{"id":45640,"date":"2025-08-18T06:49:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=45640"},"modified":"2025-08-18T06:49:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:49:26","slug":"cocoa-krispie-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/08\/18\/cocoa-krispie-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocoa Krispie Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45641\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2025\/08\/18\/cocoa-krispie-cookies\/krispiecookies\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KrispieCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KrispieCookies\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KrispieCookies.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45641\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KrispieCookies.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KrispieCookies.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KrispieCookies.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KrispieCookies.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I spied some Cocoa Krispies in the cupboard and swapped them out for the Rice Krispies in this cookie recipe. The result was a chocolatey, crunchy cookie, made even better with the addition of mini chocolate chips! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>2 cups Cocoa Krispies<\/li>\n<li>1 cup mini chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to the butter mixture until just incorporated.<\/li>\n<li>Fold the cereal and chocolate chips in with a rubber spatula.<\/li>\n<li>Drop by tablespoons 2&#8243; apart on the baking sheet and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, checking after 8.<\/li>\n<li>Makes 2 1\/2 dozen cookies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spied some Cocoa Krispies in the cupboard and swapped them out for the Rice Krispies in this cookie recipe. The result was a chocolatey, crunchy cookie, made even better with the addition of mini chocolate chips!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[97,5993,1071],"class_list":["post-45640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-baking","tag-cocoa-krispies","tag-cookies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-bS8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22100,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2017\/04\/10\/chocolate-chip-rice-krispies-cookies\/","url_meta":{"origin":45640,"position":0},"title":"Chocolate Chip Rice Krispies Cookies","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"April 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I stumbled across the recipe for these cookies searching for something else. 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