Best 6 Midnight Madness Cookies Recipes

MIDNIGHT SNACK COOKIES

Steps:

• Position 2 oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Combine the butter, brown sugar and confectioners' sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Scrape the paddle, sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula, then add the peanut butter and beat on medium until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Add the egg and mix on medium speed until combined. Add the bourbon and vanilla and mix on low to incorporate. Scrape the paddle and bowl with the rubber spatula.
• Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix on low until just combined. Scrape the paddle and bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the oats and chocolate-covered pretzels and mix on low until just incorporated. Scrape the paddle and bowl with the rubber spatula to make sure the dough is uniform.
• Using a 2-ounce ice cream scoop or 1/4-cup measuring spoon, scoop 6 mounds of dough onto each of the prepared baking sheets. Place 1 square of chocolate on top of each mound.
• Bake until the cookies have spread and are lightly browned around the edges, 16 to 18 minutes, rotating and switching the positions of the baking sheets after 8 minutes.
• Remove the sheets from the oven and immediately mist each cookie with 2 or 3 pumps from the spray bottle of bourbon. Let the cookies cool on the tray, about 15 minutes.

MOONLIGHT MADNESS COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, flour, butter and egg until soft dough forms.
• On floured surface, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with 3- to 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter; combine scraps and reroll dough once. On ungreased cookie sheet, place cutouts 1 inch apart. Refrigerate 10 minutes.
• Bake 7 to 9 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 1 minute. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely.
• Frost cookies with white icing and small amount of black icing to form gray, swirling to blend. Press 2 candies into each cookie for eyes. Let stand until set. With black icing, pipe eyebrows, nose and mouth onto each cookie.

MIDNIGHT MADNESS CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups or spray with cooking spray. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Spoon frosting into medium bowl; tint with purple food color. Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle with sanding sugar. Top with rock candy. Cut out each snack cake to look like crescent moon. Garnish cupcakes with moon cutouts.

MIDNIGHT MADNESS

Steps:

• Note: If you like something hotter or more spice, something can certainly be added to the browned ground beef.
• Brown ground beef with onion and then drain.
• Put refried beans on the bottom of pie plate (probably 3 pie plates, depending on the size of them).
• Put browned ground beef over beans.
• Put taco sauce over beef.
• Grate Monterey jack cheese over taco sauce.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Spoon sour cream over.
• Serve with taco chips.
• NOTE TO FREEZE: You can freeze this a number of ways. You can brown the ground beef and onion,drain. Put the refried beans in the pie plate topped with the ground beef, then freeze. Remove from freezer, thaw.then top with the remaining ingredents and bake. OR you could finish it completely, freeze then put in a lower oven about 300-325°F and bake a bit longer (until heated through). Top with sour cream and serve. There are so many variations with this recipe. Do whatever works for you.

CHOCOLATE MIDNIGHT MADNESS

Steps:

• In a large bowl with the mixer at moderate speed, beat cream cheese and the all-purpose cream until smooth. Gradually beat in sugar.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in chocolate and vanilla until smooth.
• Pour into the pie crust; place on a cookie sheet. Bake at 300° C in an oven 30 to 35 minutes or until set.
• Chill 4 hours. Serve cold. Drizzle with the peppermint syrup, if desired.

MIDNIGHT MADNESS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In small saucepan over low heat, melt chocolates and butter. When melted, remove from heat and cool some. In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. In large mixing bowl, combine vanilla, instant espresso, eggs and sugar and beat until well combined. Add melted chocolate mixture and flour mixture. Blend until smooth. Fold in chocolate chunks. Drop by heaping tablespoons onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper, placing cookies 2 inches apart. Bake for 13 minutes. Cookies will still look quite soft in the center. Let cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes before removing from pan.