These Soft and Chewy M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies are an easy cookie recipe that is sure to satisfy your chocolate craving. Take your chocolate chip cookies to the next level by adding fun candies, that make them extra chocolaty and so colorful.
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The M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies are always a hit. They have so much flavor and are beautiful to look at. The best part is that you can use different color combinations for any holiday and also use different flavors of the coated candies.
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What We Love About This Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies Recipe
- 30 Minute Treat: These delectable cookies only take a half hour to create.
- Easy Ingredients: All found in pantry or fridge and nothing complicated in this simple recipe.
- Family Friendly: They are fun for kids to help make and everyone loves to eat these chewy cookies.
- Adaptable: Can make these M&M chocolate chip cookies in so many different flavors.
Ingredient Notes
- Unsalted Butter: This recipe takes room temperature unsalted butter.
- Egg: Always a large room temperature egg.
- Brown Sugar: Packed, light brown sugar.
- Pure Vanilla Extract: A good quality extract.
- M&Ms: Use mini M&M’s, holiday M&M’s etc.
Variations and Substitutions
- Different Flavors – Try peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips or even a sugar free chip for these cookies.
How to Make M & M Chocolate Cookies
These are the basic steps for making easy m&m cookies. Please refer to the recipe card below for more detailed instructions. Find more on Pinterest and Facebook.
STEP 1: DOUGH
First, in a large mixing bowl cream the butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, and beat on medium until creamed. If using a stand mixer use paddle attachment on medium-high speed. Add the flour, pudding mix, baking soda, salt, and beat on low speed until just combined. Scrap down the sides of the bowl of a stand mixer so everything is well combined. Lastly, stir in the M&M’s and chocolate chips.
STEP 2: SCOOP
Next, using a larger cookie scoop or your hands, form 12 equal-sized dough balls of dough, roll into balls, and flatten slightly. Place balls of uncooked dough on a large tray then cover with plastic wrap. Chill dough in fridge for 3 hours.
STEP 3: OVEN
Then preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone mat. Place dough in balls on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart. Bake for about 10 to 11 minutes.
STEP 4: COOL
Finally, Even if cookies appear slightly undercooked in the center remove them from the oven. The cookies firm up as they cool. Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet. Then transfer to a wire rack,
Prep and Storage Tips
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE AHEAD OF TIME
Uncooked dough will keep in a tightly sealed container for five days
HOW TO STORE THIS RECIPE
Cookies will keep in a tightly sealed container at room temperature for up to one week or frozen up to six months.
HOW TO FREEZE THIS RECIPE
Place in the freezer in an airtight container for up to three months.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can make these cookies with sugar free chocolate chips and coated candies such as these.
Of course, try using milk chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips or even peanut butter chips.
Indeed, this recipe is great for holidays such as easter, valentine’s day or birthdays. Of course they are great for Christmas using red and green M&M’s.
Expert Tips for Making This Recipe
- Add Nuts: Try using a tsp or two of pecans, walnuts or almonds in these soft and chewy cookies.
- Tip: After you have rolled the dough into balls go back with a few extra M&Ms and Chocolate chips and place them around the outside, Then when the cookies settle in the oven they will remain visible. This gives your cookies almost bakery style look.
- Baking: Even if cookies appear slightly undercooked in the center remove them from the oven. The cookies firm up as they cool.
- Different M&M’s: Try crispy, peanut butter, or caramel or other great flavors. Use different colors for different holidays such as pink and white for valentine’s day or pastels for Easter.
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M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup instant vanilla pudding mix, unprepared
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt, or to taste
- ¾ cup M&Ms, plus additional for adding to tops
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus additional for adding to tops
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl combine the butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, and beat on medium until creamed. This should take 3-4 minutes.
- If using a stand mixer use paddle attachment on medium-high speed.
- Add the flour, pudding mix, baking soda, salt, and beat on low speed until just combined. (This should take about 1 minute)
- Using a larger cookie scoop or your hands, form 12 equal-sized mounds of dough, roll into balls, and flatten slightly.
- Place balls of uncooked dough on a large tray then cover with plastic wrap.
- Chill dough in fridge for 3 hours. Do not skip this step. Unchilled dough will fall flat in the oven.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Place dough in balls on baking sheet, spaced at least 2 inches apart. Bake for about 10 to 11 minutes.
- Edges should be firm and tops should be just set.
- Even if cookies appear slightly undercooked in the center remove them from the oven. The cookies firm up as they cool. Allow cookies to completely cool on cookie sheet.
- Cookies will keep in a tightly sealed container at room temperature for up to one week or frozen up to six months.
- Uncooked dough will keep in a tightly sealed container for five days or frozen for three months.
Expert Tips
- Add Nuts: Try using a tsp or two of pecans, walnuts or almonds in these soft and chewy cookies.
- Tip: After you have rolled the dough into balls go back with a few extra M&Ms and Chocolate chips and place them around the outside, Then when the cookies settle in the oven they will remain visible. This gives your cookies almost bakery style look.
- Baking: Even if cookies appear slightly undercooked in the center remove them from the oven. The cookies firm up as they cool.
- Different M&M’s: Try crispy, peanut butter, or caramel or other great flavors. Use different colors for different holidays such as pink and white for valentine’s day or pastels for Easter.
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The recipe is fantastic once you get it right. I’m no chef, so I was following along step by step and got to the part where they were going into the oven and realized that nowhere in the INSTRUCTION section does the recipe mention… oh, say “M&M’s” or “chocolate chips. Had to put my dough back into a big ball and redo the cookies. They turned out great once all the ingredients were accounted for.
Sounds so good
Eileen these cookies didn’t last long after these pictures were taken. We love to eat them with a big glass of milk but they’re great with hot chocolate too!
Merry Christmas,
Susanne