Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies

Soft & thick cake mix cookies are loaded up with rainbow sprinkles & then topped with a perfect buttercream frosting in these Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies...

As some of you all may recall, my daughter turned four last month. (Yes, hold me. I can't believe how quickly she is growing up!) 

Her birthday happened to fall on one of the days of the week that she attends preschool, so I asked her if she would like to bring in a special treat to share with her friends at school that day. Of course, she was absolutely ecstatic about it. 

And to be perfectly honest, I was pretty excited about baking up a fun sweet treat for her classmates as well. ;) 

You see, my son is an August baby. And his actual birthday is always towards the end of summer break, so I never really got to bake anything for him to take to school and share with his class.

When I asked Little Miss what she wanted me to make for her class for her birthday, she had just two requirements- she wanted cookies and she wanted pink frosting on them. Okay. That was something I could definitely handle. :) 

Cake mix cookies happen to be one of my favorite cookies to bake. They are soft & thick, taste like cake, and happen to be crazy easy to make. 

So, I took a basic cake mix cookie dough and loaded it up with LOTS of rainbow sprinkles (because you can never have too many rainbow sprinkles!). Then I topped each of these cookies with a perfect pink buttercream and even more rainbow sprinkles. 

Let's just say that these Rainbow Sprinkle-fetti Cookies were a HUGE hit with her preschool friends and teachers...

Take4 Chocolate Pudding Cookies

In early spring, I noticed a lot of pudding cookie recipes popping up on my favorite food blogs and in my Pinterest feed.  Everyone was making some kind of cookie or another and throwing instant pudding mix in the batter.  I was intrigued, but initially refused to drink the kool-aid (or should I say bite the cookie?).  This is pretty much the same way it happened with me and cookie butter, just to let you all know. You all now know now obsessed I am with that stuff... ;)

But the photos of soft, thick pudding cookies kept beckoning to me and at last I took the plunge.  I decided to make a pudding cookie in the likeness of a Take5 candy bar.  If you all are not familiar with Take5's from Hershey, it is basically caramel, pretzels, peanuts, and peanut butter all covered in chocolate.  With these cookies, I included everything but the caramel.  You could always feel free to pop a caramel in each cookie if you have to have it, but I personally wouldn't change a thing about these cookies. 

They are soft, chocolaty cookies with gooey mini chocolate chips topped with salty & crunchy pretzel pieces... :)

Take4 Chocolate Pudding Cookies

by Frugal Foodie Mama

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10-12 minutes

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Ingredients (26-28 cookies)

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 3.9 oz package of instant chocolate pudding
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1 cup of crushed pretzels

Instructions

Heat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

Beat together the butter, peanut butter, & brown sugar in a large bowl until light & fluffy. Add in the chocolate pudding mix, and beat until well blended. Add in the eggs and then the baking soda. Mix well.

Beat in the flour a little at at time until blended. Stir in the mini chocolate chips.

Pour the crushed pretzels onto a plate. Roll the dough into tablespoon-sized balls and then press the tops of each one into the crushed pretzels. Place on your prepared baking sheet pretzel side up, about 2 inches apart.

Bake for 10-12 minutes or until edges are slightly browned. Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days. (After 3 days, the pretzels start to lose their crunch.)

Enjoy!

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**Recipe is based on THIS ONE from Kraft. 

Have you bit into the pudding cookie craze yet?  Tell me I am not the only one a little late to this yumminess. ;)

If you could turn any candy bar into a cookie, which one would you choose?

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