Red White & Blue M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Who’s ready for the Best Red White and Blue M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies for celebrating over Memorial Weekend and the 4th of July! You’ll love this patriotic chocolate chip cookie recipe bursting with lots of red, white and blue m&m‘s, chocolate chips and colorful sprinkles!
Seriously, who could deny you the pleasure of cookie joy and Patriotic desserts like these 10 Easy Patriotic Desserts, these Loaded Patriotic Chocolate Cookies and these Red White and Blue Chocolate Chip Bars!
Some of our other cookie favorites include our thick & chewy Chocolate M&M Cookies, our ever popular Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies, our yummy Best Ever Samoa Chocolate Chip Cookies and our amazing Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies! Pure Nirvana! You’re welcome!!
What we love about our Best Red White and Blue M&M Cookie recipe is – we can eat this cookies pronto!
There is no chilling time involved and you get deliciously baked perfect cookies every time! This is a classic tried and true chocolate chip cookie recipe that you will make again and again!
Ingredients You Need For Red White & Blue M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
Best Red White and Blue M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
- unsalted butter
- granulated sugar
- brown sugar
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- all purpose flour or gluten free 1 to 1 flour for gluten free cookies
baking soda
- salt
- red white and blue m&ms
- chocolate chips of choice, I used semi-sweet chocolate chips and white chocolate chips
- Optional: Red white and blue sprinkles, can be added into the cookie dough or added to the top of the cookies
How to Make Best Red White and Blue M&M Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
- First, preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 2 baking pans with parchment paper.
- Using a mixer, beat cubes of cold butter with sugars for 2 to 3 minutes until butter is mixed in well.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract. Continue mixing to combine.
- Add in flour, baking soda and salt. Cookie dough should be thick and mixed together with no flour streaks.
- Mix in chocolate chips, m&ms and optional: sprinkles if you like.
- Using ice cream or large cookie scoop, (¼ cup or about 4 tablespoons worth) and scoop dough and place at least 2 inches apart on lined pan.
- If desired, add more m&ms, chocolate chips and sprinkles on the tops at this time or immediately after the cookies have baked, if you want to add more color and visuals.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until cookie edges are lightly golden and the middles are set. Do not over bake these cookies. Cookies will firm up slightly while cooking.
- Remove from oven. Allow cookies to cool on pan for 10 minutes. Carefully transfer them to a cooling wire rack to finish cooling.
- Can make red white and blue chocolate chip cookies smaller, just adjust time for less baking time.
Reasons We Love OUR Best-Ever M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Easy to make and yummy! We’re talking m&m’s chocolate and cookies here!
- Butter and eggs DO NOT have to come to room temperature. These are better when you use cold butter to get the thick cookies you want and desire.
- We bake these cookies at 400 degrees fahrenheit. It’s the perfect temperature to yield a puffier, thicker bakery style cookie with a crunchy exterior and delightfully soft center. How’s that for delicious red white and blue m&m cookies cookies?
- Gluten free recipe Option! Use gluten free flour easily to make these gluten free and healthier!
- Get the milk ready, these babies are ready to dunk!
- Melts in your mouth with every bite, just like you’d expect!
- Addictive! Hellooooo!
- Perfect red white and blue chocolate chip cookie recipe when you want to celebrate the USA colors!
How to Store Cookies
- Store cookies in an airtight container for up to 4 days in an airtight container. It probably won’t happen, but at least you know!
- Can’t be trusted with a full batch of these cookies? Make a small batch and halve the recipe! Of course, these freeze well, so you always have that option!
These patriotic cookies are great for your next BBQ outing, pool parties, USA partying or just when you want some happy m&m’s and chocolate chip cookies in your life. Which would be a good life, right? Let’s eat some festive red, white and blue cookies! Watch the fireworks explode at your fun patriotic parties!
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More Patriotic Desserts!
- Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cup Double Stuffed Oreos
- BOO-Berry Jello Shots (Blueberry)
- Patriotic M&M Party Cookie Bars
- Loaded Patriotic Chocolate Cookies
Red White and Blue Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
- 1 cup unsalted butter cold & cut into small cubes
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cups all purpose flour or gluten- free 1 to 1 flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips of choice add more to tops if desired.
- 1 ½ cups Red, White and Blue M&M's add more to tops if desired.
- Optional Red, White and Blue Sprinkles add more to tops and/or add to cookie dough for more color
Instructions
Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
- First, preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line 2 baking pans with parchment paper.
- Using a mixer, beat cubes of cold butter with sugars for 2 to 3 minutes until butter is mixed in well.
- Add eggs and vanilla extract. Continue mixing to combine.
- Add in flour, baking soda and salt. Dough should be thick and mixed together with no flour streaks
- Mix in chocolate chips and red, white and blue m&ms and sprinkles,
- Using ice cream or large cookie scoop, (¼ cup or 4 tablespoons worth) and scoop dough and place at least 2 inches apart on lined pan. Add any extra m&m's, chocolate chips and sprinkles to tops if desired at this time or immediately after you bake cookies.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until cookie edges are lightly golden and the middles are set. Do not over bake these cookies. Cookies will firm up slightly while cooking.
- Remove from oven. Allow cookies to cool on pan for 10 minutes. Carefully transfer them to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
- Can make cookies smaller, just adjust time for less baking time.
