Four Crumbl Cookie Copycat Recipes Ranked: Which One Is Worth Baking at Home

Introduction

Crumbl Cookies still draws a line out the door, and at roughly $6.50 per cookie, the question many bakers ask is whether these elaborate, oversized cookies can realistically be recreated at home. We tested copycat recipes for four flavors from the lineup: the Dubai style chocolate cookie, the blueberry muffin cookie, the raspberry lemonade cookie, and the Snickers peanut butter cookie. Some recipes came from established copycats, others were pieced together from clues, and each finished cookie was compared directly against the original.

Blueberry Muffin Cookie

This was the most straightforward bake of the four, thanks to a complete copycat recipe. The dough starts with creamed butter and brown sugar, then egg and vanilla, followed by 17 ounces of muffin mix and just a quarter cup of flour. The batter is folded by hand rather than mixed hard, with dried blueberry bits folded in along with fresh blueberries. A streusel of flour, brown sugar, white sugar, and melted butter gets crumbled over each third-cup dough ball before baking.

The result impressed immediately. The copycat smelled like the classic grocery store blueberry mini muffins, and the streusel bakes right into the cookie instead of sitting loosely on top like the original’s, which tends to fall off. The original tastes more like a lightly salty, high-end sugar cookie with a hint of blueberry, while the copycat leans fully into that muffin character. The copycat version was rated a 9 out of 10 for being balanced, flavorful, and not overly decadent. This is the one to bake first.

Snickers Peanut Butter Cookie

For anyone who loves peanut butter and chocolate, this cookie speaks directly to that combination. The dough uses creamed butter and sugars, peanut butter, vanilla, and an egg, with dry ingredients folded in gently before roughly chopped Snickers bars are folded through. Some pieces stay inside the cookie and some sit on top.

The original has an impressively thick build, roughly twice as thick as the copycat version, though a closer look revealed mostly whole peanuts on top rather than actual Snickers pieces. The copycat delivers far more Snickers flavor, with real chunks in the dough and on top, plus a caramel buttercream swirl finished with chocolate drizzle. The flavor is genuinely excellent, sweet and decadent, best enjoyed as a single rich bite rather than a whole-cookie session. The recipe earned a 7 out of 10, held back mainly by the thinner cookie build and the cost of using enough real Snickers bars.

Raspberry Lemonade Cookie

No complete copycat exists for this one, so it was assembled from a lemon cookie base with a different icing approach. The dough takes lemon zest and lemon juice alongside the standard creamed butter, sugar, and egg. A slightly heavy hand with the lemon juice made the cookies softer and thinner than intended, and extra flour and baking soda were needed to bring back some structure.

Both versions use the same style of buttercream, divided and flavored separately: a half lemon, half raspberry pairing for this cookie. The raspberry icing, made with seedless raspberry jam, was the standout element, tasting fresh and vibrant. The lemon side used a small amount of lemon extract to avoid curdling the buttercream. Overall the copycat landed at a 5 out of 10. The raspberry icing outshines the original’s, but the cookie itself needs more lemon flavor, more thickness, and a thicker coat of that raspberry icing to reach its potential.

Dubai Style Chocolate Cookie

This flavor has no published copycat, so it was built from a chocolate Crumbl thin recipe paired with a homemade Dubai chocolate filling. The sandwich uses two thin chocolate cookies, which required some experimenting: extra melted butter, pre-squished dough balls, and less dough per ball to get them to bake flat enough for a sandwich.

The filling involves toasting shredded kataifi pastry in butter, then folding it into pistachio cream. It is finicky work, and the mixture resists spreading neatly. The comparison was honest on both sides. The original is crunchier, lighter in color, and slightly bitter, likely from a heavier tahini content, while the copycat is softer, chewier, and more chocolatey, though arguably lacking balance. Neither version won anyone over completely. At a 3.5 out of 10, this was the biggest disappointment of the flight, despite being the most anticipated flavor. If Dubai chocolate is not already a flavor you love, this cookie will not convert you.

Is Baking Them at Home Worth It?

The honest answer is yes, but not without effort. Crumbl’s pricing sits well above the typical $2 to $3 per ordinary bakery cookie because these are large, elaborate, multi-component cookies. Recreating them at home means sourcing specialty items like kataifi pastry and pistachio cream, managing finicky fillings, and accepting some trial and error along the way. The payoff is cookies that are arguably more gourmet than store-bought, and in two of the four cases here, clearly better than the original.

Conclusion

The blueberry muffin cookie is the clear winner of this flight and the easiest recipe to succeed with on a first attempt. The Snickers peanut butter cookie is a close second for anyone who loves peanut butter and chocolate. The raspberry lemonade cookie has potential but needs refinement, and the Dubai style chocolate cookie is only worth the effort if the trend flavor genuinely appeals to you. All four original cookies are still delicious, but for home bakers, two of these copycats are worth making before buying a box.