Candy Cookies

My friend Currié and her family came over for dinner to celebrate her birthday this week. I made her favorite chicken and rice casserole, our house salad, and some crusty bread for dinner. The kids and I decided to make leftover Halloween candy cookies filled with M&M’s and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups for dessert. This easy recipe for candy cookies was easy to make and a great way to get rid of the extra Halloween candy! We all loved these cookies, especially the birthday girl.

Candy Cookies

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup of white sugar
• ½ cup of brown sugar
• ½ cup of butter, softened
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2¼ cups flour
•  1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup M & M’s
• ½ cup Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, cut into bite-size pieces

How to Make Candy Cookies

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, beat the white sugar, brown sugar, and butter with a hand mixer until creamy and smooth.

Slowly beat in the eggs and vanilla.

In another bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and salt thoroughly. Slowly add the flour mixture to the egg mixture until well blended.

Add most of the M&M’s and most of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and mix carefully.

Drop by rounded spoonfuls on cookie sheets.

Add the remaining M&M’s and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup pieces to the top of the cookies.

Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

Allow them to cool before moving them to a wire cooling rack. Enjoy.

Candy Cookies

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes minutes

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 24

Author: Pam - For the Love of Cooking

Equipment

• Baking Sheet
• Hand mixer
• Wire Cooling Rack

Ingredients

• ¾ cup of white sugar
• ½ cup of brown sugar
• ½ cup of butter softened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2¼ cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup M& M's
• ½ cup Reese's Peanut Butter Cups cut into bite-size pieces

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, beat the white sugar, brown sugar, and butter with a hand mixer until creamy and smooth.
• Slowly beat in the eggs and vanilla.
• In another bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, and salt thoroughly. Slowly add the flour mixture to the egg mixture until well blended. Add most of the M&M's and most of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and mix carefully.
• Drop by rounded spoonfuls on cookie sheets. Add the remaining M&M's and Reese's Peanut Butter Cup pieces to the top of the cookies.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Allow them to cool before moving them to a wire rack. Enjoy.

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