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Valentines cookies are soft and chewy with chocolate pops of pink, red, and white M&M’s. They are Valentine’s perfection!
We Love Pink & Red COOKIES!
We love making treats for Valentine’s Day, and there are a few we make every year, including Homemade Suckers, Valentine’s Day Sugar Cookies and these classic Valentines Cookies.
These cookies are a spin on our classic M&M cookies but filled with red, white and pink M&Ms. The cookies are so delicious and simple but are great for sharing, Valentine’s parties and more.
We hope you love making these too and that they can add a little extra sweetness to your holiday.
WHY WE LOVE IT:
- Quick and easy. As with most easy cookie recipes, these are ready in under 20 minutes!
- M&Ms make everything better. This classic twist is a flavorful favorite. Who doesn’t love M&Ms?! These are a great go-to Valentine’s Dessert!
- Absolutely adorable. These pink and red cookies are great for after-school treats, a class party, or a family Valentine’s dinner.
Ingredients
PREP TIME: 10 minutes
COOK TIME: 7 minutes
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar – For a chewier cookie increase the brown sugar and reduce the white sugar by the same amount. Using 1⅓ cups of brown sugar and ⅔ cup white sugar is a good place to start.
- ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature – If it’s too cold the butter can’t incorporate as well, and if it’s too warm, the cookies will spread and flatten. See our post on How to Soften Butter Quickly.
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs – Room temperature eggs incorporate best with the other ingredients.
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt – Reduce or omit if you use salted butter.
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract – or almond extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour – see How to Measure Flour
- 2 cups M&M’s – Plain chocolate M&M’s work best in this recipe. Since these cookies are geared toward Valentine’s I chose to use pink, red, and white. We also added a few Mini M&M’s to the top for extra decoration.
- variations – Valentine-shaped sprinkles, Jimmies, or festive sugar crystal sprinkles to the tops instead of extra M&M’s
How to make ValentineS Cookies
- PREP. Preheat oven to 350°F.
- DOUGH. In the large bowl of a stand mixer, with the paddle attachment on, cream 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, ½ cup butter, and ½ cup oil.
- Add 2 eggs and beat until fluffy. Add dry ingredients, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 3 cups all-purpose flour, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- When the butter gets too warm, either before mixing or after being mixed, the cookie dough can spread too quickly in the oven before setting. Chilling the dough will help keep the butter cold and keep the cookies from spreading.
- M&M’S. Mix in 1½ cups chopped M&Ms {however many you want}.
- Use a nut chopper, food processor, large knife & a cutting board, or place them in a Ziploc and crush them with the bottom of a cup.
- BAKE. Form the dough into balls and place them on a greased pan. Top each with 5 M&Ms. Bake for 7-8 minutes.
- Let sit on the baking sheet for 1-2 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated 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
- 2 cups plain M&M's, red, pink & white, chopped and whole, separated
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Cream together brown sugar, granulated sugar, butter, and oil.
- Add eggs and beat until fluffy.
- Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and vanilla.
- Mix in 1½ cups chopped M&Ms {or however many you want}.
- Place in balls on a greased pan, and insert 5 M&Ms on top.
- Bake at 350°F for 7-8 minutes.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe FAQ
Wrap the cookie dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1-2 days. Freeze the dough for 3-4 months. See How to Freeze Cookie Dough for tips.
Keep cooled Valentine’s M&M cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 4-5 days. Add a piece of white bread into the container to keep the cookies soft. They can also be frozen for up to 3 months.
This is my favorite sugar cookie recipe. No chilling required and it is both sturdy and so soft.
I made this Valentine cookies 3 times already within one week my family loves them I changed the recipe just a little in the sugar instead of one cup of white sugar and 1 cup of white Brown sugar I just used a 1/2 a cup of white sugar and a 1/2 a cup of light Brown sugarand instead of M&M I use valentines sprinkles small balls red and pink whites perfect thank you for this recipe.
Oh I’m so glad to hear you all love the cookies! Thanks for sharing what you did too.
My favorite colors of m&m’s!! They are pretty, soft, & so yummy!
Made these today with my 6 year old. He had so much fun adding the Valentines M&M’s. These were so easy to make and so soft to eat.
I love anything that has to do with Valentines Day. The food and all the cuteness that goes with it! These cookies are so yummy and colorful!
We loved all of these Valentine cookies but the m&m ones were my kids favorite!! So yummy!
These were such a hit and so festive for Valentine’s Day! I made them for my son’s preschool class and everyone loved them.
These were a hit with my kids friends over the weekend. My son wants me to make them again for his school party so thank you for making such an easy recipe!
So good!!!
I made these and have never had so many compliments over a cookie recipe. Everyone just loved them and I was pretty impressed myself
Oh I’m so happy to hear that!!