This recipe for Soft Chewy M&M Cookies makes the best cookies! Easy to whip up and hard to stop eating, they should be added to every home baker’s recipe collection!
There is a talented parent in Belmont, Massachusetts who came up with the recipe for these amazing cookies. This parent/baker made them for my fellow teachers and I on several occasions throughout the school year. At the end of the year lunch one year, I noticed my teaching friend Megan have at least three of these cookies (I think she even wrapped a couple in a napkin to take to go). She was pregnant at the time AND these cookies are THAT good, so no judgement here!
After seeing how much my friend enjoyed these Soft and Chewy M&M Cookies, I wanted to get the recipe to make her some more. I didn’t know which parent made the cookies, but knew our school secretary would be the person to ask. Our pretty much all-knowing secretary Mary knew exactly which parent made these cookies and within a week I had recipe delivered to me on a post it! I whipped up a batch that same evening and my pregnant friend had them on her desk the next morning.
Turns out this parent got the idea for this recipe from the recipe on the back of a package of Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chips. She made a few modifications to the recipe and ended up with these soft, chewy cookies!
One thing she did was increase the amount brown sugar by 1/4 cup and reduce the granulated sugar by 1/4 cup. That little change makes the cookies nice and chewy! She also doubled the amount of vanilla from 1 teaspoon to 2 teaspoons. Who doesn’t want more vanilla flavor in their chocolate cookies? The final and most obvious change she made was that she swapped the chocolate chips for M&Ms!
To make these cookies look even more delicious, I reserve or add a little extra M&Ms to stick in the tops of the balls before baking or into the freshly baked cookies right when they come out of the oven.
Having since moved from Boston, I’m grateful to have this awesome cookie recipe and sweet memory of my school and my friend that goes along with it. I have since made these cookies for the out of town guests at our wedding last year and know I’ll be making them and making memories with them again and again. I hope they become a part of your life as well!
For more delicious looking and tasting cookie recipes, try my:
- Chocolate Pistachio Thumbprint Cookies
- Cranberry Raisin Pistachio Cookies
- Pumpkin Cookies with Chocolate Chips
- Double Chocolate Cookies with Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
Soft and Chewy M&M Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup dark brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups M&Ms
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugars, and vanilla until creamy. Add the eggs one at a time. Gradually beat in the dry ingredients. Stir in the M&Ms.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto prepared baking sheets. Bake 8 to 11 minutes.
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