Easter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Easter Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, chewy, buttery and loaded with Cadbury mini eggs, chocolate chips and topped with an adorable chocolate Easter bunny! They make a perfect Easter sweet treat and will be loved by the whole family! This is the only chocolate chip cookie recipe you'll need in the Spring!
Servings: 18 cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 cup salted butter softened at room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 whole large eggs
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup Cadbury mini eggs roughly chopped, plus more to for garnish
- 18 mini Ghiradelli chocolate bunnies
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars together until combined.
- Add in eggs, egg yolk, and vanilla extract.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda together in a medium bowl.
- Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix until cookie dough has formed. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl and be sure not to over-mix.
- Add in chocolate chips and chopped mini Cadbury eggs. Mix until combined.
- Place cookie dough in the refrigerator to chill for 20-30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line baking sheet with parchment paper. Use a regular ice cream scoop equivalent to 1/4 cup to scoop the dough and place on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the edges are a light golden brown.
- Immediately place a chocolate bunny and Cadbury egg in the center of each cookie.
- Wait a few minutes and then transfer the baked cookies onto a cooling rack and cool completely or enjoy warm!