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- 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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
YIELD: 2 Dozen Cookeis
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
- 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. This will make a fudge!
- Spread a small amount of chocolate onto each cookie. Let the chocolate layer cool and set up before serving.
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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!
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. This will make a fudge!
- Spread a small amount of chocolate onto each cookie. Let the chocolate layer cool and set up before serving.
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karlibitner says
The shortbread is almost the best part of the Twix! You’ll love these cookies!
Karen says
Hi, I am planning to make these but was just wondering if you use hard caramels or soft caramels.
Karli Bitner says
Hi Karen, I use soft caramels. Hope you enjoy!
Sue says
How do you store these? Thank you!!
Karli Bitner says
Hi Sue- I store them in an air tight container (usually a zip top bag) and leave them on the counter.
Rosalyn Howard says
Love these, one of the best cookies I’ve made have made them twice so far,the short bread is the best ever they will be one of my Christmas cookies from now on also. Thank you, looking forward to more of your recipes.
Karli Bitner says
I am so happy to hear this, Rosalyn!! Thank you, thank you!!
Kim says
Hi Karli,
Was wondering if you have ever frozen the cookie dough and baked at a later date?
Thanks
Kim Tidd
Karli Bitner says
Hi Kim- I haven’t done this personally, but don’t see any issues in doing this. I would suggest rolling out and cutting the cookies and then freezing the cut cookie dough on a cookie sheet until frozen. Once frozen you can place them all in a plastic bag with out them sticking together. When you are ready to bake, arrange on your cookie sheet and allow the cookie dough to sit at room temperature for about 20 minutes before baking. Hope this helps!
Rachel says
I think I may have missed a step. What do you do with the milk??
Karli Bitner says
The milk is mixed in with the caramels while they melt to help thin the caramel out a little bit.
Tina says
Hello,
I really want to make these cookies. But I have a question, you only use the white of the egg? because in the picture it seems like you also used the yellow part?
thankyou!
Karli Bitner says
Hi Tina- I use just the egg white- I snagged the above photo from a slightly different recipe I have on my site. Sorry for the confusion!
Amanda says
I can’t wait to make these, I LOVE Twix! Is this unsalted butter? Thank you
Karli Bitner says
I use salted butter! 🙂
Sue says
I made these and they are delicious! Unfortunately it was as very warm day and the caramel started to ooze off of the cookies after a couple of hours. Also, the next day the chocolate started to look old and dried up light brown specks and patches). Any idea why?
Karli Bitner says
Hi Sue- I am glad they were delicious! That happens to the chocolate when it gets too hot while it is being melted. I hope that helps!
Kandice says
Okay so the flavor is legit, it tastes like those holiday sugar cookies you cut out of a can. Although I don’t think the Twix cookie tastes like a sugar cookie. My issue is that this is really messy once you get to the toppings and it can get ugly (literally) fast. Doing heart shapes was a bad idea, it made decorating harder. Circles might have been much easier. The caramel is tricky for sure. I recommend instead of rolling the dough on your counter, roll it on parchment paper. It won’t stick as much and you can lift the parchment and empty the cut outs into your palm. Trying to scrape them off the counter warps the shapes. Besides the mess, I think they’re good. The dough is ridiculously easy and I think I’d eat it alone as well. Thanks!
Cami Williamson says
Just finished making the twix cookies! I made them with. Homemade caramel sauce. They are sooo good!!
Karli Bitner says
I’m glad you love them, Cami! I need to make myself another batch, soon!