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Twix Cookies

Dec 11, 2018 · 84 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! 

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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

 

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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!
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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. karlibitner says

    December 17, 2018 at 1:24 pm

    The shortbread is almost the best part of the Twix! You’ll love these cookies!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      June 16, 2019 at 2:09 am

      Hi, I am planning to make these but was just wondering if you use hard caramels or soft caramels.

      Reply
      • Karli Bitner says

        June 17, 2019 at 10:22 pm

        Hi Karen, I use soft caramels. Hope you enjoy!

    • Margaret Zacher says

      November 23, 2019 at 1:55 pm

      These cookies looked so good on Pintrest. Decided to make them. I used a Rolo instead of melting caramel and chocolate and worked out great. Just left a couple steps out. Taste delicious.

      Reply
      • Karli Bitner says

        November 24, 2019 at 9:57 pm

        I’m so glad you enjoyed the cookies, Margaret!

      • Danielle says

        December 6, 2019 at 5:00 pm

        Great idea! Did you put them back into the oven to melt the Rolo or place the Rolo directly on to the cookie as they came out of the oven?

  2. Sue says

    May 5, 2019 at 3:52 am

    How do you store these? Thank you!!

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      May 7, 2019 at 9:56 pm

      Hi Sue- I store them in an air tight container (usually a zip top bag) and leave them on the counter.

      Reply
  3. Rosalyn Howard says

    May 31, 2019 at 9:44 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      June 3, 2019 at 9:08 pm

      I am so happy to hear this, Rosalyn!! Thank you, thank you!!

      Reply
  4. Kim says

    June 20, 2019 at 4:31 am

    Hi Karli,
    Was wondering if you have ever frozen the cookie dough and baked at a later date?
    Thanks
    Kim Tidd

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      June 21, 2019 at 7:50 pm

      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!

      Reply
  5. Rachel says

    June 24, 2019 at 5:28 pm

    I think I may have missed a step. What do you do with the milk??

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      June 25, 2019 at 9:16 pm

      The milk is mixed in with the caramels while they melt to help thin the caramel out a little bit.

      Reply
  6. Tina says

    July 8, 2019 at 4:16 am

    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!

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      July 15, 2019 at 9:47 pm

      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!

      Reply
  7. Amanda says

    August 9, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    I can’t wait to make these, I LOVE Twix! Is this unsalted butter? Thank you

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      August 9, 2019 at 9:19 pm

      I use salted butter! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Sue says

    August 10, 2019 at 7:59 pm

    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?

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      August 11, 2019 at 8:29 pm

      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!

      Reply
  9. Kandice says

    August 29, 2019 at 10:53 pm

    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!

    Reply
  10. Cami Williamson says

    September 11, 2019 at 1:58 pm

    Just finished making the twix cookies! I made them with. Homemade caramel sauce. They are sooo good!!

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      September 11, 2019 at 8:45 pm

      I’m glad you love them, Cami! I need to make myself another batch, soon!

      Reply
  11. Nichole Popich says

    October 19, 2019 at 5:54 pm

    Do these cookies freeze well after baking? I would like to make them ahead for Christmas. They look delicious!

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      October 23, 2019 at 9:28 pm

      Hi Nichole- To be honest, I haven’t ever tried freezing these cookies after they were put together. I have frozen the cookie base, however and they freeze fantastically! I would suggest freezing the cookie base and then adding the caramel and chocolate toppings the day of or day before your event. 🙂

      Reply
  12. Kay says

    November 8, 2019 at 8:49 am

    I’m confused about the directions for the chocolate topping. The recipe calls for the chcolate to be molten until completely incorporated – incorporated with what? The end of this step suggests that one will now have a fudge – how, what’s going on here, all we’ve done is melt chocolte, so in what way will we have fudge?

    Thank you if you can clear this up for me. I do enjoy eating Twix (even better when they’re cheap in the shops from Halloween overstockages); it’ll be even better to make my own version where I can control the ingredients and their quality. I’m sure these will make quick gifts over the coming party season too!

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      November 13, 2019 at 11:37 pm

      Hi Kay- wow, for the past year no one has caught that except you!! (not even me!) I’ve gone in and removed that sentence. I altered the recipe slightly before publishing it but that little sentence accidentally stuck around. Sorry for the confusion!!

      Reply
  13. Heidi says

    November 23, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    Pro: the sugar cookie recipe is great!!! I will actually use this recipe to make sugar cookies.
    Con: for the twix cookie….the caramel is way too solid to eat as a cookie. Very hard to eat when it feels like it may break teeth while biting into the cookie.

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      November 24, 2019 at 9:57 pm

      Heidi- I’m glad you enjoyed the cookie! The base is actually the same sugar cookie recipe that I have on my site. 🙂 They are great. It sounds like something may have gone wrong with the caramel- it should be quite soft once the liquid is added into the caramel. I hope you still enjoyed the cookies!

      Reply
  14. Roberta says

    December 21, 2019 at 4:10 am

    Hi Karli! Thanks for the recipe… before I try these, how long do they typically store/last at room temperature? I want to give as gifts but need to know how much time to allot from start to gift. TYVM

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      December 21, 2019 at 10:45 pm

      They are best within the first day but could be stretched to two if need be.

      Reply
  15. Alexa says

    December 22, 2019 at 1:39 pm

    Is the butter just softened or melted? Can’t wait to make these!

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      January 6, 2020 at 10:41 pm

      Just softened!

      Reply
  16. Shirley says

    December 24, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    Made these. Turned out really good but I ended up rolling into little balls in my hand and then flattened them a bit on the cookie sheet. So much easier than to fight with the dough!!

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      January 6, 2020 at 10:28 pm

      That is much easier than cutting them out! Very smart. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed them!

      Reply
      • ML says

        January 17, 2020 at 1:30 pm

        How come the cookies do NOT rise if there is baking powder in the recipe.
        I look forward to making these….sugar cookie, caramel, chocolate….what could be better

      • Karli Bitner says

        January 22, 2020 at 8:02 am

        Hi there, the cookies will puff up a bit, but will not rise and expand. The cookies will fall to the before baked state after cooling down. I hope this helps explain!

  17. Lee says

    January 19, 2020 at 1:14 pm

    I will try making these. Granddaughter sent me the recipe

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      January 22, 2020 at 7:46 am

      I hope you love them!

      Reply
  18. Kay says

    January 19, 2020 at 9:51 pm

    What kind of Carmel did you use for this recipe? Can you give examples?
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      January 22, 2020 at 7:43 am

      Hi Kay, I just used the generic brand of the Kraft wrapped caramels.

      Reply
  19. Laurie Olson says

    January 23, 2020 at 9:33 pm

    These look soo good, but unfortunately the cookies have no flavor and the dough wouldn’t hold without more flour. 2 cups choc chips were way too much; 1 cup would do. I followed this recipe exactly.

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      February 5, 2020 at 8:14 am

      Hi Laurie- it seems that something must have gone wrong at some point. The cookie base here is the same recipe as my extremely loved and popular sugar cookie recipe. If anything, the dough may need a bit of water to bring the dough together, it definitely shouldn’t need more flour which leads me to believe that too much liquid was added on accident at some point. Sorry they weren’t more of a success for you!

      Reply
  20. susieq says

    January 26, 2020 at 7:42 am

    Made these today, I did not roll them out ,just made into balls and flatten , I only yield 10 cookies!, will need to dlb. the recipe, also going to layer peanut butter and than caramel and choc.

    Reply
    • Karli Bitner says

      February 5, 2020 at 8:07 am

      Hi Susie- Thanks for your feedback!! 🙂 Hope you enjoyed the cookies.

      Reply
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