Stop settling for boring chocolate chips, the same ol’ peanut butter, and blasé sugar.
It’s time to enter the world of stuffed cookie recipes.
You’d do well to prepare for some mind-blowing flavor combinations, unexpected surprise centers, and an absolute avalanche of gooeyness.
Coming up with cookie filling ideas is challenging, especially if you’ve spent most of your life sadly chewing on the dull, unstuffed kind.
The secret is to smash together two of your favorite things into one glorious package, like some kind of mad scientist with a dream of creating the most delicious dessert hybrid the world has ever seen.
Our recipes will take your mouth on a journey that will change how you see your favorite sweet treats.
Bring the campfire to your cookie jar with S’mores Stuffed Cookies filled with marshmallow, chocolate, and graham cracker pieces.
Take a step back in time when you snack on Dulce de Leche Stuffed Mexican Chocolate Cookies.
Do something that feels kinda forbidden and toss half of a snack cake into a Twinkie Stuffed Cookie.
The only limits are your own imagination and how willing you are to accidentally stumble upon the cookie that makes you famous with the neighbors.
So, take a whisk and try one of our top picks for stuffed cookie recipe:
Snickerdoodles might have a pretty funny name, but this brown butter version is no laughing matter.
With their crispy edges, rich nuttiness thanks to the aforementioned brown butter, and creamy white chocolate center, these cookies take the classic snickerdoodle and crank them up to 11.
The first time you bite into them and are washed in a wave of white chocolate luxury just might change your life, or at least your preferred filled cookie to keep around the house for late-night snacking.
S’Mores Stuffed Cookies, or perhaps more appropriately named “Compact Campfire Cookies,” are what summer camp dreams are made of.
When they’re warm and fresh out of the oven, the melty chocolate chips and gooey marshmallow center ooze out just like they do when you take your first bite of a traditional s’more.
Bits of graham cracker maintain the textural, craveable crunch in the soft filling, and it’s all housed inside of a warm chocolate chip cookie.
Who would have thought that the most effective weapon against your sweet tooth was dual-wielded cookie scoops?
Chocolate Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies contain all of the scrumptiousness of a Reese’s Cup without the paper wrapper getting in the way.
The raw dough is rolled in sugar to create a crisp exterior that unleashes a soft peanut butter cloud with every bite.
If you’re a fan of cooking competitions, you’ve likely heard contestants mention something called creme patisserie, often shortened to “creme pat.”
It’s a French word that means pastry cream, and while it sounds like a complicated culinary achievement, it’s actually straightforward to make!
Italian Lemon Stuffed Cookies rely on thick, custardy Italian lemon pastry cream for the filling, and it’s a heavenly combination of just-right tartness and sweet smoothness.
The cookie element is a basic sugar dough, with the small addition of lemon zest to further enhance the citrusy goodness.
Fudgy, spiced Mexican chocolate cookies absolutely bursting with dulce de leche are something you need to have in your life.
If you’ve never heard of Mexican chocolate, its origins rest in the ancient Mayan, Olmec, and Aztec civilizations who harvested the native cacao plant, then prepared it with chiles to create a spicy, savory drink.
Today, we have the luxury of cream and sugar, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy a blast to the past, at least in the form of a filled cookie recipe.
Using Speculoos or Biscoff butter is one of the most incredible cookie filling ideas ever.
Actually, it might be one of the most incredible ideas to come to baking since the invention of cheesecake or the advent of brown sugar.
Cookie butter is simply ground-up spice cookies blended into a mixture of condensed milk, oil, flour, and sugar that tastes ah.may.zing on pretty much anything you spread it on.
It just makes sense to turn it into a welcome surprise smack dab in the center of a chocolate cookie!
Ice cream sundaes are fine and all, but the right home for hot fudge is right in the middle of a brown sugar cream cheese cookie.
The cookies are incredibly soft, taking you on an easy journey to their center, where you’ll find the delightful little pocket of decadent homemade fudge.
They’re rich and indulgent, perfect for pairing with a cup of coffee after dinner.
If you’ve heard people opine that salted caramel is a tired, overdone ingredient in desserts, you can rest assured that they haven’t yet enjoyed a stuffed cookies recipe quite like this one.
Hidden inside these soft, molasses-y brown sugar cookies is a treasure trove of treacly salted caramel ready to change hearts and minds.
This particular caramel concoction is made with French salt, which has a distinctive crystal that makes it easier to control the saltiness than your typical table variety.
We all know chocolate chip cookies are delicious, and cheesecake is delicious.
What you might not yet be aware of is that when you add them together, you get Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies that are transcendently yummy and potentially addictive.
It’s everything a cookie lover could imagine a filled cookie hybrid being.
Don’t think we’ve forgotten you, Fig Newton fans!
This recipe is more than 60 years old, but it stands the test of time thanks to its simple execution and flawless finish.
Soft and Chewy Date Filled Sugar Cookies are similar to the Newtons we all know and love, but with an enchanting upgrade to the traditional filling in the form of date quick jam that is to die for.
Before you read on, we want you to notice that these Apricot Pillow Cookies only require six ingredients.
You heard us correctly, dear baker– Six little ingredients go into making life-changing pockets of apricot goodness: Flour, lemon zest, salt, cream cheese, butter, and apricot preserves.
The outside sparkles with sugar crystals, concealing a trove of fruity apricot preserves in each golden-brown cream cheese cookie square.
Of all the stuffed cookie recipes on this list, this is the one that feels the most wrong but somehow manages to taste so right.
A Twinkie shoved into a ball of chocolate chip cookie dough seems like a questionable decision because a) why would you bake a Twinkie and b) Twinkies are a sizable snack that surely doesn’t fit into your standard cookie.
Once you cut into one of these enormous treats and get a glimpse of that creamy, yellow cake cross-section snuggled between two layers of cookie dough, you’ll understand what all the hype is about.
To contrast the delicious abomination of a Twinkie Stuffed Cookie, we present the opposite side of the stuffed cookies spectrum.
Lemon Cookies with Lemon Cream Filling consists of two dainty little lemon cookies that you can pipe with an open star pastry tip.
In between is a tartly sweet lemon buttercream with plenty of zest and juice to cut through the cloyingly sweet frosting.
They’re a delicate, summery, and bright addition to your stuffed cookie recipe book.
With origins on the Baltic peninsula, Sour Cream Cookies Filled with Jam have a unique shape that almost resembles rolled but unbaked croissants.
Most of the sweetness in this filled cookie recipe comes through in the jam filling, which is open to your personal taste preferences.
The basic sour cream dough also pairs well with other fillings, like Nutella, chocolate, or marmalade.
Prepare to be whisked away to dessert dreamland when you snuggle up to a delicious Raspberry Pillow Cookie.
The secret is using parchment paper when you bake, just in case any filling leaks out of the seam between the cookie halves.
Otherwise, you risk raspberry jam gluing the cookies to the pan and being forced to spend some quality time with a spatula instead of enjoying the fruits of your labor.
We mentioned cookie butter earlier as a star amongst the ranks of cookie filling ideas, but it’s just so unforgettably yummy, we thought we’d come back for an encore.
Swap out the chocolate for a thicker cookie brimming with Biscoff crumbs and white chocolate chunks.
You know the drill from there: Insert pre-frozen globs of sticky-sweet Biscoff, then pace around your kitchen while you anxiously await the herald of your kitchen timer.
Finally, drizzle on even more Biscoff spread because it’s more socially acceptable than spooning it right out of the jar into your mouth.
Berries and cheesecake are unequivocally one of the most incredible pairings in the world of desserts and one that deserves to be celebrated in all of its forms.
Thankfully, Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies are an easy way to honor the classic duo without busting out a springform pan and water bath.
The cream cheese cookies are tender and fluffy, the ideal accompaniment to white chocolate cream cheese frosting that encases a dollop of tart raspberry jam.
Red velvet is visually stunning and mouthwateringly tasty, but it can be intimidating to make. Fear not, our good bakers!
These easy-peasy filled cookies come from a box mix, but that can be our little secret.
With the addition of a little extra flour, transform your favorite ready-made cake mix into creamy-filled cookies drizzled with a bit of white chocolate.
This specific stuffed cookie recipe calls for a filling made from a boxed brownie mix, but don’t be afraid to implement your own tried-and-true version.
No matter which kind of brownie you use, it’s going to be the right choice when it’s encapsulated in a chocolate chip cookie.
Apple cider and caramel squares are the keys to this stuffed cookie recipe, which is absolutely bursting with over-the-top Autumnal flavors.
It all starts with concentrated apple cider in the cookie, which you can make by heating the store-bought stuff at a gentle boil until most of the water evaporates.
Then, tuck a caramel square into a pocket of dough, roll it up in a ball, and dust with a sugar-and-spice mix.
If fall could be baked into a sweet treat, these cookies are my top candidate.
You had us at “deep dish cookie.”
Get ready to fall head over heels for a Funfetti-esque stuffed cookie designed to hold a nugget of enticing confetti cake frosting.
You’ll need a whoopie pie pan to create a perfectly-sized divot to handle the load, but it’ll be worth the investment if you don’t already have one since you’ll be making these at least once a week.
The bottom line
A filled cookie recipe can seem tough to make, kind of like the Turducken of the dessert world.
Fortunately, there are plenty of stuffed cookie recipes out there for even the most inexperienced baker to see scrumptious success.
Did you end up here while looking for cookie exchange recipes for the upcoming holiday season?
In that case, you should also check out Christmas Cookies: 17 of Our Favorite Recipes for more inspiration!
21 Stuffed Cookie Recipes
These stuffed cookie recipes are the best of both worlds: chewy goodness and gooey filling! Find your favorite from our list here.
Ingredients
- White Chocolate Stuffed Brown Butter Snickerdoodles
- S’mores Stuffed Cookies
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies
- Italian Lemon Stuffed Cookies
- Dulce De Leche Stuffed Mexican Chocolate Cookies
- Cookie Butter Stuffed Cookies
- Fudge Filled Cookies
- Salted Caramel Brown Sugar Cookies
- Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Soft And Chewy Date Filled Sugar Cookies
- Apricot Pillow Cookies
- Twinkie Stuffed Cookies
- Lemon Cookies With Lemon Cream Filling
- Soft Sour Cream Cookies Filled With Jam
- Raspberry Pillow Cookies
- Biscoff Stuffed Cookies
- Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies
- Red Velvet Cheesecake Cookies
- Brownie Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Caramel Stuffed Apple Cider Cookies
- Frosting Filled Deep Dish Cake Batter Cookies
Instructions
- Take a look at this list of amazing Stuffed Cookie Recipes!
- Choose your favorite and visit the recipe link!
- Make and enjoy!