M&M Cookies!
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Super Easy and Delicious Chewy, Crunchy, Gooey and Chocolatey M&M Cookies that every Chocoholic will adore.
I love Cookies. Everyone loves cookies! Seriously how can you not love cookies?! Anyway. A delicious chewy, crunchy, gooey and chocolate delicious cookie is my favourite thing ever. Different flavour themes, different shapes and sizes, they are ALL delicious.
Even if a cookie is broken, or slightly oval instead of round, its still blooming’ amazing. Dunk them in tea, coffee, or even a hot chocolate and you have a winner! After the success of my M&M Cookie Bars, I knew I needed an actual Cookie version!
My Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cookies are one of the favourite recipes on my blog by far. I have made them so many times that I knew I needed a bit of a change.. as much as I adore Terry’s Chocolate Orange, not everyone else does! Therefore, I had to switch things up.
My Toblerone Cookies are such a hit as well that I knew I needed a chocolate based cookie, but with a new theme… hello M&M’s! I had so many bags of M&M’s leftover in my cupboard after I ‘accidentally’ bought too many, so M&M cookies were on the cards.
However, I tried used the standard cookie recipe from my Terry’s Chocolate Orange Cookies and they were delicious, but they spread slightly more then my others have. I think this has something to do with the fact that the chocolate is in little shells, so the cookie dough almost falls away from them rather than binding with the chocolate itself.
I could be making this up completely, but trying again with plain flour instead worked a charm! They stayed more together, not so much that they were too doughy and dry, but the perfect amount. If you find your others spread too much, then try plain flour in those as well!
I prefer my cookies like this to be chewy/crunchy round the edges, and gooey/soft in the middle. Obviously, this is personal taste! I wouldn’t recommend baking them any less then I have stated as they might be borderline raw if you do… but if you prefer your cookies to be crunchier then add on a minute or two so they bake for a little longer and dry out!
You must remember though that cookies and other baked goods do continue to cook slightly as they are cooling, so once these are cooled, they will be harder compared to how they were when they came out! Either way, if you like cookies, you will LOVE these! Enjoy!
M&M Cookies!
Ingredients
- 125 g Unsalted Butter/Stork
- 100 g Light Brown Sugar
- 100 g Granulated Sugar
- 1 Medium Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 25 g Cocoa Powder
- 175 g Plain Flour
- 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 225 g Chocolate M&Ms
- 75 g Milk Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 190C/180C Fan/375F and line two or three large baking trays with parchment paper, leave to the side!
- Mix together the Butter, Light Brown Sugar and Granulated Sugar until light and fluffy and thoroughly combined – using an electric mixer is far easier for this because it gets very fluffy and perfect!
- Mix in the Egg, Vanilla Extract, Cocoa powder, Plain Flour, Bicarbonate of Soda, Baking Powder and Salt and beat again until a thick paste/cookie dough is formed.
- Fold in the M&Ms and Chocolate Chips and spoon the mixture onto the trays! I use a cookie dropper/ice cream scoop to make them identical sizes.
- Make sure they are suitably spread out on the trays so they stay separate! I usually fit 6 on each tray to be safe. Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes until spread out perfectly crinkly. They might seem slightly under done still, but they will continue to cook when cooling so don’t worry!
- Once baked, remove from the oven and leave to cool on the tray for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to continue cooling off completely! Then, gobble them all up!
Notes
- They are super super gooey when warm so you could serve them with a dollop of ice cream if you like (vanilla is perfect with it) and they are an utter crowd pleaser.
- Any type of M&M will work! I use normal Chocolate M&Ms as they’re my favourite, but your favourite flavour will also work fine! Sometimes the cookies might spread a little if using larger M&Ms like the peanut ones, but they should still be fine after the chilling!
- These delicious treats will last about 3 days after baking, but trust me, they won’t last that long!
ENJOY!
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Hey Jane,
Hope ur well.
Jst a quick qs – the nyc choc chip cookies need a 30 .min rest in d freezer before its ready to be baked, however I noted thts not advised here….is there a reason for tht based on diff ingredients???
These aren’t NYC style, they’re just regular cookies so they don’t need it!
Could you turn them into the NYC cookies?
Hiya! Yes absolutely! x
Can you use smarties instead of m and m’s? Planning to bake them tomorrow and my son is allergic to peanuts so can’t use any type of m and m.
Thanks
Hey! You can, but smarties colours can run quite a lot so may come out colourless! x
Hi I’m looking to stuff these with Nutella would that work or should I use the Nutella recipe and chop up the m&m instead of the 200g of chocolate in that recipe?
Hey! I would personally use the Nutella recipe, and chop up the M&Ms! x
Hi Jane,
Can you advise me on baking sheets to purchase for baking your cookies. There are 2 on your Amazon list and Both are out of stock. Also I was unsure if I need flat (with no sides) or very shallow.
Thanks in advance C X
Hiya! So at the moment many many items are out of stock as everyone has got into baking – I would recommend a good quality non-stick baking parchment in place!
Hi Jane! I made these cookies yesterday and freezed half the mixture. I was thinking of using this other half to make cookie dough puddings. Would that work and how would I go about doing it??
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Absolutely love your blog and all the recipes I’ve tried have been amazing 🙂 x
Hey! So you could look at my cookie dough desserts post for a guide on timings and temperatures – but it would definitely work! x
Hi Jane, I’ve tried this recipe before and it was fab! However if I wanted to take the coco powder out (so they r just plain M&M cookies). How much flour do I replace it with?
Thanks
Hal 😊
Hey! Ahh amazing! Replace the same weight with more flour x
Amazing!! So easy and absolutely delicious. I did 2 batches of 6 and one of 3 because my oven tends to neglect the lower shelves when I load it up. Sent one over to my neighbour who couldn’t believe I’d made them!
Haha amazing! I’m so glad you liked them!!
These are amazing! Perfect recipe, so so yummy and easy to make, highly recommend.
Making them again today and had a question because they were really big last time I think because I flattened the dough out and made it into a cookie shape before I baked them.
Do you just blob on the dough in a ball and let it flatten out in the oven?
Yes, you don’t flatten the cookie yourself, the oven does that!
What would you recommend using butter or stork?
Thanks
For cookies, it can be either!
Hi Jane can i freeze these cookies after baking them?
Yep, or you can freeze before baking!
Hi Jane!!!
I didn’t want the cookie to be chocolate flavour so should I add 25g of plain flour instead of the 25g cocoa powder? Xx
Hiya! Yes, I would use 25g more flour, and also add 1tbsp of cornflour. x
These are really good. Made them for my sons school picnic and he was surrounded by kids wanting one! Really good amount of chocolate
Wow This is very yummy! will You bring out a paperback recipe book like Mary Berry type?
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Hi Jane.
Can you freeze these at the raw stage and bake them from frozen. I’m making Christmas gifts if cookies for family and friends and eouof like to get ahead xx
Yep you can!
They look yummy. I own a little coffee shop in a small town called Portlaw in Co.Waterford in Ireland. I have tried a few of your recipes and they always turn out perfect and yummy. I think I will try these cookies tomorrow! !!
Oh that’s amazing! I’m so glad!!