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Icing being drizzled on a stack of fruity pebble cookies.
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Fruity Pebbles Cookies

Fruity pebbles infuse these sugar cookies with fruity flavor and lots of bright color in this easy cereal cookie recipe that are perfect for parties and holidays! Kids and adults are sure to love these soft and chewy cookies so bake up a batch and watch them disappear.
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time12 minutes
Chill Time1 hour
Total Time2 hours 12 minutes
Servings: 34 cookies
Calories: 146kcal
Author: Karin and Ken

Ingredients

Cookies

Topping

Glaze

Instructions

  • Get out and measure your ingredients.
    Ingredients to make fruit pebble cookies on the table.
  • Add the flour, baking soda, salt, cream of tartar and baking powder together in a medium sized bowl. Set aside.
    Dry ingredients in a medium bowl to make fruit pebble cereal cookies.
  • Whisk until blended.
    Dry ingredients mixed together for cookie dough mixture.
  • Add the sugar, butter and brown sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat together on high speed for 1 minute.
    Butter and sugar in stand mixer to make fruity pebbles cookies.
  • Add in the eggs, vanilla and raspberry extract and beat together for 20 seconds.
    Eggs are added to the beaten sugar and butter.
  • Lastly, mix the flour mixture and fruity pebbles in.
    Crushed fruity pebbles are added to the cookie batter.
  • Stir until incorporated.
    Dough is mixed and well combined, ready to chill.
  • Cover the mixing bowl with plastic wrap and place into the fridge to chill for 1 hour. Do not skip the chill time on these cookies as they will spread and burn quickly when baking.
  • Once the cookie dough has chilled, remove from the fridge and uncover the bowl. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray a couple of large baking sheets with baking spray.
  • Make the topping by whisking the sugar and ground fruity pebbles together in a medium sized bowl.
    Crushed fruity pebbles and sugar in bowls on the table.
  • Whisk until blended.
    Fruit pebbles and sugar are mixed together.
  • Use a tablespoon or small cookie scoop and scoop balls of 1 Tbs sized balls of cookie dough. Roll the dough in the topping mixture until fully coated.
    Scooping the cookie dough out in 1 tablespoon sized portions.
  • Place the cookie dough balls onto the prepared baking sheets leaving about 2” of room between them for spreading. Place the pans into the preheated oven to bake for 12 minutes.
    Cookie dough balls are laid out on the baking sheet.
  • Once baked, remove them from the oven and place them onto a cooling rack to cool completely while you make the glaze.
    Fruity pebble cookies baked on a cookie sheet.
  • Pour the milk over the fruity pebbles and let soak for 5 minutes.
    Ingredients for the fruity pebble glaze on the table.
  • Pour just the milk into a medium sized bowl with the powdered sugar, salt and raspberry extract. Whisk well until a glaze has formed.
    Ingredients for the cookie glaze in a small bowl.
  • If the glaze becomes too thin, whisk in 1 Tbs of powdered sugar until the desired consistency is achieved. If the glaze becomes too thick, whisk in 1 teaspoon of milk. In either case, be sure to whisk vigorously after each addition.
  • If the color of the milk did not make the glaze pink enough, add a dot of pink food coloring.
    Glaze is thoroughly mixed until creamy and smooth with a whisk.
  • Use a spoon to drizzle the glaze over the cookies. Let set for a few minutes to allow the glaze to set up.
    Cookies on a baking tray are drizzled with glaze.
  • Place cookies inside box.
    Fruit pebble cookies on a festive table in a box.
  • Serve.
    Spoon over cookie drizzling the icing over the top.
  • Enjoy every bite!
    Cookie on the table with a bite taken from it.

Notes

Storage: Cookies may be stored in an airtight container or baggie at room temp for up to 1 week.

Nutrition

Calories: 146kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 123mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 193IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg