Root Beer Cookies

When I was pregnant with my little girl, the ONLY thing I ever craved was Root Beer.  I had a huge fountain drink of it daily.  Typically, when a woman is done being pregnant, she can’t even bare the sight of the food she craved because she has had it WAY too much.  This is not the case for me, however.  I still LOVE Root Beer and still get cravings for it.

Fortunately for me, Root Beer makes its fair share of appearances at our BBQs and summer meals. I saw this recipe from Silver Boxes floating around and knew I had to give them a try for summer. I cannot begin to thank her enough for sharing this delightful recipe with all of us.  If you are a die-hard Root Beer fanatic like me, you are going to LOVE these cookies!

Enjoy!
(recipe from: Silver Boxes

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  1. Jessie

    These cookies sound delicious! Where does one find root beer extract? I've never hear of it!

    1. Steph @ Silver Boxes

      I found it at my local Bulk Barn. Specialty food stores & health food stores usually carry it too. Hope that helps!

  2. Suze

    I happen to have some root beer extract from a (gross) root beer cake experiment. I'm making these today- thank you!!

  3. Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel

    I'm not pregnant, but I crave root beer all the time! It's my favorite soda--so rich and creamy; the stronger the better! When I made root beer float cupcakes, I thought I was in heaven, but root beer float cookies? Pass the plate :)

  4. Loly

    WOW, sounds yummy :)
    Thanks for sharing..
    xxx
    http://abudhabifood.blogspot.com

  5. sally @ sally's baking addiction

    Two new-to-me things in this recipe, Nikki! I've never baked a cookie w/ buttermilk and I've NEVER heard of root beer extract! Love both additions! I bet these taste amazing. Pair w/ a root beer float for sure!

  6. Mindy

    I have a bottle of root beer concentrate in my cupboard that I never know what to do with. Clearly I was meant to make these cookies! I've pinned the recipe and plan on bustin' out a batch this week.

  7. Maggie C

    My mom came across this recipe way back when I was in high school and ever since then it has been one of my absolute favorite cookies.

  8. Jocelyn @BruCrew Life

    My kids love root beer, so I have a feeling they will devour these yummy looking cookies!!! I happen to even have a bottle of root beer extract in my cupboard:-)

  9. close to home-Maria

    these look great and I have root beer extract in my pantry. I made root beer cupcakes!! thanks for sharing

  10. Ashton

    I don't know about you but I had post-pregnancy cravings too. Like serious ones! One of them was lemonade from McDonald's (and only McDonald's). Anyway, these look great! Love the pics!!

  11. Leslie

    Hello! I'm making these this morning and they are coming out looking like cookies but are a little cake-like consistency. I also didn't notice too much of a root beer taste in the cookie not sure if it's because I used McCormick concentrate or if you get more of the taste from the icing. Please let me know if I made a mistake or if these are how they are supposed to be! I LOVEEE your site! Thanks for posting so many great recipies!

    1. Chef in Training

      yes the cookies are more cake-like. They are softer than typical cookies. Also, you will get most of the root beer flavor in the frosting. At least, that is where I noticed it the most :) Sounds like your doing great so far! Let me know how they turn out for you!

  12. Leslie

    Hi! Thanks for your quick reply! It sounds like they came out just how yours did! My husbands grandmother just tried them and loves them - said they were excellent! I've made quite a few of your recipies - cake batter pudding cookies, cake batter French toast, the sloppy joes, cookies and cream cupcakes (the sweet tooth fairy ones) - which were a HUGE hit, Blueberry Banana Bread . I like that it seems I can trust your recipies - before coming across you I was getting discouraged trying peoples blog recipies.

  13. Cassie

    The cookies turned out good. I didn't have any buttermilk, so I just used 3/4 cup of milk and it turned out fine. -- The frosting however was way too sickening sweet and buttery, and probably made enough for 8 batches. Couldn't taste the root beer at all over the butter. Oh well. I think the plain cookies would go fine with vanilla ice cream or something, but by themselves they don't have much root beer flavor. If I go to make them again, I'll skip the frosting, and add more extract to the cookies.

  14. Amanda

    OMG I loved root beer when I was pregnant too! Root beer floats I could have had ALL DAY! Love it!

  15. Lori

    That's so bizarre! When I was pregnant, root beer was my fave too. A&W to be exact. Loved that stuff. Still love root beer just not to the extent I wanted it when I was pregnant. Thanks for the recipe!

  16. Maren

    These sound heavenly! How many cookies does the recipe actually make?

    1. MicKenzie

      This recipe made 2 1/2 dozen for me!

  17. MicKenzie

    If you make these cookies you need more extract in the cookie dough than this calls for. I couldn't taste any root beer in the dough. And for the frosting I had to add WAY more root beer extract. I did around 6 tsp. of extract for the frosting. The powdered sugar over powers the extract so you need much more.

  18. Nora

    These sound delicious and I might try them but want I want to know is how many cookies does this make?