Soft Batch Christmas M&M Cookies are going to be your new favorite holiday cookie! These cookies are super soft, perfectly chewy, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious.
Looking for the perfect holiday cookie to gift to your neighbors, teachers, and friends? Well this cookie is it! Who doesn’t love a great chocolate chip cookie, and the M&M’s make it even better with their festive color and candy-coated crunch! For another tasty holiday cookie, check out my Italian Thumbprint Cookies.
Once you make these cookies, they’ll be your go-to cookie year round too! Swap out the green and red M&M’s for red, pink, and white, and make these for Valentines Day. Red, white, and blue M&M’s for the 4th of July. You see where I’m going with this, right?!
Soft Batch Christmas M&M Cookies couldn’t be easier to make either. I recently just made a triple batch of these cookies for a cookie exchange and they turned out even better than imagined. If you are making a large batch of cookies, I would definitely recommend using your stand up mixer like this KitchenAid Stand Mixer – it makes baking life so much easier!
The Secret to Soft Batch Cookies: Vanilla Pudding Mix!
What makes these Soft Batch Christmas M&M Cookies so much better than the other recipes out there? It’s the secret ingredient: vanilla pudding mix. If you’ve never made cookies using pudding mix, you are missing out. It is definitely the key to super soft and fluffy cookies.
The pudding mix adds so much in the way of flavor and texture, it’s an ingredient you don’t want to omit. For this recipe, you need a 3.4 ounce box of Vanilla Pudding Mix, which you can buy at any grocery store or online. Then just dump it in the mix, that’s it!
What you get are the softest and most melt-in-your-mouth cookies out there! If you love pudding mix in cookies, you don’t want to miss my Double Chocolate Pudding Cookies made with chocolate pudding mix.
Looking for more great holiday cookie recipes? Don’t miss my White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies and my Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies – easy and delicious recipes that are perfect for the holidays!
How to Make Christmas M&M Cookies
First, in a stand up mixer or large bowl, cream the butter and sugars for at least three minutes. You want it to be fluffy and creamy in appearance. Next, beat in the egg and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, vanilla pudding mix, baking soda, and salt. Add to the batter and stir to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of the M&M’s.
Use a cookie scoop to roll into evenly-shaped balls and place on baking mat. Press down gently and stick 2-3 M&M’s on top of each cookie. Because these cookie will expand, don’t put them too close together on the baking pan.
Bake at 350 for 11-13 minutes or until golden brown. Because they will not change much in color, be careful not to overcook. Also, the cookies will come out of the oven fluffy, but will settle within a couple of minutes.
Moreover, you can make a large batch of these and freeze in ziplock bags for up to a month. Enjoy!
Christmas M&M’s Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature (one stick)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 3.4 ounce package instant vanilla pudding mix (like Jell-O)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup red & green M&M’s (divided)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a stand up mixer, or bowl with handheld mixer, cream together the butter and sugars until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, pudding mix, baking soda, and salt. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and stir well to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of the M&M’s.
- Using a cookie scoop, measure out equal balls of dough and place on baking sheet. Flatten slightly and press in remaining M&M’s on top of the cookies. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on wire baking rack.
Notes
I would love to just grab one of these cookies. They look so soft. I am adding these to my must make list for the holidays.
These look so delicious and tasty! My family is going to love these! Can’t wait to make them!
The holiday baking has already started here and we are always looking for new ideas and cookies to add to the list! These cookies look fantastic!
I love how soft and delicious these are. Perfect for Christmas!
These are so fun for the holidays. The kiddos love helping me make them!
My daughter made these and they came out soooo good! This recipe is a keeper
So happy you loved them! They are one of my favorites 🙂