Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Chocolate Pudding Christmas M&M Cookies

DAY 8: Chocolate Pudding Christmas M&M Cookies

Dark chocolate cookies filled with milk chocolate m&m’s: always a crowd pleaser. And simple to make. Chocolate fudge pudding makes the dough especially rich and delicious.

I usually like to use the mini baking m&m’s; they do not bleed as much into the dough. But you can also change the flavor profile by trying one of the multitude of m&m’s flavors that are available at Christmas time.

RECIPE:

Chocolate Pudding Christmas M&M Cookies

Servings: 24
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½ cup butter, softened
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 Tbs milk
1 egg
1 cup flour
1 box (3.4 oz) instant chocolate fudge pudding mix
2 Tbs Hershey’s Special Dark cocoa powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 ½ cups mini baking M&M’s

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in vanilla extract and milk, then mix in the egg.

In a small bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, pudding mix, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add to mixing bowl and beat until combined. Mix in M&M’s.

Using a medium cookie scoop, drop cookies onto baking sheets. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Do not overbake; cookies will still look slightly underdone. Cool 5 minutes on baking sheets, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Makes about 2 dozen cookies

NOTE:
-If desired, use an additional 3-4 Tbs of M&M’s (or reserve some from original measurement) and press a few into the tops of each scooped cookie dough ball before baking. This helps highlight the candies on the tops of the cookies

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