept refrigerated?

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