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Christmas Peppermint M&M Fudge Cookies

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Christmas Peppermint M&M Fudge Cookies are everything you could ever hope for in festive Christmas cookies! 

White chocolate peppermint chunks, pretty green and red M&M'S, mini chocolate chips all neatly wrapped in chocolate fudge cookies. Yummy!  Check out 60 Easy No Bake Treats and these Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies for more holiday recipe ideas!

Christmas Peppermint Chunk M&M Cookies

Christmas is coming...the goose is getting fat!  I feel like I'm the goose!  Gahhh!

I've been sampling so many sweets lately, trying a little of this and a little of that and then more...vicious cycle going on over here!

About The Christmas Goodies in these White Chocolate Peppermint M&M Cookies!

  • Anywhooo...I had an impulsive buy the other day.  I spotted Ghirardelli White Chocolate Peppermint Chunks!  They got together with Christmas M&M'S and Christmas Peppermint Chunk M&M'S Fudge Cookies were born!  Hallelujah!  Merry Christmas!
  • These chocolate peppermint m&m cookies have just the right hint of peppermint.  Nothing too overpowering.  Plus, the white chocolate chunks have bits of tiny crushed peppermint in them.  So you get that extra crunch of peppermint *Surprise!*
  • The M&M's give them a crunchy chocolate vibe and they are festive red and green!
  • Mini chocolate chips make them extra fudgy!!

Christmas Peppermint Chunk M&M Cookies

How to make Cookies Taste like Fudgy Brownies

  • You don't want to under-bake or over-bake too much.
  • If baked under-done, they will be too fudgy and won't hold together.
  • If over-baked, you will get something like brownie brittle OR bordering there, I'm guessing.
  • The mini chocolate chips gives these a fudgy vibe for sure!

Here's more Christmas Peppermint Treats to add to your Baking List! 

Peppermint Frosted Chocolate Cookies, 13 Holiday Peppermint Desserts, GF White Chocolate Peppermint & Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies, Peppermint Marshmallow Fudge and we can't leave out Peppermint Crunch Marshmallow Brownies!

Christmas Peppermint Chunk M&M Cookies

Ingredients You Need

White Chocolate Peppermint M&M Cookie Recipe

You can make these Christmas brownie cookies jumbo-sized or smaller.  I love the jumbo ones!  Go figure, but for parties and gift-giving, you might opt to go for the regular cookie size. 

This recipe only requires about 15 minutes to prepare, 15 minutes to bake!  Let's get to baking!!

How to Make White Chocolate Peppermint M&M Cookies

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees (F). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and butter for 15 second intervals until just melted, whisking in between each increment, until butter and chocolate are melted and mixture is smooth (like ganache). Set aside.
  3. In another bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
  4. In another bowl whisk together the eggs, sugars, cream or milk and vanilla. Add in chocolate mixture and whisk together well.
  5. Start adding in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and stir until combined.
  6. Fold in the chocolate chips and 1 cup of m&m's into the batter, stirring until everything is just combined. Let dough sit for 5 minutes before scooping.
  7. Using a ¼ cookie or ice cream scoop, Scoop up 6 cookies onto each of the baking sheets or use small scoop and place 12 on baking sheets. Add M&M'S and peppermint chunks to the tops of the cookies, pressing down slightly.
  8. Bake for 15 -17 minutes for larger cookies and 12- 14 minutes for smaller cookies.
  9. Makes 12 Mega Cookies and 24 - 32 small.
  10. Let cookies cool before transferring to baking rack or counter.
  11. Enjoy!

Storage & Tips

  1. Seal cookies after they have cooled.
  2. Freeze up to 3 months or will keep up to 5 days.
  3. For thicker cookies, you can refrigerate for 10-15 minutes, but you will have to add a minute or two on to the baking time.
  4. You can also add the peppermint to the top right after they come out of the oven if you don't want browning on your white chocolate.  Works great!
  5. For more extra peppermint flavor, add ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract.

Christmas Peppermint Chunk M&M Cookies

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Christmas Peppermint Chunk M&M'S Fudge Cookies

Kim Lange
Christmas Peppermint Chunk M&M'S Fudge Cookies are everything you could ever hope for in a festive Christmas cookie!  White chocolate peppermint chunks, pretty green and red M&M'S, mini chocolate chips all neatly wrapped in chocolate fudge cookies. 
5 from 5 votes
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup semi-sweet/or 60% bittersweet chocolate chips I used Ghirardelli's
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder I used black cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons whipping cream or milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup semisweet mini chocolate chips I used Ghirardelli
  • 1 cup Ghiradelli Peppermint Chunks
  • ¾ to 1 cup Christmas M&M'S
  • *Extra Ghiradelli Peppermint Chunks & Christmas M&M's for top of cookies

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees (F). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and butter for 15 second intervals until just melted, whisking in between each increment, until butter and chocolate are melted and mixture is smooth (like ganache). Set aside.
  • In another bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
  • In another bowl whisk together the eggs, sugars, cream or milk and vanilla. Add in chocolate mixture and whisk together well.
  • Start adding in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and stir until combined.
  • Fold in the chocolate chips and 1 cup of m&m's into the batter, stirring until everything is just combined. Let dough sit for 5 minutes before scooping.
  • Using a ¼ cookie or ice cream scoop, Scoop up 6 cookies onto each of the baking sheets or use small scoop and place 12 on baking sheets. Add M&M'S and peppermint chunks to the tops of the cookies, pressing down slightly.
  • Bake for 15 -17 minutes for larger cookies and 12- 14 minutes for smaller cookies.
  • Makes 12 Mega Cookies and 24 - 32 small.
  • Let cookies cool before transferring to baking rack or counter.
  • Enjoy!
  • Seal cookies after they have cooled. Freeze up to 3 months or will keep up to 5 days.

Notes

For thicker cookies, you can refrigerate for 10-15 minutes, but you will have to add a minute or two on to the baking time.
You can also add the peppermint to the top right after they come out of the oven if you don't want browning on your white chocolate.
For more extra peppermint flavor, add ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract.
Keyword chocolate, christmas cookies, cookies, M&Ms, peppermint
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About Kim Lange

Hi! I'm Kim! As you may know, I'm cookie, brownie and chocolate obsessed! You'll find hundreds of decadent and healthy dessert recipes to choose from here! So, let's bake something easy and never forget the chocolate!

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  1. Kim Lange says

    Hannah, thank you so much for leaving such a nice review! I'm so happy to hear you make this dough a lot for the different seasons! When you find a good cookie dough, you can definitely change them out with chocolate chips and M&M's. Happy Holidays!

  2. Hannah says

    I’ve been using this recipe for a few years now, and just realized that I’ve never left a review! I make the recipe exactly as written (no peppermint extract) for Christmas and it comes out great every time. The dough gets pretty sticky and messy when measuring out and dropping onto sheets, but I think that’s just the price you pay for good, fudgey cookies. You definitely don’t want to overbake these..I tend to pull them out a minute or two early just to make sure they’re not overdone. I love making oversized cookies, so 1/4 c of dough per cookie is perfect.

    I’ve also used this recipe as my go-to throughout the year for chocolate cookies with different mix-ins. For Halloween, I use Halloween M&Ms (green, orange and purple) with white chocolate chips (instead of the peppermint chunks) and they look (and taste) awesome.

  3. Erin says

    Thought I’d leave a review since there were none yet. I was looking for a recipe to use my ghiradelli peppermint chunks and so glad I came across this one. I don’t have a microwave so I did a makeshift double boiler to melt the chocolate so it probably took me a little longer than most, but these were still so easy and tasty. Very fudgy and dense! I baked 7 types of cookies this past Christmas and these are being added to next year’s list already. Next year I plan on using peppermint extract and mint M&Ms since the chunks didn’t give a ton of mint flavor, but I could also see using these as a basic non peppermint cookie year round with white chocolate chips.

  4. Kim Lange says

    Hi Amy! Yes, if you don't have m&m's you can use any add-ins you want to, so I would just use the same amounts or close to that and use what you like. I like adding some peppermints on top after they are done baking as well as some chocolate chips/m&ms to give them a decorative touch. Hope you enjoy!

  5. Amy says

    I found a bag of the ghirardelli peppermints a few days ago! The cookies look so yummy but I don’t have any M&Ms. Should I just add milk chocolate chips or just increase the amount of mini chips and peppermint candies?

  6. ChocolaTess says

    Hi Lisa, no I didn't but you can use them for sure! I wouldn't put peppermint extract in the cookies if you do, if you were planning on that though. I think that sounds wonderful though! 🙂

  7. Lisa says

    Do you use the mint M & M's too? I can't wait to make these!!

  8. ChocolaTess says

    I didn't either, until I spotted them in the store! I was HELLO!! I need you NOW! 🙂 Thank you so much Maria!

  9. MARIA | KITCHENATHOSKINS says

    I never knew Ghirardelli made peppermint chunks. I'm totally gonna look for it next time i visit the store. This cookie is fudgy, brownie like and I love how deep, dark it is. The m&ms and peppermint chunks are the cherry on top. YUM Kim!!!

  10. ChocolaTess says

    Karly, you are so sweet! Thank you so much!! xo

  11. Karly says

    How perfect are these!? Hint: the answer is beyond perfect. Love how simple and festive they are!

  12. ChocolaTess says

    Thank you Deepika! I think these are right up there with the Triple Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cookies for festive! 😀

  13. ChocolaTess says

    Thank you Kelly! 😀

  14. Deepika|TheLoveOfCakes says

    I am going to give the same shocked expressions as Kelsie! White chocolate peppermint chunks are an amazing addition to these already Christmasy cookies! The Red and green M&M's and the peppermint chunks make this such a festive cookie for this time of the year!

  15. Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says

    Oh man. Cookies that take 15 to prepare and 15 minutes to bake?? That’s trouble. For my pants fitting at least hahahaha. These look yummy! Love the Ghirardelli chips you found!!!

  16. ChocolaTess says

    Lisa, Makes 12 Mega Cookies and 24 - 32 small to medium cookies approximately. 🙂

  17. Lisa Darling says

    Look delicious. How many cookies does this recipe make?

  18. ChocolaTess says

    Aww thank you Catherine! 🙂

  19. Catherine says

    These are so perfect for Christmas!! And holy moly are they ever fudgy! That closeup shot just about killed me!! Yum! 😀

  20. ChocolaTess says

    Yes they are a real thing!! 🙂 Come on over! I stashed these in the freezer for later! I'm sure you could get them on Amazon though Kelsie!

  21. Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says

    Ghirardelli peppermint chunks? WHERE HAVE THESE BEEN ALL MY LIFE? If my local grocery store doesn't carry them, which I will be checking first thing tomorrow, I will be coming for a visit so have a few of these cookies ready 🙂

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