Lucky Charms Cookies
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If you’re truly lucky, these Lucky Charms cookies are what you’ll find at the end of the rainbow! These easy St. Patrick’s Day cookies are magically delicious, loaded up with Lucky Charms, ready in 20 minutes, and there’s no dough chilling required!
Adding cereal to cookies is so much fun. I have already made cornflakes cookies and rice krispie cookies, but these lucky charms cookies are the most fun cereal cookie I’ve made so far. I mean look at them! The rainbow colored marshmallows just make me so happy!
To tell you the truth, I actually am not a huge fan of lucky charms cereal on it’s own, but added into these cookies and oh my GOSH. They are buttery, with a soft middle and crisp edges, and gooey marshmallows in every bite.
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“My niece and I made these today and they were delicious! I’m not even a big fan of Lucky Charms and they came out so adorable and yummy! Thank you!”
Lisa
These cookies with lucky charms are one of those recipes you will want to make all-year round, not just on St. Patrick’s Day!
And of course, I’ve tested this recipe using dairy free butter as well as regular butter, so they can be made either way.
Ingredient Notes
- Butter: Regular or dairy free. I prefer salted for this recipe, since I like my desserts less sweet and the lucky charms marshmallows add extra sweetness!
- Lucky Charms Marshmallows: I tested this recipe with both the lucky charms cereal and the marshmallows, but when I took out the cereal it was a much better gooey texture with a lot more marshmallow goodness. You can either pick out the marshmallows from a box of Lucky Charms cereal, or you can even just get an entire bag of lucky charms marshmallows on their own!
How To Make These Cookies
Mix butter and sugars.
Add in remaining wet ingredients!
Mix in the dry ingredients.
Toss in your lucky charms marshmallows!
Fold them into the dough.
Bake!
Expert Recipe Developer Tips
- Bakery Style Lucky Charms Cookies: To get that bakery style look, I recommend keeping a few extra marshmallows set aside. Right before baking, gently press some extra marshmallows on top of each ball of cookie dough!
- Under-baking the cookies: I am very picky about my cookies being soft, and one of the keys to soft cookies is to not over-bake them! The edges should look set, but the tops of the cookies will look a little under-baked. The cookies will continue to bake on the baking sheet so that’s okay! If the cookies are golden brown, then they have been over-baked. You can always bake a test cookie before doing the whole batch!
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20 Minute Lucky Charms Cookies
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Ingredients
- ¾ cup (158 g) butter, softened
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (100 g) light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cup +2 Tablespoon (268 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (36 g) Lucky Charms marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°Fahrenheit and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a stand mixer or in a large bowl with a hand held mixer, combine the butter with the granulated sugar and light brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in the egg and vanilla extract and combine once more. You might need to scrape down the sides of the bowl so everything is getting mixed!
- Stir in the dry ingredients and mix until a dough begins to form, then stir in the lucky charms marshmallows.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, or a tablespoon, scoop out 1 ½ tablespoons of cookie dough. Place on the baking sheet so they’re 3-4 inches apart.
- Bake the cookies for 8-11 minutes. The edges should look set but the cookies should not be golden brown – the tops may look a little under-baked. Let them cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
The calorie information provided for this recipe is an estimate. The accuracy of the calories listed is not guaranteed.
Great recipe that my students and friends loved! I made 5 batches so I used the Lucky Charms Jumbo cereal box and it had the perfect amount 🙂
Hi Lauren, so glad everyone loved them! Thank you for sharing!
The all time BEST lucky charms cookie!! Thank you so much for this recipe
Can I freeze the dough and bake at a later time ?
Yes! You will probably have to adjust the cooking time if baking from frozen though!
So glad I came across this recipe via IG reels! It was so fast and easy to make. I cut back 1/4c sugar and threw in some sprinkles in their place and they turned out great. Looking forward to baking them again!
Happy you found me! Thanks for your review!
My niece and I made these today and they were delicious! I’m not even a big fan of Lucky Charms and they came out so adorable and yummy! Thank you!
Thanks Lisa! So happy to hear you and your niece enjoyed these cookies!
It was epic 😀 is it also okay if we just used normal marshmallow?
You can try using mini marshmallows, but just make sure to keep the marshmallows tucked inside the dough so that they don’t melt in the oven.
These are so good. Everyone of all ages loved them! Can’t wait to try another recipe
I’m so happy that the cookies were a hit! Thanks so much for the review!
I made these Lucky Charm cookies and took them to work. My employees loves them (adults and kids both). These were amazing!
Yay! So happy to hear that Jill!
I need to use gluten-free flour! Would the measurements be the same?
You can use GF all-purpose 1-1 baking flour (with xantham gum)!
5 stars!! The best Lucky Charms cookies. They were so chewy good and were perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!
Yay! I’m so happy you loved them! Thank you for the review!
Did you use salted or unsalted butter?
I’ve tested it both ways. If you prefer them to be less sweet, use salted. For sweeter cookies, use unsalted.