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Chocolate Covered Raisin Oatmeal Cookies

A delicious twist on oatmeal raisin cookies. Chocolate adds a nice slightly bitter balance to them.



Ever get weird cravings? Like all of a sudden all you can think about it one food, for days on end? For me it always seems to happen when I'm trying to get healthy. I've always had a sweet tooth. I blame my dad, who fed me ice cream at only 3 months old, lol. This time my craving came from talking about movie theater candy. As a child I'd get Glossettes chocolate covered raisins when we went to the movies. 



 I ended up getting a huge bag of chocolate covered raisins on my last trip to the bulk store. Anyway, I decided that I wanted to make something with them. So I did a search and came up with tons of ideas. Brownies, blondies, cookies..... these cookies from Sally's Baking Addiction quickly caught my eye. I love oatmeal raisin cookies with chocolate chips in them, so why not just use choco covered raisins? I pretty much followed the recipe to a T, except for only using 1/2 tsp cinnamon, rather than 1 1/2. I did bake them a bit longer though, since they didn't seem baked through after 10 minutes. These cookies are FABULOUS! Just ask my cat..... who seriously tried photobombing  my cookie shots for this post, LOL. She's never done that in the whole 5 yrs I've been blogging, so you know the cookies are awesome! The kids really loved them too. Crisp on the outside, soft on the inside. They'll have you reaching for a second and a glass of milk!



Chocolate Covered Raisin Oatmeal Cookies

adapted from Sally's Baking Addiction

printable version


    1/2 C (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

    1/2 C sugar

    1/2 C brown sugar

    1 large egg, room temperature

    2 tsp vanilla extract

    1 1/4 C flour

    3/4 C old-fashioned rolled oats

    1/4 tsp salt

    1/2 tsp baking powder

    1/2 tsp cinnamon

    1 1/2 C chocolate covered raisins


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.


In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugars together on medium speed. Add the egg and vanilla, mixing well until combined.


Using a wooden spoon, mix in the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and oats until the dough comes together. Fold in Raisinets.


Using a large scoop, place dough onto parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for 3 minutes on the baking sheet. Transfer to a cookie rack.




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  1. Miz Helen13 October 2020 at 15:00

    Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday,505. Hope you are having a great week and come back soon!
    Miz Helen

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