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By: MadelinePosted: 09/10/2021Updated: 12/06/2021

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Make soft and chewy M&M Sugar Cookies with this simple M&M cookie recipe. Use holiday M&Ms to make special cookies for every holiday!

Baked sugar cookies with m&ms on a wire cooling rack

Only thing better than sugar cookies are sugar cookies with M&Ms

I love big, soft and chewy sugar cookies. I took my classic sugar cookie recipe up a notch by mixing in LOTS of milk chocolate M&Ms.

These colorful M&M sugar cookies are perfect for birthday parties, holiday parties and everything in between.You can easily alter this M&M cookie recipe by using different types of M&Ms and seasonal M&Ms for holidays!

M&M sugar cookies in s serving bowl

Kitchen Tools

  • Mixing bowls
  • Measuring spoons and measuring cups
  • Cookie measuring scoop
  • Electric hand mixer or stand mixer
  • Sheet pan or baking pan
  • Cooling rack
  • Spatula
Above view of ingredients for m&m cookie recipe

Ingredients

  • Butter
  • Sugar
  • Light brown sugar
  • Egg
  • All purpose flour
  • Corn starch or arrowroot starch
  • Salt
  • Baking soda
  • M&Ms

What type of M&Ms should I use?

I think that milk chocolate M&Ms work best for this M&M sugar cookie recipe, but you can use any type of M&M. You can try dark chocolate or peanut butter for a fun twist on the classic recipe.

Can I make these cookies gluten free?

Yes! Just replace the all purpose flour with a 1-to-1 gluten free flour blend. Depending on the flour blend, they make cook faster or slower than the all purpose flour so just keep an eye on the cookies and remove them from the oven when they are golden brown.

Step by step assembly of m&m sugar cookies

How to make m&M Sugar cookies

Step 1: Prepare sugar cookie dough

To begin, preheat oven to 325F. Then, cream softened butter, sugar and brown sugar together with an electric mixer. Mix in the egg.

Pour in the flour, salt, baking soda and corn starch. Mix again and continue mixing until a smooth even dough forms. You may need to use a spatula to help the dough come together.

Step 2: Mix in M&ms and Form Cookies

Pour in three quarters of the M&Ms and fold in with the spatula. Using a cookie scoop, scoop 2 tbsp of dough onto the baking sheet per cookie.

Flatten the dough balls slightly and top them with the rest of the M&Ms.

Step 3: Bake until golden brown

Then, bake the cookies at 325F for 15-18 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to the cooling rack to cool completely.

Side view of a hand grabbing a sugar cookie m&m off a stack

Make this M&M Cookie recipe for Any holiday!

The best part about this sugar cookie recipe is that it can be adapted for any holiday! M&M sells varieties for any holiday like red white and blue M&Ms for the Fourth of July so you can make Red White and Blue Sugar cookies by using those!

M&M sugar cookies made with red white and blue m&ms

Make a festive Christmas M&M cookie recipe by using the red and green M&Ms. You can even mix in some Christmas sprinkles. Make Valentines Day sugar cookies with the red white and pink M&Ms!

Above view of Christmas M&M cookie recipe

Storage and Freezing

Allow the cookies to cool completely, then, store in an air tight container on the counter for up to 5 days. Or store for up to 10 days in the refrigerator.

Freeze these M&M sugar cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

Check out these other delicious cookie recipes

  • Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
  • Chocolate Chip Mocha Cookies
  • Holiday Almond Cookies

You can find the full recipe below. If you make this recipe, please rate and review it in the comments, or share it with me on Instagram!

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M&M sugar cookies in s serving bowl
Recipe

M&M Sugar Cookies

★★★★★ 4.3 from 7 reviews

Make soft and chewy M&M Sugar Cookies with this simple M&M cookie recipe

Recipe By: Madeline
Prep: 15 minutesCook: 18 minutesTotal: 33 minutes
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Servings: 12 cookies 1x

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar (packed)
  • 1 egg (room temperature)
  • 2 cups all purpose flour (scoop and level measured)
  • 1 tsp corn starch
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup M&Ms (separated into 3/4 cup and 1/4 cup)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place softened butter in a bowl with sugar and brown sugar. Mix together with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer until it is evenly combined and soft and fluffy. Crack a room temperature egg into the bowl and mix again until soft and fluffy.
  2. Pour all purpose flour, corn starch, salt and baking soda into the bowl and mix with the electric mixer until fully combined. Use a spatula to continue mixing the dough and help the dough come together.
  3. Pour 3/4 cup of M&Ms into the bowl and mix into the dough with the spatula. Using a cookie scoop, measure out 2 tbsp per cookie and scoop onto the parchment lined baking sheet. Continue scooping until you have 12 cookies – you may need to bake in 2 batches.
  4. Press down on the dough balls slightly to flatten and top with the remaining 1/4 cup of M&Ms. Place the baking sheet in the oven to bake at 325F for 15-18 minutes.
  5. Remove from the oven and allow the cookies to cool for at least 10 minutes on the baking sheet.Then, transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.
This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.
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  1. Kylie+Ann+Stanley says

    Posted on 9/13 at 8:44 pm

    i was SO excited to try these cookies and they were unreal! way better than anything you can find in a store, or even some bakeries.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      Posted on 9/14 at 11:19 am

      Yay thanks so much! So glad you liked them.

      Reply
  2. Kelly Jo says

    Posted on 9/15 at 7:23 pm

    Delicious and very easy to make. I didn’t know if they were going to turn out because I thought the dough was too crumbly, but they were perfect! I can’t wait to try different chips, like butterscotch. Yum! Thank you for the recipe! My family loves them too!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
  3. Nicole says

    Posted on 9/24 at 5:09 pm

    This recipe is great! I made them for my partner and I and ended up freezing half to save ourselves from eating all of them immediately.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      Posted on 9/27 at 5:48 pm

      Hah, love it! Thanks!

      Reply
    • Lily says

      Posted on 12/8 at 3:11 am

      Easy, quick and yummy 😋. My toddler helped me to prepare them, was a lovely time together. We make this cookies to share with family and friends.

      ★★★★★

      Reply
      • Madeline says

        Posted on 12/8 at 10:48 am

        Wonderful! Thanks, Lily!

        Reply
  4. Dawn says

    Posted on 12/17 at 10:31 am

    Very yummy. I doubled the recipe and thought it would produce more, but that is ok- will just triple it next time.

    ★★★★

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      Posted on 12/17 at 5:31 pm

      thanks Dawn!

      Reply
  5. Eddie says

    Posted on 12/22 at 1:16 pm

    Are you sure it’s cornstarch and not baking powder? I though cornstarch dries ? My dough was really crumbly .

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      Posted on 12/23 at 2:10 pm

      did you move forward with baking them? it can seem like a crumbly dough but once baked they come together and are not dry.

      Reply
  6. CathyP says

    Posted on 12/25 at 4:15 pm

    I was in a hurry so I pressed the dough into a sheet pan, baked them and cut them as bar cookies. They turned out great – kind of like a delicious shortbread cookie with M&Ms. Thanks for sharing your recipe Madeline!

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      Posted on 12/28 at 7:52 pm

      wonderful! thank you!

      Reply
  7. Lisa says

    Posted on 1/25 at 8:12 pm

    My colleague made these and they were amazing! Had perfect texture and not flat like a pancake. I was wondering if it would be just as good with chocolate chips instead of MMS?

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      Posted on 1/26 at 10:36 am

      thanks Lisa! and yes, totally! just substitute them normally and they should work.

      Reply
  8. Nora says

    Posted on 4/19 at 7:49 pm

    I followed the direction to a T when I mixed the dry too the wet, the dough was not cookie dough, I had to add an extra eggnand more butter( another stick) and then more flour. Got 4 test cookies n the oven now 🙏🏼They turn out

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      Posted on 4/21 at 10:50 am

      I’m sorry the dough turned out weird – I’ve made these several times without issue so I’m not sure what went wrong! I hope the test cookies turned out well!

      Reply
  9. Christine says

    Posted on 5/4 at 10:10 am

    My dough was way too dry and crumbly. I added another egg and 2 more tablespoons of butter in order to get it to a consistency that would hold together. Tasted fine but were very flat. Wouldn’t use this recipe again.

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      Posted on 5/5 at 2:54 pm

      hey Christine! the dough does turn out a bit dry before baking but the cookies are really fluffy and moist once baked with the recipe as is. I’m sorry they didn’t turn out great for you!

      Reply
  10. Tonia says

    Posted on 9/10 at 5:44 pm

    Cookies taste horrible! Absolutely no flavor! Im so upset I wasted the ingredients and my time!

    ★

    Reply
  11. Stu Gotz says

    Posted on 12/21 at 7:50 pm

    I was just making these cookies and was worried that the dough was so dry, so I came down to the comments section to see if anyone had the same problem. Lo and behold, the people who had dry dough and continued with the recipe all seemed really happy with the results. The people who wanted to solve their fry dough problem with extra ingredients seem to be the only ones who didn’t have the final product turn out well. After baking, i wish they were slightly thinner, but they taste fantastic. Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
    • Madeline says

      Posted on 12/21 at 8:06 pm

      Great! Thanks, Stu!

      Reply

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