These thin and crispy m&m cookies match the bite of the candy shells. Don’t forget to press extra M&Ms into the cookies when you pull them out of the oven, so they have just the right amount of chocolate.
I love cookies and have always loved them, so it’s pretty tough for me to pick a favorite.
If I was forced to rank them, I would say:
Having a throwback moment, I decided to revisit that 3rd place cookie.
I first shared the recipe for crispy M&M cookies way back in 2014 in the early days of Last Ingredient.
My husband is a big fan of M&M cookies, so they are on my regular baking rotation. With his birthday the other week, I baked them instead of a cake. And he was very happy about that!
In that batch (and a few more), I tweaked the recipe increasing the yield to 3 dozen cookies and adjusting the baking soda and baking powder to maximize the crispness.
Cookie bite and texture are very personal. I like these cookies crisp because they match the crunch and snap of the candy shells.
One of the trickiest things about M&M cookies and any cookie with a special ingredient that’s mixed in, is to getting those chips or nuts to show on the surface of the baked cookies.
How frustrating is it when you can’t see the M&Ms in your cookies even after you carefully arranged them on top before they went in the oven?
I wait and press M&Ms into the cookies right when I take them out of the oven. M&Ms tend to crack in the heat then they are baked in the oven anyway.
It’s a total food stylist trick that works
Are those late addition M&Ms as secure as the ones baked in? No. But if you store them flat, stacked candy side up, you will only lose a few.
Then once the cookies are all eaten, you can take comfort in the loose M&Ms that fell into the bottom of the container.
This is what you need for this M&M cookies recipe:
First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper.
Then combine the dry ingredients in a bowl. They include all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Next, it’s on to the wet ingredients. It is very important that the butter is soft and at room temperature. Use an electric mixer to beat together the butter, granulated sugar and light brown sugar. This will take about 5 minutes to get the mixture pale and fluffy.
After that, you can beat in the vanilla extract and eggs. Once they are fully combined, mix in the dry ingredients.
And then stir in most of the M&Ms, but not all of them.
Drop the dough by the scoopful onto the prepared sheet pans. You will need to space the cookies out because they will spread. Remember, they turnout thin and crispy.
Then bake the cookies in batches until they are golden brown. When the sheet pans come out of the oven, press additional M&Ms on the tops of the cookies.
Let the cookies stay on the pans for 5 minutes and then move them to a wire rack to cool.
You can store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for a few days.
Yes! When I know we won’t finish eating a batch, I put them in a bag in the freezer. I like to thaw them just by putting a few out on a plate. They don’t take long to thaw.
And I admit, these cookies are thin, so I even like eating them straight from the freezer!
If you are going to freeze the dough, I recommend portioning it out. Freeze those dough balls on a wax paper-lined plate or sheet pan first. Then you can put them in a container in the freezer.
When you bake the frozen dough, it will take longer.
PrintThese thin and crispy M&M cookies match the bite of the candy shells. Don’t forget to press extra M&Ms into the cookies when you pull them out of the oven, so they have just the right amount of chocolate.
These cookies can be frozen after they are baked. Just thaw them at room temperature.
You can also freeze the dough. Freeze portioned out dough balls on a wax paper-lined plate or sheet pan before putting them in a container.
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