Something amazing happened while I was baking yesterday…I came up with a new M&M’s Christmas Cookie Recipe (new to me anyway, I am sure someone else has thought of this before) that just about knocked my socks off!
I was making Christmas cookies for my friends and for my daughter’s bus driver and thought I’d try something different than the usual gingerbread cookies or sugar cookies. I bought red and green M&M’s on sale at Walgreens this past week so I thought I’d try making an M&M’s Christmas cookie recipe – everyone loves M&M’s, right?
Right.
So I brought down that heavy Kitchen Aide mixer and began mixing my batter…and when it got to the point in the recipe where I was supposed to add an entire 12 ounce bag of M&M’s, I realized that I had eaten almost half of the bag that I had opened on the counter.
I swear, I thought I’d only grabbed a handful! It must have been about three handfuls!
So…I emprovised and used half of a bag of M&M’s and half of a bag of Nestle Tollhouse mini chocolate chips.
The results? Pretty much the best cookie I’ve ever made in my life. So I want to share them with you!
Chocolate Chip M&M’s Christmas Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup of butter (at room temperature)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups regular all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 12-ounce package of M&Ms (I used green and red for Christmas but you can make these year round with any color!)
- 12 ounce package of Mini Chocolate Chips
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and the sugars, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda and salt, then add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.
Add M&M’s and Mini Chocolate Chips and either mix by hand or mix in the mixer – I mixed them in the mixer and I like the way there were a little bit of broken M&M pieces in the cookies!
Using teaspoons, drop cookies of about one teaspoon onto cookie sheets making them about two inches apart. I used parchment paper over my pan because it was not nonstick – if you aren’t using parchment paper or a nonstick pan, I suggest greasing your cookie sheet lightly.
Bake for 11 minutes for a cookie that is crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, or 12-13 minutes for a crispier cookie!
Let cool for about 10 minutes – I just slid the parchment paper off the cookie sheet onto my kitchen table so that I could use the cookie sheet for the next batch immediately.
Enjoy!
ohkeeka [The Type A Housewife] says
December 16, 2011 at 5:15 pmOh my gosh, I’m forever thinking that I came up with some new, awesome idea and then I Google it and find it in a million food blogs. But hey, these are new to me, so that counts for something, right? I love M&M cookies! Especially straight out of the oven when the chocolate in the center of the M&M is all melty.
Crystal says
December 16, 2011 at 5:56 pmOne word = AMAZING!
Will have to try this myself!
Dawn C says
December 16, 2011 at 10:03 pmThose look amazing! I haven’t had homebaked M&M cookies since i was a kid. I’ll have to do these with the kids.
Heather says
December 16, 2011 at 10:04 pmI could go for one of those right now!
HilLesha says
December 17, 2011 at 12:22 amSo yummy!
tamie says
December 17, 2011 at 12:38 amI think that my Nana would have loved this little twist for her Nestle Toll House cookie recipe. The M&Ms really make the cookies look so festive.
Becca says
December 17, 2011 at 12:29 pmThose look so delicious! I love any type of cookies with M&Ms!
Melissa Au says
December 17, 2011 at 2:01 pmYum! This look so yummy. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I think i’ll try these for our holiday cookies.
Karen says
December 17, 2011 at 9:21 pmMy little one would follow you anywhere! He is 2 and LOVES M&M’s and Cookies!! Seriously these look absolutely delicious!! I will have to try this recipe and I bet Santa would like a few himself!! Loved all of your detailed how to pics!!
Shop with Me Mama (Kim) says
December 17, 2011 at 9:55 pmOkay, I totally have to make these now! OMG YUM!
April Decheine says
December 18, 2011 at 7:05 amThat looks like something I could make, I love takes on a favorite!
Jenny says
December 18, 2011 at 12:46 pmThose sound yummy!
melissa says
December 18, 2011 at 1:15 pmThis looks so phenomenal!! I am definitely bookmarking this for the holidays! Thanks!
Robin says
December 18, 2011 at 1:40 pmOh YUM! I love M&M’s, but whenever I make them, like you, I end up eating half the bag. Good idea adding the chocolate chips in there.
Anne says
December 18, 2011 at 2:06 pmVery neat, I actually was planning to make both chocolate chip and M&M cookies today. Now I am going to take your idea and just make one batch with both chocolate chips and M&Ms.
Malik Huereca says
December 27, 2011 at 10:48 amHappy xmas!
Tiff says
January 5, 2012 at 1:12 pmYou can never have too much chocolate in a recipe, yum!
Crystal says
January 31, 2012 at 9:10 pmThose look delicious!
Maria says
December 4, 2013 at 1:33 pmMIne are in the oven…..great recipe! – Thanks!
Kristina says
December 7, 2013 at 2:49 pmSo did you use the full bag of both the M&Ms and chocolate chips? These look deliciou!
Jennifer Quillen says
December 7, 2013 at 4:27 pmYes, you SHOULD use a full bag, but I ate quite a few of mine so mine had a little less 🙂 I’ve made the recipe a few times since then and used a full bag of both M&M’s and chocolate chips. They are SOOOO good! 🙂
Jen R says
December 10, 2013 at 4:11 pmHi! These look perfect! How many cookies did this recipe make?
Sarah says
December 16, 2013 at 1:46 amThese look incredible! I will be making these this week for sure 🙂
Darrell Solomon says
December 9, 2015 at 2:57 pmWhile in Vietnam in 1965, I received a goody package from a young school girl. (a class project)
M&M Christmas cookies, with imperial red hot candies in with the M&Ms.
I make them every year for the family