Brighten up your cookie jar with these ultra-soft and colorful M&M's® Pudding Cookies. If you are looking for the ultimate crowd-pleasing treat, this recipe is a guaranteed winner. The secret to their melt-in-your-mouth texture is the addition of instant vanilla pudding mix, which keeps the cookies incredibly moist, tender, and chewy for days. Packed with vibrant, crunchy M&M's® milk chocolate candies, these cookies are as fun to look at as they are delicious to eat. They are perfect for school lunches, birthday parties, holiday dessert platters, or a simple afternoon treat with a cold glass of milk. Bake a batch of soft, chewy cookies filled with colorful M&M’S® candies today!
Here’s a look at the ingredients you’ll need to make these colorful M&M’S® Pudding Cookies.
Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix: The dry mix is added straight to the dough—it helps make the cookies tender and chewy. Don’t prepare the pudding first.
M&M’S® Milk Chocolate Candies: Add chocolate flavor and a crisp candy shell, along with festive color. Swap the candy colors to suit another holiday or occasion.
White Vanilla Baking Chips: Add extra vanilla flavor and sweet, creamy bites throughout the cookies.
Butter: Adds richness and helps create a tender cookie. Softened butter blends more easily with the sugars.
Granulated and Brown Sugar: Sweeten the dough, with brown sugar adding a deeper flavor.
Other Ingredients You’ll Need: Flour, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, and salt.
Here are the basic steps for making these colorful cookies. See the full recipe below for more details.
Stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugars until fluffy, then mix in the dry pudding mix, eggs, and vanilla. Gradually add the flour mixture until combined.
Stir in the M&M’S® candies and vanilla baking chips.
Scoop the dough onto ungreased cookie sheets, leaving room for the cookies to spread. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned.
Let the cookies cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
These cookies stay soft longer than traditional cookies, but proper storage will keep them tasting fresh-baked.
Store cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. Store in a single layer or place a sheet of parchment paper between layers to keep the cookies from sticking to one another.
Place baked cookies in a freezer-safe airtight container or heavy-duty freezer bag in a single layer or separated with parchment paper or wax paper. Freeze for up to 3 months.
Thaw frozen cookies uncovered on a plate at room temperature for 20 minutes. If you want a warm, gooey chocolate experience, microwave a cookie for 5 to 8 seconds. Avoid overheating, as the chocolate inside the M&M's® can melt and burn, and the cookie can become tough.
Heat oven to 350°F. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until fluffy; scrape side of bowl. Beat in dry pudding mix. Beat in eggs, one at a time, just until smooth. Beat in vanilla.
On low speed, gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture until well blended. Stir in M&M'S® milk chocolate candies and white chips until blended.
For success in this recipe, the pudding mix is not prepared but added dry to the butter-sugar mixture.
Customize this cookie for any holiday by using other colors of the M&M'S® milk chocolate candies.
| Food Component / Nutrient | Amount | % , Daily Value* |
|---|---|---|
| Total Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 0g | % Value Not Available |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1&½g | % Value Not Available |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0g | % Value Not Available |
| Omega-3 | 0g | % Value Not Available |
| Cholesterol | 15mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 125mg | 5% |
| Total Carbohydrate | 19g | 6% |
| Dietary Fiber | 0g | 0% |
| Soluble Fiber | 0g | % Value Not Available |
| Insoluble Fiber | 0g | % Value Not Available |
| Sugars | 14g | % Value Not Available |
| Protein | 1g | % Value Not Available |
| Vitamin D | Value Not Available | 0% |
| Calcium | Value Not Available | 2% |
| Iron | Value Not Available | 2% |
| Potassium | 45mg | 1% |
| Vitamin A | Value Not Available | 2% |
| Vitamin C | Value Not Available | 0% |
| Vitamin E | Value Not Available | 0% |
| Thiamin | Value Not Available | 4% |
| Riboflavin | Value Not Available | 4% |
| Niacin | Value Not Available | 0% |
| Vitamin B6 | Value Not Available | 0% |
| Folic Acid | Value Not Available | 2% |
| Vitamin B12 | Value Not Available | 0% |
| Pantothenic Acid | Value Not Available | 0% |
| Phosphorus | Value Not Available | 2% |
| Magnesium | Value Not Available | 0% |
| Zinc | Value Not Available | 0% |
| Manganese | Value Not Available | 4% |
| Selenium | Value Not Available | 4% |
| Copper | Value Not Available | 0% |
| Beta-Carotene | Value Not Available | % Value Not Available |
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. | ||
