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If you love Kit Kats, and you love chocolate, you'll no doubt adore these Kit Kat Chocolate Chip Cookies. With three cups total of both ingredients, the cookie dough itself is really just holding all the chocolate and candy together.

If you love Kit Kats, and you love chocolate, you’ll no doubt adore these Kit Kat Chocolate Chip Cookies.  With three cups total of both ingredients, the cookie dough itself is really just holding all the chocolate and candy together.

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With school back in session and holiday treats vanished, it was time to fill the cookie jar!  As I was looking through the pantry I ran across a bag of Kit Kats that Andy’s mom had left for the girls after they were lamenting that they didn’t get as many as they thought they should at Halloween.  (They really lead a very difficult life.)  Knowing their love of Kit Kats, I decided to earn some major mama points and make them the star of these Kit Kat Chocolate Chip Cookies.

If you love Kit Kats, and you love chocolate, you'll no doubt adore these Kit Kat Chocolate Chip Cookies. With three cups total of both ingredients, the cookie dough itself is really just holding all the chocolate and candy together.

I try to be June Cleaver and keep our cookie jar filled at all times.  Reese’s Pieces Chocolate Chip Cookies, Strawberry Sugar Cookies and Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are always big hits with our family and tend to disappear quickly.  Especially if served with a glass of milk.  It’s actually shocking that I hadn’t tried making Kit Kat cookies before.  They’re my favorite to pick out of our Halloween candy stash and I tend to steal one or five from my children.  Let me be honest…  If you love Kit Kats, and you love chocolate, you’ll no doubt adore these Kit Kat Chocolate Chip Cookies.  With three cups total of both ingredients, the cookie dough itself is really just holding all the chocolate and candy together.  I’m not complaining!

If you love Kit Kats, and you love chocolate, you'll no doubt adore these Kit Kat Chocolate Chip Cookies. With three cups total of both ingredients, the cookie dough itself is really just holding all the chocolate and candy together.

Needless to say, the girls were thrilled with their cookies.  As was their little brother.  In fact, as soon as Camryn got into the car after school, Leighton squealed, “Mama made cookies!”  They then proceeded to chat about cookies all the way home.  Well, cookies and swimming lessons.  But mostly cookies.

If you love Kit Kats, and you love chocolate, you'll no doubt adore these Kit Kat Chocolate Chip Cookies. With three cups total of both ingredients, the cookie dough itself is really just holding all the chocolate and candy together.

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5 from 2 votes

Kit Kat Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you love Kit Kats, and you love chocolate, you’ll no doubt adore these Kit Kat Chocolate Chip Cookies. With three cups total of both ingredients, the cookie dough itself is really just holding all the chocolate and candy together.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Total Time20 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 230kcal
Author: Melanie Bauer | Melanie Makes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup hot water
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups Kit Kat candy coarsely chopped
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Cream together shortening, brown sugar and sugar.
  • Add eggs, water and vanilla and beat together until fluffy.
  • Add flour, salt and baking soda and mix until just combined.
  • Stir in Kit Kat and chocolate chips.
  • Using a medium cookie scoop, form and drop dough onto baking sheet with silicone mat.
  • Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Allow to cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

I've used coarsely chopped KitKats as well as KitKat Minis in this recipe with great results. The KitKat Minis are shown in these photographs.

Nutrition

Calories: 230kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 111mg | Potassium: 53mg | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 35IU | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 0.8mg

Looking for other recipes to fill your cookie jar with?  My friends have you covered!  Check out these crazy easy Old Fashioned 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies, delicate Pizelle Cookies and delicious Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies.

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    • melanie says

      Hi, Amy! I use all purpose flour for this and all other recipes unless otherwise noted. Hope you give these cookies a try!
      Reply

  10. Linda J says

    I just made these to send to our grandchildren. They are fantastic!!!! My DH said to get them mailed quickly...or they will be gone:). Thanks so much, this is really a winner recipe!
    Reply

    • melanie says

      You sound like an awesome grandmother! So glad you both enjoy them and hope they get a seal of approval when they arrive at your grandchildren's house, too!
      Reply

  11. cyndi says

    Making these with my daughter today...the dough is lovely and I can't wait to hear the reviews! Thamks for a great recipe!
    Reply

    • melanie says

      Hi, Cyndi - what an awesome way to spend a Sunday afternoon! Please let me know what you think. My 3 and 5 year old girls won't keep their hands out of the cookie jar! :)
      Reply

  13. Erin R. says

    Looks yummy, Kit Kat's are one of my favorites. My comment; however, is really unrelated. I thought of you the other day. I'm reading "Bread and Wine" by Shauna Neiquist right now and it strikes me as a book that you might enjoy. Admittedly, I'm only halfway through, but am really enjoying it. Just food for though (no pun intended) in case you haven't read it.
    Reply

  14. Amy @ Chew Out Loud says

    Um, Kit kat cookies?! Y-u-u-m-m!! Want it, need it. Our cookie jar is empty, and these cookies look perfect for filling the jar :) I always think that I should save a bunch of various chocolates after Halloween to throw into my cookies, but well, you know... I eat the chocolates instead ;)
    Reply

  15. Sara says

    You are killing me with these candy cookies. I wish I had more time to GF test some of these recipes right now ... maybe this weekend!!! :)
    Reply

    • melanie says

      You know where I live - come on over! Proof that we need to schedule a PL get together in Ohio and I can cook and you can watch my children and afterwards we can PL. :)
      Reply

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