Loaded Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe - (2024)

Published December 13, 2019.This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.

Scrap the traditional stuff and check out these amazing M&M chocolate chip cookies with nuts, m&m’s, dark and white chocolate chips, and chunks!

This recipe stems back over 20 years from an old job, and I attempt to recreate them let me reiterate that they are seriously amazing.

Two Secrets to Making the Best Cookies

To me, there are 2 secrets to ensuring your cookies are tender, moist, and nothing short of delicious.Here are each of those tips.

• Brown Sugar – Brown sugar has a higher moisture content than plain sugar, ensuring these tasty treats will be moister and more flavorful.
• Under Cooking – I’m not telling you to serve these up raw, but always go a few minutes under because once your cookies come out of the oven, they will continue to cook until cool; We call this carry overcooking.

On the sugar front, I like to combine brown and regular sugar, but you could absolutely use all light brown sugar.

Should I Flatten the Cookies Before Baking?

When making these, you should not flatten them with your finger or a spoon.They will flatten out as they bake at 350° and create layers as they spread out.When it does this, the cookies will begin to steam on the inside, making them really moist.

I will say if you want really big flat cookies, then go ahead, flatten away, but they’ll be crispy and not soft in the middle.

How to Make M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies

These candy M&M chocolate chip cookies are actually pretty dang easy to make, and here’s how you do it!

1. Start by creaming some softened unsalted butter together with brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium speed for 5-7 minutes or until it’s light and fluffy.
2. Add in 1 large egg at a time until they are completely mixed in. In other words, don’t add the second egg until the first one is mixed in.

3. Simply pour in your vanilla and continue to mix on medium speed.
4. In a separate large bowl, mix together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until combined.

5. Turn the speed down to low and add the dry ingredients to the stand mixer in 3 batches until mixed in.
6. Remove the mixing bowl and fold the chocolate chips, m&m’s, peanut butter chips, and walnuts using a rubber spatula until incorporated.

Ok, so the cookie dough is finished up, and now it’s time to scoop them onto cookie sheet trays lined with parchment paper.Like I said in the step-by-step video below, I like them to be bigger, so mine is 3 tablespoon scoops.

Scoop them out from the dough onto a sheet tray lined with parchment paper about 4”-5” apart from each other, and then bake away at 350° for 16-18 minutes or until the edges start to turn light brown.

Cool these completely before eating, or eat while warm because why not?

Why Are my Cookies Flat?

Cookies can come out flat because 3 main reasons, and here they are:

Over Mixing – If you mix the dough too much, it can overbeat the ingredients, which won’t allow them to reach their full peak in the oven.

The dough is too Hot – If your dough is too hot/warm, it’ll fall too fast in the oven and slowly create layers as they spread out.Try chilling them after placing them on the sheet tray in the refrigerator for 10 minutes before baking.

No Baking Powder – There are quite a few recipes that do not use baking powder. I believe this ingredient is essential to tall, thick cookies. If the recipe you love doesn’t have any of it, I’d add a teaspoon or 2.

Additional Ingredients

Here are some of the additional ingredients you can add to your batter:

• Walnuts
• Pecans
• Peanuts
• Pistachios
• M&M’s
• Reese’s pieces
• Oats
• Cinnamon

Skip those tiny little Christmas cookies and get into making these because they will blow the other ones right off the dessert table!

Make-Ahead and Storage

How to Store: Add the M&M chocolate chip cookies in plastic bags and keep them at room temperature for up to 5 days or in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.

How to Freeze: Both the dough and baked cookies will freeze well covered in a container or plastic wrap for up to 3 months.

More Amazing Treat Recipes

• Churros
• Lemon Polenta Cake
• Gooey Butter Cake
• Apple Crisp
• Banana Walnut Bread

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