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These bakery style M&M Cookies are loaded with chocolate chips and M&M candies. They’re crispy on the edges, soft and chewy in the center, with plenty of chocolate throughout. The best M&M cookies! No chill time required — just make and bake.

These bakery style M&M Cookies are loaded with chocolate chips and M&M candies. They're crispy on the edges, soft and chewy in the center, with plenty of chocolate throughout. The best M&M cookies! No chill time required -- just make and bake.

When I worked in a grocery store bakery and we made M&M cookies, they were basically chocolate chip cookies with M&M’s on top. It used to bother me, because it felt like it was cheating to only use a few M&M’s per cookie.

This M&M cookie recipe is AMAZING. No chill time required for these soft and chewy cookies. Great for parties, potlucks, gift-giving and afternoon treats.

The Best M&M Cookies

I’ve since concluded that the best M&M cookies are made with both chocolate chips and M&M’s candies.

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Using chocolate chips in addition to M&M’s gives it more smooth chocolatey goodness, with the look and crunch of the chocolate M&M’s candies, mostly on top.

Sure you can buy M&M’s mini’s or M&M’s baking bits to distribute the candies better, but I still prefer my M&M cookies to be made with chocolate chips and classic M&M’s.

Easy M&M cookies are made bakery style with M&M's and chocolate chips.

Soft or Crisp Cookies?

The way you make and bake these M&M cookies will determine the final product. Everyone likes their cookies a certain way. Here are some general tips:

  • Use soft, yet firm butter. The butter should be cold, and give a little when touched. Melted butter, or butter that is too soft, will make the cookies spread too thin. You can refrigerate the dough if your butter is too soft to help combat this.
  • For soft cookies: Bake cookies until the edges are barely starting to brown and the centers look just slightly under-baked. Let the cookies rest on the pan for a few minutes, to finish baking, for a soft-baked cookie.
  • For crispy cookies: Bake cookies until golden brown on the top and edges; baking an additional 2-3 minutes past the recommended time.
Freshly baked Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies on a sheet tray.

Thick or Thin Cookies?

There are a few tricks to make these M&M cookies thicker or thinner.

  • For thick cookies: Use more cookie dough, about 2 Tbsp per cookie. And shape the cookie dough balls tall and round. You can also press the edges of the cookie inward just after the tray comes out of the oven. I like to do this with a serving spatula. For the thickest cookies, refrigerate the dough for 30-60 minutes before baking.
  • For thin cookies: Use a smaller portion of dough, about 1.5 Tbsp per cookie. Other options include using slightly softer butter, or slightly pressing the dough 1/3 of the way down after it is scooped.
The BEST M&M cookies -- soft, chewy, and chocolatey.

Tips for Making M&M Cookies:

  • Use a cookie dough scoop. This helps the M&M cookies bake evenly and look uniform. I prefer a #30 or #40 scoop. NOTE: The bigger the number, the smaller the scoop, and the smaller the number the bigger the scoop. These two sizes are between 1.5 and 2 Tbsp of cookie dough. I used a #30 scoop for the cookies shown.
  • Gently place a generous amount of M&M’s on top of cookie dough balls before baking. Only mix a small portion of M&M’s into the chocolate chip cookie dough and press the majority of the M&M candies into the tops. Be generous because the cookies spread, and you want M&M’s in each bite.
  • NOTE: In the bakery, we would have M&M’s on a tray, then pick up the cookie dough balls, and press the tops into the M&M’s until they stuck. The only problem with this is that it flattens the tops of the cookie dough, and if you want thicker cookies, you don’t want to flatten the dough at all. Grab a handful of M&M’s and use your pointer fingers to place them into the cookie dough, maintaining the shape of a ball.
  • Space cookie dough 3-inches apart, not two. I like to bake 8 cookies per tray compared to the typical dozen (12). (See second photo in post.) First of all, you don’t want your cookies melting into each other. Secondly, the more cookies on the tray, the thinner the cookies bake because the heat is trying to distribute evenly across all of the cookies.

I hope you love this recipe as much as I do! It uses more vanilla and a bigger ratio of brown sugar to granulated sugar for maximum flavor.

These M&M cookies are loaded with chocolate chips and candies for a decadent cookie rich with chocolate.
These M&M cookies are loaded with chocolate chips and candies for a decadent cookie rich with chocolate.
4.38 from 340 ratings

M&M Cookies

Created by Amber Brady
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 9 minutes
Total: 19 minutes
These bakery style M&M Cookies are loaded with chocolate chips and M&M candies. They're crispy on the edges, soft and chewy in the center, with plenty of chocolate throughout.
Yields30 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (226 g) butter, (2 sticks) room temperature
  • 1 cup (200 g) brown sugar, gently packed
  • ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 3 ¼ cups (390 g) all-purpose flour, (stir, spoon & level)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup (170 g) chocolate chips
  • 1 ½ cups (336 g) M&M’s candies, divided

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line cookie sheet trays with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter and both sugars. Cream until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla. Mix well and scrape the bowl with a spatula.
  • In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Add dry ingredients to the butter mixture until just combined, about 1 minute.
  • Add the chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of the M&M’s. Mix gently on low speed until just combined, about 30 seconds.
  • Scoop cookie dough balls (about 2 Tbsp each) and place onto prepared baking sheet about 3-inches apart. (8 cookies per tray.) Generously press M&M’s into the tops of cookie dough balls (about 6-7 M&M’s per cookie) maintaining a round shape.
  • Bake at 350˚F for 8-10 minutes until edges are just barely starting to brown. For thicker cookies, press edges inward with a cookie spatula while still warm. Allow to cool for 1-2 minutes on the tray, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

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Notes

    • Use unsalted butter or salted butter and adjust salt as needed.
    • To measure flour properly: stir the flour to incorporate air into it, then spoon it into the measuring cup, and level it with the back of a knife. I have added the weight in grams to help with this.
    • For thicker cookies: Refrigerate dough 30-60 minutes before baking in addition to pressing edges inward while still warm.
    • For crispier cookies: Bake 2-3 minutes longer, until golden brown all over.
    • Store M&M cookies in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 cookie | Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 133mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g
Disclaimer: Nutritional values were calculated using a third-party tool and are provided as an estimation only.
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53 Comments

  1. Absolutely delicious.
    Have made this 3 times now due to requests for this cookie.  This last time I’ve made it with egg replacer due to an allergy, also made them smaller, just adjusted the timing in the oven. 
    Still worked out perfectly. 

    1. That’s great Carin! Thanks for sharing your experience with the recipe.

  2. Just pulled these out of the oven about fifteen minutes ago and they are delicious! I love the trick of using a spatula to push the edges in to make them thicker. I’ll definitely be making these again! Thanks for a great recipe. ❤️

  3. Found these cookies very dry? Dough was very dry and hard to form into cookies. Should I add another egg??

    1. Hi Janice, chances are you packed your flour into the cup when measuring. I’ve provided the cups and weight measurements to help with this. I would add more butter over an egg. Maybe melt it first to help it incorporate better.

      1. Janice Wren says:

        Added less flour this time, much better! Delicious, thank you for the recipe!

  4. Baked these cookies for Christmas and they came out so good!!! I added cherries instead of m&m’s. sssso good!!! ♥️😋 thank you! 

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