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Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies

December 19, 2018 by Debi 7 Comments

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These easy to make, fun chewy Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies are loaded with goodies like graham cracker crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, coconut, almonds, and of course, chocolate chips!

Your family will love them.

These easy to make, fun chewy Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies are loaded with goodies like graham cracker crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, coconut, almonds, and of course, chocolate chips!

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Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies - you’ll love the ease of a drop cookie during the holidays. For that matter, these cookies are a great year-round treat!

And you’ll love the ease of a drop cookie during the holidays. For that matter, these cookies are a great year-round treat!

Perfect for birthday parties and baby showers as well as the annual holiday cookie exchange.

I also love that these cookies are egg-free. So if you have family members who can’t have eggs, these little babies will rock it!

Also, since these are egg free you don’t have to worry about the raw eggs if you eat the cookie dough. I mean, let’s be honest, we all eat the cookie dough, right!

My guess is that this recipe first came from the Sweetened Condensed Milk people. But I’m pretty sure it’s been around for a long time.

I found it in some magazine clippings of mine and thought it sounded like perfect fun!

Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies - Your family will love them.

3-ring binder recipe

See, back when I read magazines (before Pinterest); I used to tear out recipes I wanted to make. Then, I taped those recipes to notebook paper, and put them in 3 ring binders.

Wow that was a lot of work! But I still have all those 3 ring binders.

They are actually fun to look through every-so-often.

I find new and inspiring things to try. And, I think it’s better than looking at what an algorithm wants to show me. So, I pull those binders out and flip through them.

Last time I flipped through the binders, this Treasure Cookies recipe jumped out at me and I knew I had to try it.

Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies are perfect for birthday parties and baby showers as well as the annual holiday cookie exchange.

Can I make substitutions to the recipe?

Of course you can. These Treasure Cookies take to changes really well. Try using butterscotch or peanut butter chips instead of the chocolate chips. Or, keep half chocolate chips and try half butterscotch.

Want to try pecans or walnuts instead of almonds? Go for it. Any nuts will work great in these cookies.

I know many people who don’t like coconut. GASP! Say it isn’t so! But, alas, these people are out there. For me, these cookies would be totally different if you swapped out the coconut. It’s that coconut that gives these cookies their chewy texture. Their bite. I don’t recommend it.

I also love that these Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies are egg-free. So if you have family members who can’t have eggs, these little babies will rock it!

Kitchen tools I highly recommend

Cookies are so much easier to scoop when I use a cookie dough scoop. They also come out uniform in size and shape which means they bake up evenly – no burning on some while some are undercooked.

I always use insulated air filled cookie trays. I love them, and I think they help my cookies stay browned and not burned.

Silpats or parchment paper are a must for baking cookies. Cookies don’t stick, and they can still spread. Silpats are reusable, which I love!

And, do yourself a favor, buy the box of graham cracker crumbs. Yes, you can take graham crackers and crunch them in a food processor, or place them in a ziptop bag and crush them. But, why go to all that work when you can simply measure out the crumbs without doing any work at all for them!

Baking powder without aluminum – I highly recommend aluminum-free baking powder. At first I didn’t think there was a difference between regular and aluminum-free, but, I can totally taste the difference now; the aluminum free baking powder tastes so much better to me! I have found that regular baking powder has a metallic or chemical flavor to me.

So many cookies!

Don’t you just love cookies?!? Here are some of my favorites! Snickerdoodles Cookies, Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, Lemon Sandwich Cookies, Tropical Pacific Cookies (copycat Girl Scout Cookies), Coconut Oat Cookies, and Lime Meltaway Cookies.

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Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies Recipe – An easy to make cookie that your family will love

Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies Recipe

Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies Recipe – An easy to make cookie that your family will love

Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies

Debi
These easy to make, fun chewy cookies are loaded with goodies like graham cracker crumbs, sweetened condensed milk, coconut, almonds, and of course, chocolate chips!
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 10 minutes mins
Total Time 20 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 36 cookies
Calories 175 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
  • ½ cup butter 1 stick, softened
  • 1 1/3 cup flaked coconut
  • 2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 12 ounces
  • 1 cup slivered almonds

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375° F.
  • In a small bowl, mix graham cracker crumbs, flour, and baking powder.
  • Using a sturdy fork, a hand mixer, or a stand mixer, beat together sweetened condensed milk and butter until smooth.
  • Add graham cracker mixture to milk mixture, and mix well. Stir in coconut, chocolate chips, and almonds.
  • Drop by rounded tablespoons onto cookie sheets that have been lined with parchment paper or silpats.
  • Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool.

Notes

Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days

Nutrition

Calories: 175kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 62mgPotassium: 166mgFiber: 1gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 115IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 59mgIron: 1.1mg

Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.

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  1. Adrienne Grace

    December 19, 2018 at 8:25 am

    5 stars
    These sound delicious, though I admit, our household is one of those that doesn’t like coconut. 😉

  2. Liren | Kitchen Confidante

    December 19, 2018 at 10:57 pm

    I LOVE that you added coconut! These cookies are made for me!

  3. Alyssa Brantley

    December 20, 2018 at 2:31 pm

    5 stars
    Love all the goodies in these cookies! They look so delicious!

  4. Toni

    December 20, 2018 at 4:39 pm

    5 stars
    My kids will surely enjoy these!!

  5. Lindsay Cotter

    December 20, 2018 at 7:17 pm

    5 stars
    Love how fun and easy these are to make!

  6. Julie

    December 21, 2018 at 12:49 pm

    I still have a three-ring binder of recipes except that they’re in a folder and not as neat as they would be if they were in a 3-ring binder. One thing is for sure one can’t never thave too many cookie recipes and I don’t think I’ve ever made one without eggs. Those would be husband safe because he’s my dough eater. These cookies look delicious with a delightful crunch and loaded with goodies. I’d love about 6 of them right now. I’m printing to add to my non-existent binder and pinning to my neater Pinterest board too.

  7. Serena

    December 21, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    I love treasure cookies! They are definitely a treasure! I love all the goodies! Only down side is I could eat them all myself!

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