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    Home » Recipes » Chocolate

    Published: Feb 4, 2022 by Nicole This post may contain affiliate links.

    Valentines Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

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    These Valentine's cookies are soft, chewy, and packed with chocolate and festive colors. Every batch tastes incredible and makes about 50 cookies so there's plenty to go around!

    a wooden cutting board with 4 cookies on top

    I love tossing a box of pudding mix into my cookie recipes. It adds chewy goodness, soft texture, and packs so much flavor into every bite it's like a secret weapon. These M&M pudding cookies are packed with those great flavors.

    With Oreo pudding dry mix in the recipe, you get small bits of oreo cookies with that creamy flavor that just makes these cookies swoon-worthy.

    The added sprinkles, M and Ms, chocolate chips just make the cookies festive and indulgent.

    Jump to:
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🍽 Equipment Needed
    • 🍴 Recipe Tips
    • 🥣 Substitutions
    • 💭 FAQs
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 📖 Recipe
    ingredients needed to make valentines day cookies

    🥘 Ingredients

    • All-Purpose Flour
    • Boxed Oreo Jell-o Pudding
    • Cornstarch
    • Baking powder
    • Baking soda
    • Salt
    • Unsalted butter
    • Brown sugar
    • White sugar
    • Vanilla extract
    • Large eggs
    • Milk chocolate chips
    • Red and Pink Holiday M&Ms
    • Valentines Sprinkles

    For the exact amounts needed, please see the recipe card below.

    🍽 Equipment Needed

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    • Measuring cups
    • measuring spoons
    • Mixing bowls
    • Baking sheet
    • Parchment paper
    4 valentines cookies on a wooden board

    🍴 Recipe Tips

    These Valentine's day chocolate chip cookies are super simple and easy to make but will require a large (or extra-large) sized mixing bowl as it can be a lot to handle.

    I like to mix everything with my electric mixer but use the dough hooks when I'm incorporating the M&Ms, choc chips, and sprinkles at the end because it mixes them in well without overdoing it or making a mess.

    Making in Advance-

    You can chill the dough in the freezer for a short time or chill it in the fridge for longer depending on how many cookies you want to bake it might be wise to shuffle the dough around. I like to ball out all of my dough on one baking sheet and place it in the freezer while cooking another sheet pan full.

    If it's taking a while between batches and I feel the cookie dough is getting too hard in the freezer I just move it to the fridge and finish up since the dough will be well chilled by that point.

    When the cookies come out of the oven, it's important to let them sit on the baking sheet for AT LEAST 2 minutes (preferably longer). This allows the cookies to finish cooking, set, and not fall apart when you go to transfer them to the cooling rack.

    two cookies on a wooden board with more cookies on a plate in the background

    🥣 Substitutions

    If you can't find the Oreo Pudding Mix then use a 3.4-ounce box of Vanilla pudding instead. Just mix the dry stuff with 4 crushed and crumbled oreo cookies and use in place of the Oreo pudding mix.

    a collage showing how to make valentines cookies

    💭 FAQs

    Which chocolate chips are best for cookies?

    That depends on the cookies you're making, I usually prefer milk chocolate chips. They melt nicer, look glossy, and give a nice burst of sweetness. Semi-sweet can also be good if you like the contrast in flavor and slight bitterness.

    Can I use any boxed pudding in my cookie recipe?

    Yes, you could use any boxed pudding in place of the one requested in this recipe. Cheesecake flavored, chocolate, vanilla, or even banana cream would all taste pretty amazing in this recipe.

    Can I freeze chocolate chip M and M cookies?

    Yes. Freeze the dough balls before baking or freeze cookies after they've cooled down. The Valentine's cookies can be frozen in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

    a cookie scoop holding up a scoop of dough above a bowl and of cookie dough

    🔪 Instructions

    Check out how to make Valentine's chocolate chip M&M cookies with these simple step-by-step instructions:

    1. In a bowl, whisk together the flour, pudding dry mix, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
    2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
    3. Add in the vanilla and eggs, and mix to distribute.
    4. Add the dry ingredients to the bowl of egg mixture and mix until well combined. You may need to use your hands to help mix it in. the dough will be thick.
    5. Fold in most of the chocolate chips, sprinkles, and M&Ms. Reserve the rest for later.
    6. Scoop the dough into 2 tablespoon sized scoops and place on a parchment lined baking sheet at least 2 or 3 inches apart.
    7. Sprinkle your reserved sprinkles over the top of the dough balls.
    8. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes until the edges look set.
    9. Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven top the cookies with some remaining chocolate chips and M&Ms. I like to chop my M&Ms for a nicer appearance.
    10. Let rest on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to the cooling rack.
    11. Continue until all cookies have been cooked and cooled
    a hand holding a valentine cookie in front of a board with more cookies on it

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    📖 Recipe

    4 cookies on a wooden board with scattered M&Ms and chocolate chips around it
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    5 from 2 votes

    Valentines Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

    These Valentine's cookies are soft, chewy, and packed with chocolate and festive colors. Every batch tastes incredible and makes about 48 cookies so there's plenty to go around!
    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 25 mins
    Servings: 48 cookies
    Calories: 240kcal
    Cost Recipe $7.55 / Serving $0.31
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    Equipment

    • Baking Sheet
    • Mixing Bowls
    • Parchment Paper
    • Measuring Spoons
    • Measuring Cups
    • Electric Mixer

    Ingredients

    • 3 cups all-purpose flour ($0.24)
    • 1 4oz box Oreo Jell-o Pudding (dry mix only) ($0.98)
    • 2 teaspoon cornstarch ($0.01)
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder ($0.02)
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda ($0.01)
    • 1 teaspoon salt ($0.10)
    • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened ($0.75)
    • 1 cup brown sugar ($0.35)
    • 1 cup white sugar ($0.22)
    • 2 teaspoon vanilla ($0.04)
    • 2 large eggs, room temp ($0.16)
    • 1 cup milk chocolate chips ($0.99)
    • 2 ½ cups Red and Pink Holiday M&Ms (10 ounce bag) ($03.38)
    • 3 tablespoon Valentines Sprinkles ($0.30)

    Instructions

    • In a bowl, whisk together the flour, pudding dry mix, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
    • In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
    • Add in the vanilla and eggs, and mix to distribute.
    • Add the dry ingredients to the bowl of egg mixture and mix until well combined. You may need to use your hands to help mix it in. the dough will be thick.
    • Fold in most of the chocolate chips, sprinkles, and M&Ms. Reserve the rest for later.
    • Scoop the dough into 2 tablespoon sized scoops and place on a parchment lined baking sheet at least 2 or 3 inches apart.
    • Sprinkle your reserved sprinkles over the top of the dough balls.
    • Bake the cookies for 10 minutes until the edges look set.
    • Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven top the cookies with some remaining chocolate chips and M&Ms. I like to chop my M&Ms for a nicer appearance.
    • Let rest on the baking sheet for 2 minutes before transferring to the cooling rack.
    • Continue until all cookies have been cooked and cooled.

    Notes

    Recipe Tips

    • These Valentine's day chocolate chip cookies are super simple and easy to make but will require a large (or extra-large) sized mixing bowl as it can be a lot to handle.
    • I like to mix everything with my electric mixer but use the dough hooks when I'm incorporating the M&Ms, choc chips, and sprinkles at the end because it mixes them in well without overdoing it or making a mess.
    • When the cookies come out of the oven, it's important to let them sit on the baking sheet for AT LEAST 2 minutes (preferably longer). This allows the cookies to finish cooking, set, and not fall apart when you go to transfer them to the cooling rack.

    Making in Advance

    • You can chill the dough in the freezer for a short time or chill it in the fridge for longer depending on how many cookies you want to bake it might be wise to shuffle the dough around. I like to ball out all of my dough on one baking sheet and place it in the freezer while cooking another sheet pan full.
    • If it's taking a while between batches and I feel the cookie dough is getting too hard in the freezer I just move it to the fridge and finish up since the dough will be well chilled by that point.
    • Freeze the dough balls before baking or freeze cookies after they've cooled down. The Valentine's cookies can be frozen in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

    Substitutions

    • If you can't find the Oreo Pudding Mix then use a 3.4-ounce box of Vanilla pudding instead. Just mix the dry stuff with 4 crushed and crumbled oreo cookies and use in place of the Oreo pudding mix.
    • Alternatively, Cheesecake flavored, chocolate, vanilla, or even banana cream flavored pudding would all taste pretty amazing in this recipe.

    Nutritional Information

    Serving: 2cookies | Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 32.2g | Protein: 3.3g | Fat: 11.4g | Saturated Fat: 6.6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3.1g | Cholesterol: 39.1mg | Sodium: 232.9mg | Potassium: 174mg | Fiber: 1.7g | Sugar: 17.1g | Vitamin A: 157IU | Vitamin C: 2.9mg | Calcium: 46.3mg | Iron: 1.3mg
    Author NicoleDurham
    Course Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine American
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