Make sure to try my M&M Cookie Bars too! These M&M’s Cookies are soon to be your new favorite cookie recipe! Of course these cookies are colorful, loaded with mini M&Ms and melt in you mouth texture, but they can also be used as the perfect base recipe for just about any type of M&M…or candy for that matter!
What Makes This the Best M&M Cookie Recipe?Ingredients:How To Make M&M Cookies:Can You Freeze These M&M Cookies?How To Make Cookies Look PrettyGet the Recipe
You know I love M&M’s and have lots of fun recipes including everyone’s favorite chocolate candy! I make my M&M’s frosting all the time, and it’s easily turned into a fan favorite recipe. But these cookies are easily the most requested from my kids!
What Makes This the Best M&M Cookie Recipe?
The one thing I always have noticed about M&M Cookies that I have purchased in the past is that they are kind of boring. They’re always sort of a boring, bland cookie with a few M&M’s pressed into the top. So I wanted to change all that and make a cookie that is good enough to stand on it’s own without the M&M’s, meaning you could use this base recipe for a simple chocolate chip cookie recipe too!
A package of dry pudding mix adds flavor and soft texture to the cookie!Using all light brown sugar and no granulated sugar imparts a very soft texture.Mini M&Ms in this recipe add the perfect chocolate bite throughout the cookie!
My Secret Ingredient…
These soft and chewy M&M cookies includes a packet of dry Instant Vanilla Pudding right into the dough! The pudding helps the cookies stay thick and soft and also gives them an extra layer of vanilla flavor beyond the vanilla extract that always seems to be lacking in M&M’s Cookies. I love pudding cookie recipes so much, and it’s such an easy ingredient to add that really makes a huge difference.
What Kind Of M&Ms Should You Use For Cookies?
I used MINI M&Ms in this M&M Cookie recipe. This is KEY. Since these cookies are so soft, the mini M&Ms are best because you don’t get big hard bites of chocolate inside the soft cookie. The minis really match the texture of the cookie recipe. AND with Mini M&Ms you get more bites of M&Ms throughout the cookie! But with that said, you can ABSOLUTELY use any type of M&M’s that you love. They have come out with some really creative and delicious flavors recently, and I know there are some that I would love in this recipe like:
Caramel M&M’sPeanut M&M’sPretzel M&M’sDark Chocolate M&M’s
Ingredients:
Room temperature butterLight brown sugarLarge eggVanilla extractInstant Vanilla Pudding MixBaking sodaKosher saltAll purpose flourMini M&Ms
How To Make M&M Cookies:
Can You Freeze These M&M Cookies?
This is one of the most commonly asked questions I get when it comes to cookies. Freezing cookies is easy and you can freeze the dough OR the baked cookies. Check out my full resource on How To Freeze Cookie Dough, or read below on a few tips and tricks!
How To Freeze Cookie Dough
Freezing cookie dough is a great way to save time if you want to bake cookies at a different time, or just like to have cookie dough on hand so you can have warm cookies whenever you get a craving! I always have frozen cookie dough in my freezer, so if I want to bake up a few cookies I can! Here’s what you do:
How To Freeze Baked Cookies
If you baked the entire batch of cookies and realize you have too many, you can easily freeze the baked cookies!
How To Make Cookies Look Pretty
I like to add a few M&M’s on top of the cookie as soon as they come out of the oven. It just makes them pretty! I do this with almost all of my cookie recipes with chocolate chips, or any type of garnish! Pro Tip: I used my large (3- tablespoon) cookie scoop for these M&M cookies. You could make them smaller, if you prefer. Note that they don’t spread a lot and stay fairly thick. You’ll only want to bake them until the edges just begin to get golden. The inside will be an undercooked. That’s what you want, it’s what makes them the best M&M cookies! They are just one of the best cookie recipes you will ever try.
Looking For More Pudding Cookie Recipes?
Triple Chip CookiesSoft Sprinkle CookiesOreo Pudding CookiesPistachio Pudding Cookies
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