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Peanut Butter Cookies with M&M's dark chocolate candy.
This is one of my favorite, classic recipes for peanut butter cookies, and this time I added some M&M's of dark chocolate variety to dress them up a bit. You can't really go wrong combining dark chocolate candy and peanut butter, so cookies came out perfectly! They have a moist texture, almost like a brownie, especially if you manage to eat them the same day (which is, believe me, hard not to do). After the first day, they get crispier and will keep that amazingly soft and chewy texture. This is such a great recipe with M&M's - everybody loves it, even those who are not big fans of peanut butter. It's just an all around great cookie!
Do not skip the step of rolling the cookies into small balls and then rolling them in granulated sugar: that's what makes them look so light in color and pretty! If you don't roll the cookie dough balls in sugar, your cookies will come out much darker.
I am planning to make these Peanut Butter Cookies with M&M's tonight and hope you do some time too! Enjoy!
M&M peanut butter cookies
Ingredients
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature (let the butter from refrigerator sit on the counter for about an hour or so)
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅙ cup granulated sugar for coating
- 5 oz M&M's candy dark chocolate kind
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Using an electric mixer, cream peanut butter and butter in a mixing bowl until smooth. Add brown sugar; beat until combined. Add eggs and vanilla, and continue beating until creamy.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients from step 2 to wet ingredients in step 1, beating on low speed.
- Prepare baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper or lightly greased aluminum foil. Place granulated sugar on a plate. Roll spoonfuls of cookie dough into balls, rolling each ball between your hands. Roll balls in sugar to coat them completely.
- Place cookie balls 2 inches apart on a prepared baking sheet. Bake until cookies begin to puff up slightly, about 7 minutes. Remove from oven. Press several M&M candies on top of each cookie. Return to oven; continue baking for about 5 more minutes, until cookies just turn golden brown and chocolate begins to melt. Remove from oven and let the cookies cool at least 10 minutes on baking sheet before transferring cookies to rack to cool completely.
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what a great use for dark chocolate m&ms!
Peanut butter always makes cookies so much better. Aren't the ears too big for a dear?
Yes, his ears are very big: I thought it was because he was a baby deer. Maybe, it's an elk after all.
Love these colorful cookies and the furry friend you came across! M & M's are my favorite childhood candy!
very colourful and cheerful looking cookies 😀
Ahhh! I am freaking out over that deer! 😀 I love deer. So adorable! And I love these cookies too--M&Ms are the perfect addition to peanut butter cookies. 🙂
Mmmm.. Cookies with M&M's are always a favorite! The kids always love the addition! Have a fabulous weekend!
My kids will jump for joy when I make these. 🙂 M&M makes the cookies so colorful and cheerful!!
Hi Julia! Those cookies look delicious, as always. I have been craving them for ages but due to some health woes, until I have surgery I am on a low-to-no-fat diet. It is truly miserable! I have told Mr VP that the second I am better, I expect biscuits (cookies) and icecream 😀
I don't know what lenses you have, but it's always worth getting a 70-300mm kit lens or maybe a 200mm fixed as they are useful (and good for lazy photographers, like me, who don't want to limb and claw their way to get closer to what they're photographing!). You've got some great photos of that deer though! Very sweet.
I'm drooling over these pictures! Those cookies bring me right back to my childhood- I can't remember the last time I've had one, but I do suddenly miss them terribly. I'll have to hunt down chocolate lentils (AKA, kosher/vegan M&M knock-offs) to revisit those happy memories.
These look yummy! You can't go wrong with peanut butter and M&M. 🙂
Dark chocolate always works for me! Fun cookies - I love M&Ms in my peanut butter cookies too. Or in almost any cookie, really - one of those favorites from when I was little that I still enjoy today (most candies that I used to like I find "OK" but not compelling). Good post - thanks.