Double Malted Milk Cookies — Soft and chewy malted milk cookies loaded with Whoppers and chocolate chips! One of my favorite malted milk powder recipes!
Double Malt Cookie Recipe
I was never that into Whoppers until last Halloween when I snagged some from my daughter’s stash. And ever since then, I cannot get enough of them.
I think it’s because they’re different than other candy. They’re crispy and crunchy, yet ultimately they just melt in your mouth.
And no other candy has that very unique malted milk flavor. As a kid, I wasn’t really a fan of the malted taste, but apparently my tastes have changed because I love it now.
For the cookies, I used both malted milk powder and Whoppers for a double hit of malt. The cookies aren’t overly malty tasting and although it’s subtle, it sets them apart from the average cookie recipe.
The recipe is loosely adapted from my M&M’s Chocolate Chip Cookies. I cut back on the flour a bit, and instead added 1/2 cup malted milk powder and also increased the vanilla pudding mix to 1/2 cup.
Between the malted milk and the vanilla pudding, they’re the creamiest cookies I’ve ever made. The raw dough is amazingly awesome and I was tempted to just eat the dough because it’s so rich, creamy, and wonderful.
I’m glad I did bake the cookies because the Whoppers turn extra crunchy (but not in a tooth-breaking way) and create a fabulous texture dichotomy. The buttery soft, tender, creamy cookie dough that’s studded with big chunks of crispy Whoppers is so addictively good.
I added enough semi-sweet chocolate chips to balance the milk chocolate from the Whoppers. Two kinds of chocolate are always better than one.
The cookies are very soft, but also very chewy. If you like chewy cookies that you can really sink your teeth into, combined with all that crispy texture from the Whoppers, you’ll love these.
Normally I have one or two of the things I make and re-home the rest since I bake something 6 days a week, but I hoarded these. I loved them.
What’s in the Malted Milk Cookies?
To make this malted milk dessert recipe, you’ll need:
- Unsalted butter
- Light brown sugar
- Granulated sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
- All-purpose flour
- Malted milk powder
- Instant vanilla pudding mix
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Whoppers
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
How to Make Malted Milk Cookies
This recipe is very similar to your average chocolate chip cookies. Cream together the wet ingredients, then add the dry. Gently fold in the Whoppers and chocolate chips.
After scooping the dough, you must chill it before baking. The cookies are already prone to spreading since there’s not a high ratio of flour to wet ingredients.
The pudding mix and malted milk powder are dry ingredients, but don’t behave like flour does to prevent spreading, and baking with warm dough will cause the cookies to spread and bake way too thin and flat.
Can I Substitute Maltesers?
I believe Maltesers are the European / UK equivalent to Whoppers, so you should be fine to use them in this recipe.
Can the Pudding Mix Be Substituted?
If you don’t have instant vanilla pudding mix on hand, you can try replacing it with 2 teaspoons cornstarch.
Tips for Making Malt Cookies
Matled milk powder is typically sold near sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, hot chocolate mix, and pancake syrup in most any grocery stores.
I bought the 12-ounce ‘carton’ size of Whoppers that’s sold in the candy aisle, and only used about half for the cookies. The rest you get to eat.
If you don’t have pudding mix, malted milk powder, or Whoppers available, this unfortunately isn’t the recipe for you. There’s no way to substitute for these ingredients, but I have dozens of other cookie recipes instead.
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Double Malted Milk Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened (1 1/2 sticks)
- ¾ cup light brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup malted milk powder
- ½ cup instant vanilla pudding mix, not sugar-free and not ‘cook & serve’, OR use 2 teaspoons cornstarch in place of pudding mix
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch salt, optional and to taste
- 1 ¼ cups Whoppers, halved or coarsely chopped
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large mixing bowl and electric mixer) combine the butter, sugars, egg, vanilla, and beat on medium-high speed until creamed and well combined, about 4 minutes.
- Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the flour, malted milk powder, pudding mix, baking soda, optional salt, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
- Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the Whoppers, chocolate chips, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 30 seconds.
- Using a large cookie scoop, 1/4-cup measure, or your hands, form 15 equal-sized mounds of dough, roll into balls, and flatten very slightly. Strategically place some of the Whoppers and chocolate chips toward the top of each dough mound for increased visual appeal. Check the undersides of each mound of dough and make sure there are no large Whoppers pieces that will bake directly on the baking sheet; reposition them or shield them with a bit of dough.
- Place mounds on a large plate or tray, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to 5 days. Do not bake with unchilled dough because cookies will bake thinner, flatter, and be more prone to spreading.
- Preheat oven to 350F, line a baking sheet with a Silpat or spray with cooking spray. Place dough mounds on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart (I bake 8 cookies per sheet; these cookies are prone to spreading so don’t crowd).
- Bake for 11 minutes, or until edges have set and tops are just set, even if slightly undercooked, pale, and glossy in the center. Cookies firm up as they cool.
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes before serving. I let them cool on the baking sheet and don’t use a rack.
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Whoppers are dangerously addictive! You know what is odd? I don’t like Whoppers but I do like Whopper’s Robin’s Eggs, which are essentially whoppers dressed up like speckled eggs. I need help.
These cookies look amazing! I can’t wait to try malted milk powder in desserts! Yummmmy!
I am the same way with certain candies. I’ll only like a seasonal variety rather than the year-round version; and they’re so similar, but yet…not to me. I totally understand!
Wow, what an unusual flavor combination — now I can’t wait to experiment with malted milk powder!
Sue you’re going to love it!
I swear you make the best cookies, Avery! I was a huge fan already, I crave every cookie you post, THEN I found out you’re a runner too!! Love it!! Cookies are worth the extra mile! Have a great Sunday!
Well thanks for all the compliments and yes, I run about 60-70 miles a week. If I can’t run, I am grumpy and life isn’t right :)
Wowzers! That’s impressive! I run about half that, but I get it, I’m Ms Grumpy Pants if I don’t get my run in :) Have a great week!
I love whoppers! I always hide a box of them just for myself! :) These cookies sound fabulous! I think this Sunday calls for a batch! :) Pinned!
Thanks for pinning and love your PB recipe today (pinned) and your giveaway! I have wanted one of those bags forever!
Once again, this looks delicious! I love baking the cookies, it’s so quick and easy ^^
Another fantastic cookie!! My husband really loves Whoppers. They aren’t something we had growing up so I am just not sure. Although in these cookies, I would gobble them right up.
These look so delicious. Anything with malt is good is my book. Whoppers are called Malteesers in Ireland…. Whoppers definitely sound more fun!!
Jen
I want to eat this dough sooo bad!! Seriously I have been on holiday for two weeks now and I have been craving choc chip cookie dough- but my cousin who I am staying with gave up chocolate for lent– so next Sunday cookies it is!! I have never baked or eaten malt I do not think, but I do love maltessers which are Englands version of Whoppers so I think I might just have to try malt powder!!
Another person just told me about Maltessers! Funny and yes same thing I’m sure and I loved these cookies so much! If you try them, LMK! The dough is super buttery, rich with flavor; just so good :)
I love Whoppers! They indeed have a deliciously unique flavor, and they are simultaneously crunchy and melt-in-your-mouth. I am much more of a cookie fan than a candy fan but the crispy/crunchy aspect of Whoppers moves them slightly towards cookie on the candy-cookie scale. If that makes sense. ;)
Totally makes sense!
loving this recipe!
I almost always re-home my goodies after one or two as well. It’s hard because we’re just a two-person house, but my guy basically avoids baked goodies. He much prefers sugary fruity candy instead. Sigh… But he actually likes Whoppers, so he might actually try these! I hadn’t thought about it before, but you’re right about how they’re the only crispy chocolaty candy. Everything else is soft, chewy, or flaky (Butterfingers come to mind). I definitely want to put them in a cookie now — pinned already! :)
KitKats also fit the bill sort of re crispy BUT they also can get flaky and turn messy. And they melt almost TOO easily so I only use them in no-bake bars, not baked stuff.
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And re-homing is 100% essential if you want to fit into your clothes when it’s 2-person households!
With how much KitKats melt all over my fingers, I’m not surprised! I remember those bars… SO good!
I think it’s time to start re-re-homing… My neighbors joked yesterday that with how many treats I give them, they’ll need to start exercising more soon! Oops!
Malted – I’m in! I’ve always wanted to try a malted cc cookie! These look totally amazing!
And for some reason I thought you had made one! They were so, so good. I wish I had one right now :) Thanks for pinning, too!
I love whoppers, I need these cookies in my life immediately!
such beautiful and gooey cookies!
I absolutely LOVE Whoppers! Like….really love them. I made Whopper cookies a couple years ago after Halloween, but mine exploded all over.
My mom used to make us milkshakes every Sunday night with that Malted Milk Powder. I looked forward to them all week long!
I was NEVER into malted anything as a kid. I know some kids would get excited about malted milkshakes; I actually thought they were gross & avoided! Something about the flavor just was not a hit for me, but times changed! And I’m not surprised about the exploding all over part…I was really careful about where the Whoppers laid in relation to the hot cookie sheet or else, yeah, that could and would easily happen!
These look lovely.
L x
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