Classic M&M Cookie Recipe. These super soft cookies are packed with M&M candies making them the ultimate cookie recipe!
You guys.
I really hate to brag, but I have officially found the BEST soft and chewy M&M Cookie Recipe.
It has everything. Soft and chewy center… Slightly crisp exterior… Colorful candies. They practically melt in your mouth. Get ready to pour a tall glass of milk and dive head first into this incredible cookie recipe!
Recipe Features:
- Soft and Chewy: This cookie is soft, chewy, and perfect.
- Freezer Friendly: You can easily freeze this recipe as a baked cookie or dough!
- Make Ahead: Make the dough 2 to 4 days in advance and keep stored in the refrigerator.
What you’ll need:
I should also mention, this is an incredible base recipe. Substitute the M&M candies with chocolate chips. Mix in some crushed cookies. Or even try a spoon full of peanut butter. You can not go wrong with any addition!
The best part about these BEST M&M cookies has to be the simple ingredients. Most are pantry staples which means you won’t need to run to the store!
- Flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Granulated sugar
- Brown sugar
- Butter
- Eggs
- Vanilla
- Candy coated chocolate candies
Step by Step Instructions:
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium sized bowl. Set aside.
- Combine the two sugars and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. Mix on low until fully incorporated and fluffy. Stir in your eggs and vanilla.
- Add your dry ingredients to the bowl of wet ingredients. Mix until your dough starts to form. Fold in 3/4 cups of your candies.
- Chill dough for 30 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll your dough into 1″ rounds. Place 2 inches apart on your prepared baking trays. Press additional candies onto the tops of each cookie.
- Bake 8-10 minutes or just until the edges start to lightly brown.
Tips and FAQs:
Tips for making soft and chewy cookies:
- Slow down. You want to keep your mixer on low speed. I know it can be tempting to speed things up but you do not want to heat the butter too much.
- Try to use room temperature ingredients. For this recipe, specifically, you need to make sure that the butter and eggs are left out of the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes.
- Chill your dough. All of that mixing can cause the butter to spread. Giving the dough a little time to relax and firm up helps hold things together.
How to freeze M&M cookie dough:
Yes! This tip is probably one of my all-time favorites. We are a family of three, which means we wouldn’t be able to eat 24 cookies before they go bad.
Ok, so maybe we could eat them, but we shouldn’t.
SO I freeze the dough! My favorite method is to scoop and roll the dough into 1″ rounds. Place them onto a cookie tray and flash freeze for 20 minutes.
From there, I transfer them into a labeled freezer safe zip top bag. When we are ready to enjoy, I simply bake as directed in a preheated oven!
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Ingredients
- 2 -3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups M&M candies divided
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium sized bowl. Set aside.
- Combine the two sugars and butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. Mix on low until fully incorporated and fluffy. Stir in your eggs and vanilla.
- Add your dry ingredients to the bowl of wet ingredients. Mix until your dough starts to form. Fold in 3/4 cups of your candies.
- Chill dough for 30 minutes.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll your dough into 1" rounds. Place 2 inches apart on your prepared baking trays. Press additional candies onto the tops of each cookie.
- Bake 8-10 minutes or just until the edges start to lightly brown.
Notes
- Slow down. You want to keep your mixer on low speed. I know it can be tempting to speed things up but you do not want to heat the butter too much.
- Try to use room temperature ingredients. For this recipe, specifically, you need to make sure that the butter and eggs are left out of the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes.
- Chill your dough. All of that mixing can cause the butter to spread. Giving the dough a little time to relax and firm up helps hold things together.
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Comments & Reviews
v e says
baking soda or baking flour ?
Jesseca says
Sorry, I think I’m not fully understanding the question. This recipe calls for both flour and baking soda.
Diane Reis says
@Jesseca, You list baking soda as one of the ingredients in the recipe but below in the instructions, you mention baking powder. I’m using baking soda only. Hope that’s correct. Thank you.
Jesseca says
Thank you for catching that mistake. It should be baking soda. That was a typo. I’ll fix this!
Pamela says
These are classic, simple cookies with a lovely texture and taste amazing. My family loves them
Jesseca says
Thank you, Pamela!
Carli says
These turned out great. Made them with my niece. She couldn’t stop eating the dough. The end result was a fluffy candy filled cookie. Will make again.