These Key Lime Delights are absolutely delight-ful! If you love citrus as much as we do, this best cookie recipe is for you!

The citrus flavor pops when you bite into them, making them distinct and memorable.

Key lime delights are a blue ribbon winning creation from the 2013 Indiana State Fair, created by entrant and home baker Rebecca Burgardt.

In the cookie dough itself, there is butter, of course, along with cream cheese, and both grated key lime peel and fresh key lime juice, among other ingredients. The cream cheese combined with the butter gives the cookie a richness you will love. A touch of green food coloring gives a hint of the cookie’s citrus flavor.

The powdered sugar topping adds another element of richness and color to these award-winning key lime delights. The topping features finely chopped dried pineapple and mango, as well as more juice and lime peel. The topping’s viscosity can be thick and frosting-like. However, you could add extra fresh key lime juice to thin it out to your preferred consistency.

During our recipe run through in the kitchen, we absolutely fell in LOVE with these cookies. You’re sure to flip over them too. Big citrus fan? Do a search for “citrus” on our main blog page and find a treasure trove of citrus sweet treats.

-Cyndi