Valentine's Day M&M Cookies - Soft, Chewy, & Perfect for Sharing!
Sweeten your Valentine's Day with these soft, chewy M&M cookies! Loaded with colorful candy-coated chocolate, they'll make you fall in love!
Equipment
- 1 Oven
- 1 Handheld or Stand Mixer
- 2 Cookie Baking Sheets
- 1 Medium Mixing Bowl
- 1 Large Mixing Bowl
- 1 Whisk or Large Spoon
- 1 Cookie Dough Scoop optional
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter - softened
- ¾ cup Granulated Sugar
- ¼ cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Large Egg
- ½ tbsp Vanilla Bean Extract
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour
- ½ tsp Salt
- ¾ cup Valentine's M&M's
- ½ cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips - suggest mini size
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare your baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Add the dry ingredients: All-Purpose Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, and Salt to a medium sized mixing bowl and whisk together.
- Cream together the stick of Softened Butter with the Granulated Sugar and Brown Sugar.
- Add in the Egg and Vanilla Extract
- Carefully add the dry ingredients (from Step #1) to the wet ingredients and mix together.
- Fold in the Chocolate Chips and M&M's until they are mixed throughout.
- Drop balls (1 to 1 ½ tbsp size) of dough onto your prepared baking sheets, space them about 2" apart. This is for standard-sized cookies. If you want larger cookies, make the dough balls ~ 3-4 tbsp and space them further apart.
- Bake @ 350 F for 8-10 minutes until the edges are golden brown.
- Let them cool ~ 5 minutes, then they are ready. Enjoy your Valentine's Day M&M Cookies!
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Notes
You can find the Valentine's M&M's in the candy section of grocery stores starting in January through February 14. You can also find them on online grocery stores.