The Best Grinch Pudding Cookies
These Grinch pudding cookies are soft, chewy, and festive. With candy hearts and a fun green color, they’re the perfect treat to sweeten up your holidays!
These adorable Grinch cookies are perfectly soft & chewy, making them a favorite of the kiddos during the holiday season.
With a candy red heart and a bit of green food coloring, you too can make these easy Grinch cookies – they’re perfect for all of your holiday parties!
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What are pudding cookies?
Pudding cookies are made with a box of instant pudding. The dry mix gives the cookies the perfect texture and flavour. Who knew what a difference a box of instant pudding mix could make?!
It’s the secret ingredient to super soft and chewy cookies. Be sure to check out these strawberries & cream pudding cookies and pistachio pudding cookies too!
This is a great recipe for busy moms on the go because it only requires a few simple ingredients from the grocery store! The secret to making these Grinch sugar cookies is in the combination of instant vanilla pudding mix and jello powder – two things I always seem to have in the pantry.
Grinch Pudding Cookies
This easy cookie recipe was inspired by my love for the movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a holiday classic! Be sure to check out all of the fun Grinch inspired treats on the blog.
These soft cookies are perfect for a cookie exchange and the ideal thing to make to get into the holiday spirit this time of year. Add these cute Grinch cookies to your must bake list!
Ingredients
Start with a few simple pantry staples that can easily be found at the grocery store.
- Unsalted butter, room temperature – softened butter makes the cookies rich and chewy, perfect for blending with the sugar.
- Granulated white sugar – sweetens the dough and helps create that perfect cookie texture.
- Large egg – the binder that holds everything together and gives the cookies structure.
- Pure vanilla extract – adds a subtle, warm flavor that enhances the sweetness.
- All-purpose flour – the base that gives your cookies a soft and tender texture.
- Box instant vanilla pudding mix – keeps the cookies super soft and adds an extra vanilla flavor.
- Green Jello mix – adds a fun, bright green color and a hint of fruity flavor, perfect for Grinch-themed treats.
- Baking soda – helps the cookies rise and gives them a nice, soft texture.
- Salt – balances out the sweetness and brings out all the other flavors.
- White chocolate chips – adds creamy, sweet bites throughout the cookies.
- Red candy hearts the signature touch to make them Grinchy, representing the Grinch’s growing heart!
- Green gel food coloring (optional) – for an extra vibrant green color if you want to go all out on the Grinch theme.
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350 F and line your cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream softened butter and sugar together.
3. Add vanilla and egg.
4. Use a hand mixer and mix until well combined.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix until a soft dough forms. Add green food coloring to reach a bright green color.
9. Use a cookie scoop to drop cookie dough balls onto the prepared baking sheet.
10. Press a red candy heart into each of the dough balls.
11. Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges just start to turn golden brown.
12. Place the cookies on a wire rack to cool before storing them in an airtight container.
Tips and Tricks
- This cookie recipe can be made using an electric mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
- Depending on the size of cookie scoop that you use, you may need to adjust the baking time.
- Try out different add-ins, like chopped nuts or your favorite holiday sprinkles.
- You could even drizzle them with melted white chocolate for a different look.
- Or add a cup of Christmas chocolate chips instead of the white chocolate ones.
Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. They also freeze well and can be kept in a freezer container for up to 3 months.
This is a holiday cookie recipe that is sure to become a family favorite. Why not enjoy the Christmas season with a day full of cookie baking and Christmas movies? It’s a great way to celebrate this time of the year.
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The Best Grinch Pudding Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup Granulated white sugar
- 1 Large egg
- 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract
- 1 2/3 cup All-purpose flour
- 3.4 oz Box instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 Tbsp Green Jello mix
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 2/4 cup White chocolate chips
- 1 Tbsp Red candy hearts
- Green gel food coloring optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and line your cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream softened butter and sugar together.
- Add vanilla and egg.
- Use a hand mixer and mix until well combined.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix until a soft dough forms.
- Use a cookie scoop to drop cookie dough balls onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Press a red candy heart into each of the dough balls.
- Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges just start to turn golden brown.
- Place the cookies on a wire rack to cool before storing them in an airtight container.
Notes
- This cookie recipe can be made using an electric mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
- Depending on the size of cookie scoop that you use, you may need to adjust the baking time.
- Try out different add-ins, like chopped nuts or your favorite holiday sprinkles.
- You could even drizzle them with melted white chocolate for a different look.
- Or add a cup of Christmas chocolate chips instead of the white chocolate ones.
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