These chocolate sprinkle cookies are thin and chewy, and rolled in sprinkles instead of the traditional sugar, which gives them a perfect crunch and super cute rainbow sprinkle finish. These are similar to crinkle cookies, but the sprinkle coating makes them extra cute, and they are so easy to make!
Hi hi! I am just poppping in to share the recipe for these chocolate sprinkle cookies! These cookies are a spin on my classic chewy chocolate cookies - during recipe testing I made them a little thinner so they sunk down in the oven, and rolled them in the cutest sprinkles.
This is an easy no chill recipe that comes together in 30 minutes or so. You can either make them regular sized or tiny - both are so cute!
Tips and tricks for success with sprinkle cookies.
- I don’t really have too much to say here - you can roll these in any sprinkles that you like but the non-pareils are probably the best! I like getting them from here, or here - they both have really fun mixes. The ones I used for these cookies I just got in bulk online! Not all sprinkles are made equal - make sure that you use ones that won't melt in the oven. You can also roll them in coloured sanding sugar. I have also made them where I mixed in raw sugar into the sprinkles and it gave a sort of galaxy effect which I loved!
- Use whatever cocoa that you like here - you can go with black cocoa for more of an oreo vibe, or a dutch cocoa. I would try to use something dutched if you can, but regular cocoa certainly won’t hurt either. If you do use black cocoa maybe just up the sugar by 30 or so grams to make up for the more bitter cocoa.
- These freeze well baked! We have a stash in the freezer now and they store super well - just pop them in a ziploc bag or airtight container.
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Chocolate Sprinkle Sugar Cookies
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Chocolate Sprinkle Sugar Cookies. These chocolate sugar cookies are thin and chewy, and rolled in sprinkles instead of the traditional sugar, which gives them a perfect crunch and super cute rainbow sprinkle finish. These are similar to crinkle cookies, but the sprinkle coating makes them extra cute, and they are so easy to make!
Ingredients
- 250g all-purpose flour
- 50g dutch process cocoa powder
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 225g unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 300g sugar
- 1 egg, at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
- Sprinkles for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°f / 180°c. Line three baking trays with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla, and beat until combined. Add the flour and cocoa mixture, and beat on low until just incorporated.
- Using a cookie scoop, scoop 2 tbsp worth of mixture at a time (about 45g balls). Roll into a ball using your hands, then roll generously in sprinkles. Place on the baking tray, leaving plenty of room to spread (I had 6 cookies per baking tray).
- Bake one tray at a time for 11-12 minutes, until the cookies have puffed up and are beginning to crack on the tops, and the edges are set. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking tray for 15 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
To make these into holiday themed cookies you can use holiday sprinkles - I love the ones from Layer Cake Shop
I also made these with a 1 tsp scoop which made 5g balls of dough. I did 24 per half cookie sheet and baked them for 8 minutes at the same temp as written. It made about 120 cookies.
Comments
Caryn says
These cookies were perfect! I see they freeze well once baked? Wondering if they freeze well raw or do the 100’s and 1000’s go funky?
Hannah says
Super delicious, and quick and easy. A great kids’ lunchbox staple:makes enough to keep some in the freezer for future weeks where there are unexpected visitors or there isn’t weekend baking. Highly recommend! Have made three times now: once with dutch cocoa and twice with regular, which my sweet-toothed children prefer…. Thanks for the recipe!
Keri says
These are so, so good. I doubled the recipe with the intention to freeze a bunch. Not sure if any will make it to the freezer!
Lisa Turner says
I just made the cookies for a bake sale and they look amazing. Unfortunately I won’t be trying the baked finished product as they so be sold. But the leftover cookie dough and sprinkles were delicious.
Miriam says
Ok. I am not a sprinkle fan but MY WORD, these cookies are perfection. I made a variation without sprinkles or sugar and it needs the crunch - trust the professional here (Erin) there is a reason she added it!
So quick & delicious and dangerously moreish, I feel ill I've eaten so many in one sitting (standing over the wire rack)!
Perfection!
Megan says
So yum and easy to make, they look amazing too. I turned them into ice cream sandwiches and the cold cookies were quite fudgy while still holding their shape well.
Tiffany says
So delicious! Super easy! Loved by all (especially my kiwi hubby who also loves fairy bread) to me they taste like a brownie, chewy and crunchy and just perfect, and they look so fun!
Francine says
Made these delicious sprinkle cookies tonight and they turned out wonderful 🙂.
Michelle says
This is such a fun recipe - yummy too! The cookies are like brownies and rolled in colorful sprinkles which makes it look so fun! The sprinkles add some crunch texture to the cookies. All my friends devoured them!
Alicia says
I made this recipe for a cookie exchange and it is excellent. The dough is so easy to work with and didn’t require chilling time. They turned out beautifully and are so yummy. Thank goodness for weight measurements, they absolute best way to bake!
B says
Am I able to make the dough a day or two ahead or should they be baked immediately after prepping?
Erin Clarkson says
I haven't tried chilling it but I know it freezes ok! Just freeze without the sprinkles on it. I imagine it will be fine chilled too 🙂
Amy says
These are so good! I love how you can make them festive too just by changing the colours of the sprinkles.
Jess says
These are so cute and so delicious. I've been making them whenever I need to take a plate somewhere, and they are very popular with children and adults alike. Hilariously my mum and then uncle both asked for your recipe and started making them too when they have social events! I've been enjoying giving them a festive touch with green, red and white sprinkle mix this xmas season, but the multi-colour rainbow version is my fav.
Emma says
Made these with the Christmas themed sprinkles - so good! Great for gifts, nice chocolate flavour without being too sweet!
Shajon says
You’re recipes are sooo good!! I’ve made this before and my kid requested it again for Christmas treats for his teachers. Thank you! 😍🎄
Lucy says
Turned out perfectly down to the cracks in the top! The sprinkles were so cute and made them extra special.
Melissa says
These are my vvv fave “quick chocolate fix” cookie. Slightly salty (we use kosher salt at home) and slightly sweet. They’re just perfect and hard to mess up. And the little crunch that the sprinkles add? Yep, you guessed it, also perfect.
Linda says
these cookies came out just like the picture. Every time I see Erin post a new recipe that grabs my attention. I look at the recipe list, hoping that I have everything in my cabinets to make them that moment it’s because of her I now have vanilla paste and castor sugar on hand at all times. Any of her recipes are sure to impress. And I don’t care that she has painted fingernails.
Rhiannon says
Hi Erin,
Is it possible to do this recipe as a vanilla cookie rather than chocolate? If so, would you increase flour when leaving out cocoa?
Thanks!
Erin Clarkson says
Hi! I have a vanilla cookie recipe on my site - I would use that instead 🙂
Kim says
Super easy to make and very delicious! Recipe also freezes well (I froze unbaked dough balls). Thank you, Erin!
Bella says
I followed the recipe exactly, but the cookies spread all over the pan and did not look like the photo at all. I only gave a star because the flavor was good, but their appearance was too ugly to give as gifts, which I had originally intended them for.
Erin Clarkson says
Hi! Something must have gone wrong - by chance was your oven too hot? Did you make the recipe by weight? Sorry they didn't work for you!
Caro says
Love making this with my kids, crackle top is A++ recommend making sure your oven is calibrated to right temp. Great to have on hand frozen to make a half dozen at a time.
Irene Wong says
Love love this recipe! It was so easy, but so beautiful when they are done! I made for Valentine’s Day for my daughter’s teachers! They’re super tasty, too!
Lauren says
These are a crowd pleaser - a big hit for kids and adults! My mom doesn't usually like sprinkles, but even she said they just work with the cookie so well! The cookie is delicious with almost a brownie-like texture. The only thing I would change is figuring out how to make mine beautiful since mine didn't get as flat, and the sprinkles didn't stick as well. Maybe the dough wasn't sticky enough? Too much flour?
Erin Clarkson says
Hi! Hmmm did you make the recipe by weight? So happy you loved!
Rachel says
Another Cloudy Kitchen recipe to add to the rotation. The recipe is easy to follow and the cookies turned out so well. Not only do the sprinkles make the cookies beautiful, they add a nice crunch too.
Amy Lytle says
I just made the cookies today. They turned out delicious! But just as someone else said below, the sprinkles did not stick as well. I did not make them by weight. So maybe I had a little bit more flour than needed in there or Coco. However, they taste delicious and I just wet the cookies a little bit before rolling them in the sprinkles and it worked out fine
Erin Clarkson says
Hi! Ahhh yes that will do it! the sprinkles sticking relies on them being sticky enough 🙂 so happy you loved!
Rebecca L says
Hi Erin,
These cookies are very tasty and cute! I have had a problem with them not spreading. After that happened I pressed the next tray with a glass and that was fine but there is no “crack”. Any thoughts on why they weren’t’ spreading from the ball stage?
Erin Clarkson says
Hi! It's a super thin recipe so they definitely should sink down in the oven. It may be that your oven temperature is off?
Rebecca says
Thanks-that may be it. I made them by weight. I also had them in the fridge over 24 hours before rolling and cooking. Maybe I should let them come to room temp?
Erin Clarkson says
Ah yes that will do it - this recipe doesn't require a chill time so that would have 1000% stopped them from sinking down in the oven.
Katie Taylor says
these didn’t even turn out how i wanted them too i did everything exactly and the ended up just burning when i cooked them
Sarah Leach says
I don't know what I was expecting but these are amazing nice chocolate flavour with a yummy crunch from the sprinkles
Charlotte says
My kids lived the way it looked and begged me to try it. I made the batter but it comes our Iike icing? Am I doing something wrong or must I just go ahead and bake it? I covered the batter but don't know what to do now as it's alot of ingredients gone to waste. Please help
Erin Clarkson says
Hi, if you followed the directions it will be all good! it's quite a sticky dough
Brady says
My 12-year-old chose this recipe to make to take camping with his grandma. It was so easy and they look so beautiful! Exactly like yours! He even used the trick to make them perfectly round. And he was precise on the measurements too. So cute. Also, they are insanely delicious!!!
Taryn says
The perfect cookie for hubby and I (he likes crispy, I like soft) and these were a mix of both. Crispy edges and the crunch of the sprinkles with a centre still just a touch soft and chewy. I actually left out the cocoa (subbed that 50g for more flour) and added some chopped white chocolate. Probably the best cookie I’ve made in ages! They won’t last long for sure.
AJ says
Hi Erin,
You mention that these freeze well baked, would the cookie dough freeze well too? And then roll in sprinkles when they’ve softened a bit, once out of the freezer??
Hoping to freeze a whole bunch of raw cookie dough and then bake and gift to people for Christmas 😃
Erin Clarkson says
Hi! I haven't tried it sorry but you could give it a go! I think it should work ok!
Ashleigh Moss Brown says
Anita says
Super easy to make and so good! I made a whole lot of the cookie dough and froze them in preparation as gifts for Christmas and they turned out really good! I rolled them in the sprinkles after they had defrosted a bit. Definitely recommend
Patricia says
These cookies were amazing! So easy and fun, and also delicious!!! I made them for a Christmas cookie box with red, green and white sprinkles.
Angie says
Delicious and fun recipe - great for getting little ones helping with baking, my little one loves rolling them in sprinkles. Plus eating them too.
Very very tasty, will be making them again.
Kaylee says
Beautiful, delicious, and fun to make with my little kids! They had a blast rolling the balls in the sprinkles. We will definitely be saving this recipe for future use!
Jaimie Shields says
Such an amazing recipe. I added 1 tablespoon of espresso powder, definitely adding this to our cookie rotation!
Anne Golden Latini says
I love these, I make them with white nonpareils and use them for peanut butter ice cream sandwiches. Cannot recommend enough.
Veena says
These look great and were very easy to make but they're so salty that we can't give them to the children, and in fact they're too salty for us as well 🙁 Used unsalted butter and normal everyday table salt.
Erin Clarkson says
Hi! So sorry the recipe should say kosher salt - table salt is twice as salty. So so sorry about that!
Veena says
Thanks Erin! I made another batch using half the amount of table salt and they were perfect. Will be putting these in my family’s Christmas hampers this year instead of my usual oat cookies!
Lauren says
These are one of my favs, always one of our Christmas cookies! Such a great recipe, never fails.
Marie S says
I made these for our Christmas party and they are such a hit! The sprinkles make them festive, the flavor is amazing, and best of all they are SO EASY to make! These will continue to be in my cookie rotation-love them!
Jo says
These are sooooooooo good. And easy! I’ve made them a few times now and today we did Xmas sprinkles. Thanks so much for this recipe
Abbie P says
I make these cookies every few weeks, they are pretty easy and look amazing and taste AMAZING. like a fudgy cookie , my children love them, I love them, my friends love them. Always a hit. 10/10
Pam says
Love this recipe! Easy to follow and they always come out delish!
Katherine says
These are probably the tastiest biscuits I’ve EVER made. They were really easy and looked spectacular.
Minnie says
I make these cookies every year for my Christmas cookies as they are a favourite for everyone! Use red, green and white sprinkles to keep it festive. Super easy recipe and always turns out great!
Becky says
I saw this recipe last week on IG, and I made them the next day at work, and absolutely loved them. I used my fave sprinkles (the pastels in balls), and then did another round with different sprinkles.
I am a baker at work, and keep pareve, so I did use margarine instead/I did NOT use butter.
Absolutely loved this recipe, and can’t wait to make more of them with different sprinkles.
Christina says
These amazing and delightful cookies are so crunchy and fun and delicious! They taste incredible, like a brownie cookie covered in crunchy sprinkles. I do think that as much as I like salt, I will add a tiny bit less kosher salt next time, because even though I used unsalted butter as directed, these were just a tad bit too salty for my liking. But otherwise they are perfect, and I highly recommend them!!
Laura says
The colour baked out of my sprinkles and they all turned white 😓 tastes lovely though!
Erin Clarkson says
OH no that will have been an issue with the sprinkles you used!
Nic says
Hi,
In the video you use a cookie cutter to reshape them before they cool down. Please can you confirm what size it is? 🙂
Erin Clarkson says
Hi! I have a set so I just grab one slightly larger than the cookie 🙂
Lucy Hoult says
First time making sugar cookies - was surprised by how rich, fudgey and delicious they were. The sprinkles also introduced a great texture. We made them for our Matariki celebrations and they were a hit.