These are seriously the best cookies 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 even better. 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!
M&M EASTER COOKIES
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO MAKE EASTER COOKIES?
- butter
- white sugar
- brown sugar
- flour
- baking powder
- baking soda
- vanilla
- egg
- pastel colored M&M’s
- chocolate chips
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.
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!
M&M Easter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup pastel colored M&M's
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a large bowl, cream softened butter, white and brown sugar.
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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.
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In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda with a whisk.
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Add egg and vanilla to bowl with butter and sugar mixture. Beat for a few minutes until combined.
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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.
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Add pastel colored M&M's and chocolate chips and mix by hand.
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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.
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Press 3 or 4 pastel M&M's onto the top of each cookie before putting them in the oven.
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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.
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When the cookies come out of the oven, move to rack to cool after a few minutes.
This nutritional information is approximate and was calculated using online calculators. Your nutritional information may vary depending on numerous factors.
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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!