M&M Brownie Cookies
M&M brownie cookies are soft chocolate cookies, full of M&M candies. This recipe is perfect to make with leftover Halloween candy!
This Recipe for M&M Cookies is a family favorite. It combines their love of fudgy cookies and their M&M addiction!
Why You Must Make
- These are perfect for leftover Halloween candy!!
- They’re not as messy as brownies so perfect for lunchboxes and snacks.
- You can swap out the M&Ms for any seasonal version to make holiday cookies!
We get oodles of trick-or-treaters at our door. I love to buy a variety of full-sized candy bars. And when my kids were little, I let them select one for themselves before the doorbell started ringing. Katie and Tom would choose Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Nick was more likely to pick Skittles.
The hubby, my 4th kid, liked to confiscate some M&M’s or 3 Musketeers Bars. And I liked to set aside some of the candy that works well in cookies, and here’s where I reach for the M&M’s, too.
Expert Tips
- This cookie dough may need some time to firm up, especially if you make it in the summer when your kitchen is warm.
- Once the dough is scoopable, use a cookie disher to scoop out evenly sized dough balls. This ensures the cookies will all be done baking at the same time.
- When making M&M cookies, reserve a few to add to the top of the cookies immediately after they come out of the oven for a prettier presentation.
- Be careful when adding more candy to hot cookies as the pan is also very hot.
What to Do with Leftover Halloween Candy
- Add chopped candy bars or M&Ms to any favorite cookie dough instead of nuts or chocolate chips and bake as directed.
- Or do the same with a cookie bar recipe.
- My Easter Cookie Cake can be made with leftover candy, too. Just make sure that the candy you choose tastes good together. You wouldn’t want to use York Peppermint Patties with Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. At least I wouldn’t!
Frequently Asked Questions
This happens when the butter and chocolate are still too warm. Let the dough rest until it’s thick enough to scoop out nice mounds of dough with a cookie disher.
The original recipe used semisweet chocolate chips, so that’s an easy alternative. White chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, mint chips, etc. will also work well.
Hold back some of the M&Ms as too many will make it hard to get nice dough balls.
Use a cookie disher for even-sized cookies.
With a damp finger, gently tap the dough mounds so they are nicely rounded.
After the cookies come out of the oven, while hot and pliable, use your spatula to tap the baked cookies into nice rounds. If the cookies are sticking to the spatula, spray it with a non-stick cooking spray like Pam
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M&M Brownie Cookies
M&M brownie cookies are soft chocolate cookies, full of M&M's candies.
Ingredients
- 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups M&M's (plus more to garnish)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º.
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl, starting with 60 seconds, stirring, then heating and stirring in 30-second increments until smooth.
- Add sugar; mix well. Add the eggs and mix until combined. Add the vanilla.
- Add the flour and mix until incorporated. Add the M&M's and mix until well distributed.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes. The centers should still look underbaked.
- If desired, immediately press a few M&M's into hot cookies to garnish.
- Cool on the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cooling rack.
Notes
If you want perfectly round cookies, use a spatula and carefully tap the hot out of the oven cookies into rounder shapes.
Adapted from recipe by Caprial Pence.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
36Serving Size:
1 cookieAmount Per Serving: Calories: 4127Total Fat: 202gSaturated Fat: 120gTrans Fat: 4gCholesterol: 991mgSodium: 344mgCarbohydrates: 520gFiber: 32gSugar: 353gProtein: 67g
48 Comments on “M&M Brownie Cookies”
Everyone at my house loved these cookies! Can’t wait to make them again!
So good! Perfectly rich and chewy and so chocolatey!
I love M&Ms in cookies and brownies, and I especially love how they look sprinkled on top! Great Chocolate Party recipe!
Lizzy,
Brownie cookies are so good. I could gobble a few down right now.
Annamaria
I wish there was a house like yours when I was growing up. I bet you get so many because the word is out with the full sized candy treats. I am expecting lots of kids this year in the house. I am so excited. I hope I don’t run out of candy!
I have some m&ms downstairs that would go beautifully in these. Perfect for my father-in-law to come home to.
These will be gone in seconds in my house. They are absolutely gorgeous!
Liz they look so good! I love M&M cookies of all kinds. These are so fudgy and great looking!
chocolaaaateyyyyyyyy
We make M&M brownies and blondies at work, I love them both!
Love the cookies, definitely a fun treat for both kids and adults!
Delish cookie!! Who wouldnt love this!!!
these cookies look beautiful Lizzy!!
Great cookie classic!
These look so delicious! I would much rather eat cookies than candy… especially yours 🙂
Such a classic cookie! I love these, Liz. They remind me of when I was a kid and loved rainbow everything. Well, actually, that hasn’t changed much!
full-sized candy bars?! I would have loved trick or treating at your house!! I have so many fun memories of Halloween and sounds like you do too! I just love M&Ms in cookies! I agree, you have to save a few to press into the top…they look so festive!
Hello! These look amazing. Brownies cookies sound perfect!
Brownie cookies sound delish! The texture sounds so yummy with the m&ms. Too cute!
Now this one would completely be a hit with my boys. Looks so good.
They look so so cute!
They look super rich and delicious, Liz. I love the combo.
Brownies and M&M in a cookie? Sounds wonderfully delicious Liz. Love this combination here –YUM! 🙂
Super festive cookies, loving how bright and cheerful they are!
Your M&M cookies look gorgeous and when I saw them on FB (actually, think it was Google +) I thought these would make very good trick or treat goodies. Are you allowed to hand out hand-made treats? We are – just! It’s one thing they haven’t yet outlawed. You would think hand made treats would have to be better for kids than those made in factories xx
Man, I love Halloween. Although I wasn’t allowed to go trick or treating (I was that pathetic kid giving candy out to the other kids) I’d always help myself to the candy my parents would buy for distribution. M&Ms are perfect for cookies, as demonstrated by yours, Liz. Do you still buy full sized candy bars to give out? No wonder your house is swamped on Halloween! You’re the neighbourhood hero 😉
Mmm, brownie cookies and M&Ms? Is that perfect or perfect 😀
Cheers
CCU
Kids will be lined up around the block waiting to get to your house. I bet there were smiles all around when you made these.
I love brownie cookies, and the M&M’s are the perfect addition! So cute!
These are sooo pretty, Liz. Very great tip about pressing in the candies when they emerge from the oven…Lucky you that you’ve got trick or treaters at your door. Holidays truly are so much more fun with young ones around =)
Oh a cookie/brownie…with candy. Sounds really good. yep I used to raid the chocolate bars beforehand too.
We love M & M cookies here but I’ve never made them chocolate before! If they see this I’ll have to start…that’s not a bad thing. BEAUTIFUL cookies, Liz!
I’m so impressed that you hand out full-sized candy bars! I’d be one of those trick or treaters who changed my costume to come back to your front door and get another 🙂
Full size candy bars? Wish I had lived in your street! I usually only get the little minis because I don’t want full-sized candy bars in my house! I love the look of these cookies, so festive and pretty.
I think I may come to your house to trick or treat! These are totally up my alley!
We don’t get many trick or treaters here in the city and that’s a HUGE problem…for me. 🙂
What a fun presentation!!! These cookies look so delish, Liz!
My kids would adore these… who doesn’t love an M&M. 🙂
chocolaty goodness, yes! Your cookies make me smile Liz. =)
Lizzy , I couldn’t help but grin re the 4th kid ! Your cookies look wonderful ( as always ! )
The word is out now! All the kids are heading to Liz’s house to trick or treat!!! Love these fun and vibrant M and M cookies. I am hoping the boys leave me some of their trick or treat m and m candies so I can make your cookies.
oh wow–this looks amazing! i love M&M
Would you believe, I live in a lovely little neighborhood, and yet only get like two trick or treaters. Crazy right? So I gave up and just get the candy hubby and I want, more for us LOL! I love the idea of a brownie cookie, they look and sound fabulous! Hugs, Terra
These brownie cookies look so pretty! Love how colorful they look with the M&M’s! I usually reach for M&M’s too when I sneak a bite of our candy that we give away 🙂
Brownie cookies sound good! I’ve been looking at the candy corn M&M’s this year:@)
Wow- I want to trick or treat at your house! It’s been a long time since I knew of anyone who gave away full sized bars! Those cookies look fantastic too though – I could get come of those in my bag and be happy!
Very cute! Love your family stories =)
These are too cute and I love that you topped them with extra M&Ms!