Easter Cookies

Easy and delicious Easter cookies are packed with M&Ms and chocolate and perfect for all your holiday festivities!

Our Favorite Easter Cookies!

We love our M&M Cookies and love to change these cookies up to any holiday or season by changing out the M&Ms and chips, like we did for these Easter Cookies.

These particular cookies are ones we’ve been making since we were little girls. With the addition of pastel M&Ms and white chocolate chips, they’ve become our go-to cookie recipe for Spring and Easter.

They’re made in under 20 minutes, require a few ingredients, taste amazing and are loved by both kids and adults.

For more fun and festive cookies for Easter, try Easter Basket Cookie Cups, Easter Sugar Cookies, or Carrot Cake Cookies.

Ingredients

PREP TIME: 10 minutes BAKE TIME: 8 minutes

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar – light or dark brown sugar
• ½ cup butter softened – We use unsalted butter, but salted can be used too. See How to Soften Butter Quickly
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs – room temperature
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt – Reduce if using salted butter.
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract – or almond extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour – see How to Measure Flour
• M&M’s chopped and whole separated – The easiest way is to use a nut chopper, but a large chef’s knife and a cutting board also work.
• 1 cup white chocolate chips divided

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How to Make Easter Cookies

1. PREP. Preheat the oven to 350°F
2. DOUGH. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream 1 cup sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, ½ cup softened butter, and ½ cup vegetable oil on low speed. Mix in 2 eggs, one at a time – until fluffy.
   • In a medium bowl add 3 cups all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon baking soda and whisk. Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture and mix until combined. Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla.
   • Add chopped M&Ms as well as ½ cup white chocolate chips.
3. BAKE. Scrape down the sides scoop the dough and roll it into balls. Add 5 whole M&M to the top center of each dough ball to make them picture-perfect and add a few white chocolate chips on top as well.
   • Bake in the preheated oven for 7-8 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet then place on a wire rack to finish cooling.

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5 from 56 votes

Easter Cookies

By: Lil’ Luna

Easy and delicious Easter cookies are packed with M&Ms and chocolate and perfect for all your holiday festivities!

Servings: 24

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 8 minutes mins

Total: 18 minutes mins

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1 cup sugar
• ▢ 1 cup brown sugar
• ▢ ½ cup butter, softened
• ▢ ½ cup vegetable oil
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 3 cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ M&M's chopped and whole, separated
• ▢ 1 cup white chocolate chips, divided

Instructions 

• Preheat the oven to 350°F
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream white sugar, brown sugar, butter, and oil.
• Add eggs, one at a time, to the butter mixture and mix until fluffy.
• In a separate bowl, sift baking powder, salt, baking soda, and flour. Add to the wet ingredients and mix until combined. Add vanilla and mix.
• Add as many chopped M&Ms as you prefer and ½ cup white chocolate chips.
• Scoop the dough and roll it into balls. Add 5 whole M&M's to the top center of each dough ball. Add a few white chocolate chips on top as well.
• Bake for 8-9 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet.

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Notes

Store cookie dough. Mix up the cookie dough, cover with plastic, and refrigerate for 1-2 days. You can also freeze cookie dough balls for 3 months. See How to Freeze Cookie Dough for tips.  

Store baked cookies in an airtight container at room temperature, along with a piece of white bread to help keep them soft, for 4-5 days. Freeze in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. 

Nutrition

Calories: 246kcal, Carbohydrates: 34g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 11g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 25mg, Sodium: 146mg, Potassium: 98mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 22g, Vitamin A: 140IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 46mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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