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M&M’s Christmas Cookies for Santa

November 19, 2019 by Melissa 11 Comments

Christmas Cookies for Santa – This Christmas M&M’S Cookies are the perfect cookies for Santa! Crunchy and colorful Christmas M&M’s in an easy to make buttery cookie dough, studded with milk chocolate chips and white chocolate chips.

Christmas Cookies for Santa

Christmas Cookies for Santa – This Christmas M&M’S Cookies are the perfect cookies for Santa! Crunchy and colorful Christmas M&M’s in an easy to make buttery cookie dough, studded with milk chocolate chips and white chocolate chips.

Cookies for Santa

These Christmas cookies have the perfect combination of milk chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and Christmas M&M’S. I usually use regular sized M&M’S but I recently updated the photos for this recipe and used Mini Christmas M&M’S Baking Bits and I love them even more. Because the M&M’S are smaller, you can sprinkle more on top and they look more festive!

M&M's Christmas Cookies for Santa

I used a medium sized cookie scoop to measure out the cookie dough.

M&M's Christmas Cookies for Santa

I add additional M&M’s to the top of the cookie dough before baking so you can really see the M&M’S on the baked cookie.  For my updated photos, I used the Mini M&M’s Baking Bits which I found in  the baking aisle.

Just look at that cookie dough packed with chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and M&M’S! Bake 8-10 minutes just until the edges are light golden brown. Cookies will continue to cook as they cool.

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M&M'S Christmas Cookies for Santa
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Chilling
30 mins
Total Time
53 mins
 

Christmas Cookies for Santa - This Christmas M&M'S Cookies are the perfect cookies for Santa! Crunchy and colorful Christmas M&M's in an easy to make buttery cookie dough, studded with milk chocolate chips and white chocolate chips.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Christmas Cookies, Cookies for Santa
Servings: 28 cookies
Calories: 185 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 12 tablespoons of butter softened
  • 1/2 cup of granulated white sugar
  • 3/4 cup of firmly packed golden brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
  • 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 3/4 cup of milk chocolate chips
  • 3/4 cup of white chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup of Mini Christmas M&M's Baking Bits plus more for topping cookie dough before baking
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and baking soda.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment, combine butter, both sugars, vanilla and salt. Beat on medium speed until well combined, about 2 minutes.

  4. Add egg and egg yolk, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary.
  5. Add in flour mixture and continue mixing just until incorporated.
  6. Add in chocolate chips and M&M's and give a final stir. For best results, chill dough for 30 minutes before baking.

  7. Measure cookie dough balls with a medium cookie sized cookie scoop.
  8. Place cookie dough on baking sheet and top with additional mini M&M's.

  9. Bake 8-10 minutes, just until edges are a light golden brown.

  10. Don't over bake as cookie will continue baking as it cools.
Nutrition Facts
M&M'S Christmas Cookies for Santa
Amount Per Serving
Calories 185 Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Cholesterol 28mg9%
Sodium 160mg7%
Potassium 35mg1%
Carbohydrates 25g8%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 18g20%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 187IU4%
Calcium 29mg3%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

  1. James

    December 19, 2016 at 3:32 am

    Hi Melissa,
    Wow this looks yummy! Thank you for posting this. I love the red and green M&Ms. Did you buy a whole pack and picked out the red and greens? Great idea! Haha. Will definitely try and come back to check more of your recipes. Cheers!

    Reply
    • Melissa

      December 24, 2016 at 1:36 pm

      Hi!

      I used Christmas M&M’s.

      Reply
  2. Rylie Baker

    December 21, 2016 at 2:18 pm

    I made these and they were amazing!! I took them to a church activity and got a ton of compliments and a few even asked for the recipe. Some of the best cookies I’ve ever had! Thank you!

    Reply
  3. Kristen

    December 1, 2018 at 5:23 pm

    5 stars
    Can I freeze these?

    Reply
    • Melissa

      December 4, 2018 at 10:12 am

      Yes! I prefer to freeze the dough and bake the cookie as needed.

      Reply
  4. Darlene

    December 20, 2018 at 2:31 pm

    Is 13 table spoons of butter a typo?

    Reply
  5. Taylor

    December 10, 2019 at 11:17 am

    5 stars
    These are my absolute FAVORITE Christmas cookies! There’s something about Christmas M&M’s that just makes me so happy!

    Reply
  6. Suzy

    December 10, 2019 at 11:50 am

    5 stars
    One of our favorite Christmas cookies to make! The kids love helping with the M&M’s!

    Reply
  7. Natasha

    December 10, 2019 at 12:06 pm

    5 stars
    What a cute idea with the colored m and m’s – the perfect santa cooke!

    Reply
  8. katerina @ diethood.com

    December 3, 2020 at 10:24 am

    5 stars
    These cookies are adorable!! I can’t wait to make them for my kids!

    Reply
  9. Sara Welch

    December 3, 2020 at 12:02 pm

    5 stars
    Adding these to my baking line up this holiday season; my kids will love baking these!

    Reply

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