These M&M Easter Cookies are seriously one of the best cookie recipes ever! Run, don't walk, to the kitchen and bake up a batch. There is nothing I love more than a good chocolate chip cookie and I found a way to make my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe better.
How? By adding some M&M's. But not just any old M&M's. Nope! To help celebrate Easter and Spring, I added pastel colored M&M's and they made these cookies look so festive. But even better than the way they look is the way these M&M Easter Cookies taste. Yum!
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Why You'll Love This Easter Cookies Recipe
- Festive and colorful: These cookies use pastel-colored M&Ms that bring a fun, Easter-themed vibe to the classic chocolate chip cookie. They’re perfect for brightening up your dessert table during the holiday!
- Soft and chocolaty: If you’re a chocolate lover, these cookies are a dream come true. With both M&Ms and chocolate chips packed into every bite, they’re soft, gooey, and loaded with chocolate goodness just like our M&M Cookies Recipe.
- Quick and easy to make: From start to finish, you’re looking at just 30 minutes! This recipe is as straightforward as it gets, which is great for busy days when you still want to bake something yummy.
- Kid-approved and fun to make: Kids will love helping out with these cookies—from mixing the dough to pressing extra M&Ms on top before baking. It’s a fun activity to share with the family and gets everyone involved in the kitchen.
- Perfect for sharing: These cookies are great for any Easter gathering, as party favors, or just as a sweet surprise for friends and neighbors. They’re guaranteed to be a hit with everyone!
- Beginner-friendly: The recipe is straightforward and doesn’t require any fancy equipment. Whether you’re new to baking or just want an easy win, these cookies are super approachable.
- Customizable sweetness: Not celebrating Easter? Swap out the pastel M&Ms for regular or seasonal ones to enjoy this cookie recipe for any occasion!
Ingredients
To make these M&M Cookies you will need butter, white sugar, brown sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, egg, pastel colored M&M's and chocolate chips.
Adding the M&Ms with the chocolate chips makes for the most chocolaty cookie ever.
How to make M&M Easter Cookies
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, cream softened butter, white and brown sugar.
You can use a stand mixer or a handheld mixer. Mix on medium speed for about two minutes, until the mixture becomes incorporated and fluffy. Set bowl aside.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda with a whisk.
Add egg and vanilla to bowl with butter and sugar mixture.
Beat for a few minutes until combined.
Add the flour mixture to the bowl with the wet ingredients. Add a little at a time and mix with mixer until all the flour has been incorporated.
Add pastel colored M&M's and chocolate chips and mix by hand.
Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Place rounded tablespoons full of dough onto the parchment paper a few inches apart. You should be able to get 12 cookies on a cookie sheet.
Press 3 or 4 pastel M&M's onto the top of each cookie before putting them in the oven.
Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes or until the edges become crisp. You want to be sure not to overcook these Easter M&M Cookies. You want to take them out of the oven while the middles are still a little soft.
When the cookies come out of the oven, move to rack to cool after a few minutes.
Then these M&M Easter Cookies are ready to eat!
I love how these are packed with so much chocolate. Between the chocolate chips and the M&M's you will be in chocolate heaven!
📖 Recipe
M&M Easter Cookies
Equipment
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Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup pastel colored M&M's
- ¾ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.In a large bowl, cream softened butter, white and brown sugar.
- You can use a stand mixer or a handheld mixer. Mix on medium speed for about two minutes, until the mixture becomes incorporated and fluffy. Set bowl aside.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda with a whisk.
- Add egg and vanilla to bowl with butter and sugar mixture. Beat for a few minutes until combined.
- Add the flour mixture to the bowl with the wet ingredients. Add a little at a time and mix with mixer until all the flour has been incorporated.
- Add pastel colored M&M's and chocolate chips and mix by hand.
- Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Place rounded tablespoons full of dough onto the parchment paper a few inches apart. You should be able to get 12 cookies on a cookie sheet.
- Press 3 or 4 pastel M&M's onto the top of each cookie before putting them in the oven.
- Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes or until the edges become crisp. You want to be sure not to overcook these M&M Easter Cookies. You want to take them out of the oven while the middles are still a little soft.
- When the cookies come out of the oven, move to rack to cool after a few minutes.
Nutrition
This nutritional information is approximate and was calculated using online calculators. Your nutritional information may vary depending on numerous factors.
Frequently asked questions
If your cookies are flat try using room temperature eggs and butter.
The best way to bake soft cookies is to remove them from the oven a few minutes early. They will appear to be a bit under baked.
Beth says
Yum! My teens are going to love these cookies! Can’t wait to give these a try! I’m excited to make these with my daughter!
Shashi says
Oh wow! Im drooling over here - I could do some serious damage to a batch of these and not feel guilty! YUM!
Cynthia | What A Girl Eats says
These cookies are so cute! Perfect for Easter or an Easter basket. Thank you!
Ashley F. says
These were so fun to make with the kids! Super tasty too!
Biana says
These cookies look amazing - I love how much chocolate is in them!