Movie Theater Cookies

When Mark and I were dating, we liked to go to the movies. We would usually get candy, popcorn and soda. Which was totally normal. What wasn't {or at least what I thought wasn't} normal, was how he would eat his Milk Duds and popcorn. 

Together. In the same bite. 

Turns out he felt the same way about me. He couldn't believe that I didn't eat my candy and popcorn like that. 

He talked me into trying it. And you know what? I liked it. It works! Kind of like caramel corn, only chewier. And chocolaty. And way better, actually.

So when we decided to watch a movie over the weekend with the family, I decided we should have Milk Duds with our popcorn. But in a cookie.

You heard me. 

in. a. cookie.

And you know what? It works, too. A cookie with buttery, crunchy popcorn and chewy, chocolaty caramel candy.

Eating Milk Duds with your popcorn without having to get your hands all greasy from the butter! 

And you know what else? Everyone loved them. In fact, it took longer to make them than it did to eat them!

printable recipe

Here's all you need:

1. 2 1/2 C flour
2. 1 tsp baking soda
3. 1 tsp kosher salt
4. 1 C {2 sticks} butter, room temperature
5. 1 C light brown sugar
6. 1/2 C sugar
7. 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
8. 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
9. 3 C buttered/salted popcorn
10. 1 'theater' size box of Milk Duds {I froze my Milk Duds first}

Here's all you do

1. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and pre-heat oven to 325*
2. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt
3. In a large bowl, use a mixer on med speed to cream butter until light and fluff
4. Add sugars and blend until well combined
5. And egg+yolk and vanilla at med-high speed until well combined
6. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture a little at a time, mixing well after each addition
7. Gently fold in popcorn with a spatula
8. Using a medium scoop {I used my Pampered Chef cookie dough scoop} take a scoop full of dough and wrap it around a Milk Dud. Place on cookie sheet
9. Repeat
10. Bake for 14 min or until edges are golden
11. Cool cookies on cookie rack

Makes approximately 3 dozen cookies

*Tip- Rather than putting the Milk Dud in the center of the cookie, put it in the upper 3/4 of the cookie. This will help the candy to stay in the center of cookie when melted.

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