Make your own Chocolate Chip Cookie Cereal in no time! Skip the store bought cookie cereal with this delicious, easy breakfast recipe!
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Love Cookie Cereal? Who doesn't! This homemade Chocolate Chip Cookie Cereal Recipe is SO delicious and even better than anything you'll find at the store.
This Cookies Cereal Recipe is for true chocolate chip cookie lovers. A fun treat no matter what the occasion is!
What is Cereal with Cookies?
Cereal with cookies is just what it sounds like - a breakfast cereal made out of bite size cookies! You've seen French Toast cereal and Pancake cereal. There is even a Churros cereal! So naturally, there would be a Cookies cereal.
Even better that you can make Cookies cereal yourself with this amazing chocolate chip cookie cereal recipe. Your kiddos are sure to be so excited when they can have cookies for breakfast!
Why You'll Love Chocolate Chip Cookie Cereal!
- Fun for the family - The whole family can get involved in making these cute bite-sized cookies cereal.
- Not just for cereal - Use these tiny cookies as a topping for other desserts!
- On-the-go snacks - Toss a couple of these sweet treats into a dish to go.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cereal Ingredients
To make cookie cereal you'll need:
- All-purpose flour
- Salted butter
- Mini chocolate chips
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
- Baking soda
How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookies Cereal
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients except the flour and chocolate chips and mix well.
- Add in the flour and mix until a dough forms.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Spoon the dough into a frosting bag and use a size 12 tip to put nickel-size dollops on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 6 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes.
- Place in a bowl, pour milk over the mini cookies, serve immediately, and enjoy!
Storing Cookie Cereal:
Storing: The best storage for this cookie cereal is in a sealed baggie in a cool, dry place. Store it just like you would cereal. Cookies will keep for up to a week or so. Store in the fridge in an airtight container for two weeks.
Freezing: If freezing, store the cereal in an airtight container for up to two months.
Note: Storing the chocolate chip cookie cereal in the fridge or freezer may make it sticky.
Freezing Cookie Dough: You can freeze cookie dough! Check out this post for How to Freeze Cookie Dough for tips on saving cookie dough for later.
Substitutions & Variations
All-purpose flour - There are many different flours you can substitute for white flour in many recipes. Note that not all of these flours can be substituted 1:1.
Salted butter - When it comes to baking, not all of us have salted butter laying around. If all you have is Unsalted Butter, add ¼ teaspoon of salt per ½ cup or 1 stick of butter.
White sugar - brown sugar or even Coconut Sugar will both work as a substitute. If not using sugar a monk fruit sweetener blend tastes just like regular white granulated sugar.
Brown sugar - Similarly to White Sugar, you can replace Brown Sugar with Coconut Sugar or even white sugar.
Maple syrup, honey, agave, and molasses are other options to replace brown sugar and still maintain that rich sweet flavor.
Egg - For one egg, you can substitute using a variety of different ingredients:
- ¼ cup apple sauce
- ½ a medium banana
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed + 3 tablespoons water
Vanilla extract - A great substitute for vanilla is pure maple syrup. Try a coffee or espresso extract to boost that flavor.
Baking soda - If you're needing to substitute Baking Soda, Baking Powder is going to be the next best option. It is NOT a 1:1 substitution ratio, you'll use a 1:3 ratio. For every 1 teaspoon of baking soda, use 3 teaspoons of baking powder.
Other Ways to Serve Chocolate Chip Cereal
Of course, try this recipe as a cereal but don't stop there! Give these a try:
- Ice cream sundae topping
- Mix into your morning yogurt
- Use in combination with your granola mixture
- Add to a marshmallow crispy treat
- Topping for a cookie butter pie
Cookies Cereal Tips
Use different chip flavors - If preferred, you can change the mini chocolate chips to another flavor. Great options are white chocolate, caramel, butterscotch, etc.
Skip the chocolate chips altogether - If you want to try it just as a brown sugar cookie without the chocolate, that works and is a delicious idea as well!
What tip should I use? - I used a 12 frosting tip to place the dollops on the baking sheet. You don’t have to be overly picky with what tip you use.
Don’t overfill the frosting bag - I learned the hard way - don’t overfill the bag with dough. It makes it hard to get the right leverage and makes a mess. Fill it halfway and it’s easier to work with.
Don't want a flat cookie? - If you prefer your cookies to puff up a bit more and not spread out to be thinner on the sides, swap the butter for Crisco. You can use butter-flavored Crisco so you don’t lose the buttery flavor.
More Cookie Recipes You’re Sure to Love:
- Lemon Cool Whip Cookies
- Banana Bread Cookies
- Whipped Shortbread Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Delicious Hot Cocoa Cookies
- Sugar Cookie Bars Recipe
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cereal
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup salted butter room temp (1 stick)
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 310 degrees and grease a baking sheet.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients except the flour and chocolate chips and mix well.
- Add in the flour and mix until a dough forms.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Spoon the dough into a frosting bag and use a size 12 tip to put nickel size dollops on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 6 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and let them cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Repeat with the rest of the dough.
- Place in a bowl, pour milk over the mini cookies, serve immediately, and enjoy!
Notes
- Use different chip flavors - If preferred, you can change the mini chocolate chips to another flavor. Great options are white chocolate, caramel, butterscotch, etc.
- Skip the chocolate chips altogether - If you want to try it just as a brown sugar cookie without the chocolate, that works and is a delicious idea as well!
- Make it gluten-free - If you would like to have this cereal in a gluten-free version, swap out the flour for an all purpose gluten free flour mix. Easy swap!
Dannii
My kids love this stuff, but I must admit that I buy the store bought one. I am definitely going to try making this.
Tania | Fit Foodie Nutter
Chocolate chip for breakfast! It doesn't get better than this! Such a delicious way to start the day!
Jacqueline Meldrum
We are a family of porrridge stalwarts, but I have to say this is very tempting. So cute!
Qashang | Chili to Choc
This is so interesting. I have never attempted to make my own cereal. Love the recipe!
Chris Collins
What an awesome idea! Definitely will be making this for the kids on the weekend 🙂