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In 100% complete seriousness, I’d like to crown these cookies the most perfect cookie I’ve ever made. That’s high praise for an innocent little peanut butter cookie!
They easily take the cake for tastiest, fluffiest, chewiest, and peanut buttery-est cookie I’ve ever had.
Loaded with M&Ms for any holiday, these soft cookies are a year-round festive treat. My coworkers GOBBLED them up in minutes, even asking me if they were from a bakery. 
The cookies are nothing like the traditional hard, crunchy peanut butter cookies you are used to. The exact opposite, in fact. They are so soft that they will literally melt in your mouth. A peanut butter cookie recipe GOLDMINE.
Look how thick they are!
What I love most about these cookies is just how EASY the recipe is. I’ve made them so many times and they never disappoint. Enjoy! 
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makes 3 dozen cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) salted butter, softened to room temperature*
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 and 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 and 1/2 cups M&Ms
Instructions
- In a large bowl, using a hand-held mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars together on medium speed. Mix in the peanut butter, egg, and vanilla (in that order). Slowly mix in the baking soda and flour. Do not overmix. Fold in the M&Ms with a wooden spoon. Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Drop chilled dough by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet or silicone baking mat. I pressed a few M&Ms on top of the dough balls. Press the balls down (only slightly) since they won't spread much while baking. Bake for 8-9 minutes. Cookies will be soft and may appear undone. They will firm up as they cool.
- Allow to cool completely on a wire rack. Enjoy!
Notes
*You may use unsalted butter in this recipe. If so, add 1/4 tsp salt with the flour.
Recipe source: sallysbakingaddiction.com
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Anyone else out there love chocolate & peanut butter together as much as I do?
Check out some more of my recipes with my favorite flavor combo:
Skinny Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies
Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites
Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bars
Fudge Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
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Oh my! These look soooo good. Are those M&M’s the standard chocolate ones? We don’t have the pastel coloured ones here in the UK.
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hey lisa! love your blog. the m&ms are the standard chocolate m&ms in pastel colors for easter. regular colored m&ms would be just as wonderful.
Thanks Sally. Pity we don’t get pretty pastel coloured M&M’s here, such a shame. The UK doesn’t tend to celebrate holidays half as much as over the pond. Barely had 2 people knock at Halloween. Ah well, I’ll have to make do!
Oh these look divine! I am really trying to be good and eat healthy, but its like food porn here today. My mouth is watering! Beautiful pics.
thank you Donna! i have a couple healthier recipes coming soon
Your cookies look too soft and chewy to be true
And may I ask which M&Ms you used? They are so retro
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these cookies are SO soft and fluffy. i used regular chocolate m&ms in easter colors.
Those are gorgeous! Love the m&ms. So so good!
thanks Dorothy!
very cute!!!
thank you!
I may not have even had breakfast, but I sure as heck want cookies now! Is it lunchtime yet?
haha thanks Georgia!
you have the best goodies! I want these cookies..PB & M&Ms…cannot go wrong!! So cute for spring/Easter, too!
that means A LOT coming from you Averie!
Peanut butter and m&m’s together are perfect! Great cookies
i couldn’t agree more!
These are adorable! But, I’m all over those Peanut Butter Rolo Cookies. I won’t even buy rolo’s because I eat all of them in one sitting. A very dangerous candy to have around the house. Don’t even get me started on Milk Duds! You’re just going to have to ship some of those Rolo Cookies to me because I can’t be trusted to bake with them. Thanks for linking up! xoxo
haha! you are too funny, Dee. the rolo cookies are amazing. have a great weekend!
These cookies look delicious! I love peanut butter and chocolate so definetly will be having a go at making these over easter
hope you try them! they are quite tasty!
Wow! These cookies look so delicious. I tried to make some with normal m&m a couple of weeks ago but my cookies looked awful. The m&m lost the color and the dough was a dirty mix. At one point I did something wrong.
thank you! add the m&m’s to the batter LAST. and mix very gently. bake right away so the m&m colors will not leek off into the batter.
Wow..Sally these are really beautiful and I m just wondering how will they taste? Will try them definitely !
Thank you Zee! They are very tasty
that’s why m must gonna try’em !
I love peanut butter cookies! I love m&m’s. I know I’m going to love these!
you can’t go wrong with peanut butter cookies! thanks for stopping by.
I love the pastel coloured M & M’s. I can’t say I’ve ever seen them before. They look awesome though!
thanks! they are easter colored m&ms.
looks appetizing..hhmmmm…
thanks!
Very pretty! I never knew you could bake normal M&Ms! For some reason I had the notion in my mind that M&Ms made special baking versions which I couldn’t find where I stay and to bake normal M&Ms make the coating turn to rock. Clearly not true!
nope! when baked, m&ms don’t lose their taste or texture.
Most of the time I am a baker of scrumptious low-sugar treats, but your delectable photos are leading me astray…
well thank you Valerie! I have some low sugar recipes on my site too if you take a look at my recipe page
These look sooooooooooo declicious. Wow. Yum. And Thank You!
no, thank YOU!
Yum yum yum yum yum! They look delicious and I bet they taste it too! Thanks for sharing, your blog is awesome. I am now following and I’m looking forward to making some of your awesome treats!
thank you very much! i have lots of awesome treats to post on the way too
YUM! These look so delicious and perfect for Easter. I never would have thought of pastel m&m’s. Great photos too. They make the food really stand out.
Congrats on FP!
thank you! i can’t believe i am featured on FP!
Peanut butter and chocolate…can anything be a better combination? These cookies look wonderful.
i agree, there is no better combo!
These sound delicious and I think this is just the week to try them!
What is ‘all purpose flour’? We have plain or self-raising here in the UK.
all purpose flour is just regular white flour. thanks!
These cookies look yummy! Are peanut butter M&M’s only available in America? If so, can you substitute them with Reese’s Pieces?
i used regular m&ms in this recipe. the dough is peanut butter. but you may definitely use reese’s pieces in place of m&ms if you wish!
Loving the pastel twist to these cookies with the easter M&M!
me too! thanks
YUM … I really like the look of these, must copy down the recipe thanks for sharing
you’re welcome! thank YOU for visiting.
omg these actually look incredible, I want to try them all! I love the colour of the Easter m&ms, we don’t have them in Ireland
that’s too bad! i bet they’d be pretty with ANY color m&m though!
Hello! I am from Philippines and I love the pastel version of M&Ms, I wish we have it here. Anyhow, I will try making this peanut butter cookies for my sister’s birthday on April 6th. Thanks for sharing!
you’re welcome! hope you enjoy
These look delicious! I love any sweet treat with peanut butter in it!!
same here!!
Oh boy!! I want one!!
i want one now too, but they’re all eaten up!
Wonderful website. I can’t wait to try this recipe at home!
thanks so much!
Nice!!
Gorgeous cookies, Sal! Huge PB/choc fans here at my house — thanks for the Easter idea! Congrats on being Freshly Pressed, too!
you are so sweet, thank you for the compliment! i am a HUGE pb/chocolate fan too!
oh boy! im hungry now though i just had my lunch
there’s always room for a cookie
Gorgeous cookies, Sal! Huge PB/choc fans at my house, so thanks for the Easter idea — and congrats on being Freshly Pressed!!
Congrats on being Pressed Sally! Very nice site. Would love to add your post to my Marti Ink blog this coming weekend under “Head-turning Headlines.” Your recipe will go in the creativity section. Great looking post!
Thank you so much! you may most definitely add my post to your blog this weekend. That means a lot, thank you!
No, thank you!
Oh my god these recipes look amazing! I just made Easter cookies, but with Creme Eggs! I’m a peanut butter fiend so I’m definitely going to try these out, especially the Reices one!
i am a huge peanut butter fiend too, as you can tell
These sound wonderfully delicious! Off to google conversions from American to British measurements!
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I want these cookies right now! Can’t wait to try the recipe – thanks!
thank you! let me know how they turn out of you make them.
Yum im trying this out asap !!
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your blog is gorgeous! thank you for checking mine out too
looks so yummy, just copied your recipe.. thanks for sharing.
thank YOU for checking it out
It’s only 6:24 a.m. here…but I’m SOOOOOO hungry for these! Thanks. Thanks a whole lot.
thank YOU for checking them out! any time of day is cookie time
These look so sweet! I bet Reese’s Pieces would send them over the top!
Great recipe and congrats on being Freshly Pressed
thank you so much Jennifer! oh yeah, i think reese’s pieces would be amaaaazing in these.
hey sally !! Your mm cookies are awesome !! Where do you get all of these recipes from ?
hi there! i get a lot of recipe ideas from recipe books and other recipes i find online. and i think some up in my head too.
i’m inspired by a lot!
omg they are sooo pretty !
thank you! they are pretty photogenic
Ha ha ! You can actually play crosswords on these cakes. Congratulations on being freshly pressed!
thanks!!
They look veryveryveryveryvery awesome. shared with my friend to see if she can cake popify them. You might like her sight.
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She bakes, I eat!
haha! aren’t you the lucky one! i like the term “cake popify!”
Where are the m&m’s at? Imma make myself some cooooookiiiieeees
Yum yum! I want some, they look so good
thank you for checking them out!
We also love cookies too much. M&M’s are also very famous in Turkey, too. Thanks for sharing this nice recipes…
By the way, we also have some nice cokiee recipes in our site. You can check it from our english version. (www.ye-mek.in)
We like it.
Thanks…
Look good! Makes me want to bake one! LOL. Great job!
thank you for stopping by!
I love the Easter version! I need to try those this week!
I love the pastel colors of the m&ms on the cookie. So pretty.
thank you! they are pretty cookies that’s for sure.
Oh my, those cookies. Definitely making those for Easter!
let me know how they turn out!
COOKIES are literally my favourite thing in the entire world!! please do not think I am weird but I do believe after seeing these pics that I am a tiny bit in love with your baking skills
will definately be trying these out, along with pretty much everything you’ve posted! wonderful!! 
i don’t think that’s weird at all! you are so sweet, thank you SO much for the compliment. it makes my day hearing that.
ohmygod these look and sound amazing, thank you for bringing the recipe into my life
Where did you get pastel M&Ms from??
the pastel m&ms are available in the US, they are the Easter colored m&ms. thank you for the comment
Oooh we may have those in the UK, i think I may have seen them anyway! No, thank YOU for the recipe
Love the easter colored M&Ms, and these cookies sound delish!
thank you. your blog is ADORABLE! love the slogan “taking over the baking world, one treat at a time” — so awesome
Haha, thank you. And thanks for giving me more ideas of things to bake!
they look delicious
thank you so much!
I’m going to try these out this weekend! thanks!
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hope you do, let me know how they turn out
I love that they say m m m on them. Almost exhorting how delicious they are! Looking great!
haha well thank you! they are pretty cookies
Yum! I can’t wait to try these. I also love your pictures
thank you so much! that means a lot
Those cookies look delicious and your photos are amazing!
thank you Nicole! hearing my photos are amazing is amazing, it means a lot coming from my readers
Love your blog! I think I’m going to have to do some extra running just to make up for looking at all this deliciousness! Keep up the tasty posting.
thanks Andrea! i agree, i have to make sure to fit in exercise so i can treat myself to my baking
This is my new favorite blog…great work!
thank you SO much Daniel, that means a lot
These look INCREDIBLE, Sally. I love them – you’ve got yourself another follower
These look mouth-watering and just plain fantastic, Sally!
Nice work!
thank you for the comments today!
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Ok, so this isn’t shooting related…but it’s Peanut Butter M&M cookies. I couldn’t help myself!
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These look delicious!! Absolutely mouth-watering!!
Unfortunately I’m allergic to peanuts BUT that is not going to stop me from using Chocolate m&m’s instead!
Thank you for the lovely recipe!
these are actually chocolate m&ms inside a peanut butter cookie!
OMG yummie!
Great ideas here !!! My fav Rolo thing is to make brownies in a mini muffin tin and sink a Rolo into each one. I’ll be back to check out more of your site….oh, congrats on the FP !
that rolo brownie idea is genius! love it. and thank you!
Gosh, you’re killing me. I can’t eat sweets for a few more weeks, but when I can, I’m making those cookies. My mouth is drooling, no kidding. Great recipe. Thanks for sharing it
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put these on hold until you can eat sweets again
Those look amaaaazing! Maybe a baking project for the holiday weekend…
great idea!
Love the photos! Very cute.
thanks Breanne!
Hi Sally -
The cookies look soo yummy! They are perfect for Easter, but I can’t decide which one I want to try first — the pastel M & M peanut butter cookies, or the giant Reeses pieces peanut butter cookie! Decisions! Decisions!
how about BOTH?? they are both so good, i don’t think i could choose either.
Hi Sally – The cookies look sooo yummy! I think they are perfect for Easter, but I can’t decide if I want to try the M & M peanut butter cookies first, or the giant Reese’s pieces cookie! Decisions! Decisions!
These are so festive! I usually set out a bowl of the pastel M&Ms at Easter. I think I’ll try making these this week! Thanks!!
Gail, let me know if you make them! i hope you enjoy
These looks amazing. I’m stuck at work and I want to make them now
M&Ms plus peanut butter cookies sound really, really good to me! They look good too! Thank you for sharing.
And of COURSE I find your post right when I had promised myself to stop baking and be good for a while… maybe I will have to redefine the terms of “good”. Plus, baking is something we do to share with company, right? So really it’s for the benefit of others, not just me. It’s an act of kindness for my fellow men.
Yes, I have just convinced myself. When I am done with my crazy Europe traveling spree, I will begin a crazy baking spree. Lovely post! Lovely blog!
i love your justification to bake! i agree 100% with it all
Congratulations on being “Freshly Pressed.” I don’t think there’s anyone who could deserve it more than a person with enough wisdom, zeal, and generosity to offer us PEANUT BUTTER and CHOCOLATE on the same page! Thanks.
Gorgeous photos too.
thank you SO SO SO much for the sweet comment! makes my day!
omg those look so good, and festive!
Wow those pictures made me hungry!
I’m excited to try your recipe with the white chocolate M&M’s! Thanks!
white chocolate m&ms.. why didn’t i think of that?? genius!
Oh my goodness these look like the sort of thing I’d regret making as I’d eat them all. I love this post! Saving this post!
i had to give a lot of them away or else i’d eat them all too!
Imma have to make these…..”runs to the 24 hours shop”
Sold! I’m picking up the ingredients on the way home although I’m torn between M&Ms and the Rolos!
let me know which you chose!!
I love M&M cookies. I never though of making peanut butter ones…I will have to try your recipe.
YUM! and lovely pics, too!
Ohhh yummy! I was looking for the very recipe the other for Easter treats to bundle up! I made just Peanut Butter ones instead. The easter M&M’s will go perfect with my pastel printable gift tags http://muskaelvis.com/2012/04/02/free-printable-easter-gift-tags/
I’ll have to give these a try! Thanks!
omg they look AMAZING. Must try this recipe! Thanks for sharing!
These cookies look so yummy!!! I think I may have to buy some M&M’s and make some for Sunday!! Thanks for sharing:)
The cookies are super cute–and such a good idea for Easter. Mmm…an easter basket filled with pastel-colored peanut butter m&m cookies. Sounds good to me!
i know i’m on a diet, but now I want those cookies! I’m sending the recipe to my mother.
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I’m going to make this for my daughter!
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Great! Those look so delicious and follow the spring/easter time fever! My readers, be prepared! I’ll be posting some springy ideas soon!
Oh wow now I am ever craving even more lol
YUM! Thank goodness I just bought some new peanut butter. Thank you for the recipe. The photos are so lovely. I think I’m going to ignore my work today and bake these!
thank you Deira! sounds like a good idea
Simplesmente delicioso!
YUMMY! So happy I just came across your blog. Baking yummy treats is the only “specialty” I have interest in, in the cooking department. Can’t wait to get started on some of these yummy recipes you have! Thanks so much for sharing!
Great job on being freshly pressed! These look incredible! The pictures are so great! What type of a camera do you use?
thank you! i use a canon T2i.
i think u should make some and mail them to me lol !!!
*drools*
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So cute for Easter!!! These look classic and yummy.
Hey there. What a nice recipe you have here… Some of my friends made these cookies and refused to share their “secret recipe:” to me so I was super glad when I saw your blog post in the freshly pressed column!
CONGRATULATIONS and thank you for such a nice recipe!
Love,
Fatin.
thank you so much! glad you found the recipe
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Yummy. What a great delight! I want these M&M’s. They’re the best!
I made these before when I had some left over M&M’s and was making peanut butter cookes… they are good and the pastel colors make them very spring
i agree! perfect for spring
Look yummy! Nice work!
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Sally, these are adorable! I love the Easter-esque mini chunky cookies; they look so scrumptious! Keep up the good work, girl
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This is quite possibly THE most delicious thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Must. Bake. These. Very. Soon.
Thank you, dessert angel.
you are so sweet! thank you so much for checking out my cookies and reblogging them
Being an absolute fan of both peanut butter and chocolate, I think this is great! Hoping they’ll make their way to my kitchen sometime soon too!
Yummy!!! I also want!!
These look amazing! I just got into baking and I think I’m going to start with this! They all look so good! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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Reblogging for future references. Because these are just yummy amazing.
These cookies look fantastic!! I love the colors. I’m gonna have to make a batch (or two) for Easter! Thanks for sharing.
My friend would LOVE these! Definitely going to make them for her birthday!
Oh dear, they look delicious!MMMM!
Sweet recipes! Thanks for sharing! I’m gonna try those m&m’s cookies very soon.
Yum!! These look so delicious and remind me of baking with my mom! As kids, these were inevitably the kinds of things we always wanted to bake with her. Thanks for posting! I gotta run now… Off to buy some m&m’s!
These look really great! Cannot wait to try them!
I have just discovered your blog and I’m in sweet, sugary heaven!!!! Thank you for un-ashamedly spreading the joy of baking!!!
no, thank YOU Jen!
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Hmm… I want to bake it! Looks so Yummy and Cute!
looks delish! I will have to try soon.
yummy …cant wait to try them am such a sucker for M&Ms
Now you made me hungry!!
YUMMMMMY I’m soooooooo making those today !!!!!
wow these cookies look yummy, I’m definitely going to give them a try
I think I got a peanut butter M&M cookie craving now lol Can’t believe I’ve never heard this done before either when it just sounds so tasty.
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I think I may have to do some baking tonight. But I am going to sub out the regular m&ms for peanut butter ones.
yum! i like that idea! let me know how they turn out
Will do!
Yum! I get to hankering for peanut butter cookies about once a year. I’ll have to try these when the craving hits!
i feel as if i have totally ingested the ENTIRE plate of cookies and now i feel guilty for ‘virtually’ munching down the cookies and calories! i have a pool of saliva wallowing around in my mouth as i tie both of my hands around my back, so as to not take the car keys and run down to the store and buy all the ingredients to make these delectable cookies! i know these babies are YUMMMMMY! they are as colorful as my father’s art work too(which is posted on my blog
!! ). i’m kinda scared to follow this blog because i know it’s all delicious stuff but, with courage, yes, i will follow. great post!
haha well thank you!
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I can never resist a good cookie and couldn’t help but reblog this one–delicous and just in time for Easter
Thank you so much for these great M&M cookie recepies! I will be checking back for others for sure!
I love making M&M Peanut Butter cookies! A cool thing too is since they always have seasonal M&Ms you can do fun holiday themed ones
i couldn’t agree more! m&ms are a perfect addition to any holiday cookies and desserts.
Omg these look amazing!!!!!!
Oh I wish my boyfriend wasn’t allergic to peanuts!! These look too good!
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These look great! I already love M&M cookies, so me and my son are going to try these Easter goodies this weekend – the chewy oatmeal ones too.
both great picks– i love both of those cookies!
Lovely cakes! I also love baking but do not like eating it up.
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This is so amazing, my two favorite concepts in one – cookies and the marvel that is m’n'ms.
In so many ways, I’m upset that I found you blog – largely because that diet of mine is out the bloody window!
i’ll try to post some healthy recipes for you soon!
Haha, please don’t! Im so m’n'm inspired!
These cookies look so yum!
They actually look sooo tasty!!
Just made these (doubled it!) and they are completely divine. Added choc chips but other wise left it as is. Thank you, Sally!!
so glad to hear it!! aren’t they amazing?
Looks so yummy! My daughter has a peanut allergy, so I think I will try these with almond butter… so yummy! Thanks for posting and congrats!
These look so pretty and I bet they would be amazingly delicious!
I can’t wait to give them a try
Those look too delectable to exist outside of the realm of ideas /platoreference
Oh my goodness! Where have you been all my life?? I’m baking these cookies this weekend. Drop by my blog and you’ll see who’s going to fight over the crumbs
Love your blog.
WOW. What a gorgeous recipe and blog. Congrats on your success! So glad I found your site.
August, you are so sweet, thank you!
I totally dig your pastel m&m cookies!:) Congrats on being on FP sweetie! I am now following your awesome blog!
omg those look so yummy! totally want some
xo Lisa
Not sure I’m happy about how hungry you’ve made me but the cookies look delicious!
These look delicious!
These look so delicious!
Would love to try them out. Could you suggest any substitute for egg though?
while i have no idea how the cookies would turn out, you could try to replace the egg with a “flax egg.” see here for instructions: http://www.ehow.com/how_2280938_substitute-flax-seed-eggs-baking.html
flax eggs are used in vegan baking. they will definitely change the color and look of the cookies, which is why i’d suggest this egg substitute for things like muffins, oatmeal cookies… darker baked goods rather than these light peanut butter cookies. you may give it a try though. good luck!
Thanks for the suggestion and the link! Shall try it out
WOW! This looks soo yumm. Will try soon and send you a picture
i’d love to see a picture! thank you!
I sure wish these were close enough to get. I’m no baker but i might just have to fire up this stove and get flour everywhere for this recipe. Looks yummy and makes a cute display.
It’s a good idea…delicious:D
This looks amazing! Thank you.
Now this is my kind of baking! Simple, easy and you know it’s going to taste good.
Great looking blog! I am a total chocolate chip cookie addict, so thanks for the excuse to whip up a fresh batch of my homemade crack!?..
Yummy!
these look great– salty & sweet!
i LOVE salty/sweet
I know it’s a bit late but you have inspired me to create something for myself – I am going to try and make Cadbury Creme Egg Cookies! experimental but i think they will be great
thank you for all your awsome recipies!!
those sound AMAZING!! i love any excuse to eat more cadbury creme eggs
I love your blog!! It is such a fun design. The pin it button and the print button make it so easy to use and share these recipes. And the way that you write them is so simple to understand. The recipes you have listed look delicious! I made your peanut butter mm cookies and they were yummy!! Thank you for your blog. I look forward to browsing through here and trying some of your recipes!!
Cassaundra, you are SO sweet. Your kind words absolutely MADE my day. Thank you SO very much. I’m so happy you tried these cookies! Let me know when you try out any others.. I love feedback from readers like you
Hi, I cooked these cookies the other day for my boyfriend who is a huge peanut butter fan. I was so pleased with the outcome, thank you for the recipe.
Its taken me ages to find a cookie recipe for soft cookies and the peanut butter really keeps them soft.
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Victoria, that is so wonderful to hear. This is my current go-to peanut butter cookie recipe. I hate hard, crunchy peanut butter cookies! Thank you for letting me know you baked them.
Hi Sally!
I tried these M&M cookies today as I was craving peanutbutter and had M&M’s around….they turned out lovely! I found that I needed to squish them down a bit before baking…or they retained their ball shape. Not sure if you found this as well…or if it’s an environmental/altitude thing. Anyway – thanks for sharing this recipe! It’s wonderful!
K
hey Kirsten! I’m so glad you made them and told me about them! I love hearing from readers like you.
I did not have to flatten my cookies down, although sometimes I do have to flatten certain cookie recipes down when the original recipe doesn’t say it in the instructions. It really could depend on your environment, the weather, or altitude.
I will stick m&m’s in just about everything…They are a huge addiction of mine. These cookies are so adorable.
just tried them yesterday for a party, they were a success, as always when i try on of your recipes !
I just wasn’t patient enough/had time enough (was super late for the party) to let them cool down so they were not as pretty as yours !
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So glad you made and loved them Mo!
Hey!
Found your website today when I Googled M&M cookies. I am about to make the peanut butter M&M recipe – I love peanut butter cookies and I have a bag of M&Ms leftover from 4th of July so it’s perfect. I will post how they turn out. I LOVE your site, and bookmarked it for future recipes! Great pictures too! Thanks so much and keep up the great work!!
Erika, you are SO sweet, Thank you so much for the comment! I hope the peanut butter m&m cookies turned out well, they are one of my absolute favorites! Hope you had a nice weekend. – Sally
I just baked these and they are awesome!!! Thank you!
Awesome to hear Susan! Glad you’re enjoying them
Oh. Em. Gee. I made a batch of these last night but used choc chips instead of the m&m’s because that’s what I had on hand and they are the best cookies I have EVER had!!! Your blog is amazing and I am sooo glad that I found it! I can’t wait to make more of your goodies!!!
PS. The cookies are gone. They didn’t even last 24 hours. Good thing I kicked my own butt at the gym!
Hey Claudia! I love using m&ms in cookies! They make them so colorful and really are something extra special compared to chocolate chips! And i love your comment about the gym.. I feel like I am always running for cookies these days lol
Let me know of any other goodies you make! I love hearing about it.
I just used your recipe and they came out amazing! instead of m&ms I used chocolate chips, and they are delicious. thank you for this awesome recipe!
Hi Carly! They are by far one of my favorite cookies! I’ve been meaning to remake them. Maybe for halloween with halloween M&Ms! Thanks for writing in.
This recipe is amazing! My husband suggested peanut butter M & M cookies while we were at the grocery store, so I grabbed peanut M & M’s for him and minis for the kids. Came home and got started. They were so nice and soft – you totally nailed it in your description. I’m not a fan of regular peanut butter cookies, and it probably is because they’re crunchy and I don’t like crunchy cookies.
Oh, and my anti-peanut butter son LOVED the cookies. I just didn’t tell him they were peanut butter, and have sworn his sisters to silence so he can enjoy his cookies in ignorance!
Holly! Thank you so much for writing to me and letting me know these cookies were a huge hit! They are my favorite cookie, ever. So soft and puffy. That is too funny about your son! Ignorance is bliss, right?! So glad you and your family love these!
Somehow Sunday was the first time I saw this recipe! I of course had to make them on Monday:) They were fantastic! They didn’t spread out very much so we were calling them lil pb fatties. hope you don’t mind:) Thanks for another great recipe!
Angie! I’m glad you made them. They are fat little cookies hehe. And a penaut butter cookie recipe I make ALL the time
These cookies are SO GOOD!!! I didn’t have any butter and used full-fat vanilla yogurt instead and they were awesome! They will probably blow my mind when I make them with butter, because I WILL make these again. Thanks so much for your recipe!!!!
Vanilla yogurt – that’s a brilliant idea. I wonder if it would work well with greek yogurt. I’m going to have to test it out and see! Megan, you are a genius! I’m so glad you enjoyed these cookies too. They are the best, especially with M&Ms!
Lol! Well necessity was the mother of my invention, but I’ll graciously take the credit
I think Greek yogurt would be phenomenal! I’m surprised yogurt worked so well in this recipe, didn’t make it tangy or anything like that. It was super yummy. But I think your recipe gets the genius credit for that 
Thanks again!!!
I just made the dough up for these cookies and I need them today so I don’t have the option of refrigerating overnight. Do you think 3 hours would be sufficient? Thanks!
Err.. ignore that question, I noticed it clearly states at least 30 minutes, so I guess I was fine. Lol. I made the cookies using crushed pretzel M&Ms, kinda combining these and the bite sized pretzel and M&M ones. They’re a success! I like the crunch of the pretzel pieces and they are so thick. Thanks for the recipe!
that’s great to hear Megan! Thanks so much – I have to try crushing pretzel m&ms next time.
I decided I wanted to make cookies after dinner tonight and went directly to your site! You have inspired me to bake. I’ve always thought baking wasn’t for me and should stick to just cooking, then I found your blog and it has truly inspired me!! So I went to your cookie link and peanut butter M&M cookies sounded just perfect. I knew I had M&M’s in my baking basket and of course had the rest of what I needed. Well it seems my husband found the M&M’s in my basket….so no more M&M’s. I had half a bag of peanut butter chips and half a bag of regular chocolate chips, so I added a combination of both. The dough is chilling now. I’m hoping they come out ok.
Kim
I’m so glad I’ve inspired you Kim! I know what you mean about M&Ms going missing – they are my boyfriends favorite and I’ve had to scramble to find different add-ins as well. Let me know how the cookies turn out. Thanks Kim!
I made these tonight and they are wonderful! Instead of M&M’s I used Reese’s Pieces
Thank you so much for sharing this receipt!!!
i’ve tried them with reese’s pieces before! double the peanut butter is never a bad thing. glad you loved them Emily!
I made these again today for a co-workers birthday and used half Reese’e Pieces and half Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips! OMG it is a peanut butter lovers delight. This is now my go to blog for baking recipes. Thank you for sharing all of your delicious creations
I love that idea! I have to try it next time Emily. I can NEVER get enough peanut butter.
I made these the other day & sound them to have too much of a fudge like texture, not like a peanut butter cookie at all.
sorry to hear you didn’t like them Kristine! There is so much peanut butter in them and for the ratio or butter to flour, brown sugar to white, these are not hard traditional cookies at all which I tried to explain in the post. Sorry about that!
I tried gluten free all purpose flour and that made them super yummy and soft too with a 1/2 tsp of xanthum gum and 1/8 cup buttermilk
Ps i went straightforward to cooking than chilling the dough and still turned out scrumptious
good to know ML – thank you!
I love freezing dough and making small batches of cookies! Have you tried that with this?
Hey Shari! Yes, I do that all of the time. Baking a couple cookies at a time from the freezer.
Hooray! My son is making these right now for his Cub Scout Blue and Gold banquet dessert contest… of course we are using only the blue and gold m&ms!
Thanks!
A friend of mine just had to put down her 2nd bulldog in 6 months so I am hoping this cheers their family up! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Nan! Oh no, that’s terrible!
Seriously breaks my heart. I truly do hope these cookies can cheer her up. Many thoughts!
Madame, you are correct. These are the best PB cookies I’ve ever made, and I’ve made many a PB cookie. We didn’t have regular M&Ms, so I used PB M&Ms. Quite tasty. Thanks for the recipe!
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The BEST? That’s awesome to hear. peanut butter m&ms in peanut butter cookies sounds like perfect right about now. Thank you for reporting back, Erin!
Made these this weekend. Made dough and chilled overnight to bake the next day. They are INCREDIBLE! Even better than I thought they would be. So moist and full of peanut butter flavor. I made them with peanut butter M&Ms instead of regular and the peanut butter yumminess with a little snap of chocolate is to DIE for. Thanks for this recipe!!
I love how much PB flavor they have as well, Amy! Thanks so much for reporting back
These are scrumptious. I like that theae aren’t overly peanut butter. It is just the perfect amount!
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