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Chocolate M&M Cookies – Super thick, chewy, and soft chocolate cookies studded with lots of mini M&M’s.
It is Friday, are you ready for the weekend? Do you have something special planned for Mom on Sunday? I sent my Mom and MIL special gifts in the mail this week. As for our house, I leave that up to the boys. Usually my husband does a great job of doing something special for me on Mother’s Day.
Last year we went mini-golfing, he made breakfast and lunch for us, and then we all made homemade pasta for dinner. Personally, I don’t need much. Doing the dishes, and cooking a meal is perfect in my book. And maybe some Peanut Butter Stuffed Brownies to cap it all off.
So…I made cookies. Seriously, soft, chewy, and chocolate-y cookies. My 8 year old declared them his new favorite cookie. Even with trying to eat healthier, I couldn’t keep out of these.
It was a really good thing I was taking them to school for all of the teachers to enjoy, or I would have eaten the entire batch! I might have a will power issue, just a small one! Something about M&M’s get me every time! White Chocolate M&M Fudge is irristitble.
If you are still wondering what to do for Mother’s Day, these chocolate M&M cookies would be great to whip up. They come together very quickly, and are super easy! Or Mom’s, you can just make them on your own, so you know there will be a sweet treat in store for you 🙂
A picnic lunch, with Taco Pasta salad and these chocolate M&M cookies for dessert? Sounds like a great Sunday afternoon to me.
Chocolate M&M Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, , softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 whole large egg, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 1 cup mini M&M's, plus 1/4 cup for the top
Instructions
- In a stand mixer, cream the butter for 20 seconds. Add the sugars, and cream until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla, mix until combined. Mix in the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. The dough should be pretty thick. Using a spatula, mix in the milk. Stir in 1 cup of mini M&M's.
- Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes. The longer it chills, the thicker the cookies will be!
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scoop golf ball sized balls of dough into a baking sheet. Press a few mini M&M's into the top of each ball of dough.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes. The cookies will be done on the edges, but appear underdone in the center. Let the cookies cool on a baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
- Store in an air tight container for up to a week
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
My little helper thought the M&M’s needed to be arranged better 🙂
100% sold on these! M&M cookies are big in our house. Thanks for the recipe!
Your cookies are so pretty with the chocolate and pops of bright colors from the candies!!! Such a fun cookie to bake and share 😉
These cookies look delicious, simple and so fun! Hope you had a nice mother’s day!
yum! i love cookies with m&ms so much, and the chocolate base? these look amazing!
There were awesome and so chewy! Thanks so much for the recipe.
Thanks, I am so glad you liked them!
Delicious and pretty! I tried to make with white chocolates and they didn’t turn ok on the oven! But i highly recommend this recipe. My version here http://cozinhandoainternet.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/chocolate-mm-cookies-ou-cookies-felizes-de-chocolate/ 🙂
How many cookies does this recipe yield?
About 3 dozen, depending on the size of your cookies.
I was excited about this recipe and the cookies looked great coming out of the oven. Unfortunately, as they sat on the pan to cool they quickly sunk to flat, disappointing looking things. The taste was fine, but they just didn’t look like the plump cookies I imagined.
You may try chilling your dough next time, or adding a little bit more flour (1/4 cup will make for thicker cookies).