M&M Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

These soft and chewy M&M chocolate chip pudding cookies are so easy to make! Made with vanilla pudding, they turn out soft and delicious every time.

We are all about keeping our baking attempts easy and stress-free! If you love our Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies and our 3-Ingredient Cake Mix Cookies, then you’ll love these M&M pudding cookies too!

M&M Vanilla Pudding Cookies

My kids are nuts for M&Ms – they are their very favorite candies! So you can probably imagine their excitement when they came  home from school one day to find homemade cookies WITH M&M’s!

This simple act was enough to nominate me for Mom of the Year! We sat down together with a glass of milk and munched on this special treat while they told me all about their day.

These cookies have the perfect texture, thanks to a very special ingredient – vanilla pudding mix. Seriously, if you haven’t tried pudding cookies yet you have no idea what you are missing!

The pudding makes the cookies soft and moist, but they still hold together really well and they don’t crumble when you bite into them. These are just great all-around cookies, and the M&Ms make them so fun and colorful!

How to Make Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

Prep – Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees. You’ll also want to line your baking sheet with a baking mat or parchment paper.

Wet Ingredients – Toss the butter, brown sugar, sugar, vanilla and the egg into a bowl and then use a mixer to cream everything together.

Dry Ingredients – Once the butter mixture is creamy, pour all of the dry ingredients into the mixing bowl. Mix everything until it has combined. Once combined, fold in the M&Ms and chocolate chips.

Roll Out – Make 1 inch balls of dough and place them evenly spaced onto your baking sheets.

Cook – Bake the chocolate chip pudding cookies for 10 minutes in the oven. They should be golden brown around the edges when they’re done.

Cool – Let the M&M pudding cookies cool for a few minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. Serve with a glass of milk and enjoy!

Recipe Tips

Dry Dough – If your dough is a little dry and crumbly, go ahead and add a teaspoon or two of milk to the mixture.

Instant Only – You should only use instant vanilla pudding in this cookie recipe. Do not use the cook & serve version.

Mix It Up – You can also substitute the M&Ms for some of your other favorite candies like crushed Heath bars or Reese’s Pieces.

Storing & Freezing

Freeze Dough – You can definitely freeze this vanilla pudding chocolate chip cookie dough. Just let it thaw enough to be able to roll it into balls.

Storing – These pudding cookies will stay fresh if they’re stored in an airtight container for about 3-4 days.

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How to Make M&M Cookies

Servings: 24 cookies

These soft and chewy M&M cookies are super delicious and easy to make!

Prep Time:10 minutes mins

Cook Time:10 minutes mins

Total Time:20 minutes mins

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons vanilla instant pudding mix
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1-2 teaspoons milk, as needed
• 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1 cup mini M&M candies

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 and line two baking sheets with parchment or silicone liners.
• In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla.
• Add the flour, pudding mix, baking soda, and salt, and mix to combine.
• If the mixture is dry and crumbly, add a teaspoon or two of milk.
• Fold in the chocolate chips and M&M candies.
• Using a cookie scoop or a tablespoon, drop rounded scoops of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, placing one inch apart.
• Bake 8 – 10 minutes, or until lightly golden around the bottom.
• Let cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a cooling rack.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 cookie · Calories: 177 kcal · Carbohydrates: 26 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 7 g · Saturated Fat: 5 g · Cholesterol: 19 mg · Sodium: 130 mg · Potassium: 17 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 19 g · Vitamin A: 159 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 24 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Other Notes

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: candies

Enjoy!