Easy Valentine’s Day M&M’s Cookies

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Deep rich chocolate with festive M&M’s, these Valentine’s Day M&M’s Cookies are a treat your family or friends will love. From scratch cookies are always a perfect sweet treat so why not fill your cookie jar?

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Why You’ll Love These Chocolate Cookies

If you’re a chocolate lover, this is a cookie for you. The deep chocolate flavor coupled with the M&M’s will make this cookie a staple in your cookie jar.

1. Rich Chocolate Flavor: Chocolate lovers rejoice! These cookies are packed with cocoa goodness and M&M’s, delivering a decadent taste with every chewy bite.
2. Colorful and Fun: Topping the cookie dough with M&M’s not only enhances the flavor but also creates a pop of color.
3. Perfect for All Ages: Whether you’re a kid or just a kid at heart, Valentine’s Day M&M’s cookies are sure to bring a smile to your face. They’re great for bake sales, parties, or simply as a sweet treat to enjoy any time of day.
4. Kids Can Help: Get the kids or grandkids in the kitchen to help make the cookies. They will have fun pressing the M&M candies onto the top of each cookie dough ball.

Ingredients for Valentine’s Day M&M’s Cookies

This recipe for Valentine’s M&M cookies uses all the regular ingredients. Nothing fancy.

• Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
• White Sugar
• Brown Sugar
• Large Egg
• Pure Vanilla Extract
• All Purpose Flour
• Cocoa Powder
• Baking Soda
• Salt
• Valentine M&Ms, or other holiday colors.

Equipment for Valentine’s Day M&M Cookies

If you love to bake, you should have everything you need. These cookies are a festive way to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

• Stand mixer though a hand mixer will work too.
• Measuring cup in different sizes.
• Large bowl
• Rubber spatula or wooden spoon
• Prepared cookie sheet – use parchment paper or silicone baking mats
• Wire rack

Tips and Suggestions

• While you can use a big cookie scoop, I like smaller cookies.
• Instead of mixing M&M’s into the cookie dough, I gently pressed them into the cookie dough balls. I tried to make sure to get a white M&M, a pink M&M, and some red M&M candies in each cookie. I like the chocolatey goodness of M&M candies.
• If you want a cookie with more chocolate, add some white chocolate chips.
• While this is a Valentine’s version, you could use any colorful M&M candies.
• You’ll have extra M&M candies left over. Feel free to press more into the cookie dough ball. I only did a few because I didn’t want a cookie covered in the candies.

How do you store Valentine’s M&M Cookies

Once the baked cookies have cooled, store them in an airtight container.

When you’re ready to share, package them up in a cute tin or gift box, add a heartfelt note, and watch as smiles light up their faces.

More Valentine’s Day Recipes

If you don’t have time to bake Valentine’s Day M&M’s cookies, try these Valentine’s cookie pops or brown sugar M&M cookie bars. For more of a candy treat try this Valentine’s fudge or Valentine’s bark.

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