When I’m in the mood to bake, I whip up some family favorite dessert recipes such as monster cookies, s’mores cookies, Nutella cake, heart cookies or these simple yet totally satisfying M&M cookies. Sometimes you just need some good cookie recipes in your life! While many people turn to chocolate chip cookies as their favorite, I actually prefer M&M cookies. The chewiness of a brown sugar cookie with plenty of milk chocolate just can’t be beat.
M&M Cookies Ingredients
To make this recipe, you will need butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, all purpose flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, salt and M&M’s candies.
How Do You Make M&M Cookies?
M&M cookies are quite easy to make. Start with a brown sugar dough by beating together brown sugar and butter until the mixture is light and fluffy. Then add some eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture, and the wet ingredients for the dough are complete. In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Stir the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix them together until they form a dough. Fold in some M&Ms and the dough is ready. Make little balls out of the dough and feel free to put some M&Ms in the top of the dough balls. Chill the dough on a baking sheet, then bake it into golden brown cookies. You may need to work in batches. Once they cool a little on a wire rack and firm up, they are ready to serve and enjoy!
Tips For M&M Cookies
Scoop your cookie dough with a measuring spoon or cookie dough scoop to make sure you end up with cookies that are all the same size. These cookies stay fresh in an airtight container for up to 5 days. After the cookies bake, let the cookies firm up for 3-5 minutes on a sheet pan before you transfer them to a cooling rack. I like to use a nonstick baking mat to cover my sheet pan so that my cookies don’t stick, but parchment paper will also work. I prefer to use a stand mixer, but an electric hand mixer will also work.
Flavor Variations
This recipe is great as-is, but you can change up some of the ingredients to suit your tastes.
Flavorings: Feel free to add some peppermint extract to the dough if you’re using holiday M&M’s for a festive Christmas cookie offering. Add-Ins: You can swap out some of the M&M’s for other ingredients such as toffee bits, nuts or chocolate chips. Toppings: Press the balls of cookie dough into rainbow sprinkles before you bake them for a fun and festive touch.
Holiday Cookies
The great part about these cookies is that you can use seasonal M&M colors to make your cookies appropriate for any holiday. I love to make these cookies around Christmas time with red and green candies, and I make them for Easter with pastel M&M’s. These M&M cookies take chocolate chip cookies to the next level with a delicious and crunchy M&Ms and a dough that bakes up soft on the inside and crispy on the outside. Take these cookies to parties, picnics or potlucks, or just make some for a snack.
