These Chocolate Chip Sprinkle Cookies are perfect for a celebration, or for that sprinkle lover in your life! Chewy and full of chocolate, these cookies are a hit.
Chocolate chip cookies are always a favorite! If you are looking for even more, try this Doubletree Cookie Recipe, Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies, or Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies with Chocolate Chips.
There is one thing that comes up as the number one term searched for here on Taste and Tell over and over again. Cookies. You all like cookies.
But really, can you ever have too many cookie recipes?? This makes me wonder why it has taken me so long to post these cookies that I am bringing you today. I won’t even tell you how many months ago I actually made them. I guess I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to share them – and what better time than when we are in high baking mode for the holidays??
Why You Want to Make These Cookies
These cookies are chewy and chocolatey and have a little bit of fun mixed in by adding sprinkles. If I were to make them again right now, I’d opt for some red and green sprinkles to make them perfect for Christmas. But that’s the beauty of these cookies – change up the sprinkles for whatever occasion you are celebrating!
Tools You’ll Need
You will need either a blender or a food processor to process the oats in this recipe – there really aren’t any shortcuts around this step. The oats give a different texture and flavor to these cookies that is not the same as regular all flour recipes. It’s a great way to change things up!!
A cookie scoop is also helpful, although not required. It just makes it easier to make the cookies uniform.
Ingredients
Butter: You want the butter to be at room temperature, but not too warm. It should leave an imprint if you press your thumb into it. You only need to set it out on the counter about 30 minutes before you are making the cookies.
Sugar: You’ll use a mixture of both white and brown sugar.
Eggs: Set the eggs out on the counter when you set the butter out to bring them to room temperature, as well.
Vanilla: Pure vanilla extract is the best.
Oats: Use regular old-fashioned oats for this recipe.
Flour: I use all-purpose flour, and have not tested this recipe with any other flour.
Baking Soda and Baking Powder: You need both for these cookies, for texture and to give the cookies some lift.
Salt: This is for flavor and balance. I like to use sea salt.
Chocolate Chips: Semi-sweet chocolate chips are the best for these cookies (in my opinion) but feel free to switch this up!
Sprinkles: It’s pretty easy to find sprinkles in bulk containers at most grocery stores these days.
Storing and Freezing
These chocolate chip sprinkle cookies should stay fairly fresh for up to 5 days if stored in an airtight container at room temperature. You can store them in the refrigerator to make them last a little longer, but I think they tend to dry out more when stored in the refrigerator.
These cookies also freeze well! You can freeze either the dough or the baked cookies. For full instructions on how to freeze them, see my full guide on How to Freeze Cookie Dough.
More Favorite Cookie Recipes
Oatmeal Cookies
Sour Cream Cookies
Toll House Cookie Recipe
Snickerdoodle Recipe
Peanut Butter and Jelly Thumbprint Cookies
The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe
Peanut Butter Cookies
Chocolate Chip Sprinkle Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Cream together the butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl after each addition. Beat in the vanilla.
- Place the oats in a blender or food processor and blend until fine. In a bowl combine the ground oats, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and mix until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips and the sprinkles.
- Roll the dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake golden, 11-13 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool.
Nutmeg Nanny says
These basically look like a perfect cookie 🙂 can’t wait to get my hands on them!
Jennie @themessybakerblog says
I don’t just love cookies; I lurve cookies! These look so good. Pinned.
Renee @ Awesome on $20 says
These cookies are so cute. They remind me of the chewy thin chocolate chip cookies you used to be able to get at at grocery store bakeries. Can’t wait to try them.
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
Love the sprinkles! What fun, festive cookies!
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
Love the sprinkles, so fun!
Joanne says
Sprinkles and chocolate! Definitely the best of the cookie world.
Emily says
How adorably yummy are those? Love sprinkles!
Chels R. says
I’m a cookie fanatic. I can never eat just one cookie and these look like the kind that I would probably over-help myself too.
Nancy P.@thebittersideofsweet says
Your cookies always look so delicious!
Belinda@themoonblushbaker says
I have become addicted to cookie making too. I have never made sprinkles cookies but I might use this recipe this season to fix that problem ^_^
Colleen @ What's Baking in the Barbershop?! says
I am all about cookies over the holidays! And, well, let’s be serious – I’m all about them all year-round 🙂 I think cookies are my most common type of recipe on my blog!
I am loving the chocolate chips AND sprinkles – super fun!