These no bake M&M Butterscotch and Chocolate Puffed Rice Cookies are so easy to make and super delicious. And they are topped with a creamy cake batter cheesecake frosting! EASY - This is an easy no bake cookie recipe. You can skip the cake batter frosting step for an even easier no bake cookie recipe. US based cup, teaspoon, tablespoon measurements. Common Measurement Conversions. Weight measurements are recommended for accurate results.
100gDove milk chocolateabout 8 - 9 pieces (you can use any milk chocolate you like)
2cupspuffed rice cereal
M&M minis to decorate
Cake Batter Cream Cheese Frosting
120mLheavy cream½ cup
¼cupPillsbury white cake mixthe dry mix
226gcream cheese1 block (softened at room temperature)
Instructions
Cookies
Place the first 4 ingredients in a saucepan and heat over medium high heat, while stirring to melt the sugar.
200 g packed brown sugar, 60 mL water, ½ tsp salt, 1 tbsp corn syrup
Bring to a boil and let it thicken over medium heat, for about 5 minutes.
Add the cream and mix in until completely incorporated.
240 mL whipping cream
Bring the mix back to a boil, and clip a candy thermometer to the mix. Let the sugar syrup cook until it reaches 250°F.
Remove from the heat and let it cool down to about 180°F
Add the Dove milk chocolate and mix in until the chocolate is completely melted.
100 g Dove milk chocolate
Add the puffed rice next, and mix gently to mix the cereal through. Be careful not to crush the puffed rice.
2 cups puffed rice cereal
Using a cookie scoop, scoop equal portions of the butterscotch chocolate cookies onto a parchment paper-lined tray.
When the whole mix has been portioned out, the cookies would have cooled down enough to be handled, but still malleable. At this stage, flatten out the cookies and press in some mini M&Ms on top, and on the sides of each of the cookies.
M&M minis
Let the cookies cool completely and harden.
When the cookies have hardened, they can be stored until ready to be served.
Cake Batter Cheesecake Frosting
Whisk together the whipping cream and white cake mix, until the mix is dissolved completely in the cream.
120 mL heavy cream, ¼ cup Pillsbury white cake mix
Add the cream cheese and whip using a whisk until light and fluffy. Optionally, you can add any color you like, or keep the frosting white. Keep in the fridge until ready to use.
226 g cream cheese
Place the frosting in a piping bag with a star tip attached when you are ready to frost the cookies.
Pipe a swirl on top of each cookie, and top with more M&M minis if preferred.