Description
Romantic Valentine’s Day kitchen sink cookies blend unexpected ingredients into a sweet love letter. Chocolate chips, pretzels, and caramel create a delightful treat that melts hearts and satisfies dessert cravings with one irresistible bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (454 grams) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup (150 grams) granulated sugar
- ¾ cup (165 grams) brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup (85 grams) white chocolate chips
- ½ cup (85 grams) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¾ cup (120 grams) Valentines M&Ms (pink, red, and white)
- ½ cup (85 grams) toffee bits (optional)
- ¼ cup (40 grams) Valentines sprinkles
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup (75 grams) crushed pretzels
Instructions
- Preparation: Warm the oven to 350°F (175°C) and cover a baking sheet with parchment paper, creating a smooth cooking surface.
- Mixing Base: Whip softened butter with white and brown sugars until the mixture transforms into a cloud-like, airy texture, then blend in eggs and vanilla extract to generate a silky foundation.
- Dry Ingredient Integration: Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate vessel, then delicately incorporate into the wet mixture, stirring minimally to maintain a tender dough consistency.
- Flavor Fusion: Tenderly fold chocolate chips, pretzels, potato chips, and marshmallows throughout the dough, ensuring an even distribution of contrasting textures and flavors.
- Cookie Formation: Scoop rounded dough portions onto the prepared sheet, positioning them generously apart to allow proper spreading during baking.
- Baking Process: Slide the tray into the preheated oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, watching for golden-brown edges and soft centers that indicate perfect doneness.
- Cooling and Serving: Allow cookies to rest on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack for complete cooling before presenting these decadent, texture-rich treats.
Notes
- Prevent Overmixing: Stir dry and wet ingredients until just combined to maintain a tender, soft cookie texture without developing tough gluten strands.
- Balanced Ingredient Distribution: Fold mix-ins gently to ensure even spread of chocolate chips, pretzels, potato chips, and marshmallows throughout the dough for consistent flavor in every bite.
- Temperature Control: Allow butter and eggs to reach room temperature before mixing, which helps create smoother batter and more uniform cookie consistency.
- Customize Mix-Ins: Swap or adjust ingredients based on dietary needs or preferences – use gluten-free pretzels, dairy-free chocolate, or reduce sugar content for alternative versions of the cookie.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 204
- Sugar: 13 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 33 mg