The Original M&M Cookies Recipe

I have been making and baking cookies with M&Ms for decades. I discovered the recipe on the back of the M&M bag when I was a kid and have been making them ever since.

Basically, an M&M cookie is just chocolate chip cookie dough with M&Ms instead of chocolate chips, but somehow they seem a lot more fun and festive than regular chocolate chip cookies.

For years I baked these M&M cookies at Christmas using red and green M&Ms and everyone loved them.

Now that M&Ms are available in colors appropriate for most all the holidays - red and white at Valentine's Day, pastels at Easter - you can make this original M&M cookie recipe your go-to holiday cookie recipe using the holiday M&Ms appropriate to the season.

There are lots of different flavors to try to - think dark chocolate M&Ms, mint M&Ms, peanut butter M&Ms, just to name a few. You can also use smaller M&M baking bits that would work well in this cookie recipe.

Food fads come and go but the timeless classics like this original M&M cookie recipe is here to stay. Some things, like M&Ms, never go out of style!

Cookies made with butter will spread more and be crisper; those made with shortening will hold their shape better and stay softer. I like to use a combination of 1/2 butter and 1/2 shortening when baking my M&M cookies.

Looking for a quicker and easier M&M cookie recipe?
Here's a recipe for M&M Cake Mix Cookies.

Tools for the Cookie Baker:

A High Quality Stainless Steel Spatula for lifting cookies from your cookie sheets.

If counter space is tight, you'll love these Stackable Cooling Racks - perfect for cookies, bars, brownies and any other baking you might be doing.