These Confetti Cookies are ready in just 20 minutes and can easily be customized to suit any holiday or celebration!
One of my first jobs as a teenager was working at a retail store in the mall. It was dangerously close to a cookie store selling freshly baked cookies, and I loved to get one of their giant rainbow cookies on my break. A warm vanilla sugar cookie rolled in sprinkles – SO GOOD.
I decided to recreate a version of those cookies using my favorite Vanilla Pudding Cookies recipe.
What’s Needed for Confetti Cookies?
These rainbow sprinkle cookies couldn’t be easier to make! Here’s what you’ll need for this recipe:
- All-purpose flour
- Salt
- Baking powder
- Unsalted butter
- Granulated sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Eggs
- Instant vanilla pudding
- Rainbow sprinkles
How to Make Confetti Cookies
- Beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Gently beat in eggs.
- Mix flour, salt, baking powder, and vanilla pudding mix in a separate bowl.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients into the wet. Stir in vanilla.
- Form into balls, then roll in sprinkles.
- Bake at 350F for 9-10 minutes.
Can I Use Another Type of Pudding Mix?
No, you must use instant pudding mix. Homemade Vanilla Pudding and cook and serve pudding mix won’t work.
Can I Use Another Flavor of Pudding?
Yes! I typically make this confetti cookie recipe with vanilla pudding, but I’ve had readers leave reviews after they used different flavors of instant pudding. Red velvet, butterscotch, chocolate, lemon — anything seems to work well here!
Tips for Making Confetti Sugar Cookies
- Note that the pudding mix is added to the cookie dough like a dry ingredient. Do NOT make the pudding as it instructs on the box.
- It should go without saying, but make sure you like the taste of whatever brand/kind of sprinkles you use, because the flavor will obviously be very present in the cookie.
- The sprinkles I used are soft, with an almost “waxy” texture, and no crunch; the opposite of what you would get if you used more traditional nonpareils.
More Easy Cookie Recipes:
- Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Protein Cookies
- Chewy Chocolate Cookies
- Brown Sugar Cookies
- Salted Caramel Cookies
- Old-Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies
- Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies
Confetti Cookies
These Confetti Cookies are ready in just 20 minutes and can easily be customized to suit any holiday or celebration!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 small package instant vanilla pudding
- Rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- Beat butter and sugar until fluffy; gently beat in eggs.
- Mix flour, salt, baking powder, and vanilla pudding mix in a separate bowl.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients into the wet.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Roll cookie dough into balls, then roll in rainbow sprinkles.
- Place the cookie dough balls onto a parchmen paper-lined baking tray.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 9-10 minutes.
Stephanie Ortiz
Sunday 21st of December 2014
I'm having a problem getting the recipe for the confetti cookies. Is there any way of accessing that?
Shannon
Sunday 7th of December 2014
Was thinking about adding in Wilton's Choc to the middle as well or adding a daub of choc fronting thoughts too much or perfect sweet/salty
Becky
Wednesday 22nd of October 2014
unable to get actual recipe - only pics - help! want to make these
Emily Bruno
Wednesday 22nd of October 2014
Hi Becky, the recipe is linked above. "These cookies are made using my favorite Vanilla Pudding Cookies recipe, and then rolled in sprinkles before baking."
sonia
Wednesday 17th of September 2014
Silly Question...but do you just mix in a ton of sprinkles before baking them? Anyone feel free to answer...
MW
Thursday 31st of July 2014
Where the heck is the actual recipe?All I see is pictures and funny names for them.