Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 13 by 9 inch baking pan.

In a large bowl, combine your brown sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla and beat at medium speed until they are well blended. In a separate bowl, combine your flour, baking powder and salt and whisky to blend them. Add the flour mixture to the brown sugar mixture and beat at low speed until thoroughly combined. Stir in half of the M&Ms but do not beat them, as you want them to remain intact.

Pour into your greased pan and add the chopped Cherry M&Ms, then the remaining whole Cherry M&Ms and press lightly into the top of the batter so that they do not shake loose when you are cutting them later on.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. I like to test the doneness of my baked goods by inserting a toothpick into the center and see if it comes out clean. It should be moist but without any batter stuck to it.