Easy Easter Cookies with M&M Bunnies

Easter cookies with pastel-colored M&M candies in shapes of bunny head with ears on a white plate.

Easy Easter Cookies with M&M Bunnies

These Easter Cookies are packed with pastel M&Ms and chocolate chips and topped with more M&Ms shaped into a bunny. They are so fun to make for Easter family gatherings!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings cookies

Calories 119kcal

Author Sherri Hagymas

Ingredients

8 tablespoons butter salted, softened
½ cup white sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup Easter colored M&Ms plus extra for on top
⅓ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350° F and line a baking sheet with parchment.
In a large mixing bowl, ad the butter and sugars and blend together 1-2 minutes on medium speed.
8 tablespoons butter, ½ cup white sugar, ¼ cup brown sugar
Add the egg and vanilla extract and blend until combined.
1 large egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a separate mixing bowl, add the flour, baking soda, and salt and whisk together.
1 ½ cups all purpose flour, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon salt
Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture and blend just until it is barely blended.
Then add the M&Ms and chocolate chips, and gently fold them into the dough.
⅓ cup Easter colored M&Ms, ⅓ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Using a cookie scoop, scoop the cookies onto the lined baking sheet.
Bake 9-10 minutes.
After removing from the oven, add extra M&Ms into the tops of cookies and create the bunny shapes by cutting the M&Ms in half and pressing them into the cookies.

Notes

Use gluten free one-to-one flour if needed.
Use any chocolate chips you would like like mini chocolate chips or milk chocolate chips.

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