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These Lucky Charms cookies are soft, chewy sugar cookies loaded with colorful Lucky Charms marshmallows and sweet vanilla flavor. They’re easy to make, packed with nostalgic cereal flavor, and perfect for St. Patrick’s Day parties, birthdays, or fun weekend baking. If you love cereal desserts, these Lucky Charms sugar cookies will quickly become a favorite.
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What Are Lucky Charms Cookies?
These Lucky Charms cookies are soft, chewy sugar cookies loaded with colorful Lucky Charms marshmallows and sweet vanilla flavor. They’re easy to make, packed with nostalgic cereal flavor, and perfect for St. Patrick’s Day parties, birthdays, or fun weekend baking. If you love cereal desserts, these Lucky Charms sugar cookies will quickly become a favorite.
Cookies Recipe Snapshot
- Flavor: Soft vanilla sugar cookies packed with colorful Lucky Charms marshmallows
- Texture: Chewy centers with lightly crisp edges
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Bake Time: 10–12 minutes
- Yield: About 12 cookies
Ingredients for this Lucky Charms Cookies Recipe
These cookies use simple pantry ingredients combined with Lucky Charms marshmallow bits to create soft, chewy cereal cookies.
- Butter: Be sure to use unsalted butter so that it doesn’t alter the flavor. You will want the butter to be room temperature, so try to pull it out of the fridge an hour before you prepare the recipe.
- Granulated Sugar: It can’t be a sugar cookie without sugar!
- Brown Sugar: You may not expect it, but brown sugar is great in sugar cookies because it adds chewiness.
- Large Egg: is necessary to help give the cookies firmness and chewiness.
- Vanilla Extract: is responsible for the main flavor that you taste in delicious sugar cookies.
- All Purpose Flour: combines with the egg and other ingredients to create the cookie structure.
- Cornstarch: A little goes a long way to help keep the texture of these cookies ultra tender.
- Baking Soda and Baking Powder: give the cookies rise and air as their baking to give it the perfect texture.
- Salt: A key ingredient that enhances all of the other flavors.
- Lucky Charms Marshmallow Pieces: for rolling the cookies. You can buy an individual bag of just marshmallows in stores or online.
How to Make Lucky Charms Cookies
- Start by preheating the oven then line a large nonstick cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a bowl of a stand mixer, cream the softened butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar together using a paddle attachment until light in color and fluffy. Add in the egg and the vanilla and mix again for 30 seconds or until fully incorporated.
- Add in the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt and mix just until the flour disappears. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out equally sized cookie dough balls. Scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula to get every last piece.
- Roll them in the tasty marshmallow bits and place them on the prepared baking sheet. Make sure to leave 2 inches between each cookie because they will spread. Add extra marshmallows to the top of the cookies if you have more space.
- Bake the cookies, then pull them out and let them rest on the cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling wire rack. Serve with a tall glass of cold milk and enjoy your Lucky Charms cookies!
Instead of using a measuring cup, use a kitchen scale to weigh your ingredients. Scooping flour with a measuring cup can be difficult and inaccurate and can end up making your cookies taste different.
Tips for Baking with Lucky Charms Marshmallows
- Use only the marshmallow pieces rather than the cereal to prevent burning.
- Press extra marshmallows on top of the cookies before baking for a colorful finish.
- Avoid baking too long so the marshmallows stay soft.
Why You’ll Love These Lucky Charms Cookies
- Fun and nostalgic: These Lucky Charms cookies bring back childhood memories with colorful cereal marshmallows baked into soft sugar cookies.
- Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day: The bright marshmallow pieces make these cookies a festive treat for holiday parties or kids’ celebrations.
- Easy to make: This recipe uses simple pantry ingredients and comes together quickly in just one bowl.
- No chilling required: The cookie dough can be scooped and baked right away, making this a quick dessert when cravings hit.
- Kid-friendly baking project: Kids love helping mix in the marshmallows and seeing the colorful cookies come out of the oven.
Frequently asked questions – FAQ
These soft and chewy cookies can be stored in an airtight container or Ziploc plastic bag for 3 days at room temperature or up to 3 months in the freezer.
If you’re low on time and in a hurry, you can use a Pillsbury ready-made dough. To do so, mix in the rainbow marshmallows then scoop the cookie dough onto your cookie sheet. Then follow the Pillsbury packaging instructions for bake time.
You can add other mix-ins such as white chocolate chips or a white chocolate drizzle at the end. Just know that it will slightly change the flavor and add extra sweetness to the cookies.
Lucky Charms marshmallows can be baked into cookies, but they may melt slightly during baking. For the best results press a few extra on top of the cookies as soon as they come out of the oven to maintain that beautiful color and finish.
For this recipe, it’s best to use the Lucky Charms marshmallow pieces rather than the cereal. The cereal pieces can burn during baking, while the marshmallows add color and sweetness to the cookies.
Lucky charms cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 &1/3 cup + 1 tbsp all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup lucky charms marshmallows
Instructions
- Start by preheating the oven to 350F, then line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a stand mixer cream the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together using a paddle attachment until light in color and fluffy. Add in the egg and the vanilla and mix again for 30 seconds or until fully incorporated.1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 large egg, 1 tsp vanilla
- Add in the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix just until the flour disappears, then fold in the lucky charms marshmallows. Using a small cookie scooper, scoop out equally sized cookie dough balls, roll them in the marshmallows, and place them on the parchment-lined baking sheet. Make sure to leave 2 inches between each cookie because they will spread.1 &1/3 cup + 1 tbsp all purpose flour, 2 teaspoon cornstarch, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt, 1 cup lucky charms marshmallows
- Bake the cookies for 8 minutes, pull them out and let them rest on the cookie sheet for 5-10 minutes then transfer to a cooling wrack. Enjoy immediately or store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
are the marshmallows different than ones in the cereal?
No, they are the same. I just buy them separately around St Patrick’s day because it’s easier than fishing them out of a cereal box.
Hi! This recipe looks very good. I am trying to prep these cookies for later, can I refrigerate my dough?
You can, but just allow them to get back to room temperature before baking.