Cherry M&M Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Cherry M&M Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

I saw these cookies on Picky Palate over the holidays. They reminded me of these Oatmeal Chocolate Cinnamon Cookies that I love. I decided I had to find some cinnamon M&Ms. Then I found out the hard way that getting my hands on some cinnamon M&Ms was going to be much easier said than done.

I looked in every place I could think of for those silly cinnamon M&Ms. Apparently everyone else in Boston was sitting at home snacking on them while I was out searching for them. Or maybe they just didn’t make it to Boston. Either way, I was ready to give up.

Then I was at the store and noticed they had candy out for Valentine’s Day. I thought maybe they’d have some of the mysterious cinnamon M&Ms since they’re red. No such luck. But they did have these red cherry M&Ms. I decided to give them a shot and just give up on the cinnamon ones.

I followed the same recipe and even included the ground cinnamon which turned out to be the right decision. The cinnamon gave a great boost of flavor to these cookies.

I ran out of M&Ms for the last few cookies and I have to say, this chocolate chip cookie recipe without the M&Ms is pretty tasty too.

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Cherry M&M Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

Cherry M&Ms provide a burst of cherry flavor that compliments the chocolate, cinnamon, and oats in the cookie dough.

Yield: 5 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

2 sticks softened unsalted butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 Tbsp vanilla
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup rolled oats
1 3/4 cups chocolate chips
1 9.90 ounce bag Cherry M&Ms

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a large baking sheet with a silpat liner or parchment paper.

In a stand or electric mixer, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla mixing until well combined.

Place flour, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl, mix to combine then add slowly to mixing bowl, mixing on low speed. Add cinnamon, rolled oats and chocolate chips. Mix until just combined.

With a medium cookie scoop, scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet, about 1 inch apart. Press cookies down about 1/2 inch to flaten slightly. Press 3 cinnamon M&M’s onto each cookie.

Bake for 9-12 minutes, until baked to your liking. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes on baking sheet before removing to cooling rack.

Recipe adapted from Picky Palate

Cookies, Dessert

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The Hungry Mouse — November 4, 2009 at 5:02 pm

Drooling now! I’ll take two, please.

+Jessie
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Erin — November 4, 2009 at 5:56 pm

Love them and will be making them this weekend!
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nutmegnanny — November 4, 2009 at 10:48 pm

I’m totally drooling over these bars! I can’t believe how easy they are:)
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We Are Not Martha — November 5, 2009 at 2:14 am

How delicious do these look?!?! I might have to try these…

Sues
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Amy I. — November 5, 2009 at 6:38 am

The ease of prep to impressiveness ratio of these bars looks extremely high 🙂 Added them to my to-do list…thanks for the inspiration!
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biz319 — November 5, 2009 at 2:36 pm

Wow, how easy is that??!! I may make those for our cookie exchange this year! 😀
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stephchows — November 5, 2009 at 3:22 pm

those things look jam packed with tastiness!
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Erin — November 5, 2009 at 11:34 pm

It’s nice to have an easy dessert recipe to turn to! I’m so glad you liked them!
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Kristy — November 9, 2009 at 12:19 am

Ummm.. AMAZING! I might have to try those ASAP!
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Mermaid Sweets — November 10, 2009 at 3:13 am

Thanks for posting, looks like a good and easy holiday addition.

Cherry M&M Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies