These festive Christmas M&M Sprinkle Cookies are perfect for holiday cookie trays, Christmas parties or Santa’s cookie plate. This cookie dough is loaded with red and green M&Ms, sprinkles and two different types of chocolate chips!
Kids and adults love these delicious, chocolate and sprinkle filled cookies. They are so much fun to make and make the perfect Christmas cookie for parties and gifting.
Every year, Christmas themed cookies flood the internet and I always see tons of M&M cookie recipes. What makes these different is the addition of fun Christmas themed sprinkles and chocolate chips. Oh, and the cookie dough is just perfect!
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Ingredients Needed
Unsalted Butter
Sugar – Both brown and granulated sugar.
Eggs – Just the yolks are needed for this recipe.
Vanilla Extract
All-Purpose Flour
Baking Soda
Baking Powder
Salt
Add-ins – Red and green M&Ms, Christmas Sprinkles, semi-sweet chocolate chips and white chocolate chips. I like mixing a few different sprinkle mixes together for these cookies.
Tips for Making Perfect Cookies Every Time!
Using softened butter is important when making these cookies. The butter needs to be completely soft at room temperature. This will allow for proper creaming of the butter and sugar. Which helps create the perfect spread and texture to the cookie dough.
Do not overmix your cookie dough. Mix just until the flour is fully incorporated. To ensure that I do not overmix the cookie dough I like to add the M&Ms, sprinkles and chocolate chips in when I add the dry ingredients to the bowl.
Do not overbake your cookies! Overbaking will make a much harder cookie. When baking Christmas M&M Sprinkle Cookies, knowing the perfect time to remove them from the oven is key to the BEST texture. You are looking for the edges to be slightly browned and flat. The centers should be puffed and a little underdone looking. The carryover baking will take care of the rest.
How to Make Christmas M&M Sprinkle Cookies
- Cream butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a bowl fitted with a paddle for about 6 minutes.
- Add in egg yolks and vanilla extract and continue mixing until fully combined and lighter in color.
- Mix together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, M&Ms, sprinkles and both chocolate chips.
- Mix in the dry ingredients until fully combined and no more white streaks remain.
- Scoop and bake – Scoop onto a parchment lined baking sheet and bake in a 350° F preheated oven for 10-12 minutes.
*Pro Tip
After scooping the cookie dough onto the baking sheet gently press to flatten out each cookie a little. Then place a few m&ms, sprinkles and chocolate chips on top to create even prettier cookies.
Storing Christmas M&M Sprinkle Cookies
Store Christmas M&M Sprinkle Cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for about 4 days for the freshest tasting cookies. After 4 days the cookies will no longer have their nice chewing texture. While they are fine to eat, they no longer have the best texture.
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Christmas M&M Sprinkle Cookies
These festive Christmas M&M Sprinkle Cookies are perfect for holiday cookie trays, Christmas parties or Santa's cookie plate. This cookie dough is loaded with red and green M&Ms, sprinkles and two different types of chocolate chips!
Ingredients
Instructions
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Preheat an oven to 350° F and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
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In the bowl of a mixer cream together the butter and both sugars. Mix for approximately 6 minutes. The mixture should be lighter in color and fluffy.
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Add in the egg yolks, one at a time. Mixing well between additions. Mix in the vanilla extract until well combined.
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In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, M&Ms, sprinkles and both chocolate chips.
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Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and combine just until no white streaks remain.
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Scoop out onto prepared baking sheets (1 ounce scoop or 2 rounded tablespoons) and bake for 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!
Note
For the perfect size, use a 1-ounce portion scoop or 2 rounded tablespoons for the cookies.
If you want to make smaller cookies just use 1 rounded tablespoon per cookie.
