Chocolate M&M Cookies (2024)

These chocolate M&M cookies are easy to make, only 20 minutes from start to finish. Plus no chilling of the dough!

These m&m cookies are chocolatey, chewy & soft and loaded with m&ms and chocolate chips.

That’s everything you could want in a cookie!

M&M cookies aren’t usually chocolate based, but I love chocolate, so naturally I wanted to make a chocolate M&M cookie.

Why You’ll Love These

• no need to chill the dough, so you can bake them right away
• made with everyday ingredients
• double the chocolate with chocolate chips and m&ms
• chewy & soft

Ingredients

• unsalted butter – room temperature
• brown sugar – packed into measuring cup
• egg – 1 large egg
• vanilla extract
• all purpose flour – properly measured
• unsweetened natural cocoa powder
• baking soda
• salt
• mini M&Ms or regular M&Ms
• semi-sweet chocolate chips – could also use milk or dark chocolate chips

How to make Chocolate M&M Cookies

Beat butter and brown sugar. In a mixing bowl beat the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer for 1 minute, or until combined.

Egg and extract. Add in the egg and vanilla extract, beat again.

Dry ingredients. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.

Add in. Gradually add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients, mixing by hand with a spatula. The batter will be thick.

Cookie scoop. Use a cookie scoop to drop dough balls onto a silicone lined baking sheet. Press mini M&Ms and chocolate chips all around the outside of the dough balls.

Bake for 9-11 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool to the touch on the baking sheet (about 15 minutes) then move them to a cooling rack.

How to properly measure flour

Properly measuring flour in any baked good recipe is very crucial.

Do not pack the flour down into the measuring cup.

Do not stick the measuring cup into the flour bag and scoop it out. This will result in too much flour in the recipe, making it dry.

Gluten free M&M cookies

I recommend using King Arthur All Purpose Gluten Free Flour as a one for one substitute for regular all-purpose flour. We have used that flour with awesome results to make these cookies gluten free!

My secret pro tip

Making cookies that look awesome and visually appealing takes 1 extra step in the baking process.

Here’s the key: to make delicious, drool-worthy cookies, always add additional toppings to the outside of your dough balls before you put them in the oven. That way when your cookies are done baking, they’ll have all these delicious looking m&ms and chocolate chips piled on the outside!

What’s the best way to bake cookies?

The best way to bake cookies is on a cookie sheet that’s lined with asilicone baking mat. Also, bake cookies in the middle of your oven, one tray at a time.

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