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Chocolate M&M Cookies

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One of the things I love about holiday baking is all of the fun holiday baking products that fill store shelves. Including lots of holiday M&M options, which are what I used in these delicious cookies. These Chocolate M&M Cookies contain both Peppermint M&Ms (my favorite!) and the holiday mini M&Ms.

Chocolate M&M Cookies

You know how it goes when you go to Target. You have a list with exciting things like paper towels, baking soda, thumb tacks and hand soap, yet you come home $150 dollars later with seven random items from the Dollar Spot, half a cart full of items from the holiday isles (hello Peppermint M&Ms), two dresses for your four year old, Play-Doh (well, at least when said four year old is with you), and at least 3-4 random items from the housewares, bath and home decor departments. I like to say that Target has a $100 cover charge. And, just to be clear, this is not a Target sponsored post. 🙂

M&M Christmas Cookies

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Our was nice, I did all of my Black Friday shopping from the comfort of my desk. I think I crossed off all of the kids (except my own) that we had on our list, now for the adults – always the more challenging ones to buy for. And as a public service announcement, in case you are thinking of going and seeing the movie St. Vincent because it has Melissa McCartney and Bill Murray and is going to be funny? Yeah, my husband and I tried to do that yesterday. It wasn’t a bad movie, but it also was not the comedy I expected. I probably should have read reviews, but we had a sitter and three hours and it was the only movie that fit that time slot. So don’t say I didn’t tell you.

Chocolate M&M Cookies

So back to cookies. These dark chocolate cookies go SO well with the Peppermint M&M candies. I noticed they also have Mint M&M candies this year, I’m not sure how they differ from the peppermint (I’m thinking maybe they are chocolate mint versus the white chocolate peppermint???), but I’m guessing either would work well. And of course you can use regular M&Ms or even just chocolate chips. They work great with the Nestle Holiday Morsels. I made those cookies here.

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Chocolate M&M Cookies

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup 2 sticks cold, unsalted butter, cubed
  • 1¼ cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup dark cocoa powder regular cocoa powder can be used
  • 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ tsp. coarse salt regular salt can be used
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 cup Peppermint Or Mint Holiday M&M Candies
  • 1/2 cup Holiday M&M Minis

Instructions

  • 1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  • 2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugar. Beat together on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Blend in the eggs one at a time, scraping down the bowl as needed. Mix in the cocoa powder until well blended.
  • 3. Add the flour, salt and baking powder to the bowl and mix on low speed just until incorporated. Fold in the M&M candies with a spatula.
  • 4. The dough is very thick! Transfer the dough to a work surface and knead briefly by hand to be sure the ingredients are well combined. I kneaded mine in the bowl, and that worked out just fine.
  • 5. Using a standard size cookie scoop, scoop cookie dough onto cookie sheets. To make 36 cookies, 12 cookies should fit onto each sheet.
  • 6. Bake for approx 10 minutes. Let cool for 5-10 minutes on cookie sheets, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container. Enjoy!
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Christi is the baker, cook, blogger, food photographer, recipe developer and sprinkle lover behind Love From The Oven. As a busy mom, it's important to Christi that her recipes are family-friendly and picky eater approved. In addition to running Love From The Oven, Christi is the author of The My Little Pony Baking Book and Smart Cookie, and the co-author of Peeps-A-Licious.
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November 29, 2014 by LOVE FROM THE OVEN

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  1. Sarah says

    November 29, 2014 at 5:17 pm

    Yum! These look great. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  2. Baby June says

    December 7, 2014 at 6:18 am

    Unrelated, but I just wanted to mention that when I click on the recipe index it seems like none of the recipes are showing up.,..instead there is just a snippet of code. Perhaps it’s just my computer?

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    • Christi says

      December 7, 2014 at 6:29 am

      June, yes, we had a problem with the recipe index plugin last week when we were changing web hosts, and I still need to dig around in the coding to fix it. On this week’s do to list for sure! 🙂

      Reply
      • Mary Lou Geraci says

        December 4, 2015 at 5:15 am

        Look delicious. Are they a soft & chewy or crunchy cookie? Thanks

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        • Christi says

          December 4, 2015 at 6:11 am

          They are chewy! I’m a fan of chewy (sometimes crispy), I’m not big on thick crunchy cookies.

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          • Mary Lou Geraci says

            December 5, 2015 at 3:34 pm

            Thank You

  3. Leesa WILLIAMS says

    May 11, 2017 at 9:12 am

    Just a quick question, if the butter is cold won’t it make it difficult to mix with the sugar to get it light and fluffy? I’m imagining it becoming clumpy and not smooth.

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    • Christi says

      May 13, 2017 at 8:10 am

      It does, but that is why the recipe calls for it to be cubed. You cut it into small pieces and it will come together within the 2-3 minute time. 🙂

      Reply
      • Brandi says

        December 17, 2018 at 12:34 pm

        So is it 1 cup or 2 sticks butter?

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        • Christi says

          December 19, 2018 at 5:37 am

          Brandi, 1 cup typically is the same as two sticks of butter for most common butter packaging.

          Reply
  4. Marty says

    December 11, 2017 at 12:16 pm

    This recipe mentioned that in order to make 36 cookies, 12 will fit on a sheet. Does the recipe as is make enough for 36 or does it need to be tripled?

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    • Christi says

      December 11, 2017 at 2:40 pm

      Marty, it will make 36 cookies if you divide the dough accordingly. It’s a standard size cookie recipe. 🙂 Enjoy!

      Reply
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