Christmas M&M Cookies (2024)

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By Fiona

on Dec 17, 2018

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These Christmas M&M cookies are perfect for the holidays. They’re soft, chewy, buttery, and filled with holiday candies and chocolate chips. No chill, super easy, and Santa’s loves them too!

I decided I needed to share at least 1 more cookie recipe before Christmas. And I new it needed to be quick, easy and extra festive. Because when we’re getting this close to Christmas, saving time is always a good idea.

To be totally honest, I also really wanted to buy holiday M&Ms – making these Christmas M&M cookies seemed like the perfect way to justify my purchase.

Tips for Making Christmas M&M Cookies

This holiday cookie recipe is super easy, but here’s a rundown of my tips/advice for perfectly chewy, delicious cookies every time.

Use a combination of butter and shortening. Butter adds more flavor and shortening makes cookies extra soft. The combination of the 2 makes these cookies sooooo delicious.
We’re using brown sugar and white sugar. Brown sugar adds chewiness and a delicious caramel flavor, and the white sugar ensures they still have slightly crispy edges.
JUUUUUUST the right amount of flour. Too much flour = dry cookies. Not enough flour = greasy, thin cookies.
- Before measure the flour, give it a whisk.
- Then spoon it into a dry measuring cup and level off the top.
- Or use a scale. 3 cups will weigh 390g.
- If the dough seems too sticky (this can vary depending on altitude, etc) add 2-4 more tablespoons of flour.
I like to use a cookie scoop to form cookies that are uniform in size. I used a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop and got 42 cookies total.
For extra large cookies, form the dough into balls about 3 tablespoons in size. Make sure they’re taller than they are wide so the cookies don’t spread too flat.
For extra thick cookies, form the dough into balls and place on a cookie sheet. Then pop the dough balls in the fridge for 10 minutes prior to baking.
After the cookies come out of the oven, place a few strategic M&Ms and chocolate chips on top of each cookie for that bakery-style, “eat-me” look.
Switch it up by using different flavors of M&Ms – I love the mint chocolate or candy cane ones for Christmas.

These Christmas M&M cookies are seriously all kinds of deliciousness. And if you’re looking for an easy holiday cookie that requires zero chilling, zero decorating, and all-kinds of delicious – then these M&M Christmas cookies are just the thing.

Christmas M&M Cookies

By: Fiona Dowling

These Christmas M&M cookies are perfect for the holidays. They're soft, chewy, buttery, and filled with holiday candies and chocolate chips. No chill, super easy, and Santa's loves them too!

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Cook: 9 minutes mins

Total: 45 minutes mins

Servings: 40 cookies

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Ingredients

▢ 1/2 cup unsalted butter
▢ 1/2 cup shortening
▢ 1 cup white sugar
▢ 3/4 cup brown sugar
▢ 2 large eggs
▢ 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
▢ 3 cup all-purpose flour
▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
▢ 1/2 teaspoon salt
▢ 3/4 cup holiday M&Ms, plus more for on top
▢ 3/4 cup chocolate chips, plus more for on top

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl beat the butter, shortening, white sugar & brown sugar until fluffy. (about 2 minutes).
Mix in the eggs and vanilla extract.
Turn off the mixer and add in the flour, baking soda & salt. With the mixer on low speed start to beat everything together, gradually turning up the mixer as the flour gets incorporated.
Turn off the mixer and stir in the M&Ms and chocolate chips.
Form the dough into balls about 1 tablespoon in size and place 2 inches apart on the lined cookie sheet.
Bake one sheet at a time on the middle rack for 8-10 minutes or until the tops look just set.
Remove the cookies from the oven, and optionally place a few extra chocolate chips and M&Ms on the top of each.

Notes

* Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

**To freeze the cookie dough, make the dough and form it into balls. Place the balls in a freezer bag, remove any excess air, seal & freeze for up to 2 months. Bake the cookies from frozen - then need an extra 1-2 minutes.

***Baked cookies can be frozen. Cool cookies completely, then place in an airtight container. Thaw in the fridge first, then bring up to room temperature.

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