Amazing Snickers Cookie Recipe

October 27, 2025
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These Snickers Cookies are decadently delicious and super easy to make! Whether you make the pretty swirl on the top of these snicker surprise cookies or not, the peanut butter and dough with the hidden chocolate snicker tucked inside is amazingly yummy!  Let me share our snickers cookies recipe and how we make one of our favorite Christmas Cookies Recipe that is requested by my kids each and every year!

These Snickers Cookies are decadently delicious and super easy to make! Whether you make the pretty swirl on the top of these snicker surprise cookies or not, the peanut butter and dough with the hidden chocolate snicker tucked inside is amazingly yummy!  Let me share our snickers cookies recipe and how we make one of our favorite Christmas Cookies Recipe that is requested by my kids each and every year!

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Craving something deliciously different? These Snickers Cookies are the perfect treat for you! Imagine biting into a warm, soft cookie made from a rich peanut butter dough, and discovering a delightful surprise tucked inside—a chocolate Snickers candy! The combination of the nutty peanut butter and the gooey chocolate, caramel, and nougat from the Snickers makes for an irresistible treat that is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Not only are these cookies fun to make, but they are also incredibly satisfying to eat. The contrast of flavors and textures—from the creamy peanut butter to the chewy caramel in the candy—is absolutely mouthwatering. These cookies are perfect for sharing at parties, bringing to family gatherings, or just enjoying as a sweet indulgence at home.

We have lots more cookie recipes to choose from including snickerdoodle cookies, pretty meltaway mint cookies, yummy maple peanut butter cookies, easy monster cookies, and chocolate no bake cookies.

peanut butter snicker cookie recipe

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These Snicker surprise cookies couldn’t be easier to whip up; let me show you how! Start by creaming together 1 cup salted butter, 1 cup creamy peanut butter, and 1 cup brown sugar until it is light and fluffy.
cream together butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar until light and creamy

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Add in 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
add in eggs, vanilla extract, salt, baking powder

hidden snickers cookies recipe

Mix in 3 1/2 cups flour and chill dough for about 2 hours.
HINT: While dough chills unwrap snicker minis or use snicker balls which come un-wrapped!
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snickers cookies recipe

Preheat the oven to 325 F. Using chilled dough, flatten about 1 tablespoon of dough into a circle. Then place a snicker mini in the middle.
put snickers rolled up in peanut butter cookie dough on cookie sheet
Wrap the dough around the snicker and pinch together to make a ball. Now place on a cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart, and bake at 325 F for 14-16 minutes.
cool easy Christmas cookies on cooling wrack

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Cool the cookies on a cooling wrack.
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snicker cookies recipe

Next roll in powdered sugar (or sprinkle if you prefer) and drizzle with melted chocolate.
Christmas cookies
These cookies are ridiculously YUMMY! We love eating them slightly warm; the entire peanut butter casing over the snicker just melts in your mouth!
snicker snowball cookies
Holy Cow these are delicious and addictive!!  These cookies are a delicious treat anytime or to use up leftover Halloween candy!
HINT: You can use mini Milk Way, Rolo, or other similar candies if you have them on hand instead.
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In our family these are one of our specialty Christmas Cookies that we look forward to every single year!
Amazing Snickers Cookie Recipe

Amazing Snickers Cookie Recipe

These Snicker Cookies are decadently delicious and super easy to make! Let me show you how we make one of our favorite Christmas Cookies Recipe that is requested by my kids each and every year!
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Course Dessert
Cuisine American, christmas, cookies
Servings 36 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 bag Snicker minis (or balls)

Instructions
 

  • Cream together butter, peanut butter & sugars on medium until light & fluffy.
  • Add eggs & vanilla until well mixed.
  • Mix in salt & baking soda. Finally add in flour. Cover & chill dough 2 hours to make it easier to shape. While dough chills, unwrap snickers (you can skip this step if you use snicker balls!).
  • Now flatten about 1 tablespoon chilled dough into a circle, place Snicker in the center & bring dough around snicker making a ball. Put on non-stick cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 325 degrees for 14-16 minutes. Let cool slightly before dipping in powdered sugar (or sprinkle) and drizzle with melted chocolate if you like.
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Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables - www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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