You’ll love these thick and chewy Cornflake Cookies. Buttery cookie dough loaded with chocolate chips, rolled in crunchy Cornflakes and baked until golden and crisp.
If cookies are covered in cereal, can you eat them for breakfast? 💕
These thick and chewy Cornflake Cookies are my latest weakness. Buttery chocolate chip cookie dough rolled in crunchy Cornflakes and baked until golden. It’s the best of both worlds.
Crunchy on the outside, chewy in the middle. And loaded with chocolate. Yes please!
I don’t know about you but I love incorporating cereal into my baking. Whether it’s Rice Bubbles (or Rice Krispies) in my Chocolate Slice or my Peanut Butter Pie. Or Cornflakes in my cookies.
But this is not the first time I’ve shared a Cornflake Cookie with you. My Chewy Cornflake Marshmallow Cookies are super thin and crispy and have toasted Cornflakes mixed through the cookie dough, adding both flavour and chew. They’re the best.
But these thick and chewy Cornflake Cookies are rolled in Cornflakes prior to baking. Adding texture and crunch. #winwin
The cookie dough itself is buttery and smooth and requires NO chilling. Which means these cookies can be ready to eat in just 30 minutes flat.
Typically, here in Australia, Cornflake Cookies are filled with sultanas or raisins but I couldn’t help but add chocolate chips – because you know I just can’t resist adding to chocolate to everrrything.
And biting into a Cornflake Cookie while it’s still warm with melted chocolate oozing out is just the b-e-s-t.
So how do you get the Cornflakes to cover the cookies just like these? 👆🏻 It’s super easy. You simply grab a large tablespoon of cookie dough, roll it in your hands and then roll in a bowl of slightly crushed Cornflakes.
Use your hands to press the cornflakes all over the cookie dough – they should stick. Then place the balls of cookie dough onto your baking sheet. As the cookies bake, they will spread out and the Cornflakes will go roasty-toasty.
Crispy, crunchy, buttery and sweet, these Cornflake Cookies will be your new go-to.
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Let’s Bake
Cornflake Cookies
Thick and chewy cookies covered in crunchy Cornflake Cookies.
Ingredients
- 115 grams (1/2 cup / 1 stick) butter, room temperature
- 90 grams (1/2 cup) brown sugar
- 50 grams (1/4 cup) caster sugar or granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 210 grams (1 and 1/2 cups) plain flour or all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 75 grams (1/2 cup) chocolate chips
- 45 grams (1 and 1/2 cups) Cornflakes
Instructions
- Line two baking trays with baking or parchment paper. Preheat oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugars using an electric beater for 1-2 minutes or until pale and creamy.
- Add vanilla and egg and beat until combined. Sift in flour and baking soda and mix to combine. Add chocolate chips and stir. In a separate bowl, add Cornflakes and crush them slightly using your hands.
- Scoop balls of dough (roughly 1.5 tablespoons each) and then roll them in the Cornflakes, pressing the Cornflakes into the cookie dough using your hands.
- Place cookie dough balls onto your prepared trays, leaving room for the cookies to spread out.
- Bake for approximately 12-13 minutes or until golden brown. Carefully transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Angela Tobias says
I have a related cookie recipe in my family, cookies rolled in crushed cornflakes. But the problem I always have is that by the next day the cornflakes have gone stale and are no longer crunchy. Even if I store them in an airtight container. Have you encountered this issue? Any suggestions for a solution? Thanks!
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Angela, great question! This can be a common problem since cookies can soften over time. If you prefer a crisper or crunchy cookie, you can try baking them a few minutes longer. Then be sure to let them cool completely out in the open – if they are still a touch warm when you put them away, they can sweat and go soft. Leave them for a few hours uncovered, and then store then in an airtight container.
iana says
made this today and it was perfect!!! cookies were soft and chewy on the inside and really crunchy on the outside! definitely making more next time!
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Jessica Holmes says
Yay! So glad you loved them!
Chris says
Made these today lovely but took longer to cook and didn’t spread out much but all went made 18 is that correct amount of biscuits
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Chris, so glad you enjoyed them! I usually get around 14 cookies so I might make them slighter bigger. They are meant to be quite thick but if you feel they should have spread a bit more, check out this post I wrote on cooking spreading. It might be helpful!
Carlene Dacres says
I first made your cornflakes cookies last week for my daughter. They were amazing! My daughter loved them. She says they are her new all time favorite(a step up from just chocolate chip cookies). She shared with her friends and bam! I was commissioned to bake for them-they even offered to pay me but of course I did it for free! I’m from Jamaica and as we say here when things are good- dem sell off!
Jessica Holmes says
Aw this is amazing! I’m so glad you and your daughter enjoyed them! Thank you so much for your lovely review.
Mikala says
dough was so dry and crumbly after adding in all of the ingredients so I had to supplement and add some almond milk. overall, recipe was alright and cornflakes did not necessarily add much to the recipe. cool to try but average in taste
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Jessica Holmes says
Sorry you didn’t enjoy them Mikala. If the dough was dry, you may have over measured your flour and/or your butter wasn’t soft enough.
Leeanne Harvey says
brilliant recipe, thank you,and I am making another batch today (from Leeanne Western Australia)
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Jessica Holmes says
Yay! So happy to hear that Leanne!
Kellye Smith says
Such a great crunch on the outside and soft on the inside! I was using up some cornflakes so I made these.
Next time I will make them for guests on purpose! Also I live on a farm and keep cookies around for the workers. I’m sure these will go over great with them. Please try them as written. No substitutions necessary!
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Jessica Holmes says
So happy to hear that Kellye! Thank you for the lovely feedback!
Nazlee says
Made this today and it’s so easy (despite I do not have chocolate chip cookies; I used chocolate rice instead) and very delicious. Thank you v much for the great recipe!
★★★★★
Jessica Holmes says
So glad you enjoyed them!
Hanne says
Hi from Denmark, we have just baked your cookies. They are so delicious and crunchy. Thank you for your receipe😉.
Jessica Holmes says
So happy to hear that Hanne! Thank you for the lovely feedback.
Michelle says
Hi, do I flatten it before baking, or do I leave it completely round and let it spread by itself in the oven? 🙂
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Michelle, yes they should spread by themselves in the oven. Hope you enjoy them!
Remya says
Very tasty. Kids really enjoyed it. Thank you.
★★★★★
Jessica Holmes says
So happy to hear that!
Kacy says
These had nice flavors and didn’t spread, but the texture was fluffy and more like a scone than a cookie. I agree with the other reviewer that a pinch of salt would be a nice addition.
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Jessica Holmes says
Hi Kacy, if they didn’t spread and were fluffy, it sounds like you added too much flour. Also make sure your butter is at room temperature to ensure your cookies spread correctly. I wrote a post about why cookies don’t spread that might be helpful, you can read it here. And feel free to add salt but you may want to use unsalted butter as regular butter has salted added.
Emma wong says
I don’t have a electric heater, is it ok to stir butter and sugar by hand?
Jessica Holmes says
Hi Emma, yes you can, you’ll just need to use a bit more elbow grease.
Chesiree says
Second batch in two days! Such a hit. I use Frosted Flakes — sooo yum! And the first batch I forgot to crush them but we loved the texture! I also add in marshmallows… 😉 seriously such a delicious, pillowy cookie. Thank you for the recipe!
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Jessica Holmes says
Oh love that Chesiree! Thanks for the lovely feedback.
Tara says
These were such a hit! I made a batch for my family for the first time 2 weeks ago. Needless to say, I’ll be baking them again for Thanksgiving! Thanks for such a yummy treat!
Jessica Holmes says
Aw so happy to hear that Tara!