I can't believe it is already day 21 of our Holiday Cookies and Treats! Today we are wishing everyone a Mele Kalikimaka with Hawaiian Host Milk Chocolate AlohaMac Butter Cookies!
I would be seriously remiss if I did not include a little Aloha in my holiday cookies. The Hawaiian Islands are a huge part of my life and a place I hope to retire too at some point. This year we missed our family trip to Hawaii for a variety of reasons and I have to say I am missing the Aloha spirit and sunshine right now. My parents have been tormenting us with photos of the beach, City of Refuge and tropical beverages....Just plain evil of them if I do say so myself.
I decided to bring the Aloha spirit into the house by baking with seriously yummy Hawaiian Host Milk Chocolate AlohaMacs! It doesn't get much better than biting into a Hawaiian Host chocolate treat.
I had to hide the box from John because he LOVES Hawaiian Host Chocolates. I don't want to give my hiding spot away in case he reads this post but let me tell you it is a process to keep these chocolates away from my Husband. I actually made the cookies while he was at work because I didn't think there would be enough Hawaiian Host chocolates to make it in the dough if he was home.
Hawaiian Host Milk Chocolate AlohaMac Butter Cookies
Ingredients:
Hawaiian Host Milk Chocolate AlohaMacs 7 oz. (14 pieces)
Butter, unsalted (room temperature) 1/2 cup
Sugar, granulated 1/2 cup
Light Brown sugar, granulated 1/2 cup
Egg, Large 1
Vanilla Extract 1/2 teaspoon
Flour 1 1/4 cup
Salt 1/2 teaspoon
Baking Soda 1/2 teaspoon
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix butter and sugars in large bowl until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg and beat, then add vanilla extract.
4. Mix flour, salt and soda, and add gradually to butter mixture.
5. Fold in Hawaiian Host Milk Chocolate AlohaMac pieces.
6. Drop rounded spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.
7. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until light brown.
8. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Then place on wire rack to cool
A cool cookie tip
When you want to showcase the ingredients you have added to your cookies make sure roll the cookie dough in a bit of extra ingredients or if you are using a cookie scoop add the ingredients inside the scoop before you put the dough in.
This will help to ensure that your special ingredients can be seen. Plus it makes your cookies look chunky and yummy with Hawaiian Host Chocolate AlohaMacs!
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25 Days of Holiday cookies and treats
Day 1 - Krumkake
Day 2 - Crock Pot Cinnamon Pecans
Day 3 - Sweet & Spicy Almonds
Day 4 - Minty Chocolate Balls
Day 5 - Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Day 6- Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Day 7- Molasses Cookies
Day 8- Ranger Cookies
Day 9 - Coconut Pineapple Drop Cookies
Day 10- Chocolate Chip Coconut Rum Cookies
Day 11 - Apricot Coconut Cookie
Day 12 - Butter Pecan Cookies
Day 13 - Frosted Pineapple Cookies
Day 14 - White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies
Day 15 - Butterscotch No Bake Cookies
Day 16 - Bourbon Pecan Pralines
Day 17 - No Bake Chocolate Mocha Cookies
Day 18 - Caramel Cheesecake in a Jar
Day 19 - Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels
Day 20 - Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Make sure to check back each morning for a new holiday cookie and treat recipe!
Do you love recipes? Check out our copy cat recipes, dessert recipes, and our Crock Pot Recipes.
Ingredients
- Hawaiian Host Milk Chocolate AlohaMacs 7 oz. 14 pieces
- Butter unsalted (room temperature) 1/2 cup
- Sugar granulated 1/2 cup
- Light Brown sugar granulated 1/2 cup
- Egg Large 1
- Vanilla Extract 1/2 teaspoon
- Flour 1 1/4 cup
- Salt 1/2 teaspoon
- Baking Soda 1/2 teaspoon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix butter and sugars in large bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and beat, then add vanilla extract.
- Mix flour, salt and soda, and add gradually to butter mixture.
- Fold in Hawaiian Host Milk Chocolate pieces.
- Drop rounded spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until light brown.
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Then place on wire rack to cool
Anonymous
This is my first time visit at here and i am actually happy to read everthing at one place.
Melissa
Wow, those sound fantastic! We love Hawaiian Host!
Stefani
All of these cookies look so delicious! I need to get to making my batches of Christmas cookies.
Jennifer
I can't even handle this one. I want to crawl through my screen and bite those cookies!! YUM YUM!!!!!
Dawn
Oh my gosh! Those cookies look so good.
Becca
Those cookies look so good that I want to eat them even though I'm not a big macadamia nut lover. I am off to go look at your other cookie posts now!
Jodi
Those look amazing! My husband and I honeymooned on Maui over Christmas the year we got married. It was so incredible! Coming from the midwest, It was a bit odd for us to see all the Christmas lights on palm trees. Not that we couldn't get used to it though. 😉 We loved everyone saying Mele Kalikimaka.
Kayla
What a beautiful way to pay tribute to the Hawaiian Islands this holiday season! I must agree with you; how completely and totally devious they are to torture you with pictures of the sunshine and beach.
I certainly hope that you'll be able to travel back there soon so you can torture all your blog readers with the sunshine and beach, too. LOL
Amanda
These look amazing! I am all about the nuts so these wouldn't last long at my house!
brett
wow 25 days of cookies.... i'm doing 12 and trying to keep up!!
these look amazing. i've never had hawaiian host chocolate but now i really, really want to
Tara
Great recipe! Another to add to the cookie list!
Libby's Library
OMGosh - these look so good. We have a daughter that lived in Punalu'u for several years and we came to love macadamia nuts. This recipe is going on my list.
Janel
Wow, those cookies look amazing!! White chocolate macadamia nut cookies are my favorite, so I think I would LOVE these!!
Pam
Those cookies look great. The pictures are making my mouth water!
Nicole B
Hawaiian Host is so good and I'm sure your cookies are amazing. They look so good!
Jeannette
Those cookies looks so good! I've never heard of Hawaiian Host but I think I need to find some so I can create these!
Jen
Oh my goodness those cookies look ah-mazing!!!! 25 days of cookies?!?! Do you need a taste tester?
Marysa
These look so good! I will definitely have to check out those AlohaMacs! And I love your stocking!
Angela
This is such an interesting and delicious looking recipe. I have never heard of AlohaMac before.
Ellen Christian
That looks amazing. I need to look for these.
mel
How delicious! This looks so good!
Kristy
These look DELISH!! I am definitely going to be making these soon!
April G
My, my, my!!! Those look amazing!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I'll add it to my list of desserts to try! 🙂
kymi a
lol I'm laughing at myself, I am born and raised in Hawaii and love Hawaiian Host candies but never thought or even ate something like this and it's scrumptious looking! I'm going to wow my family and they aren't even going to know my secret Hawaiian ingredient muhahaha. jk, Sharing is Caring. Mahalo for sharing this ONO (yummy) recipe!
Jennifer
Oh boy, these cookies look amazing!! I have always wanted to do a series of cookies post but my schedule is just too crazy. I love yours!