Harry Potter Butterbeer Cookies
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These amazing Butterbeer Cookies make the perfect sweet treat for Harry Potter fans! Whip up a batch for your next Harry Potter party, movie night or even Halloween and watch how fast they disappear!
Ever since we went to the Wizarding World Of Harry Potter in Universal Studios a few years back, my youngest and I have been a little obsessed with butterbeer. It was the first time we’d ever tried it and I wasn’t sure what to expect. Let’s just say that it didn’t disappoint!
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Filled with delicious butterscotch flavor, I went home and immediately recreated it with my own copycat butterbeer recipe. Since then, I’ve made butterbeer fudge, butterbeer ice cream and so many other butterbeer inspired recipes…but now I’ve got cookies on the brain!
Why We Love This Cookie Recipe
- Easy – Made with yellow cake mix and a few other ingredients, cookies don’t get much easier than this! You can whip up a batch in no time.
- Versatile – We love these for all kinds of occasions, including birthday parties, movie nights, book clubs, Halloween parties or just as a fun surprise for your own little wizard.
- Delicious – Not just for wizarding fans, anyone loves treats with a butterscotch flavor will go crazy for these!
Ingredients
- Cake Mix
- Butterscotch Pudding Mix
- Eggs
- Butter
- Rum Extract
- Butterscotch Chips
- White Chocolate Chips
How To Make Harry Potter Butterbeer Cookies
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk the cake mix and pudding together.
Step 2: Beat butter, eggs and rum extract on medium speed.
Step 3: Once the wet and dry ingredients are completely blended, fold in the white chocolate and butterscotch chips. Mix well.
Step 4: Scoop the cookie dough with a cookie scoop or spoon and form into balls. Then, drop the dough balls on your prepared cookie sheet and press down slightly.
Step 5: Bake the cookies for 12 to 15 minutes, until the edges are golden brown but the center is still soft. Let them sit on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
If you really want to go all out, try placing a scoop of vanilla ice cream in between two cookies to make an ice cream sandwich. Another tasty idea? Crumble the cookies over the ice cream, then drizzle with butterscotch sauce!
More Harry Potter Recipes
- Acid Pops
- Treacle Tart
- Hagrid’s Birthday Cake
- Golden Snitch Peanut Butter Balls
- Pumpkin Pasties
- Exploding Bon Bons
Butterbeer Cookies
Equipment
- cooling rack
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounces yellow cake mix 1 box
- 3 ounces butterscotch pudding 1 box
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup butter unsalted, melted
- 1 tsp rum extract
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup butterscotch chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium bowl, whisk the cake mix and butterscotch pudding mix together.15.25 ounces yellow cake mix, 3 ounces butterscotch pudding
- Add eggs, unsalted butter, and rum extract and stir to combine.2 large eggs, 3/4 cup butter, 1 tsp rum extract
- Fold in the white chocolate and butterscotch chips.1/2 cup white chocolate chips, 1/2 cup butterscotch chips
- Scoop the dough and form into balls. Place the balls on a parchment lined baking sheet and press down slightly.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the edges are golden brown but the center is still soft. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
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Notes
- When buying your cake mix, look for the 15.25 ounce size. Betty Crocker has switched to a smaller box (13.25 ounces) so look for Pillsbury or other larger sizes.
- You can use instant or regular butterscotch pudding for your cookies.
- Store your cookies at room temperature in an airtight container or on a plate covered in plastic wrap.
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Did you instant pudding or cook and serve pudding in this recipe?
This recipe used instant pudding but since you don’t actually cook the pudding, I would assume you could use either 🙂
Can we use the recipe and make them into a cookie bar instead?
I don’t see why not! I think that’s a great idea. I haven’t tried it but I’d love for you to let us know how it turns out!
Would you be willing to test out a recipe? I don’t see any butterbeer cookie bar recipes. I winder if you’d use less flour to make it like a blonde?
That’s a great question! I can’t promise when I’ll do it but it does sound like a great idea! I’ll try to make it sometime soon 🙂
I am really wondering this too.
Can you freeze these? I’m going to a convention in July and wanted to take these as a treat but I will be out of tow other than 2 days prior to the convention.
I have never tried freezing the finished cookies. If you have time, I’d suggest freezing the batter (you can even form it into cookie sized balls beforehand to save even more time). Take them out of the freezer as soon as you get home and let the dough thaw. Then you can bake them and bring them along to the convention. Hope that helps!
Thanks for the recipe! I have all the ingredients & want to try making these. My concern is whether to use instant or cook pudding mix? I don’t want to waste the other ingredients finding out the hard way! Your advice on this would be very much appreciated!
I’m so sorry I didn’t see this sooner! You can use either kind of pudding mix for this recipe 🙂
Just made the butterbeer cookies for the first time and they are so good. My granddaughter loves Harry Potter and I think she will love the cookies too. They are so easy that I will teach her how to make them. Thanks for the recipe! 😘
You’re so welcome! I’m really glad you’re enjoying them and hope your granddaughter has fun making them too!
I found 10 minutes worked best on mine! Thank you they were delicious!
Thank you so much for sharing! 🙂