A friend told me that eating these Funfetti Oreo cookies made her feel like a kid again — and honestly, I couldn't agree more. They’re soft and chewy, packed with rainbow sprinkles and crushed Oreos, and they come together fast with simple steps. If nostalgia had a flavor, it’d be these birthday-cake vibes in cookie form, perfect for parties, or just because.
If you're looking for more desserts packed with sprinkles, Oreos, nostalgia, or all of the above, I've got you covered. The below options are great for a birthday party or different special occasions.
- Birthday cake muffins - Find a cuter dessert for starting someone's birthday. I dare ya.
- Chocolate sprinkle cookies - When a cookie and brownie meet up for a party. 🎉
- Cookies and cream cookies - These taste like a childhood afterschool snack in the best way.
- Funfetti-style mini cake - No mixer needed for the layers on this cute little cake! And the insides are sprinkles galore.
- Chocolate sprinkle cake - This is another fun cake option to up the festive vibes! 🥳
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Recipe Highlights at a Glance
30 minutes • 16–18 cookies
- No chill dough: Cool the melted butter briefly, then mix and bake.
- Soft and chewy texture: Brown sugar and melted butter combine to create a nice chewiness.
- Cake-batter flavor: We recreate this nostalgic flavor with a mixture of clear vanilla and almond extracts.
- Loaded with Oreo pieces and rainbow sprinkles (with extra Oreo pieces on top).
- Step-by-step photos included to make the recipe easy on the first try!
What is Funfetti?
If funfetti is new to you, I'm honored to make the introduction! Funfetti is a type of baked good containing sprinkles.
The term “funfetti” also can refer to the brand, Pillsbury, which first popularized funfetti by incorporating sprinkles into batters and frostings. You can read more about its colorful history in this piece by the New York Times.
Feel free to swap the sprinkle colors in and out for different occasions: rainbow for birthday, red and green for Christmas, or even use a pastel mix for spring. The colors give you so many ways to change up this recipe seasonally!
Looking for another way of saying "Happy Birthday" with baked goods? These homemade funfetti muffins are a great way to kick off someone's morning and birthday celebrations!
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Ingredients You'll Need
I'm highlighting some of the key ingredients in these chewy Oreo funfetti cookies. Find all the details in the recipe card at the bottom of the post, too.
- Oreo crumbs - Like my Oreo coffee cookies, chocolate Oreo cookie pieces bring a distinctive taste and added crunch to these cookies! Be sure to keep the Oreo filling, too - bits of it all are going into this dough!
- Clear imitation vanilla extract (pure vanilla extract works but is different) – Not only does clear imitation vanilla extract tend to be cheaper, it actually creates a more authentic Funfetti flavor. It also keeps your cookies whiter (given that vanilla extract is brown) and retains more flavor when baked at higher temperatures. You can read more about it from Wilton’s blog.
- Almond extract – Taking a note from Molly Yeh’s funfetti cake recipe, use a hint of almond extract. In combination with the clear vanilla extract, it really brings in that nostalgic funfetti cake batter flavor.
- Rainbow sprinkles – Whether you’re making this recipe for birthday parties or a regular weekday, these cookies call for funfetti sprinkles! In addition to adding great color and playfulness to the dough, they can add a pleasant crunch or texture contrast to the cookies.
- Melted butter – Instead of creaming room temperature butter and sugar, we combine it and other ingredients with melted butter. Cookies made with melted butter often have a denser and chewier texture, helping them have soft pillowy centers. Melted butter coats the flour proteins more effectively, inhibiting gluten development. Less gluten formation leads to a softer, more tender cookie. The process of melting butter allows its water content to evaporate, concentrating the buttery flavor. This can contribute to a more pronounced butter taste in the final product.
Recipe Variations
- Golden Oreo Funfetti Cookies: Substitute Golden Oreos 1:1 for a sweeter, more vanilla-flavored cookie.
- Oreo Sprinkle Cookies: Use seasonal jimmies to match the occasion (birthday, Christmas, pastel for spring).
- Oreo-Stuffed Version: Wrap dough around 1 whole Oreo per cookie before baking
Best Results: Baking in Grams
If you’re not already, use a kitchen scale for accuracy in baking.
While I include cups and grams in my recipe cards, weighing your ingredients and writing or following a recipe using a standard metric like grams ensures consistency.
I highly recommend investing $30 or less in a kitchen scale.
How to Make Funfetti Oreo Cookies (No Chill)
After you’ve melted your butter, preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Start measuring out all your ingredients besides your butter, which should cool on the counter for 15 minutes before you move ahead with the recipe.
Crush your Oreos into small pieces (filling included), and set aside about a dozen larger pieces. Ideally, none of the bigger ones are larger than about a quarter the size of a regular Oreo cookie.
Next, with the paddle attachment of your stand mixer, cream cooled melted butter, vanilla and almond extracts, and sugars together in your mixing bowl for 3 minutes.
Stop the electric mixer and add your salt, baking powder, and baking soda as well as your egg. Mix for about 45 seconds on medium speed.
Stop the mixer to add your flour. Scrape the sides of the bowl to ensure all ingredients are coming together before mixing again for another 30-45 seconds.
Pause the mixer to add finely crushed Oreo pieces and rainbow sprinkles to the bowl, resuming mixing until they’re well-combined (about 30 seconds).
Scoop small (about ⅔ the size of a golf ball) round portions of your cookie dough onto an ungreased aluminum baking sheet (no parchment paper needed), with about 2 inches between each of them.
Press your remaining larger Oreo pieces into any cookie dough balls that could use more Oreo on top. Bake for 10-11 minutes.
Transfer cookies to cooling racks after they’ve sat on the cookie sheet about 10 minutes outside of the oven and are firm enough to handle.
Tips for Thick, Round Cookies
Want cookies that are nice and evenly round?
As soon as the cookies are out of the oven, use a cookie cutter or even the open side of a glass that's slightly bigger than the cookies. Use it to gently slide the cookies into a more uniformly circular shape.
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FAQ for Funfetti Oreo Cookies
No. This recipe is designed to be mixed and baked without chilling—just let the melted butter cool briefly so the dough mixes properly. If you want an extra-thick cookie, you can chill the scooped dough balls for 30–60 minutes, but it isn’t required.
You could!
I'm such a fan of the classic chocolate Oreo that I didn't test these with the golden variety. But feel free to swap them 1:1. Expect a lighter-looking cookie and a more vanilla-forward “birthday cake” vibe.
Among many factors, brown sugar and browned or melted butter help produce cookies with soft centers and a hint of chewiness.
Brown sugar adds moisture, and baking just until the edges are set (with centers slightly underdone) keeps the final texture soft after carryover heat finishes the bake.
I haven't tested these that way, but it would be a fun variation.
I'd suggest making that version by wrapping the dough around a whole Oreo and sealing it well before baking.
These cookies will still taste fresh for 2-3 days at room temperature in an air-tight container.
Alternatively, the balls of dough freeze well. Store them in an airtight container in the freezer and bring them out to bake whenever cookie cravings hit!
You can also store already-baked cookies in your freezer for up to 3 months.
When you add sprinkles to your dough at the end of mixing, they really don't have much time to bleed. So long as you don't overmix, you should be good to go here!
I find that jimmies work best, and most sprinkle brands you'll find at your local grocery store don't lose their color.
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Funfetti Oreo Cookies
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 16 - 18 cookies 1x
Description
Soft, chewy Funfetti Oreo cookies packed with sprinkles and Oreo pieces. This no chill dough is ready in about 30 minutes and perfect for birthdays and parties.
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons (113 grams) unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup (120 grams) white sugar
- ¼ cup (45 grams) firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 ½ tsp imitation vanilla extract
- ½ tsp almond extract
- ½ teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 ¾ cups (200 grams) all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1 cup (90 grams) crushed Oreos, filling included (about 8 cookies)
- ½ cup (85 grams) rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Melt butter and let it cool for 15 minutes before step three.
- Cream cooled melted butter, vanilla and almond extracts, and sugars together in your mixing bowl for 3 minutes.
- Stop the mixer and add your salt, baking powder, and baking soda as well as your egg. Mix for about 45 seconds on medium speed before stopping the mixer to add your flour. Mix 30 more seconds on medium speed before pausing the mixer to add finely crushed Oreo pieces and sprinkles to the bowl, resuming mixing until they’re well-combined (about 30 seconds).
- Scoop small (about ⅔ the size of a golf ball) round portions of your cookie dough onto ungreased aluminum baking sheets, with about 2 inches between each of them. Bake for 10-11 minutes.
- Transfer cookies to cooling racks after they’ve sat on the baking sheets about 10 minutes outside of the oven and are firm enough to handle.
Notes
The nutritional information provided is an estimate based on the ingredients listed and is calculated using online nutritional calculators. This information may vary depending on various factors such as specific brands used, methods of preparation, and portion sizes. Please note that these estimates are not a substitute for professional dietary advice.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: ~190
- Sugar: ~18.0 g
- Sodium: ~105 mg
- Fat: ~7.3 g
- Saturated Fat: ~4.0 g
- Carbohydrates: ~29.3 g
- Fiber: ~0.5 g
- Protein: ~2.1 g
- Cholesterol: ~27 mg
Li Yang
Just made these funfetti oreo cookies and OMG, they're fantastic! Your step by step guide was super easy to follow, and the cookies turned out perfectly - soft, chewy, and super fun with those oreo bits and sprinkls. Also, the photos are so gorgeous, they're literally my desktop background. Makes me smile every time I look at my screen now 🙂 Can't wait to bake another batch. Thanks for sharing this recipe !!
Susan
Thank you so much! So happy to read that you enjoyed them as much as I had hoped!