Our soft & chewy Christmas M&M cookies are a fun and festive spin on a year-round favorite. With their bright colors and candy crunch, the holiday M&Ms turn our favorite classic chocolate chip cookie into an easy holiday cookie recipe perfect for a cookie exchange. So many Christmas cookies involve decorating with frosting, chilling doughs, or other baking techniques that make them more difficult than these easy drop cookies. But with an easy-to-follow recipe and simple ingredients, these chewy M&M Christmas cookies can be a fun baking project for the whole family during this special time of year. For more chocolatey treats, check out my Chocolate Thumbprint Turtle Cookies, Chocolate Truffles, Chocolate Walnut Fudge, and Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bark!
Why We Love This Recipe
Perfect textures. These cookies strike the perfect balance between chewy centers and crispy edges, thanks to the right mix of ingredients like all-purpose flour, baking soda, and softened butter. Easy. Whether you’re an experienced baker or trying your hand at baking for the first time, these cookies are straightforward and fun to make. Plus, they’re a great way to involve kids in the kitchen. No chill dough. You can skip straight to baking with these cookies, so there’s not extra waiting involved.
What You’ll Need
Scroll down to the recipe card below this post for ingredient quantities and full instructions.
All-Purpose Flour – Provides the gluten that holds the cookies together and makes them chewy. Baking Soda & Baking Powder – Help the cookies rise and give them a light texture. Salt – Balances the sweetness and enhances the overall flavor of the cookies. Salted Butter – Unsalted butter can be used instead of salted butter; just make sure to add an extra pinch of salt to the dough. Brown Sugar & Granulated Sugar – This combination gives the cookies sweetness and a depth of flavor, and helps achieve the perfect chewy texture. Large Egg & Egg Yolk – Eggs bind the ingredients together and the yolk enriches the dough for a chewier cookie. Pure Vanilla Extract – Adds a classic sweet warmth to the cookies. Use store-bought vanilla, or try my recipe for Homemade Vanilla Extract! Milk Chocolate Chips – For that classic chocolate chip cookie taste. Red and Green M&M’s – These festive candies add color, crunch, and chocolatey goodness.
How to Make Christmas M&M Cookies
Tips for Success
Make sure the butter and eggs are at room temperature before starting. Softened butter makes the dough smoother and easier to mix. Mix the dry ingredients into the dough until just combined. Cookies can become tough if the dough is over-mixed. Use a cookie scoop to make cookies that are uniform in size, which will help them bake evenly. Keep an eye on the cookies as they bake. They should be golden brown with crisp edges and soft centers. Allowing the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack helps them to set properly. If your first batch of cookies comes out a bit too flat, try chilling the dough before baking or adding a bit more flour to the mix. Reduce the baking time to 9–11 minutes or lower your oven temperature slightly if your cookies are too crisp.
More Christmas Cookie Recipes
Chocolate Nutella Sandwich Cookies Peppermint Oreo Cookies Peanut Butter White Chocolate Chip Cookies Best Cut-Out Sugar Cookies Classic Buttery Spritz Cookies
You can even add a few extra M&M’s, chips, or holiday sprinkles to the top of the cookies before they’ve cooled after baking for more decoration!
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