Name: Blockbuster Movie Candy Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 1 1/2 cups brown sugar; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 2 sticks cold butter, cubed; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 cup buttered popcorn; 2 KitKat candybars, chopped; 1 Butterfinger candybar, chopped; 1/2 cup Reese’s Pieces; 1/4 cup salted, roasted peanuts; Flakey sea salt for topping

Description

We’re bringing back the nostalgia of blockbuster movie rental nights and wrapping it into a cookie. Each cookie is nutty, chocolatey, and popping with buttery bites of popcorn throughout. The dough is packed with some of your favorite movie snacks: Butterfinger, Kit Kat pieces, peanuts, popcorn, and Reese’s pieces to add the most fun texture to each bite.

Ingredients

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3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 sticks cold butter, cubed
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup buttered popcorn
2 KitKat candybars, chopped
1 Butterfinger candybar, chopped
1/2 cup Reese’s Pieces
1/4 cup salted, roasted peanuts
Flakey sea salt for topping

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Prep two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set to the side.
You can use a handheld electric mixer or a stand mixer. In a medium bowl or bowl of an electric mixer with paddle attachment, cream cold butter until soft and whipped. Add in sugars, mixing until combined and fluffy. Next, add in eggs and vanilla, and once again mix until combined.
Add half of the flour mixture into the creamed butter mixture and beat on medium speed until just combined. Add in the remaining flour mixture and mix in until just combined.
Mix in popcorn, candy bar pieces, Reeces pieces, and peanuts on the lowest setting. Be careful not to overmix the batter because it could overwork the gluten and make a tougher cookie. It could also break the candy into fine pieces.
Scoop large cookie dough balls onto one of the cookie sheets.Top each cookie with pieces of popcorn, candy, Reese’s pieces. Freeze the doughballs in the freezer for 10 minutes.
Bake cookies for 12-15 minutes. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Transfer cookie sheet to a wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes. Best if eaten warm!

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes