Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies are the perfect cookies for your holiday baking! This delicious, quick and easy Christmas chocolate chip cookie recipe takes on a festive touch for the holidays with the addition of red and green M&Ms and sprinkles.
More Christmas Treats? You’ll definitely want to sleigh these Christmas Cookie Bars, M&M Christmas Cookies, 60 Easy No Bake Christmas Treats and these decadent Christmas Peppermint M&M Fudge Cookies!
Why We Love These Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Nothing says Christmas like homemade chocolate chip cookies!
- Easy to make chocolate chip cookie recipes using Guittard super cookie chocolate chips and white chocolate chips! We love the super cookie Guittard chocolate chips!
- So festive with green and red pops of sprinkles and m&m’s, who can resist?
- Taste incredibly delish!
- Perfect for the holidays, gifting, party cookie trays and Santa!
Can you believe the holidays are just around the corner? It’s time to start baking our favorite cookies! Nothing says Christmas quite like a plate of delicious homemade chocolate chip cookies, especially these! Not only are they crowd-pleasers for parties, but they’re also the perfect gift for friends and family.
These Christmas cookies are buttery, chewy, thick and chocked full of super big chocolate chunks, white chocolate chip, m&m’s and sprinkles! Absolutely divine, you’ll want to make this recipe over and over again!
Start the festive season off winning by getting your chocolate chips ready and your baking trays prepped – it’s time to learn the secret to the perfect Christmas chocolate chip cookie recipe!
Gather Your Ingredients
Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
- all-purpose flour
- baking soda
- salt
- unsalted butter see notes below, room temperature
- brown sugar
- granulated sugar
- egg
- vanilla extract
- chocolate chips, I used Guittard’s super cookie chocolate chunks
- white chocolate chips
- green and red m&m candies
- green and red holiday sprinkles
How To Make Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets
with parchment paper or spray lightly with non-stick spray. (To get best results, use parchment paper)
- In a medium bowl, sift the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda and salt together or you can whisk together as well.
- In another large bowl, using an electric mixer at medium speed, beat together the butter, and sugars until smooth and mixed together well.
- Add the egg and vanilla and mix on low speed until mixed in.
- Gradually add the flour mixture and mix in until just incorporated. Do not keep mixing – do not overmix.
Adding the Goodies To Our Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
- Add chocolate chips and sprinkles and mix together, again no overmixing, just until incorporated. Add in m&m’s.
- Using a small or large ice cream or cookie scoop or heaping tablespoon, drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, 6 to 8 per pan, depending on size you are making.
- Bake the cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until the bottoms and edges are lightly browned and the tops feel firm when lightly touched.
- Small cookies bake 8-10 minutes – Large cookies bake 10-13 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
- Makes 18 -30 cookies depending on size.
More Variations for Your Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
- Add some walnuts, pecans, flaky sea salt or some peanut m&m’s for some texture or crunch to your delicious cookies!
- Dark chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips or salted caramel chips would also do nicely!
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days.
Freezing Cookies
- Freeze baked cookies in an airtight container or zip-top bag for up to 30 days in the freezer and thaw at room temperature.
Just a Few Pointers Before You Start Your Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Baking Journey!
- To avoid ugly, flat cookies, be sure your butter is room temperature (not melted or even softened), and use a cooler dough vs. warm dough. Just pop it in the refrigerator a bit before baking if it feels warm. I like to scoop all the dough and place them all on a cookie sheet and put them in the fridge for 10-15 minutes for extra thick cookies! That’s called flash-freezing and I love using this method!
- Measure flour correctly! Fluff up the flour in the bag or canister. In order to make sure you’re not scooping up packed flour, you should fluff it up with a spoon or fork before you measure it. Spoon the flour into the measuring cup. Gently pile it in until it forms a heap above the rim of the measuring cup. Then, scrape a knife across the top of the measuring cup to level the flour. This way, you’ll get rid of excess flour on top of the cup without packing down the flour inside. Perfect measuring!
- For more cookie tips go here.
When it comes to holiday baking, nothing beats these classic Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies. With their delicious flavor, these cookies are sure to bring smiles and joy to all those special people in your life. Bake up a batch that will have your friends and family begging for more.
With a few tweaks here and there, you can even give your cookies your own kind of makeover for any holiday. In the end, Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies will leave you feeling full of holiday cheer and proud of your baking skills. Let’s spread some holiday joy!
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Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour see notes below
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter see notes below, room temperature
- ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips I used Guittard semi-sweet chocolate chunks
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- ½ cup m&ms red and green
- ⅓ cup sprinkles of choice red and green
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or spray with non-stick spray.. (To get best results, use parchment paper)
- In a medium bowl, sift the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda and salt together or you can whisk together as well.
- In another large bowl, using an electric mixer at medium speed, beat together the butter, and sugars until smooth and mixed together well.
- Add the egg and vanilla and mix on low speed until mixed in.
- Gradually add the flour mixture and mix in until just incorporated. Do not keep mixing - do not overmix.
- Add chocolate chips and sprinkles, again no overmixing, just until incorporated. fold in m&m's.
- Using a small or large ice cream scoop or heaping tablespoon, drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, 6 to 8 per pan, depending on size you are making.
- Bake the cookies, 1 sheet at a time, until the bottoms and edges are lightly browned and the tops feel firm when lightly touched,
- Small cookies bake 8-10 minutes
- Large cookies bake 10-13 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer the cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
- Makes 18 -30 cookies depending on size.
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Notes
- Butter Tips How to Avoid Flat Cookies: Be sure your butter is room temperature (not melted or even softened), and try using cold/chilled dough if dough is warm: Just put it in the refrigerator to chill before baking.
- Flour Tips: Don't over-mix cookie batter especially after the flour is added and add it gradually.
- Baking Soda Tip: Make sure your baking soda is not expired.
Nutrition
Thank you so much John!
beautiful! Melts in your mouth! Buttery and chewy!