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Best Soft & Chewy M&M Cookies

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The best Soft & Chewy M&M Cookies are always homemade and loaded with plenty of milk chocolate chips and candy-coated M&M’s!

A stack of the best soft & chewy M&M cookies with the top cookie having a bite already taken out of it.

Longtime readers of House of Nash Eats already know that I love sharing cookie recipes that are seasonal without requiring hardcore decorating abilities.

Like these Dark Chocolate Halloween Chip Cookies, which incidentally, could be easily made seasonally appropriate by swapping out the colored chips for the Valentine M&M’s that I used in the cookies that I’m sharing today.  And I’ve already posted about Peanut Butter M&M Cookies on here, which is another great cookie recipe that you really have got to try, if you haven’t already.

But I realized I haven’t shared one of the cookie recipes that gets made most often at our house – these Soft & Chewy M&M Cookies that really are the best ever!

A red cake stand with soft-baked M&M chocolate chip cookies piled on top.

I add extra milk chocolate chips for an even bigger chocolate boost and it definitely makes a difference compared to just using M&M’s or even adding semi-sweet chocolate chips in these cookies.

You can make the cookies big (I love a gigundo sized cookie) or small, although you might need to increase or decrease the baking time.  But if you are making what I would consider regular-sized cookies, you should get about 2 dozen from this recipe and they should be done right around the 9 to 11 minute mark.

If you really want “perfect” looking round cookies, I would suggest using a cookie scoop or even rolling the cookie dough into balls before baking so they spread out perfect even and circular.

Soft, chewy chocolate chip M&M cookies arranged on a flat surface with one bite taken out of one of them.Valentine's Day M&M cookies piled on a red cake stand.Valentine's Day chocolate chip M&M cookies are arranged on a flat surface.

Tips for Making Chewy M&M Cookies that Stay Soft

  • Do not overbake!  The middles won’t even be completely set when pulling the cookies out of the oven and the cookies probably won’t even look done.  That’s okay because the cookies will finish cooking while they set on the baking sheet.  This is how you get chewy edges and soft centers!
  • Don’t mix all the M&M’s into the batter.  Reserve about 3/4 cup of them to press into the tops of the cookies before baking.  It’s a total vanity move but M&M cookies ought to be pretty and showy and colorful!
  • M&M’s are awesome because they always have seasonal blends (or custom blends even for showers, parties, and receptions!) so you have a perfectly cute and yummy holiday-coordinated treat without the hassle of complicated “decorating”.  Which I’m terrible at anyway!  These ones just happen to be Valentine’s Day-themed with the red, white, and pinks, but I’ve done this with regular M&M’s, Christmas, 4th of July, Easter, etc.

Pink, red, and white M&M candies turn chocolate chip cookies into an easy Valentine's Day themed treat!A red cake stand with a scallopped edge, with M&M milk chocolate chip cookies stacked on top.The best Soft & Chewy M&M Cookies are always homemade and loaded with plenty of milk chocolate chips and candy-coated M&M's!The best Soft & Chewy M&M Cookies are always homemade and loaded with plenty of milk chocolate chips and candy-coated M&M's!

I don’t think I know anyone who can resist a warm, soft M&M cookie with a glass of milk.  I know I sure can’t!

 

5 from 8 votes
The best Soft & Chewy M&M Cookies are always homemade and loaded with plenty of milk chocolate chips and candy-coated M&M's!
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Best Soft & Chewy M&M Cookies
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

The best Soft & Chewy M&M Cookies are always homemade and loaded with plenty of milk chocolate chips and candy-coated M&M's!

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 233 kcal
Author: Amy Nash, House of Nash Eats
Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups milk chocolate M&M's, divided
  • 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla and beat on medium-speed until light and fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes.

  3. Add the flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt, then mix until just combined.  

  4. Gently stir in 1 1/4 cups of the M&M's and all of the milk chocolate chips, reserving the remaining chocolate chips to place on top of the cookies before baking.

  5. Scoop dough into balls and roll between the palms of your hands if you want very uniform-looking "perfect" cookies (or just drop onto the parchment-lined baking sheet in mounds, which is what I usually do).  Press some of the reserved M&M's into the top of each cookie, then bake for 9-11 minutes, until the edges have set and the tops are just beginning to set, even if the cookies look slightly glossy and underbaked in the center.  

  6. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 2-3 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts
Best Soft & Chewy M&M Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 233 Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 6g 30%
Cholesterol 26mg 9%
Sodium 139mg 6%
Potassium 24mg 1%
Total Carbohydrates 31g 10%
Sugars 22g
Protein 2g 4%
Vitamin A 4.7%
Vitamin C 0.1%
Calcium 3.5%
Iron 4.6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  5. Soft and chewy are the only way I like my cookies and these look perfect! I’m not a very good cookie baker or decorator so yay for M&Ms. Seasonal M&Ms are hard to come by here though so when I see them I hoard them for when the need arises lol! (Or eat them, whichever comes first).

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  6. I love m&m cookies because it’s so easy to change them to almost every holiday. I love that you gave tips for people who may not have a lot of baking experience. One of the hardest concepts for my children (and hubby) to understand is that the cookies continue to cook from the residual heat once they’re removed from the oven. I appreciate the tip about sticking a few m&m’s on top just before baking. These cookies are beautiful.

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  15. I just made a batch of these for the first time and they are the best M&M cookies I have ever made thank you so much for this recipe

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