The BEST Mini M&M Cookies - I Heart Naptime (2024)

These mini M&M cookies are just as soft and chewy and loaded with colorful M&M candies, but they’re that much more adorable!

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Soft and Chewy Mini M&M Cookies

These are one of thebest cookie recipesfor any special occasion. Choose your colors and make mini dessert versions of,4th of July cookies, and! Who doesn’t love a teeny tiny version of the classics?!

They’re a fun snack to have when friends come over and they made a colorful addition to any cookie tray. I love that mini chocolate chip cookies are the perfect size to fit into the smallest lunch box containers.

Key Ingredients

These chewy cookies are perfectly mixed together for the best mini M&M cookies!

Find the fullprintable recipewith specific measurements below.

• Butter:It’s important to make sure it’s soft, so take it out and let it sit at room temperature beforehand. If you’ve forgotten, follow these steps onhow to soften butter.
• Light brown sugar, packed:This means you want to add the sugar into the measuring cup, bit by bit. Packing it down as you go. This will give you the required amount. Make sure your sugar is fresh and moist because we’re looking for it to deliver the right textures!
• Granulated sugar:We’re using both types of sugar. The brown sugar keeps it soft and moist, whereas the white sugar adds sweetness but balances out the moisture.
• Egg:Needed for binding, otherwise, your cookies would collapse.
• Vanilla extract:A delicious warming flavor that brings everything together. It’s a flavor enhancer and it does to sweet recipes what salt does to savory ones.
• All-purpose flour:It’s very important to knowhow to measure flourby using a spoon and the level method.
• Cornstarch:I like to add a bit of cornstarch to these cookies to help get the soft and tender texture in the center. It also helps to keep the cookies from spreading.
• Baking soda:A leavening agent that will help give these cookies some heft! No flat and crispy cookies here.
• Mini M&Ms:The fun part! Choose whatever colors you want. The traditional pack of rainbow colors is what I used for this mini M&M cookie recipe.

How to Make Mini M&M Cookies

Follow a few simple instructions to make the best M&M cookies that will light up the room! These are sweet and savory that are quick and easy to make. Enjoy these mini cookies over and over again!

1. Wet ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, beat together with a paddle attachment or use a hand mixer of the butter and both sugars. Stir in the egg and vanilla and mix to combine.
2. Dry ingredients: In the same bowl, you’ll mix in the dry ingredients then fold in the mini M&Ms.
3. Scoop: Use a cookie scoop to scoop out the dough into 1-inch balls and place the dough balls far enough apart on a cookie sheet or baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
4. Bake: Bake in the oven for 7-8 minutes until they are golden brown. Remove them and allow them to cool on the sheet before moving them to a cooling rack.

Recipe Tips

Here are some helpful tips that will help make these M&M mini cookies even better! When baking follows these extra tips to learn how to make the cookies extra special.

• Save some mini M&M‘s for the tops. Just before you put them in the oven, place a few more so that they are visible. It’s just for presentation but it’s worth it! If you forget, no worries, you can even add some in as soon as they come out of the oven. Just be careful!
• Don’t walk away from the oven! These little guys don’t take long to bake at all. You don’t want to overbake them and in order to keep the soft center, remove them from the oven as soon as the 7-8 minutes are up.
• Keep baking. They will continue baking a bit on the hot sheet, which is why we leave them there before moving them to the cooling rack.

Variations on Mini M&M Cookie Recipe

Make your cookies just the way you like them! Try them with extra chocolate chips or make them with nuts or other variations. Here are several ideas to try in your homemade cookies!

• Chocolate chips. Add some mini chocolate chips into the batter for added chocolate taste and texture.
• Extra chocolate. Make a mini version of these with even more chocolate!
• Regular M&M’s. You can use regular M&M’s of course, just know you’ll get fewer in each cookie.
• Other variations. Swap the M&M candies for a different add-in for a different cookie! Chopped nuts, toffee bits, crushed peppermint candies, or leave them plain and add some sprinkles!

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