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Hershey's Nugget Cookies | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | these spectacular #cookies use #MrsFields #chocolate chip cookie recipe plus #HersheysNuggets instead of chocolate chips. They are divine! #dessert

Hershey's Nugget Cookies

Teresa Ambra
Hershey's Nugget Cookies will cure every sweet tooth craving. These amazing cookies combine chopped Hershey's Nuggets candies with a Mrs. Field's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough copycat recipe. The combination is heavenly!
3.78 from 18 votes
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 48
Calories 170 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 or 3 18x26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 sharp knife to chop Hershey's Nugget candies
  • 1 spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened (2 sticks)
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar packed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 1/2 tsp. real vanilla extract (no imitation vanilla flavoring)
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp. sea salt
  • 3 1/2 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour see my note below on amount (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
  • 3 cups Hershey's Nuggets candies chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix the butter, sugars, eggs, vanilla, salt, baking powder and baking soda with an electric mixer until smooth.
  • Stir in flour and chopped Hershey’s Nuggets with a wooden spoon to combine well.
  • Shape dough with hands into golf ball-sized dough balls and place a couple inches apart on greased cookie sheets.
  • Bake for 13-15 minutes or until edges are light brown.
  • Rotate cookies on racks every six minutes while baking.
  • Cool completely.

Notes

NOTE: In my first batch I used about 2 ½ to 3 cups of flour. In subsequent batches I found 3 ½ cups flour worked better. However, 2 1/2 to 3 cups of flour will be fine if you freeze the cookie dough balls on cookie sheets about 10 minutes before baking. That way the cookies won't spread as much.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 170kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 77mgPotassium: 102mgFiber: 1gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 134IUCalcium: 23mgIron: 2mg
Keyword chocolate, chocolate dessert, cookie, dessert
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