Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with butterscotch pudding mix and milk chocolate chips. Amazingly soft and chewy cookies bursting with butterscotch flavor.
Cookies made with pudding mix are always so soft and chewy and those recipes are some of my absolute favorite cookie recipes. I’ve made dozens of pudding cookie recipes, but I’m not sure why I never tried butterscotch pudding before now. I think I may have a new favorite! And I’m not usually a huge butterscotch fan, so that’s saying something.
Why you need to try these Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies:
- Delicious flavors. The butterscotch flavor combined with milk chocolate chips is incredible. But if you aren’t wanting butterscotch or you don’t have butterscotch pudding on hand, you can swap out the pudding with another flavor. Lots of possible combinations!
- Amazing texture. Pudding mix in cookies yields soft and thick cookies – just the way I like them!
Ingredients in Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies
Butter – I use salted butter, but you can use unsalted if you prefer. No margarine! Make sure the butter is softened to room temperature before adding to the recipe.
Sugars – You will need granulated sugar and brown sugar. For best results, make sure the brown sugar is soft and fresh.
Butterscotch pudding mix – A small box of instant butterscotch pudding mix adds flavor to the cookies and results in cookies with the perfect consistency.
Eggs – Two eggs will help bind all of the other ingredients together.
Vanilla extract – The higher the quality of the vanilla, the better!
Flour – All-purpose flour works best in these cookies. Cake flour also works well.
Baking soda – Baking soda is the leavening agent in the cookies. For best results, make sure the baking soda isn’t old or expired.
Milk chocolate chips – Milk chocolate chips pair perfectly with the butterscotch flavor of the cookies, but you can use semi-sweet if you prefer.
Tips for making Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies
The full recipe for Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies can be found below on the recipe card, here are a few helpful tips!
- Use a cookie scoop! If you want all your cookies to be perfectly shaped and have them all be the same size, a cookie scoop is the way to go.
- Use parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Doing this will make it really easy to remove the cookies from your cookie sheet so that you don’t have to scrape them off the pan – they will just slide right off in perfect shape!
- Don’t over bake the cookies – when I take mine out of the oven, they still look slightly underbaked but they will continue to bake on the cookie sheet for a couple more minutes so that’s ok!
STORAGE AND FREEZING INSTRUCTIONS
Butterscotch Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for 4-5 days. If you want to freeze them, place the cookies in a Ziplock bag or airtight container and freeze for up to 3 months.
HOW DO YOU KEEP COOKIES SOFT?
After the cookies have cooled, simply place them in an airtight container to keep them fresh for as long as possible. If they start to get hard, you can place a piece of bread in the container to keep the cookies fresh and soft for longer.
CAN I MAKE THE COOKIES IN ADVANCE?
Yes, you can make the cookies up to 2-3 days in advance and store them in an airtight container until ready to serve. They can also be frozen and thawed as needed. You can freeze the baked cookies, but I actually prefer to freeze the dough pre-scooped into balls so that I can make them fresh every time!
Just freeze the cookie dough balls individually (laid out on a cookie sheet) before placing all of them together in an airtight container or Ziplock bag. Pull them out when ready to bake. You may need to bake them for a minute or two longer than normal when baking from frozen.
More delicious butterscotch cookies to try:
- Need to make something quick? These Easy Butterscotch Cookies are made with only 5 ingredients!
- These Butterscotch Pretzel Cookie Bars are the perfect combination of salty and sweet. If you make cookie bars, you don’t have to scoop individual cookies.
- Want to add lots of flavor to your cookies? These Butterscotch Apple Cookies are soft & chewy frosted cookies made with apples, brown sugar, butterscotch chips & cinnamon!
Butterscotch Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with butterscotch pudding mix and milk chocolate chips. Amazingly soft and chewy cookies bursting with butterscotch flavor.
Laurinda Carleton says
My Oh my. Love them. I’ll have to hide in my closet to eat them. Lol.
Beth says
This is a brilliant idea! I think my favorite part is that they can be in my belly in 20 minutes!! Wonderful!
Lisalia says
These cookies were incredible! Chocolate and butterscotch is a match made in heaven! And I loved your suggestion to use pudding mix. The cookies had a soft texture that were SO SO good.