The Easy Step To Make Your Candy-Stuffed Cookies Even Better
When making cookies, you can't go wrong with mix-ins like chocolate chips, nuts, and raisins. But sometimes, swapping them out for candy can be a tastier and more visually appealing option.
Before adding candies to your cookie dough, it's a good idea to first freeze them, Lil Luna says. Not only does this make them easier to cut, but it also allows ingredients like caramel to melt at a slower rate, so they don't burn or overcook before the cookies finish baking. Then, as with any other mix-in, you can incorporate candy into cookies simply by folding it into the dough. However, there's also another way to go about it that can make your cookies look and taste better.
Save some candy for the top
Many recipes for chocolate chip cookies call for this same trick — Disney even makes one where the dough is completely rolled around in chocolate chips, according to Justine Doiron — but when it comes to candy, you may have to be a bit more strategic. As Two Peas & Their Pod points out, candy that has caramel in it tends to ooze everywhere and inevitably stick to the pan, so it's best to keep those inside the cookie. Otherwise, any candy you want to top your cookie with is fair game.
