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Kit Kat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 230kcal
Author: Melanie Bauer | Melanie Makes
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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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