M&M Chocolate Cookies

An overhead shot of a tray of chocolate mm cookies with mm candy on the sides of the pan.

M&M Chocolate Cookies are soft-baked, full of rich chocolate flavor, and loaded with mini m&m candies. You'll love these chocolate cookies with colorful candy in them. Plus, they're great to change up for any Holiday with different m&m's.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate cookies with m&ms, chocolate m&m cookie recipe, m&m chocolate cookies

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 8

Servings cookies

Calories 184kcal

Author Jessica - Together as Family

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) butter softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt
2 cups mini m&m's reserve some for top of cookies

Instructions

Heat oven to 375°. Prepare a cookie sheet by spraying with cooking spray, using a silpat liner, or parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl with a handheld mixer, or use a stand mixer, add the butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Beat for 1-2 minutes until it's fluffy looking and combined.
Add the cocoa powder, eggs, and vanilla extract. Beat on low speed, increasing speed as needed, until combined.
Add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix on low speed just until combined. The dough will be thick, that's ok.
Add the mini m&m's, reserving some for the tops of the dough balls. Mix on low speed until combined.
Use a medium cookie scoop, or 2 tablespoons of dough, and roll into a ball. Place 12 cookies per cookie sheet. Gently press a few m&m's into the top of each cookie ball.
* Cookie dough balls should look like the size of a golf ball.
Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Watch closely so you don't overbake. Mine are done right at 8 minutes. Cookies should be puffy looking and baked with maybe some slightly wet spots in the cracks on the cookies. Cookies should not be browned at all.
Let the cookies cool on the warm cookie sheet for 10-15 minutes. Move them to a cooling rack to cool competely.
Store leftover cookies in an air-tight container, or gallon-sized Ziploc bag, for up to 4-5 days.

Notes

Nutrition Facts : Information is for one cookie. The recipe makes 36 cookies.

Freeze Cookies : Baked & cooled cookies freeze perfectly for up to 3 months. Freeze in a freezer-safe container or Ziploc bag. Warm up a cookie in the microwave to eat OR let it sit out at room temperature to thaw and soften.

M&M's : Use any m&m you want! Mint chocolate m&ms's for a mint chocolate cookie. Use the Holiday colored m&m's for any Holiday. Or peanut butter m&m's are also good in these cookies, along with the peanut m&m's. If you use the larger m&m varieties then you may want to chop them up before adding them into the dough.

Butter : I use salted butter for all my baking recipes. It balances out the sweetness well. You can use unsalted butter if that's what you prefer.

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