I am so excited to kick of The Blogger Cookie Exchange Week!
When I contemplated what cookie I wanted to create for you, of course I resorted to my favorite type of cookies… I am sure you all can guess it… Pudding Cookies!
A few of you have nick-named me “The Pudding Cookie Queen” and I humbly accept the title ;-) Pudding cookies are my favorite because they truly are the softest, chewiest and down-right BEST cookies you will ever make! The secret ingredient… Instant Pudding Mix. Something about that ingredient makes pudding cookies the perfect cookies that they are.
I have a variety of Pudding Cookies on my blog, but I wanted one that was sure to stand out. When I was pregnant with my daughter, the ONLY things I craved was Root Beer. I had 1-2 of them daily. Oddly enough, after I was done being pregnant… I still loved root beer. Some women can never look at the foods they craved in pregnancy for years after the baby is born… I on the other hand still live for a tall glass of bubbly, delicious root beer.
That is why these cookies are so good. With the white chocolate chips and root beer flavoring, it tastes like a root beer float, but in cookie form! You need to give these a try!
It has been brought to my attention that someone else came up with this idea, too. And while I did not see her recipe before I made or posted this, I want to give Dreaming of White Chocolate a little shout out because great minds think alike :)
Root Beer Pudding Cookies
By November 11, 2012
- Yield: 3 dozen cookies
These taste like a root beer float in cookie form! They are so soft and delicious!
Ingredients
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- 3/4 cup butter softened
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 small box instant vanilla pudding mix dry, do not prepare
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. Root Beer concentrate
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1-2 cups white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugars together.
- Beat in instant vanilla pudding mix well.
- Add eggs and root beer concentrate and beat until well incorporated.
- Add flour and baking soda and beat until well incorporated.
- Stir in white chocolate chips.
- Roll into 1" balls and place on greased cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes.
Enjoy!
Come back later this afternoon to Chef in Training to see what The Girl Who Ate Everything is baking up for you!
I will for sure try these cookies, they sound and look yummy! I love you pictures.
Wanda Ann
My youngest is root beer crazy and I hope to surprise him with this recipe.
A question, please. What size box is the pudding? Large or small?
It is a small box. Thanks for asking, I now clarified that in the recipe :)
I love root beer and I LOVE your pudding cookie recipe–this is a match made in heaven, Nikki!
They turned out perfectly! You make the best looking cookies! My grandma was a major root beer fanatic and used to make things with root beer extract – she would have loved these!
These look great Nikki. I craved Root Beer floats with my first child…still love them too. Love all things root beer!
A cookie that tastes like a rootbeer float? Girl, that sounds good!
They sound absolutely heavenly!!!
I love root beer, and these sound so good! I”m sure my kids would devour these!
These sound amazing! i can’t wait to try them! question… where do i find root beer extract? thanks! =)
I’ve not heard if root beer concentrate. Any idea where to look? I live in a small town.
Most grocery stores carry it. You can find it next to the vanilla extract. Hope that helps :) Let me know if you have anymore questions.
Just made these and they are SO GOOD! Found the root beer concentrate near the vanilla extract at Wal-mart. I used a little over a tsp because I really wanted the flavor. Everyone loved them! This was my first time using pudding mix in a cookie and it really made it perfectly soft! Can’t wait to try some more pudding cookies!
Just made these excellent cookies!! Your pudding cookies are incredible! I’ve made these and the red velvet, dying to make the Oreo but can’t find the pudding for them. This is probably one of the best blogs I’ve come across! Thanks for all the great help in the kitchen!
This is a great cookie recipe! I cooked 1 dozen at a time for 12 mintues and they came out perfect! The only thing I did not care for was the white chocolate chips, I just think I prefer regular chocolate chips. I will be making these again, the pudding really does help make it great!
These sound delicious and I am wanting to make them for my cookie exchange this season!! About how many do you get out of a batch??
I halved this recipe and used sasparilla instead of root beer…the cookies were darker and completely amazing. Thanks for posting!!
These were one of the best cookies I’ve ever made! Everyone loved them, even my dad who is not a root beer fan! So yummy & easy. Found the root beer concentrate right by the vanilla extract. Thanks so much!!!!!
These were sooo good and everyone who tried them loved them. They are ridiculously easy to make and ridiculously moist. My only issue was that I couldn’t find, for the life of me, root beer extract. I live in Vancouver BC, and I looked through a few grocery stores, but to no avail. However, they were awesome without the rootbeer extract. I’m still going to look for it though.
Either way, great recipe. I will make these again for sure.
Happy New Year!
Kristen,
You can look for LorAnn flavorings for candy making also. They are stronger than an extract, but will work. Just use less of it!
Ok, I am eating one of these at this very moment and LOVING IT!!!! Totally featuring it on my blog and pinning it as “tried and true”!!!!! I also LOVE your peppermint chocolate pudding cookies. You’re my new go-to gal for cookies! :)
Best cookies I’ve made in ages…served them with vanilla ice cream and they were a hit! *****
Where would one find root beer concentrate? I’ve scoured several grocery store’s baking aisle and come up with nothing :(
Awesome. :)
Where do I find root beer concentrate?
I think these are going to become everyone’s new favorite cookie!
This recipe was featured in Krafty Cards etc.’s Recipe Round-up. View it at: http://kraftycardsetc.blogspot.com/2013/04/recipe-round-up.html. Thanks for the inspiration!
Maria
Krafty Cards etc.
Where do you find root bear concentrate?
Thanks for sharing=) These just came out the oven, & they taste just like a root beer float. Yum!
I just made these and they are fantastic (if you like Root Beer as much as I do). For those who wanted to know where to find the root beer extract I found it at Walmart.