If you love Mini Eggs, you’ll love these colorful Mini Eggs Cookies for Easter. We go crazy for the delicious candy-coated Cadbury Mini Eggs, so much so that you’ll debate whether to use them for making cookies. But these mini egg cookies are so beautiful and colorful for your Easter table scape, it’s worth buying extra to use in this Mini Eggs Cookie recipe.
Cadbury Mini Eggs have a unique texture. When you bite into the candy shell, it gives way to a creamy, milk chocolate centre – delicious! So if you love Mini Eggs, you’ll love these colorful cookies… especially at Easter time.
Cadbury Mini Eggs are a type of candy that is popular in many parts of the world, especially around Easter time. They are made by Cadbury, a well-known British chocolate company, and are characterized by their small size and distinctive pastel-colored candy shells. Because of the candy’s pastel colours and egg shape, it’s a popular choice for Easter baskets and decorations, and many people enjoy the tradition of eating it around this time of year.
Mini Eggs Cookies
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups Cadbury Mini Eggs
Method
In a stand mixer, cream together butter and shortening. Add sugars gradually, creaming well. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking soda. Then, blend into creamed mixture.
Take half of the Mini Eggs and put into a plastic bag. Using a meat tenderizer, crush the eggs slightly. Add to the mixture and stir by hand. Chill the dough for a few minute.
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, or grease baking sheets. Drop cookie dough by the spoonful. Add 3 Mini Eggs to each cookie, pressing down slightly.
Bake for about 8 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.
Enjoy!
Mini Eggs Cookies
If You Love Mini Eggs, You'll Love These Colorful Cookies

Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups Cadbury Mini Eggs
Instructions
In a stand mixer, cream together butter and shortening.
Add sugars gradually, creaming well.
Beat in eggs and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking soda. Then, blend into creamed mixture.
Take half of the Mini Eggs and put into a plastic bag. Using a meat tenderizer, crush the eggs slightly. Add to the mixture and stir by hand.
Chill the dough for a few minutes. Preheat oven to 350F.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, or grease baking sheets. Drop cookie dough by the spoonful. Add 3 Mini Eggs to each cookie, pressing down slightly.
Bake for about 8 minutes or until golden brown around the edges.