If you love carrot cake, you’ll adore these Carrot Cake Cookies! Imagine soft, chewy cookies packed with freshly grated carrots, warm spices, and a luscious cream cheese filling just like your favorite cake but in a handheld treat.
This carrot cake cookie recipe is perfect for Easter, spring gatherings, or anytime you crave a spiced, sweet, and creamy dessert. Plus, it’s surprisingly easy to make!
Let’s get baking!
Why You’ll Love This Carrot Cake Cookie Recipe
1. Soft & Chewy Texture
These carrot cake cookies are perfectly soft and chewy not cakey or dry. The secret? A balance of butter, brown sugar, and blotted carrots (more on that later).
2. Just Like Real Carrot Cake
With fresh carrots, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, these cookies taste like classic carrot cake but in a portable form.
3. Cream Cheese Frosting Surprise
No carrot cake is complete without cream cheese frosting! Each cookie is stuffed with a frozen cream cheese filling that stays creamy even after baking.
4. Easy to Customize
Add nuts (like pecans or walnuts) or decorate with sugar carrots for a festive touch!
Perfect Carrot Cake Cookies
Description
Indulge in these irresistible Carrot Cake Cookies soft, spiced, and packed with a luscious cream cheese surprise! Perfect for Easter, spring gatherings, or anytime you crave a handheld carrot cake treat.
Cream Cheese Filling
Carrot Cookie Dough
Nutrition Facts
Servings 16
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 180kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 9g14%
- Total Carbohydrate 22g8%
- Dietary Fiber 0.5g2%
- Sugars 14g
- Protein 2g4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Note
- Carrot Prep is Key: Blotting the carrots ensures the cookies stay chewy, not soggy.
- Freeze Filling Solid: This prevents leakage during baking.
- Storage: Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Freeze unbaked dough balls for up to 1 month.
- Decorating Tip: Press a sugar carrot decoration into warm cookies for a festive touch!
