St. Patrick’s Day Mint M&M Cookies
Our chocolatey and minty St. Patrick’s Day Mint M&M Cookies are a great St. Patrick’s Day treat for the family and super easy to make!
Looking for an easy cookie for St. Patrick’s Day? Look no further. We really love these St. Patrick’s Day Mint M&M Cookies. The cake-y cookies really combine well with the crunchy Mint M&M candies. And these pretty green St. Patrick’s day colors just pop off the dark chocolate cookies. It’s a St. Patrick’s Day dessert that even a leprechaun would love.
How to make the Cookie Dough
Step 1: To make the chocolate cookie dough, mix together the dry ingredients (including the cocoa powder) and set them aside. Cream together the butter and white and brown sugars. Mix in the eggs and vanilla. Finally, add in the dry ingredients 1 cup at a time.
What M&M’s to Use
Step 2: Gather your green M&M’s. We decorated these chocolate cookies with green M&M’s for some St. Patrick’s Day fun. You could pull the green M&M’s out of a regular bag of M&M’s but these Dark Chocolate Mint M&M’s are now available year round so why not use them? There are three different shades of green and they feature a tasty blend of Dark Chocolate and Mint. Yum! We found them in the candy aisle of our grocery store.
Baking Instructions
Step 3: Take a spoonful of cookie dough and roll it into a ball and then slightly press down the cookie dough ball (we used about 1.5 oz. of cookie dough for each cookie.)
Step 4: Press the Mint M&M’s onto the cookie dough ball. This will allow the colorful M&M’s to show up on the top of the baked St Patrick’s Day Mint M&M Cookies. Bake the cookies in an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 9-11 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool.
Expert Tips & FAQs
Don’t worry about any broken M&M’s. This happens when the M&M candies start to cool when you take them out of the oven – totally normal. The cookies still taste great and the cracks give them character!
These cookies should be stored in an airtight container. And they will stay fresh longer if they are completely cool before you pack them up. We usually add a layer of parchment paper between each row of cookies in our plastic container. They will stay fresh at room temperature for 2-3 days if you store them correctly in an air-tight container. They will last up to 3 months in the freezer.
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St. Patrick's Day Mint M&M Cookies
Our yummy and minty St. Patrick's Day Mint M&M Cookies are a great St. Patrick's Day treat for the family.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter (Sweet Cream, Salted - Softened to Room Temperature)
- 3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
- 2/3 cup Brown Sugar (packed)
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 1/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2/3 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 bag Dark Chocolate Mint M&M's
Instructions
- Mix the dry ingredients (including the cocoa powder) together and set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugars.
- Mix in Eggs and Vanilla.
- Fold in dry ingredients.
- Roll dough into balls.
- Press Mint M&M's into the ball.,
- Bake in a 350-degree oven for 9-11 minutes.
Notes
Cracked M&M's? Don’t worry about any cracked M&M’s. This happens when the M&M candies start to cool when you take them out of the oven – totally normal. The cookies still taste great and the cracks give them character!
Storage/Freezing Tips: These cookies should be stored in an airtight container. And they will stay fresh longer if they are completely cool before you pack them up. We usually add a layer of parchment paper between each row of cookies in our plastic container. They will stay fresh at room temperature for 2-3 days if you store them correctly in an air-tight container. They will last up to 3 months in the freezer.
Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!
