Soft and Chewy M&M Cookies – these fun and colorful cookies are perfect all year long and easily changed up with the M&Ms you use. They’re a family favorite!
These classic cookie are filled with bits of M&Ms and topped with them too making them one of our go-to’s along with our Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies and Sugar Cookies!
Family Favorite M and M Cookies
Our family is obsessed with cookies!
This week’s M and M Cookies recipe is so easy and fun! It’s always a FAVORITE with the kiddos {even with the adults!!} And what’s great about this recipe is that it’s quick and the cookies ALWAYS turn out soft. 🙂
We’ve always loved M&M Cookies in our home and the kids love that they can help by adding the M&MS on top before they get baked. I liked that it’s a combination of cookie and candy, and what’s not to love about that?!
For this recipe, we modified our Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie by taking out the chocolate chips and filling it with crushed M&Ms and candies on top. The result is a soft and chewy candy-filled cookie that is great for adults and kids.
How to Make M&M Cookies
As we mentioned, these soft candy cookies are very simple and take just 10 minutes to get in the oven.
PREHEAT. To make these cookies, gather your ingredients and preheat the oven to 350.
WET INGREDIENTS. Cream the butter, oil (you can also opt to do just 1 cup of butter instead of ½ cup butter + ½ cup vegetable oil) and sugars. Add the eggs and beat until fluffy.
DRY INGREDIENTS. Add the remaining ingredients (all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, vanilla and crushed M&Ms). Mix until combined.
SCOOP. Scoop onto a greased cookie sheet. Top with 4-5 M&Ms and bake for about 8 – 10 minutes.
We love to enjoy these warm, but they’re also great room temp. The candies are the perfect addition and make these cookies irresistible.
Recipe Tips + FAQs
Can you freeze M&M cookies? Of course! You can freeze in cookie scoops (just let thaw completely before baking) or as whole cookies. These will last in your freezer for 3-4 months if wrapped in plastic wrap and stored in a freezer-safe bag.
How to store? Place in an air-tight container and leave on the counter for 3-4 days (although we doubt they will last that long!)
What is the best way to crush M&Ms? We use a nut chopper, but you can also add them to a ziploc bag and crush with the bottom of a cup. How many crushed M&Ms you include is up to you. 😉
Can you make bars out of this? Indeed, you can! And we have several recipes on the site where we did just that. Be sure to check out these posts for cookie/cake bars that are topped with M&Ms.
- M&M Chocolate Oat Bars – Layers of oats and chocolate and sweetened condensed milk are all topped with M&Ms
- Cake Mix Cookie Bars – Cake bars topped with mini M&Ms
- Cookie Bars – Cookies in bar form! Just top with M&Ms instead of chocolate chips.
M&M Cookie Variations
We love that you can color coordinate them for holidays and events depending on the colors of M&Ms you use (And we know that M&Ms now come in every color, which makes it that much better)!
Some of our favorite M&Ms to use in our desserts include:
- Classic M&Ms
- Peanut Butter M&Ms
- Mini M&Ms
- White Chocolate M&Ms
- Peppermint M&Ms
Using these different M&Ms change the color but also the flavor. With the Peanut Butter M&Ms, we often add peanut butter chips too. We love adding toffee bits when we use the mini M&Ms, white chocolate chips with the white chocolate candies and even Andes Peppermint pieces with the peppermint candies.
So many great ways to make and change up this delicious cookie!
Some recipes on the site include: Chocolate M&M Cookies, Mint Oreo M&M Cookies, Peanut Butter M&M Cookies.
For more M&M cookies, check out:
M&M Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- M&M's (plain) chopped and whole, separated
Instructions
- Cream together sugars, butter and oil.
- Add eggs and beat until fluffy.
- Add dry ingredients as well as vanilla.
- Mix in chopped M&Ms {however many you want}.
- Place in balls on greased pan, insert 5 M&Ms on top.
- Bake at 350 for 7-8 minutes.
I just made some similar cookies. I LOVE cookies…but you know this. And i love OLD people too =)
Bwahaha! Love that video! And thanks for the ceiling fan tip. I totally need to do that. This summer when I turned our fan on my 3 year old said "What!? It's snowing inside!!" 🙂 Oops. (And gross, yes, I know.)
I love that video! "You do more things on accident than most people do on purpose!" ha ha ha! Goes to show you don't change much on the inside as you get older.
I've seen the link for that video before, but this was my first time watching. Love it!And those cookies look yummy!
Those people were so cute and don't you just love M&M cookies? They're fun and yum in your hand. 🙂
mmm mmm good. nothing better than a really yummy chewy cookie. I love your blog. I'm a new follower now and I'm gonna look around a bit at other posts cause their are so many good things. take care!kathrynwww.thedragonsfairytail.blogspot.com
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I made these cookies for my wedding and they were awesome! I used them on my cookie and candy bar. I’ll be blogging about this recipe soon!
SO glad you liked them, Larissa. Be sure to send me the link once you blog about it. Would love to see it. 🙂
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There! Got the post of the cookies up – so delicious!
Thank you for the recipe! I REALLY dislike making cookies, mostly because they never turn out for me. I prefer a nice chewy cookie, with a teeny crunch on the outside. And I haven’t found the perfect recipe yet. I think I have! These are DELICIOUS! I used the fall colored M&M’s. They’re perfectly chewy, with great flavor. Thanks!
Your comment made my day, Erica!! SO glad you like them. My hubby likes the cookies the same way as you… soft but a tid crunch on the outside. 🙂 I’m sure they looked great with the Fall Color M&Ms!! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Just wanted to drop you a note that I just made your cookies last night and they turned out so well! Used christmas m&ms and put them in the mailbox for the mail person. Thank you!
YAY!! So glad you liked them. And your mailman is a lucky person!! Have a very Merry Christmas!
These are possibly the best cookies I have ever baked!
YAY!! I love hearing that. They’re definitely a favorite of ours too and the WHOLE family loves them. 🙂 I hope you can find other recipes here on the site that you will love also. 🙂
These cookies turned out great! I reduced the oil by 1/2 and they were super yummy. I’ll use this recipe again with chocolate chips.
GREAT!! That makes me happy! Thanks so much for letting me know!
I am making these for a school project, and i need to know what they should taste like and what the texture should be. Can you help me?
Not sure what you are looking for, but they taste like a regular cookie with m&m’s, chopped and whole in it. We love these cookies! They are soft, also with a crunch. Hope that helps!!
as in regular cookie don’t you mean like a sugar cookie or something different
It’s not like a sugar cookie, more like chocolate chip 🙂
I have never posted a comment on a recipe before, but these taste just like the ones you would buy at the store… simply amazing!
You are so sweet! Thank you so much for trying them & for letting me know!
I just made a double batch for Christmas! They look so festive! I know everyone will love them! On to peanut butter with Hershey Kisses!
Yay! They will love them! Thank you & have fun!
Could I maybe place the dough in the fridge, if I don’t want to make so many at one time? Would they still come out good the next day?
They should. I usually make them right as I make the dough, but I would just store it air-tight & it should be fine 🙂
Great recipe, cookies turned out perfect!!! Nice and fluffy!!!!
Yay! Thank you for trying them & for letting me know! Glad you liked them 🙂
We had a blast making these cookies! They turned out great and delicious! We made ours a little thicker so they took longer in our old oven, but were a great hit. I know the little boy will love them!
Yay!! It’s fun making cookies with others 🙂 Thank you so much for letting me know!
This recipe looks so yummy. I’m about to try it now but I’m wondering if I can sub more butter for the oil? I am in Colorado and have a business selling “infused” baked goods. I bake a plethora of things but they must use butter, as it is the ingredient that is infused. I’m excited to try this recipe with our customers. All our products only get sold to verified adults and both my kitchen and products are inspected by the State. Please don’t judge, we are a very responsible, ethical and professional business.
I am sure you can, though I have not substituted it. I’d love to know what you think 🙂
WOW my new favorite cookie! I love to bake and mostly I make cookies, I was looking for a new recipe for my sisters birthday.
I can say I will be making these for every family holiday.
Note I made a double batch LOL to share with more people, added 8 oz bag of walnuts and a full bag of mini chocolate chips.
SO GOOD
Woohoo!! Love to hear that! These really are the best! Thank you for sharing that 🙂
I was pretty skeptical about these to be honest. I have never used oil OR baking powder in a cookie recipe before. But… they were actually really good! They turned out just like they look in the pictures and they were nice and chewy with a little crunch. I was pleasantly surprised! My only criticism is they took wayyy longer to cook than the recipe said; I needed about 17-18 minutes per batch.
Not sure this will take over for my usual recipe (maybe I’ll do a comparison later this year) but they’re definitely tasty!
Thank you for trying them 🙂 I know all ovens are different, so some may take longer or some shorter. I am glad you liked them.
Aside from chocolate chip cookies these are the next best thing. Who doesnt like the combination of m&ms and cookies? Totally the best!
These are the best!! everyone loved them! this will be my go-to recipe for sure!! They were soft & chewy.
These were awesome cookies. Just baked them up.
Yay!! I am so glad you liked them!! They are one of my favorites! Thank you!
These are the most delicious cookies I’ve ever made!!
Yay! I am so glad you think so!! Thank you for trying them 🙂
Would one bag oF m&m’s be enough for this recipe? Or how many m&m’s did you end up Using? Also what kind of butter? (Salted or unsalted?) i’m so excited to try thESe cookies out! <3
I like to use unsalted butter when baking. Yes, one bag is plenty 🙂 It all just depends on how much you like m&m’s. There’s no wrong amount 😉
So delicious! We used red and green M&Ms for christmas.
I love m&m cookies! So easy to chaNge up according to the holiday or just use the standard colors for everyday baking. There so pretty and always so yummy!
I had to bring a festive cookie to an activity. My mom helPed me make these with Pink Valentine M&Ms. all my friends really liked them.
Can I just say, these are the best! They are soft & chewy & I love the whole pieces & the chopped M&M’s!
These look incredibly perfect. Need a big glass of milk!!
Yes, you do! Thank you so much!
These are the best m&m coookies I have tried!
These cookies are a staple in our house – anything with M&M’S is always a good idea!
I will definitely be making these soon! My kids are going to LOVE them!!
can’t go wrong with this classic cookie — always a hit!
My daughter asked to make these this week! she loves to make them with her friends. I love the dough so its a win win for me!
Just getting these in the ove. Tgey look oily. Hop they aren’t.
They shouldn’t be. Hope you like them!
This Recipe is absolutely delicious! There is no other m&m Chocolate recipe (or even chocolate chip recipe) I would consider Over this one. The cookies came out perfect aNd were a huge hit with my family and my coworkers. Instead of cruShing m&m’s In the recipe, I crushed dark chOcolate chips in the douGh and had the m&m’s RestinG on top. So good! Thank you for the recipe! I don’t normally leave reViews, but these cookies were Amazing!
Thank you for leaving the review! I appreciate it & appreciate you trying them!! Thank you!
I love these cookies! They are so easy and delicious! Super fun for holidays using the seasonal m&m’s. They never last long at my house!
Not at mine either! Thank you for letting me know 🙂
This was a super easy and great tasting cookies
We absoLutely love these cookies! I make a huge batch, Put them on a cookie sheet and flash freeze them. Then anytime we want hot, fresh m&m cookies … we have them!! Thank you for this great recipe!
Great idea!! Thanks for sharing that! I am so glad you all love them!
Fluffy clouds of cinnamon sugar goodness!
If sugar cookies and churros Had a baby- these cookies would be it.
They were so easy tO maKe too, we will be keeping this recipe in our “favoritEs” From now oN ❤️
So happy to hear that! Thank you so much!
This is an OUTstanding recipe!!! I have made many batches of these delicious cookies for friends and family, and I have loved them each time. I have also shared this recipe with many others, and we all love the result of this easy recipe… such a success!
Awe, thank you so much for sharing this recipe with others! I am so glad you like them! Thank you!
Oh My goodness – these m&m cookies were simply…the best!!! This recipe has been added to fAmily favorite binder.
Yay!! That makes me so happy to hear! Thank you so much!
This recipe is super easy and so fun to make for any occasion! Christmas? Sure! Easter? You Bet! Wednesday? Absolutely! DelicIouS and simple.
Thanks so much for saying that! They really are!
Can’t wait to try it!
Hope you like them! 🙂
Perfect cookie perfection!
Awe, thank you so much!!
Made these with my kids for a subday activity. We all loved them. Ill be making the again for Sure!
Oh, I am so glad to hear that! Thank you!
OMG, they were so good. My little one loved these amd so DId I. Foong ro make these monthly.
Yay!! That’s what I love to hear! Thank you!
I liked these! easy to put together, and made some really good, classic m&m cookies. They came out as expected based on the recipe.
Glad you liked them! Thank you for letting me know 🙂
HEY CAN i use 1 cup of real butter instead of the vegetable oil
I have not personally tried that. So, I can’t say for sure how they would turn out.
ok so what does the oil do for the recipe, im curious?
Roughly, how much of the m&m do you put in?
For me personally, the more the merrier. I use maybe 1 1/2 cups.
One of our favorites cookie recipes!
These are the best and so easy to make. We ate the whole batch in 3 days! Literally taste like store bought cookies!
So good! Love that you can just change up the M&Ms for all the holidays!
quick and easy to make. And super yummy!!
Our girls LOVE these cookies. The youngest tries ro eat all the M&Ms off first!
These are our favorite! We love these cookies and this is our go to m & m cookie recipe!
Very good will definitely use this recipe again
These cookies were delish! Definitely saving this recipe. And my kids love that we can switch them
Up for the holidays.
These were great! I used mini M&Ms and didn’t chop them up, definitely would if I used regular sized. Anyway, these were delicious and will definitely make them again.
Mini m&m’s are perfect!! Thank you for letting me know!
SO simple and SO good! I have put salted caramel chips in, chocolate chips and my all time fav reeses peanut butter chips and reeses pieces on top! I don’t even have to get out my big mixer! I scoop mine using a medium size scoop and cook for 8 minsutes, I love that I don’t have to chill before baking. I usually freeze about a dozen so we don’t end up eating them all in one day!
Ooh the peanut butter chips and Reeses pieces sound amazing! These cookies are really versatile which makes them fun. Love all the yummy variations you have made. Thanks for sharing!!
By far the best cookie recipe I have tried!
I made these foe my daughters’ birthday party 2 years ago and it’s been a cookie staple for our family wver since! The tip to chop up the m&ms and throw them in is key!
I have been searching for a great M&M recipe and I have definitely found it!!! These have the perfect balance where neither the cookie or the m&m overtake the flavor. The flavors blend together flawlessly and you get a great cookie with yummy bites of chocolate. So good!!!
Such great flavor.
My friend asked for her favorite cookie (m&m cookies) for her wedding reception. I tried 2 other m&m cookie recipes, this one was the best. Soft, chewy and so good!
Just made these and they were awesome!
I personally found that the cookie sheets make a big difference in baking times. Thick aluminum doesn’t work as well as the thin older ones. I got better results with 12 minute baking time.
I must have done something wrong. My cookies were rock solid. My kids did not want them.
Sorry to hear that! Perhaps they were baked longer… that can result in harder cookies? Not totally sure, but thanks for giving the recipe a try!
Rated one star because YOU did something wrong? That doesn’t seem fair. 🤷♀️
Ericka exactly what I was thinking. She admitted she did something wrong and gave a 1 star🙄. Makes no sense to me. I’ve been using this website for cooking and baking for years and it’s one of my favorite websites!!
Loved the m&m cookie recipe. Thanks so much for sharing.
This is my go to recipe EVERY single time I make M&M cookies. So much so that not only me but my kids as well have memorized the ingredients and amounts. Obviously the cookies that didn’t turn out for some people clearly is not because of the recipe! Not all people are bakers. Just sayin’. 🤣
I’m so glad you and your family love the recipe…. and to be memorized too! 😉 Love it!
LOL we’ve memorized it too and made it really easy to memorize by doubling the batch. Everything is either a 1 or 2 and 6c flour. Nobody minds doubling the batch to make it easy to remember.
It doesn’t say how many M&Ms to add?
We just list however many you want… some may like more or less. A good idea is about how many chocolate chips you would use. A good starting point is 1 1/2-2 cups, give or take.
Family loved them!
Yay! So happy to hear that!
This is the most popular one we use!!! We LOVE changing out the m&ms for whatever holiday/season it is to make them more festive!!
Best M&M cookies I have ever tried!!! They disappear within an hour every time 🙂
Can always trust that your recipes are going to be the very best!!! These are delicious and perfect in every way.
Oh, no! I am sorry. I am not sure why they would have??
I haven’t had the dough too sticky, so I am sorry it was…3 cups is the perfect amount. I like to use vegetable oil when baking & the amount of m&m’s, depends on you. You really can’t go wrong. I like to use at least 1 cup or more.