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    Sweet Ecstasy Cookies

    Published: Oct 10, 2020

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    Sweet Ecstasy Cookies - These cookies have a LOT going on in the, but all those ingredients work together to make a fantastic cookie!

    Originally published July 20, 2009, Updated on 10/10/20

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    I originally posted these Sweet Ecstasy Cookies recipe 11 and a half years ago, but its history goes back a lot further than that!

    Sweet Ecstasy Cookies History

    In its original form, Sweet Ecstasy Cookies started out as my mother’s “Everything But The Kitchen Sink Cookies”, and they were pretty good.

    After moving out on my own, I tinkered with it. I think I added the peanut butter, and .. Maybe the butterscotch chips? I can’t remember. Anyway, suddenly, the “pretty good” cookies were AMAZING.

    “Marriage proposal from my gay neighbour” amazing, even. (Though, he’d also “proposed” over my chili, so I think maybe he just wanted a cook, LOL).

    They were also my first experience in actually getting paid for recipes. When I was in my late teens - before people would look online for recipes - I used to just straight up sell the recipe. I’d bake up a batch or two, crumble them up as samples, and sell the recipe at holiday craft markets.

    Just a plain printout on paper, rolled up and tied with a ribbon. Depending on the market, I’d ask $2-5 each, and sometimes walk out with a few hundred dollars - and this was 20, 25 years ago. Always ran out of both cookie samples AND print outs!

    A small, faceted glass plate with several highly textured round cookies on top. Coconut, butterscotch chips, nuts, and raisins are visible throughout.

    Yeah, they’re THAT good.

    Back in those days, they were nicknamed “Crack cookies” - and some other Not-quite-G-Rated nicknames - by my friends, neighbours, and random people commenting on the samples at those sales.

    Blogging was a completely different beast back then - and this blog was attached to my cake business - so we decided not to call them “Crack Cookies”.

    We had no idea what to name them, that would be “blog friendly” - everything kept going back to all the more adult nicknames I’d heard for them over the years.

    So, I decided to call them “Sweet Ecstasy Cookies”. Still a throwback to the more, uh, colourful names ... but passable!

    A small, faceted glass plate with several highly textured round cookies on top. Coconut, butterscotch chips, nuts, and raisins are visible throughout.

    Sweet Ecstasy Cookies

    Anyway, now you know a ton about the name, without knowing so much about the actual cookies. Whoops.

    I’ve never really been a favour of “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts” as a phrase, but it really does apply to these cookies.

    There is a LOT going on in these cookies, and you’d think it would end up as some kind of culinary discord, but ... NOPE. Everything really comes together and compliments each other to create basically the perfect cookie.

    They’re chewy, with a bit of crispy to the outsides. You get some base texture from the corn flakes, oats, and coconut, and a ton of flavour from the chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, raisins, pecans, and walnuts.

    On the downside, if you don’t have a bit of everything on hand, a batch of these can be WILDLY expensive to make, which is why I generally reserved these for the holidays.

    On the upside, though, it makes a TON of cookies - 7 dozen or so... and most ingredients purchased will be enough for multiple batches. A bag of chocolate chips is enough for 2 batches, for instance.

    These are FANTASTIC for holiday cookie trays, cookie exchanges, and for bake sales. Just remember: If you’re selling them, samples pretty much do all the work for you!

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    Now, on to that Sweet Ecstasy Cookies recipe!

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    A small, faceted glass plate with several highly textured round cookies on top. Coconut, butterscotch chips, nuts, and raisins are visible throughout.
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    Sweet Ecstasy Cookies

    These cookies have a LOT going on in the, but all those ingredients work together to make a fantastic cookie!
    Prep Time15 mins
    Cook Time45 mins
    Total Time1 hr
    Course: Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine: American, Canadian
    Servings: 84 Cookies
    Calories: 105kcal
    Author: Marie Porter

    Equipment

    2 Baking Sheets
    Parchment Paper

    Ingredients

    • 1 Cup Butter Softened
    • 1 Cup Brown Sugar Packed
    • 1 Cup Granulated Sugar
    • 1 Cup Peanut Butter
    • 3 Large Eggs
    • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
    • 2 Cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
    • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
    • 1 teaspoon Salt
    • 2 Cups Cornflakes
    • 2 Cups Rolled Oats
    • 1 Cup Butterscotch Chips
    • 1 Cup Coconut
    • 1 Cup Raisins
    • 1 Cup Chocolate Chips
    • ½ Cup Pecans Chopped
    • ½ Cup Walnuts Chopped

    Instructions

    • Heat oven to 375, line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
    • Cream butter and sugars together. Add peanut butter, beat till incorporated and creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, mix well.
    • In another bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to wet mix, blend well.
    • In another LARGE bowl, combine remaining ingredients. Pour wet / flour mix into large bowl, and carefully mix till well combined.
    • Drop by tablespoon onto greased cookie sheets.
    • Bake in middle / top of oven for 10-12 minutes. .

    Nutrition

    Calories: 105kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 98mg | Potassium: 61mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 90IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg

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    1. Diane Decker

      May 02, 2021 at 3:29 pm

      Have you tried these with GF flours? Next time I have all those add-ins on hand, I might try using the flour combo from your Oatmeal Butterscotch Cardamom Cookies.

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      • Marie Porter

        April 17, 2022 at 9:53 am

        I haven't, but the combo from that recipe would probably work really well!

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