peanut butter m&m cookies
Milk chocolate M&Ms add a sweet crunch to these melt in your mouth peanut butter cookies. Cupid adds a festive touch with coordinating Valentine jimmies and sprinkles.
This recipe for Peanut Butter M&M Cookies is easily one of my favorite peanut butter cookie recipes. The cookies are pillowy soft and studded with the perfectly sweet crunch of milk chocolate M&Ms. They’re topped with festive sprinkles because you can never go wrong by adding sprinkles. These cookies can easily be customized to suit any holiday or themed event, but I just adore the bright colors of the Valentine M&M mix.
PEANUT BUTTER M&M COOKIES
Yields: approximately 3 dozen cookies
INGREDIENTS
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1¼ cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups M&Ms
- Assorted sprinkles for decorating
PREPARATION
- In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars until fluffy. Add peanut butter, egg and vanilla extract and beat until fully combined.
- Gradually add flour, baking soda and salt while mixing until dough forms.
- Fold in M&Ms by hand and chill dough for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mat.
- Drop dough balls by rounded tablespoons onto prepared baking sheets approximately two inches apart.
- Gently press down on the dough to create a flat surface. Decorate with two to three additional M&Ms and sprinkles of choice.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Cookies may appear slightly underdone, but will set up when cooled.
- Allow to cool completely before transfering to an airtight container to store for up to one week.
Omg – these are so adorable. Of course, I expect no less from you and your gorgeous desserts!
When in doubt, add sprinkles. They just make everything better.
Fact. :)
I totally want to make these right now! All I need is the M&M’s and the Peanut butter! My kid just asked me if I am going to make these today.
I hope the answer was ‘yes’ – let us know what you think!
Love these for Valentine’s!
Loving the sprinkles added to these. My kids would adore them!
These will be perfect treats for Valentine’s Day!
Is it wrong that I wish I had a stack of these and a big glass of milk right now and it’s 9 in the morning?
Not wrong at all! Peanut butter is a protein. :)
Holyyy these look amazing! …don’t judge me but I’d probably eat one of the dough ones lol.
Oh I definitely ate a dough ball or two.. no judgment here! :)