Best Christmas M&M Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
The holiday season is upon us with the aroma of fresh baked cookies in the air! My Best Christmas M&M Milk Chocolate Cookies are perfect for Santa and all of his little helpers! Red and green M&M’s are baked into a classic cookie dough and made a little bit thicker with a soft center.
These easy cookies are a festive treat, great for cookie exchanges and or to serve at a holiday party. Leave some under the tree for a sweet surprise!
This holiday recipe is adapted from the back of the M&M package but instead of using Christmas cookie cutters and making them thin, I use a 2 inch biscuit cutter to help form 12 giant cookies, making them kind of cake like.
Be sure to add these delicious and soft Christmas cookies to your cookie platter!
Original Post: December 2022 | Updated Post: December 2023.
Why this recipe works
- Everyone loves easy Christmas cookies
- Everyone loves chocolatey M&M’s!
- This is like a classic chocolate chip cookie but with delicious M&M’s.
- Festive Christmas cookies are fun to make with your toddlers!
- This Christmas M&M cookies recipe uses simple ingredients. All you need is some basic pantry staples and the green and red M&M’s.
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Ingredients
- M&M’s. Red and green holiday colors.
- Granulated sugar.
- All purpose flour.
- Baking powder.
- Fine sea salt.
- Egg.
- Unsalted butter at room temperature.
- Vanilla extract.
How to make
1. Start with preheating the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large electric mixer, add the softened butter and beat for 2-3 minutes. Then add the sugar and continue to combine until fluffy. Add the vanilla and the egg on low speed.
3. In a separate bowl, add the dry ingredients.
4. Whisk to combine the flour mixture and add slowly to the wet ingredients.
5. Gently fold in the M&M’s. Then take the cookie dough and place on to a floured surface. For best results, roll out into about a 1/2 inch thick.
6. Using a 2 inch biscuit cutter or round cookie cutter, cut out into 12 pieces.
7. Place on an ungreased prepared baking sheet and bake for 9-11 minutes or until the top of the cookies are a golden brown. (10 minutes was my ovens magic spot) Let them cool for a couple of minutes then transfer to a wire cooling rack.
8. Serve on a cookie tray, with a glass of milk or hot cocoa and enjoy!
9. Store any leftover Christmas M&M cookies in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days.
Helpful tips for this M&M Christmas Cookies recipe
To keep these sugar cookies festive, you will want to use the red and green color. You can find them at your local grocery store. Mine had them sectioned off in the holiday aisle along with other popular holiday treats.
Do not knead the cookie dough however you can use a roller pin coated in flour to help spread it out. A large cookie scoop also works.
I tested a batch with a lined baking sheet with parchment paper and one without. Both turned out good, but my preference was the batch that was on the ungreased cookie sheet (and is the newer of the baking sheets). However, one of my baking sheets are old and that is the one I used the parchment paper on.
1 10 oz bag of M&M’s will make a double batch (24 cookies).
Use a 2 inch biscuit cutter to give the cookies a nice round shape and thickness.
A hand mixer works along with a large bowl if you don’t have a stand mixer.
Make this Christmas M&M cookie dough ahead of time and freeze it in a freezer bag.
Serving suggestions
Try adding a touch of cocoa powder for a chocolate dough!
Mix the M&M’s with semi-sweet chocolate chips or white chocolate chips.
You can substitute granulated sugar with brown sugar or light brown sugar.
Recipe inspiration
This time of year, who can say no to a warm chocolate chip cookie. And to throw a cup of the m&m’s in there makes it even better!
I think the best Christmas cookies are simple. This recipe is easy and straight forward and bonus- I had everything in my pantry.
The biscuit cutter really makes this cookie substantial and reminds me of these cookies from one my one my favorite bakeries here in Seattle, Lowrider Cookie Company.
Whatever your favorite Christmas cookie recipes are, I want to wish you a Happy Holidays and hope you will enjoy these Christmas M&M Cookies!
Check Out Other Festive Desserts:
- Pumpkin Pecan Coffee Cake
- Gluten Free Chocolate Strawberry Nutella Cake
- Gluten Free Cranberry Orange Cake with Almonds
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Best Christmas M&M Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
Equipment
- hand mixer or stand mixer
- 2 inch biscuit cutter
- baking sheet pan
Ingredients
- 5 ounces M&M's red green holiday colors
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/3 all purpose flour measured properly by spooning in the cup and leveling with a knife
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixer, add the butter and beat for 2-3 minutes. Then add the sugar and continue to combine until fluffy. Then add the vanilla and the egg.
- In a separate bowl, add the dry ingredients.
- Whisk to combine then add slowly to the butter mixture.
- Gently fold in the M&M's. Then take the cookie dough and place on to a floured surface. Roll out into about a 1/2 inch thick.
- Using a 2 inch biscuit cutter or round cookie cutter, cut out into 12 pieces.
- Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Let cool for a couple of minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.
- Enjoy!
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