3-Ingredient Homemade Twix Bites (+ video) (2024)

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These 3-ingredient homemade Twix bites are made from vanilla wafers, Rolo candies, and melted chocolate! That’s right—I said Rolos! They are the perfect bite-sized treat and are easy to make! Be sure to check out my PEANUT BUTTER version (they taste like Girl Scout peanut butter cookies!) or our YORK peppermint bites!

You might also like our homemade butterfingers, our homemade Mounds and Almond Joy bites, or our homemade Tootsie Rolls!

Watch our step by step video!

Homemade Twix Bites (Made with 3 Ingredients!)

I know what you’re thinking, “She’s saying TWIX bites, but they are made with Rolos. What the heck?” It’s true. These Twix bites are made with Rolo candies, but taste JUST LIKE TWIX candy bars! They are such a fun treat to make and I can see this being added to holiday treat platters right along-side their friend—pretzel Rolos. I was inspired by the ones made by Mama Bear’s Recipes and recreated them with a few tweaks!

Twix candy bars start with a cookie base, a caramel center, and are dipped in chocolate. These homemade Twix bites are made the same way, but use shortcut ingredients like vanilla wafers and Rolos.

Dipped in chocolate they look like fancy chocolate candies, but there’s nothing fancy about them. It only takes 3 ingredients to make these semi-homemade treats. One batch makes 36.

Homemade Twix Bites Ingredients

72 MINI Nilla Wafer cookies: you can use regular-sized cookies, but I think the mini ones are a better cookie-caramel ratio. The smaller size also makes them easier to dip and they are the perfect size to pop into your mouth.

1 (7.6-ounce) bag of Rolos: grab the unwrapped ones if you can. It’ll save you a step!

8 ounces chocolate chips or melting chocolate wafers: I used milk chocolate chips and added a couple of teaspoons of coconut oil to make it extra smooth for dipping.

How To Make Homemade Twix Bites

Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.

Place vanilla wafer cookies onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Place 36 cookies onto the sheet.

Place a Rolo candy in the center of each one.

Heat in oven for 90 seconds.

Now hear me out, I know that 90 seconds sounds very specific, but trust me on this. I experimented with baking temps. 2-3 minutes is too long and the caramel will begin to ooze out of the cookie. 1 minute isn’t long enough to soften the Rolo. 90 seconds is just right to soften the chocolate slightly, but the caramel is still a little firm. We’re NOT squishing or completely flattening the Rolo, just adding a cookie on top and slightly pressing down.

Remove from the oven and place another cookie on top of each Rolo candy, pressing down slightly.

Chill the tray of cookies in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes, or until chocolate has set.

Melt chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave. You can use melting chocolate wafers or chocolate chips. I used 8 ounces of chocolate chips and a teaspoon or two of coconut oil then microwaved it for 60 seconds and stirred it until everything was melted and smooth.

Dip cookie sandwiches into chocolate using a chocolate dipping tool or fork. Tap the tool or fork against the side of the bowl to allow the excess chocolate to drip off before transferring the cookie back to the baking sheet.

Refrigerate cookies until the chocolate has hardened.

(Note: the swirly design on the top of my Twix bites comes from using the dipping tool. If you use a fork the tops of yours will be smooth)

Store homemade Twix bites in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

Homemade Twix Bites