M&M Loaded Easter Cookies

Holidays make me think I have a legitimate excuse to eat all the treats I want in order to celebrate fully. For example, Valentine’s Day – eat all the chocolates; Thanksgiving – eat all the pie; Christmas – eat all the fudge. And do you know what I eat at Easter? All the edible pastel things. But I was really craving cookies, so I put edible pastel things in and on the cookies, and then it was all in the name of festivity. Cute pastel candy embellishments aside, these M&M loaded Easter Cookies are so dang good and are the perfect chewy, peanut buttery, oat-y, chocolatey way to celebrate Easter and any other holiday!

Loaded Easter Cookies

Adapted from The Girl Who Ate Everything

Ingredients

• 2 C flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ¾ C butter, slightly softened
• 1 C brown sugar
• ½ C granulated sugar
• ½ C creamy peanut butter
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1½ C oats
• 1 C peanut butter chips
• ¾ C semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ¾ C Easter M&Ms

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
3. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and peanut butter.
4. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and mix well.
5. Slowly add the flour mixture until incorporated, then mix in the oats.
6. Stir in the peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, and M&Ms.
7. Place balls of dough (around 1½ Tbsp) on the cookie sheet. Add M&Ms to the top.
8. Bake for 9-11 minutes.

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M&M Loaded Easter Cookies

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

11 mins

Total Time

21 mins

 

These delicious Easter cookies are loaded with M&Ms, and are the perfectly chewy, peanut buttery, oat-y, chocolatey way to celebrate the upcoming holiday!

Course: Baked Goods, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 24 cookies

Calories: 299 kcal

Ingredients

• 2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup butter (slightly softened)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup peanut butter (creamy)
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1½ cup oats
• 1 cup peanut butter chips
• ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ¾ cup M&Ms (Easter themed)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
3. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and peanut butter.
4. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and mix well.
5. Slowly add the flour mixture until incorporated, then mix in the oats.
6. Stir in the peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, and M&Ms.
7. Place balls of dough (around 1½ Tbsp) on the cookie sheet. Add M&Ms to the top.
8. Bake for 9-11 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

M&M Loaded Easter Cookies

Amount Per Serving (1 cookie)

Calories 299 Calories from Fat 135

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 15g 23%

Saturated Fat 8g 40%

Cholesterol 32mg 11%

Sodium 194mg 8%

Potassium 112mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates 36g 12%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 22g

Protein 5g 10%

Vitamin A 4.3%

Calcium 2.9%

Iron 8.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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xo, Sam