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Chocolate Christmas Cookies are filled with M&Ms and holiday cheer. They are festive + sweet, and perfect for sharing!
We love to bake up cookies to share at Christmas, like our favorite Snowball Cookies, Gingerbread Cookies and Christmas Sugar Cookies.
Chocolate Holiday Cookies
Cookies are a staple during the holidays, especially at Christmas. They are quick, easy, and perfect for sharing!
These Chocolate Christmas Cookies are a fav for so many reasons:
- For Chocolate lovers. If you love chocolate, the base cookie for this is from our Double Chocolate Chip Cookies, and it’s AMAZING!
- Easy and delicious. These are simple and come together in no time, and with M&Ms and chocolate galore, they are so yummy!
- Holiday perfect. These are great for gifting and for holiday gatherings.
These Chocolate Christmas Cookies are are great for sharing and so festive and delicious!
Ingredients
- red and green M&Ms – any flavors work, but we usually do Plain Christmas M&Ms
- softened butter
- granulated sugar
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- all-purpose flour
- unsweetened cocoa powder
- baking soda
- salt
How to Make
- PREP. Preheat oven to 350°F. Chop 1/2 cup M&Ms in a nut chopper and set aside.
- WET INGREDIENTS. In a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla, mix until fluffy.
- DRY INGREDIENTS. Add flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and mix until combined. Fold in chopped M&Ms.
- BAKE. Scoop cookies out onto a greased cookie sheet and top with red & green M&Ms. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
Note: I would not recommend topping the cookies with M&Ms after they are cooked. They tend not to stay on the cookie.
Variations
Make them mini. I typically use a 1-inch cookie dough scooper, but you can use a smaller one to make mini Chocolate Christmas Cookies. Reduce the bake time to 5-6 minutes.
Topping variations. Replace the M&M candy topping with:
- holiday colored frosting or holiday colored drizzle
- crushed almonds or peanuts
- chocolate chips or dark chocolate chunks
- crushed candy canes or mint pieces
Storing info
STORE. Baked cookies need to cool completely on a wire rack, then store in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days. Adding a piece of white bread to the container will help keep the cookies soft.
FREEZE baked cookies. Place 1-2 cookies in fold top sandwich bags, place them together in a freezer Ziploc. You can also wrap them individually with plastic wrap, a fold top sandwich bag, or layer using parchment paper in between. They can keep in the freezer for 2 months.
More Christmas Cookies include:
- Christmas Sugar Cookies
- Christmas Wreath Cookies
- Eggnog Cookies
- Christmas Oreos
- Gingerbread Cookies
- Christmas Snickerdoodles
Chocolate Christmas Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups red and green M&Ms, divided
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Chop 1/2 cup M&Ms in a nut chopper and set aside.
- In a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until fluffy.
- Add flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and mix until combined.
- Fold in chopped M&Ms.
- Scoop cookies out onto a greased cookie sheet and top with red & green M&Ms. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- NOTE: I would not recommend topping the cookies with M&Ms after they are cooked. They tend not to stay on the cookie.
Notes
- Soften the butter before mixing so it creams smoothly with the sugar.
- Chop some of the M&Ms for the dough so the candy spreads through every bite.
- Add the whole M&Ms on top before baking so they stay on the cookies.
- Bake just until the cookies are set, about 8 to 10 minutes, so they stay soft.
- I would not recommend topping the cookies with M&Ms after they are cooked. They tend not to stay on the cookie.
- Make-ahead tip: make the dough ahead and refrigerate it, or bake the cookies and freeze them for holiday trays later.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
