Twix Cookies are the recipe that Maria makes every time she wants to create the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely show-stopping individual cookie that transforms the most beloved and the most classically adored Twix candy bar into the most completely homemade and the most beautifully layered individual cookie experience — because the most brilliant three-layer sequence of the most perfectly soft and the most properly thick round sugar cookie base, the most silky and the most deeply caramelized melted caramel layer spread to almost every edge.
And the most beautifully glossy and the most smoothly set milk chocolate top coating creates the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely authentic Twix candy bar flavor and texture in the most completely homemade and the most individually impressive cookie format that makes every single person who sees them immediately ask which store you bought them from before they realize you made them yourself. She creams the most fluffy butter-sugar base, cuts the most perfect rounds, bakes until puffy, layers the most silky caramel, chills, then coats with the most beautifully smooth milk chocolate.
Twix Cookies are the most easy and deeply extraordinary 40-minute candy bar cookies made by creaming butter and sugar adding egg white and vanilla adding flour and baking powder rolling to 1/4 to 1/2 inch cutting rounds baking at 350°F for 6 to 8 minutes cooling then spreading melted caramel-milk mixture chilling and coating with melted milk chocolate chips. Come follow us on Pinterest where we share beautiful cookie recipes and easy dessert favorites from our kitchen every single week.
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Why You Will Love This Twix Cookies Recipe
This Twix Cookies recipe is the most completely extraordinary and the most genuinely brilliant candy bar cookie that requires only the most simple pantry ingredients — butter, sugar, egg white, flour, unwrapped caramels, milk, and milk chocolate chips — and only 40 minutes of total preparation and baking time to produce the most completely professional-looking and the most genuinely impressive three-layer individually portioned candy bar cookie.
The egg-white-only sugar cookie base is the single most clever and the most specifically designed recipe decision that makes these Twix cookies so genuinely extraordinary. Using only the egg white rather than the whole egg produces the most beautifully pale and the most cleanly flavored individual sugar cookie base that provides the most authentically shortbread-like and the most properly substantial foundation for the caramel and chocolate layers that sit above. Our Cheesy Pepperoni Stromboli Recipe makes a beautifully savory companion when bringing both sweet and savory treats to a gathering.
Ingredients Needed for This Twix Cookies Recipe
For the Sugar Cookie Base:
- ½ cup (111g) Salted Butter, room temperature
- ½ cup (115g) Granulated Sugar
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 large Egg White
- 1½ cups (228g) All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
For the Caramel Layer:
- 20 Caramels, unwrapped
- 1 tbsp Whole Milk
For the Chocolate Layer:
- 2 cups (400g) Milk Chocolate Chips
How to Make This Twix Cookies Recipe
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a large bowl, cream together the room-temperature salted butter and granulated sugar until the most light and the most fluffy result. Add the egg white and vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Add the flour and baking powder and mix most thoroughly until the most smooth and the most Play-Doh-consistent soft dough forms, cara mia.
Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface until it is in between one-quarter and one-half inch thick — the cookies will not rise during baking so this final rolled thickness is the finished cookie thickness. Use a 2½-inch round cookie cutter to cut out the most perfectly uniform individual circles. Transfer to an ungreased baking pan.
Bake at 350°F for 6 to 8 minutes until the cookies are the most beautifully puffy and no longer appear glossy on the surface. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
While the cookies are cooling, microwave the unwrapped caramels and milk for 1 minute, stirring at the 30-second mark, until completely smooth and the most silky creamy caramel forms.
Carefully spoon a few teaspoons of caramel onto each completely cooled cookie, spreading until it almost covers the entire cookie surface. Place the cookies and caramel into the refrigerator for 10 to 15 minutes until the most completely cold and the most properly firm.
Melt the milk chocolate chips in 30-second microwave intervals until completely melted and smooth. Spread a thin even layer of the melted chocolate over each caramel-topped cookie. Allow the chocolate layer to set completely before serving — this happens most quickly in the refrigerator.
How to Serve This Twix Cookies Recipe
Serve at room temperature once the most beautifully glossy chocolate layer has the most completely set and the most properly firm individual surface. Arrange on a white plate or wooden serving board for the most completely stunning presentation that showcases the most gorgeous individual layered cross-section of pale sugar cookie, golden caramel, and dark chocolate.
These cookies stack most beautifully once the chocolate layer is fully set and the most properly firm for the most charming individual tower presentation on a dessert table. Our Lemon Blueberry Muffins make a beautifully equally bakery-style and equally impressive companion for a complete and wonderful dessert spread.
How to Store This Twix Cookies Recipe
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days once fully set. Freeze in a resealable freezer bag for up to 3 months — flash-freeze in a single layer first so the cookies do not stick together. The cookies stack most beautifully once the chocolate has the most completely and the most properly set individual surface.
Tips to Make This Twix Cookies Recipe
Roll the cookie dough to a consistent thickness throughout the entire sheet for the most uniformly baked and the most beautifully even individual cookie base. Uneven thickness produces the most inconsistently baked cookies — thinner areas overbake while the most thick areas remain underbaked in the same batch.
Allow the caramel layer to cool and set the most completely in the refrigerator before applying the melted chocolate. A caramel layer that is still warm or the most slightly soft will mix with the chocolate rather than producing the most beautifully distinct and the most properly separate individual chocolate and caramel layers.
Helpful Notes for This Twix Cookies Recipe
The dough should have the most specifically described Play-Doh consistency — soft, smooth, and the most pliable without being sticky or crumbly. If the dough is too sticky, add flour one tablespoon at a time until the most properly pliable result. If too crumbly, add a teaspoon of milk at a time until the most smooth Play-Doh consistency.
Pull the cookies from the oven when they are the most beautifully puffy and no longer glossy on the surface — they should not be golden at all. An overbaked Twix cookie base loses the most essential soft and the most tender individual texture that makes the candy bar cookie experience so genuinely extraordinary.
Variation of This Twix Cookies Recipe
Maria made a version pressing a thin layer of crushed shortbread cookies beneath the caramel for an extra shortbread layer for the most completely extraordinary and the most deeply textured double-layered Twix cookie. Teresa tried using dark chocolate chips in place of milk chocolate for the most completely extraordinary and the most deeply sophisticated dark chocolate Twix cookie.
For a sea salt caramel Twix cookie, sprinkle a tiny pinch of flaky sea salt directly on top of the chocolate layer while still melted and before it sets for the most completely extraordinary and the most beautifully balanced sweet-salty Twix cookie. Our Cheesy Pepperoni Stromboli Recipe makes a beautifully equally crowd-pleasing and equally sharable companion for a complete and wonderful party spread.
FAQs About This Twix Cookies Recipe
Can I make these into bars instead of individual cookies?
Yes. Press the sugar cookie dough into a parchment-lined 9 by 13-inch baking dish, bake at 350°F for 15 to 18 minutes until puffy and set, cool completely, spread the caramel, chill, spread the chocolate, chill again, and cut into individual bars for the most completely extraordinary and the most properly Twix-bar-shaped individual result.
Why pull the cookies out when they still look underbaked?
The cookies continue setting most significantly after removal from the oven due to carryover cooking on the hot pan. Removing when puffy and no longer glossy — even if they appear undercooked — produces the most properly soft and the most beautifully tender finished cookie base. Golden cookies straight from the oven produce hard and crispy finished cookies once cooled.
Can I use store-bought caramel sauce instead of melting caramels?
Individual wrapped caramels melted with milk produce the most thick and the most properly set caramel layer that holds most firmly under the chocolate coating. Store-bought caramel sauce is too thin and too liquid to produce the most properly set individual caramel layer and will produce a messy and improperly layered result.
Conclusion
These Twix Cookies are the most completely extraordinary and the most deeply indulgent candy bar cookie that makes every gathering and every treat occasion feel genuinely and completely special through the most soft sugar cookie base and the most silky caramel layer and the most glossy milk chocolate coating in every single beautifully layered and completely irresistible Twix cookie. We hope they bring the same deeply joyful candy bar cookie excitement and the same completely delighted gathering to your kitchen that they have always brought to ours. Make them, share them, and come back to tell us all about it. With all our love, Maria, Lucia, and Teresa.
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Twix Cookies The Most Easy Soft Sugar Cookie Caramel Milk Chocolate Layered Candy Bar Cookie You Will Make
- Total Time: 40 minutes including chilling
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
The most extraordinary Twix Cookies made by preheating oven to 350°F creaming 1/2 cup room temperature salted butter and 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy adding 1 egg white and 1 tsp vanilla mixing well adding 1 1/2 cups flour and 1 tsp baking powder mixing to smooth Play-Doh dough rolling 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick cutting 2 1/2-inch rounds placing on ungreased pan baking 6 to 8 minutes until puffy and no longer glossy cooling completely on wire rack microwaving 20 unwrapped caramels and 1 tbsp milk 1 minute stirring at 30 seconds to smooth spreading a few teaspoons over each cookie almost to edges chilling in refrigerator 10 to 15 minutes until cold melting 2 cups milk chocolate chips in 30-second intervals spreading thin layer over chilled caramel and allowing to set before serving. A completely extraordinary candy bar Twix cookie recipe.
Ingredients
1/2 cup 111g Salted Butter room temperature
1/2 cup 115g Granulated Sugar
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1 large Egg White
1 1/2 cups 228g All-Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
20 Caramels unwrapped
1 tbsp Whole Milk
2 cups 400g Milk Chocolate Chips
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg white and vanilla. Mix well combined.
4. Add flour and baking powder. Mix thoroughly to smooth Play-Doh dough.
5. Roll dough 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut 2 1/2-inch rounds. Transfer to ungreased pan.
6. Bake 6 to 8 minutes until puffy and no longer glossy. Do not overbake.
7. Transfer to wire rack. Cool completely.
8. Microwave caramels and milk 1 minute stirring at 30 seconds until smooth.
9. Spoon a few teaspoons caramel on each cookie spreading almost to edges.
10. Refrigerate 10 to 15 minutes until completely cold.
11. Melt chocolate chips in 30-second intervals until smooth.
12. Spread thin chocolate layer over each cookie.
13. Allow chocolate to set completely before serving.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Cookies, Candy Bar
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 185
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 65mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 10mg
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