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Easter Candy Skillet Cookie
What’s better than Easter candy? A big ol’ Easter Candy Skillet Cookie! This Easter Skillet Cookie is loaded with chocolate chips, malted milk and malted robin eggs.
After this weekend many of you are likely to have lots of leftover Easter candy (or you’ll find a ton on sale). My favorite, and probably the best, way to use it is to mix it all into some cookies. Last year I made these Easter candy cookies to use up some of the leftover Easter candy we had lying around and this year I decided that instead of making a batch of cookies, I was going to make a big ol’ Easter Candy Skillet Cookie.
I adore skillet cookies. Skillet cookies are like pie because you get a slice but they are also a cookie. I also love them because you can undercook them ever so slightly so that they are chewy and gooey.
Easter Candy Skillet Cookie Ingredients:
You’ll need all of the usual suspects that you use when you make cookies: flour, eggs, vanilla, brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking soda and salt. In addition you’ll also need dark chocolate chunks or chocolate chips for extra chocolaty-ness. And of course, the Easter Candy.
For this Easter Candy Skillet Cookie, I wanted to use my favorite Easter candy, malted robin eggs. I love the little pop of spring color that the candies bring to just about anything. Because I also happen to really love malt flavor, I added malted milk to the cookie batter as well. I also added dark chocolate chunks because…chocolate.
Step by Step Photos and Instructions:
Making this skillet cookie is even easier than making cookies because you make the dough and press it into a 10 inch cast iron skillet instead of making individual cookies. Follow along with these step by step photos and instructions.
- STEP #1: Cream together butter and sugars. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat in vanilla.
- STEP #2: In another bowl combine flour, malted milk powder, baking soda and salt. Beat into the wet mixture.
- STEP #3: Place robins eggs in a plastic bag, seal and use a rolling pin to crush. Fold in robin eggs and dark chocolate chunks.
- STEP #4: Press cookie batter into a 10 inch cast iron skillet and bake.
While this is great on it’s own, serving this cookie skillet, slightly warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top is perfection!
Note: Originally published in 2017. Updated in 2025 with new step by step photos, ingredient information and nutrition information.
Easter Candy Skillet Cookie
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter softended
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup malted milk powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup rough chopped malted robin egg candies
- 1 cup dark chocolate chunks
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar together until fluffy. About 3 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time. Scraping down the sides of the bowl after each egg. Beat in vanilla extract.1/2 cup butter, 3/4 cup light brown sugar, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- In another bowl combine flour, malted milk powder, baking soda and salt. Slowly beat flour mixture into egg mixture. Mix well.2 1/4 cups all purpose flour, 1/2 cup malted milk powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Fold in chopped malted robin egg candies and dark chocolate chunks.1 cup rough chopped malted robin egg candies, 1 cup dark chocolate chunks
- Press cookie batter into a a 10 inch cast iron skillet. Bake in preheated oven for 25 - 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool and serve.
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Hey! I'm Des!
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Kelsey Rickert
April 16, 2017 at 7:36 pmGreat way to use up all that leftover Easter candy!
jen reyes
April 16, 2017 at 5:52 pmI love skillet cookie recipe! This one looks fantastic!!
Sandi Gaertner
April 15, 2017 at 10:02 pmThis is a great way to use up extra candy.
Carrie R
April 15, 2017 at 7:01 amI have a weakness for big old skillet cookies. ;) And what a great dessert for Easter!
Shannon Graham
April 14, 2017 at 6:15 pmThis sounds so much easier than I thought it would be. I could really go for a piece right now :P
Jen
April 14, 2017 at 12:33 pmThis will be my go to after Easter when we are up to our eyeballs in candy! Perfect!!
debattinella
April 14, 2017 at 12:21 pmYou definitely can’t go wrong with this skillet dessert. Perfect for Easter or any time!