M&M Cookies

Thursday, October 9, 2008

I’m entering into my Power of Pink Challenge. There are quite a few breast cancer awareness events this month. I saw this M&M cookie recipe and I knew I had to try it. Growing up, my mom made M&M cookies using yellow cake mix. They’re quite tasty but I really don’t like using cake mix (I know, I’ve become a food snob). So I’ve been in search of a great M&M cookie recipe for about a year now. I made monster cookies and they were great, but weren’t exactly what I was looking for… This recipe really hit the spot. The large amount of brown sugar keeps these cookies sweet and moist. I love the texture and the bits of pecan in cookie.

I took these to our second week of beer pong league. I did have one person ask if the M&M were leftover from Valentine’s Day. I explained that they were for Breast Cancer Awareness. Seriously, do you think a bag of M&Ms could last in my cabinets for 8 months?!? (I happen to love M&Ms in everything – on ice cream, with pretzels, and by themself, frozen of course). Enough babbling from me, on to the recipe…

M&M Cookies – from Delish – originally from the Cookie Bible
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar – I used Splenda Brown Sugar blend
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 1/3 cups M&M’s, divided
1 cup chopped pecans
Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and vanilla in a large bowl until well blended. Add eggs; beat well.

Gradually add flour mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in 3/4 cup M&Ms and all the nuts.

Drop by rounded teaspoons onto cookie sheet. Press 5-6 of remaining M&Ms on each cookie before baking. Bake 9-11 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

Yields about 3-3 1/2 dozen cookies. I made a double batch which yielded a about 6.5 dozen cookies. I used my cookie scoop to portion the batter.

Cookies, Dessert, Go-To Recipes, Power of Pink

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23 Responses to “Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake Truffles”

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Fun and Fearless in Beantown — January 4, 2011 at 5:25 pm

I can’t barely bake so the idea of finding a creative way to use leftovers astounds me. This looks AWESOME!
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Maria — January 4, 2011 at 5:33 pm

Gorgeous truffles!
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Justin — January 4, 2011 at 5:34 pm

I love red velvet… these look amazing.
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Megan — January 4, 2011 at 5:35 pm

I’ll have to remember this… I often have leftover cake too. They looks so pretty!
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EliFla — January 4, 2011 at 5:37 pm

This is a very good recipe…thanks and happy new year, ciao Flavia
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Sue — January 4, 2011 at 6:03 pm

These are so pretty! Great for valentine’s day:)
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Blog is the New Black — January 4, 2011 at 6:14 pm

These look so wonderful! Love the vibrant red!
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ann — January 4, 2011 at 7:04 pm

These look so good. Wonderful idea.
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Tara — January 4, 2011 at 10:29 pm

Okay this is just hilarious! My grandma purchased a frozen Cheesecake Factory Red Velvet Cheesecake for Christmas. I took the remaining pieces home to make into balls, which we served at my new years eve party. SO good!
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Rhondi — January 4, 2011 at 11:12 pm

Amazing as usual! I tagged you on my blog to answer some questions:
http://bigmamashomekitchen.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-weekday-morning-routineand-ive-been.html

Have a great day! Rhondi
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Daisy — January 5, 2011 at 2:47 am

you are a genius! Such a great idea to use leftover and maintain portion control.
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KcomeKarolina — January 5, 2011 at 2:33 pm

oh they look so yummi!!!

xoxo from rome
K.
http://kcomekarolina.blogspot.com/
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Chelsea — January 5, 2011 at 7:35 pm

Such a good idea, these look so good! I love the red velvet and cheesecake combo. You’re blog is awesome 🙂
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We Are Not Martha — January 5, 2011 at 8:34 pm

Wow, these are so beautiful! Best way to use leftovers EVER! And who knew you could do so much with red velvet!

Sues
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Caroline — January 6, 2011 at 4:36 pm

It’s not over-indulging because you’re able to stop at one. I would probably have eaten half a dozen of them, they look so good! What a great way to jazz up ‘leftovers’!
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Boston Food Diary — January 7, 2011 at 4:04 pm

What a FANTASTIC idea!!!! These look beyond amazing!!
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Elina (Healthy and Sane) — January 7, 2011 at 9:09 pm

I remember the post about that cake. I really want to make it some day! The idea of turning some leftovers into truffles is pure genius! 😀
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Shannon — January 8, 2011 at 1:54 am

ooh, what a creative way to deal with the cake 🙂
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Bridget — January 9, 2011 at 4:51 pm

I’m picky about what I bring in to work too. It bugs me when people bring in things that are clearly gnawed on, you know? This is the perfect way to reportion leftover cake into easily sharable treats.
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Carolyn Jung — January 10, 2011 at 4:56 pm

Wives always know best! LOL
Glad you made him “eat” his words, so to speak. The truffles are so adorable and perfect for Valentine’s Day.
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sheila @ Elements — January 19, 2011 at 7:19 pm

They’re adorable!!! They’d make a perfect Valentine treat too!!
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P way — October 15, 2014 at 8:07 pm

So…. Don’t mean to appear ignorant, but some of us have NOT made cake balls from left over cake, please be more specific in your discourse, please.
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Angela + Payton — October 1, 2018 at 6:35 pm

ummm this cake failed. We followed the recipe to the t and it deflated and tasted bad. This recipe was extremely watery and gross and soggy. It fell apart quickly. Thanks!