Chocolate Smarties cookies are just fantastic. A delicious chocolate cookie stuffed with Smarties and decorated with them too. This a great recipe to make with kids and for big kids too. This chocolate Smarties cookies recipe is a lovely party food and I love taking them on picnics too.
Chocolate Smarties cookies are one of my favourite Friday night comfort foods, they are thick and chewy and the slight crisp you get from the Smarties is to die for. They are super quick to make and can even freeze them for chocolate cookies on demand.
Top Questions
What is the secret to making good cookies?
How long should cookies cool on a rack?
What brings out the flavour in cookies?
What makes cookies taste the best?
Why you’ll love this Chocolate Smarties Cookies recipe
- Chocolate cookies + smarties = One very happy Sisley, and if you make these I’m pretty sure you’ll be very happy too. This Smarties cookies recipe is one of the best cookie recipes out there.
- Making the cookie dough ahead of time and then freezing it is a great way to always have cookies on demand. You can freeze the cookie dough in cookie-sized chunks so you can just pop a couple in the oven and enjoy warm, fresh, chewy, chocolatey cookies!
- The chocolate Smarties cookies look super cute and make amazing gifts. You can stack them and wrap them with a little ribbon. I gave them out at Easter, Christmas and even Halloween.
Ingredients
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Smarties
The star of the show in this chocolate Smarties cookies recipe. The smarties make for crunchy chocolate chips and serve as colourful decorations for your chocolate cookies.
Unsalted butter
Best for baking, when you’re adding seasoning to your cookies, unsalted butter adds the texture without your chocolate cookies becoming too salty. If you are using salted butter, just leave out the salt.
Light brown sugar and Caster sugar
Using a mix of both brown and caster sugar in your cookies, will sweeten them and give them a wonderfully deep flavour. You can use just one of the sugars (keep the quantity the same) but I really prefer the mix of both.
Eggs
Eggs give structure to your bake, for this chocolate Smarties cookies recipe, you’ll want two large eggs. This will ensure your cookies are delicious, thick and chewy.
Vanilla extract and Salt
Baking seasoning! You always need to add vanilla extract and a pinch of salt to your cookies. It balances the flavour and enhances all the natural flavours of your chocolate cookies.
Plain flour
Using plain flour in your cookie recipe means you can control the amount of rise in your chocolate cookies. You can use self-raising flour but just want to make sure you take out the bicarb and baking powder.
Cocoa powder
The rich and wonderfully flavouring in these chocolate Smarties cookies. Baking with a rich, dark cocoa powder is the best way to create cookies that are full of flavour and mouth-wateringly chocolatey.
How to make Chocolate Smarties Cookies – step by step
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Start by preheating your oven and lining your baking trays (you’ll probably need two) with parchment paper/ greaseproof paper.
Cream together your butter and sugar until light and fluffy and mix in your eggs one at a time. Once these are fully combined add your vanilla extract.
Sieve in the flour, cocoa, bicarb of soda, baking powder and salt into the bowl. Mix all the ingredients together until your cookie dough forms a thick ball in your mixing bowl.
Ball up your dough into a heaped tablespoon size pieces and lay your cookies on your baking trays.
bake for about 15 minutes until the edges are golden but the centre is still soft, your cookies will continue to cook as they cool.
Once fully cooled on the cooling rack, store in an airtight container (if you have any left!).
Top Tips
Don’t forget to season your bakes. Vanilla extra and a pinch of salt are to your baking what salt and pepper are to your dinner. They are vital to well-flavoured cookies.
Leave your Smarties whole in the cookie dough, this way, when your cookies bake they won’t melt too much and you’ll still get to enjoy the crispy shell.
Chocolate Smarties Cookies Serving Suggestions
Smarties cookies are best when served warmly from the oven. I love warm chewy cookies, especially with a big dollop of vanilla ice cream or fresh cream.
Equipment
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- Kitchen Scales
- Mixing bowl
- Wooden spoon
- Sieve
- Baking trays
Chocolate Smarties Cookies Substitutions and Variations
Dried fruits
Not a fan of Smarties? Try mixing in some chopped dried fruits, like cranberries, orange peel or candied apple. It gives these chocolate cookies a wonderfully autumnal feel.
Nuts
Crunchy and delicious, I love adding nuts to chocolate cookies, it’s like having a mouthful of Nutella.
Even more chocolate
Always the best option in my book, add even more chocolate to your cookies. You could add a chopped-up chocolate bar, your favourite chocolate buttons or a mix or milk and white chocolate chips.
Sprinkles
Instead of Smarties, why not try adding sprinkles to the cookie batter? You still get the effect of the bright colours but the chunks are smaller and usually, you can find sprinkles in your baking cupboard when you’re in a pinch.
Storing / Making Chocolate Smarties Cookies ahead of time options
I think cookies are best when they’re warm from the oven. But if you do want to make the cookie dough ahead of time, you can make it the night before, portion it into cookie-sized balls and pop the mix in the fridge overnight.
Cooling down your mix before you bake your cookies is a great way to stop them from spreading out too much in the oven.
If you want to make your cookies REALLY ahead of time, you can make your dough & ball it up and then instead of popping it in the fridge, you can freeze your cookie dough. Freezing the dough means you can always have chocolate cookies on demand and they’ll be okay in the freezer for about 1 month.
Smarties Cookies FAQS
How long should cookies cool on a rack?
Your cookies should cool on the rack until they are fully cooled, this will allow them to finish cooking and harden so that when you put them away they don’t bend or melt together.
What is the secret to making good cookies?
The biggest secret to making good cookies is to use a mix of caster and brown sugar and to use melted but slightly cooled butter. This creates that beautiful caramel flavour we know and love from a good cookie.
What brings out the flavour in cookies?
A mix of ingredients will bring out the flavour in your cookies, but the most important this is to add salt and vanilla extract to your cookies. This will help to bring out their natural cookie flavour.
What makes cookies taste the best?
Cookies taste the best when you use brown and caster sugar together, the mix of flavours is wonderfully and really enhances the flavour of your cookies.
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Recipe
Chocolate Smarties Cookies
Equipment
- Sieve
- baking trays
Ingredients
- 200 g (7 oz) unsalted butter
- 200 g (7 oz) light brown sugar
- 100 g (3.5 oz) caster sugar
- 2 large (2 large) eggs
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) vanilla extract
- 360 g (2.88 cups) plain flour
- 40 g (1.4 oz) cocoa powder
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) bicarb soda
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) baking powder
- tiny pinch of salt
- 200 g (7.05 oz) Smarties
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC degrees / 160ºC degrees fan / Gas mark 4/ 356ºF.
- Prepare baking trays by adding a layer of baking parchment/greaseproof paper.
- Cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the eggs one at a time. Followed by the vanilla extract.
- Sieve in the flour, cocoa, bicarb of soda, baking powder and salt into the bowl.
- Mix it all together to form a thick dough.
- Mix in half of the Smarties. (Saving the rest to stud the top)
- Use a ice cream scoop or dessert spoon to scoop 12 large cookies on to the baking tins. Make sure the cookie heaps are far away from each other as the cookies will spread.
- Stud the cookies with the remaining Smarties.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes.
- If using an air fryer cook them 3 at a time at 170ºC for 8 minutes.
Notes
- Swap out the Smarties for dried fruits, nuts or even more chocolate chips.
- The consistency should be slightly sticky. Add a little splash milk if it is too dry.
Nutrition
Please note that the nutrition information provided above is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
These cookies are so pretty with the smarties!
Thank you!
Such a great recipe! You can’t go wrong with that much chocolate in a cookie!
I agree! Chocolate for the win no matter what.
When I first saw this I was a little confused because in the US, smarties aren’t chocolate. However, I made it with M&Ms and it was great!
Oh yes M&Ms work so well in this recipe. Did you go for nuts or chocolate ones?
Such a moist and delicious chocolate cookie recipe! I’ll definitely be making it again.
I’m so glad you enjoyed them.
These came out absolutely perfect! The kids love them. Next time I’ll have to make a double batch.
Sounds like a plan!