The world’s best idea for cereal. Ever. Make homemade Cookie Crisp.
Cookie Crisp cereal
Cookie Crisp cereal is pretty much a kid’s dream. Cookies? Sanctioned for breakfast?
If only my mom ever bought them. But the jig was up on that one. We never got to bask in the glow of cookie breakfasts.
Now that I’m a grown-up, I get to decide if chocolate chip cookies are a breakfast item. And I say yes. Actual breakfast cookies are kind of a thing now. But I want chocolate chip cookies in my cereal bowl.
This homemade Cookie Crisp cereal is not exactly health food.
BUT, there is a lot of good stuff in there and less sugar than in not-for-breakfast chocolate chip cookies.
Whereas the original store-bought cereal is fortified with vitamins and minerals, I had to come up with my own way to add those. So coconut oil, wheat germ and flaxseed meal are hiding in this bowl of cookies.
My regular supermarket carries all of those things now, so you shouldn’t need an extra trip. Plus, add some milk (or soy milk or almond milk) and you have even more vitamins and minerals. Geez, I can talk myself into anything.
And if you’re like my mom and say no to cookies for breakfast, then save this cereal as a treat.
Because it’s so so so good. The coconut oil adds just the right flavor to the dough, and it’s loaded with chocolate chips.
Or, forget the cereal part and use the tiny size as portion control for snacking. Oh, who am I kidding, I ate about twenty before they even got in the cereal bowl.
how to pipe tiny cookies
To make tiny cookies quickly, I use a disposable decorating bag, found in the craft store.
Be sure to close the top tightly with a rubber band and cut the opening large enough to accommodate the chocolate chips, about 1-inch.
If you don’t have any decorating bags, I suggest using a freezer-safe (because it’s thicker) gallon size Ziploc bag.
Either of these will save your sanity so you’re not scooping out hundreds of little cookies with a teaspoon. Because we’re piping cookies, it’s best to use the mini chocolate chips, too.
The regular size chocolate chips will overwhelm the decorating bag. And the cookies!
I bake these cookies until golden brown so that when they cool, they are crispy enough to stay crispy in milk.
The longer they can stay in the oven, the longer they will stay crunchy in the milk.
That said, they still will get soggy a bit more quickly than store-bought cereal. If you’re a purist with your cookies and milk, you can even serve them in this divided bowl so the cookies don’t get soggy. But I’m all about drowning cookies.
homemade cookie crisp cereal
HOMEMADE COOKIE CRISP CEREAL --copycat breakfast recipe. Mini chocolate chip cookies with wheat germ and flax seed.
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Wheat Germ
- 1/4 cup Flax Meal
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Coconut Oil, NOT melted
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 cups Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking trays with parchment paper and set aside.
- Whisk the flour, wheat germ, flaxseed, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
- In a large bowl with a handheld electric mixer or in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the flat beater, mix together the coconut oil and butter.
- Blend in the brown sugar and granulated sugar. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract.
- Gradually mix in the dry ingredients.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Scoop some dough into a disposable decorating bag or freezer-safe Ziploc bag and close tightly with a rubber band. Snip 1-inch from the tip and pipe dollops of dough, 3/4-inch across, on the baking tray.
- Bake each tray for 10 to 15 minutes until golden brown. Let cool.
- Serve in bowls of milk, if desired.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
21Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 261Total Fat: 16gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 156mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 2gSugar: 18gProtein: 3g
This post for homemade cookie crisp cereal also appears on Food Fanatic, where I create homemade versions of store-bought goodies.
Sue says
This is genius, Meaghan!
Katie says
These are probably MUCH BETTER than Cookie Crisp cereal! I somehow talked my mom into buying it for me on a special occasion when I was a kid and when I took my first bite expecting cookies….I was SORELY disappointed! They tasted nothing like cookies! So, you didn’t miss out on anything and probably improved the experience greatly with this recipe.
Janet says
When Cookie Crisp came out in the 70s I begged my parents for weeks for a box of them. Finally, my parents bought them! They were just like little cookies! Then years later In the late 80s I purchased a box when I was on my own, and I was very disappointed at the taste and texture, as they must have changed the recipe.
Ashley says
I’ve made this twice now, with some changes tot he second batch based on what I had. The first batch was made with the original recipe and it was excellent. The second batch, I used 3/4th cup ground flax as I ran out of wheat germ and all butter (1 cup total) as I was severely low on coconut oil. This batch was also excellent. The thing I did differently with both batches was postioning. I had no tip for my piping bags (I just run out of everything, don’t I?), so I shaped some of the dough into a log and pitched/tore off pea-sized pieces. I wanted them to be the size closer to the actual cereal. This obviously took longer and it’s not ideal, but except for the non-circular pieces, the cookie pieces baked in 3-4 minutes each batch to perfect crispiness. I used two pans that fit my toaster oven, so this super inconvenient method took me 2-3 hours, but with the quarantine, I had the time and enjoyed myself. Ended up with 10 1/2 cups of cereal, which I portioned carefully so I don’t eat it all in one go. Thank you for posting this recipe and I sure I’ll get better results once I have the right ingredients, tools and practice.
meaghanmountford says
Thank you for all the great tips, too, Ashley! Baking lots of bits can definitely be tedious, but you’re so right about the perhaps-only “perk” of quarantine!