Sweet and Salty Pudding Cookies

Sweet and Salty Pudding Cookies are soft cookies filled with coconut, pretzels, and M&Ms! The pudding mix keeps them soft for days. 

We also have Peanut Butter Pretzel Brownies if you can’t get enough sweet and salty treats!

I am so, so, so ready for summer.

We’ve reached the point of the school year where we have standardized tests and giant projects due and award ceremonies every other day.

Which means summer is right around the corner.

We’re even pretty much done with soccer and the other parents are all, “You wanna get together and practice this summer?”

NOPE.

Anyway. I made cookies!

Ingredients

• Butter – make sure to soften it before beginning the recipe.
• Brown sugar – this recipe calls for more brown and granulated sugar because brown cookies keeps them soft.
• Sugar
• Instant vanilla pudding mix – this is the secret ingredient that is going to keep the cookies soft for a long time.. You don’t actually make the pudding, just add it to the cookie dough.
• Eggs
• Vanilla
• All-purpose flour
• Baking soda – this is the leavening agent for these cookies. It helps them get nice and puffy.
• Sweetened shredded coconut – if you don’t like coconut, you can leave it out.
• Pretzels – you can use any shape but the twists make the cookies really pretty.
• M&Ms – I like to use plain M&Ms because the other varieties tend to be larger in size.

How To Make Sweet and Salty Pudding Cookies

• Wet ingredients. Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add in pudding mix and beat until well blended. Add eggs and vanilla. 
• Add ingredients. Stir together flour and baking powder to remove lumps.
• Combine. Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and beat until well incorporated.
• Add-ins. Use a rubber spatula to fold in coconut, pretzels, and M&Ms. 
• Transfer. Take heaping tablespoonfuls of dough, roll into balls, and place on baking sheets.
• Bake. Bake at 350F for 8 – 12 minutes.
• Cool. Let cool on baking sheet for about 3 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Tips & Tricks

• You can use a different flavor pudding mix if you want to change things up! You can also use your favorite kind of M&Ms!
• If your cookies seem to be spreading too much, put the cookie dough in the fridge for about 30 minutes before baking.
• To make my cookies extra pretty, I always save some of the mix-ins (the pretzels and M&Ms) to place on top of the cookie dough after I roll them into balls.

How Long Are Pudding Cookies Good For

Store at room temperature in an airtight container. They are tastiest when consumed within 3 days but will be fine for up to a week.

More Pudding Cookies Recipes

• Pumpkin Pudding Snickerdoodles
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Pudding Cookies
• Butterscotch Pudding Cookies
• Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

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