Today I introduce you to the best Peanut Butter M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies! They’re thick and chewy with little bursts of creamy peanut butter!
So perfectly soft.
I took a casual stroll down the candy aisle the other day and I saw the most adorable Easter Egg Peanut Butter M&Ms! Into my cart they went.
The only reason I allow myself to buy peanut butter M&Msย is if I bake with them, because they are not safe around me.
Or I am not safe around them.
Iโm not really sure which is more apt.
Probably both.
In my college days, when Peanut Butter M&Mโs first came out, I would devour entire bags! And not the small bags. #nojudgement
I was obsessed! I was powerless in the face of such a yummy candy! Powerless, I tell you!
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As you will be in the face of these Peanut Butter M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies! Peanut Butter M&Mโs and mini chocolate chips are folded into a brown sugar cookie base and then baked to chewy perfection!
I made them extra large for maximum chewiness and to accommodate the large PB M&Ms. Or at least that is what I told myself (and my Husband).
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Just look at how chewy and soft it is!
Are you concerned about having huge Peanut Butter M&Mโs in your cookie? I know I was.
Donโt be! They are delicious!
You are happily chewing away thinking, โthis is a fabulous chocolate chip cookieโ when, BAM, you get a PB M&M and your eyes widen and all you can think to say is โmmmm can I have another?โ And then the whole plate is goneโฆjust sayinโโฆ
Use the adorable Easter Egg PB M&Ms if you like or make this amazing cookie recipe all year long with the standard onesโฆThey will taste just as good! No Easter grass necessary.
I got a leete carried away with the pictures…my bad. #sorryimnotsorry
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Peanut Butter M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Total Time: 18 minutes
- Yield: 24 large cookies 1x
Description
These Peanut Butter M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies are thick and chewy with little bursts of creamy peanut butter! And perfectly decorated for Easter! Or use regular Peanut Butter M&Ms to enjoy these delicious cookies all year round!
Ingredients
- 3 ยผ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
- 1 ยฝ cups unsalted butter, slightly softened
- 1 ยผ cups packed dark brown sugar
- 1 ยผ cups granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup peanut butter M&Ms (reserve some for placing on top the dough balls)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375ยฐ and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugars together in the bowl of a stand mixer until light and fluffy. I would not recommend using a hand mixer or trying to make this batter by hand.
- Add eggs and vanilla, beating until well incorporated.
- Gradually stir in flour in several additions. I usually do 5. The batter will be thick!
- Stir in M&Ms and mini chocolate chips.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours to overnight for the thickest, chewiest cookies. You can also skip this step, but your cookies will spread more.
- Roll dough balls the size of half a tennis ball and place 1 inch apart on a cookie sheet.
- Bake 9-10 minutes or until the edges are set but the centers still look underbaked.
Notes
The dough also freezes beautifully. I would roll the dough balls a bit smaller if you are going to freeze them. Bake as usual.
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13 Comments
Miss Kim @ behgopa
April 3, 2014 at 4:49 pmLove the springy Easter colors! I can imagine you make a beautiful Easter basket. Peanut butter M&Ms in a chocolate chip cookie…yum! I cant believe you devoured bags of M&M’s! Lol If I did that, I think I’d be blowing up and getting diabetes.
Lindsey
April 4, 2014 at 11:32 amThanks! I obviously got a little carried away with the pictures but it was just so much fun! Who doesn’t love Easter grass? Actually this Easter grass was almost the end of my super-curious cat…so no more Easter baskets around here ๐
Who said the PB m&ms didn’t play a significant roll in the Freshman 15?! ๐ Not even 2 hours of gym-time can remedy that situation!
Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen
April 4, 2014 at 9:41 pmUh oh! ๐ I can see how these would be TOTALLY addictive. Yes, I probably couldn’t stop eating them until I had at least a dozen. Love!
Lindsey
April 4, 2014 at 11:47 pmThanks! These are DANGEROUS! I actually hid some from my Husband!
Kristi @ Inspiration Kitchen
April 8, 2014 at 9:06 pmHahahaha! I’m all about that! I support you! ๐
Lindsey
April 8, 2014 at 9:23 pmALOL! ๐
Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
April 4, 2014 at 10:29 pm1. OOOOH so chewy and perfectly peanut buttery!!!
2. preeeetttyyyy
3. I looooove love love peanut butter m&m’s (although they came out way longer ago than that! I used to have them after school when I was little (just googled it-they came out in 1990 :P)
4.yayayayyyy hooray for these amazing cookies!
Lindsey
April 4, 2014 at 11:46 pmLol! Thank you, Kayle!! You’re so sweet!!
As for #3, I guess I was late to the party!!! [bc FYI I was not in college in the 90’s!]
Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
April 5, 2014 at 8:55 amlol well no I didn’t think sooo! lol
Lindsey
April 5, 2014 at 9:16 amJust makin’ sure! It’s probably for the best that I didn’t discover them until college… lol!
Christin@SpicySouthernKitchen
April 5, 2014 at 9:29 amWhat a beautiful spring cookie! I just love baking with seasonal candies ๐
Lindsey
April 5, 2014 at 10:33 amSimple pleasures! They totally make me happy!
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