A budget-friendly treat for children and a quick and easy snack for adults, Chocolate M&M Cookie Bars really are a must-try recipe at home. M&M Cookie Bars are oven-baked, so you need not worry about too much work, nor the mess baking usually entails.
M&M cookie bars that are fudgy, delicious, and packed with brightly colored candies would be a favorite among the entire family! Gooey, squishy, and laden with M&Ms, these M&M's Cookie Bars are a treat. You will enjoy every bite of these since they are festive and loaded with the delectable taste of M&M's.
M&M Cookie Bars are a perfect choice when you need a quick dessert because they are so easy to make, and also they are chewy, thick, and delicious. They will truly satisfy your craving for tastebuds in just a few bites from these delightful cookie bars.
Christmas and holidays are also great opportunities to use this recipe in your home. Do you want to prepare something simple yet special for the family for Christmas morning while you open gifts? Take these cookie bars out of your oven, then!
Chocolate M&M Cookie Bars highlight the chocolatey flavor of the M&M's. This flavor is enhanced by the rest of the ingredients, such as vanilla extract and cocoa powder.
What Really Are These Cookie Bars?
Cookie bars, sometimes referred to as bars, squares, or just bars, are a sort of American cookie that has the texture of solid cake but is slightly softer than a traditional cookie. To make them, you'll use a skillet and bake them in the oven. Squares and rectangles are the most common shapes, although other shapes are available as well.
Cookie bars are common at bake sales and make great birthday presents. They are trendy during the holidays, but many people eat them all year. Many coffee shops and bakeries also offer the treats.
They are baked in the oven after being prepared in a pan. Squares or rectangles are carved out of the dough. Bake sales are a mainstay, and they're frequently created for birthday parties, as well. Many people consume them all year, but they are especially popular during the Christmas breaks. Treats like these are also available at many coffee shops and bakeries.
Cookie bars are frequently served alongside beverages such as milk, coffee, or tea and occasionally dunked, which enhances the flavor of confections by dissolving the sugars and softening their texture. Cookie bars appear to have originated in Persia around the seventh century AD, shortly after sugar became widespread in the region.
They entered Europe as a result of the Muslim invasion of Spain. By the 14th century, they were ubiquitous across Europe, from royal cuisine to street vendors. Cookies arrived in America in the late 1620s via the Dutch in New Amsterdam. The Dutch word "koekje" was Anglicized to "cookie" or cooky.
Why Does This Chocolate M&M Cookie Bars Recipe Works?
Chocolate M&M's Cookie Bars recipe is a must-try because:
- It is easy to make!
- Everyone will surely enjoy a chocolatey treat.
- A delicious treat or dessert.
What's in This Chocolate M&M Cookie Bars Recipe?
Butter. While moisture and flavor are the most obvious reasons to use butter in baked goods, butter also serves various other functions. Butter binds the proteins and starches in this recipe during the mixing process, resulting in a more delicate crumb.
Granulated Sugar. When used in cookie bars, granulated sugar aids in spreading, provides a more crisp texture to cookies, and causes surface-breaking due to crystallization.
Light Brown Sugar. Brown sugar gives our M&M's Cookie Bars a rich, sweet, and nutty flavor that is hard to resist. Given that brown sugar has a naturally moist texture, utilizing it will result in cookie bars that are softer and moister overall. Additionally, if you use light brown sugar, your baked items may become darker than you had anticipated.
Egg. When it comes to this recipe, eggs are critical components. Eggs give our cookie bars structure, leavening, color, and flavor, among other things.
Vanilla Extract. Vanilla extract is always used in desserts because it chemically enhances the flavor of the dessert while also bringing out the flavors of the other ingredients in the mixture.
Plain Flour. The primary function of plain flour in this recipe is to build a structure for the cookie bars to not become just a gooey mass.
Cocoa Powder. When used in this recipe for M&M's Cookie Bars, Cocoa powder adds a full, rich chocolate flavor and a deep brown color.
Baking Soda. It is a leavening agent used in baked goods, cookie bars in particular. Baking soda will help producing softer yet thicker M&M's Cookie Bars.
Cornflour. It has a thickening effect on the liquid. Corn starch is also used in baking formulations in conjunction with regular flour to give cookie bars increased crumb strength while simultaneously improving the tenderness of the grain.
How to Make Chocolate M&M Cookie Bars?
- Preheat the oven to 190C, line a 9x9inch baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together granulated sugar, brown sugar and melted butter until the mixture is smooth.
- Whisk in the egg and vanilla.
- Add in the plain flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate, salt, cornflour and cornflour a handful of M&Ms, mix until combined, and a thick dough is formed.
- Now, Press the dough into the bottom of the baking pan and press in the remaining M&Ms into the top.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, then leave the cookie bake to cool for about 10-20 minutes. Cut the bake into small squares and serve.
Top Tips!
- Don't overcook your M&M's Cookie Bars, or else the chewy texture of these bars would not be that evident once eaten.
- Letting the M&M's Cookie Bars cool down at room temperature before cutting them into bar pieces would prevent them from being too crumbly.
Recipe Variations
- Add chocolate chips to make these cookie bars more delicious and
appealing to children! - If the vanilla extract is unavailable, you may use maple syrup instead.
Serving Suggestions
The classic way of serving cookie bars is pairing it with a glass of milk, so why not follow this classic combo? You can also serve them with tea, coffee or any other drink of your choice.
Recipe FAQs
To freeze cookie bars, wrap them in parchment paper and place them in a freezer-safe Ziploc bag or container before putting them away. Before eating, allow the frozen food to come to room temperature first.
Use a toothpick to check the consistency of the batter by inserting it in the center of the pan. The cookies are done when the toothpick inserted into the center of the cookie comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs attached.
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Chocolate M&M Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 115 g Unsalted Butter
- 55 g Granulated Sugar
- 135 g Light Brown sugar
- 1 Egg
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 200 g Plain Flour
- 50 g Cocoa Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon Cornflour
- 300 g M&Ms
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190C, line a 9x9inch baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together granulated sugar, brown sugar and melted butter until the mixture is smooth.
- Whisk in the egg and vanilla.
- Add in the plain flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate, salt, cornflour and cornflour a handful of M&Ms, mix until combined, and a thick dough is formed.
- Now, Press the dough into the bottom of the baking pan and press in the remaining M&Ms into the top.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, then leave the cookie bake to cool for about 10-20 minutes. Cut the bake into small squares and serve.
Notes
- Don't overcook your M&M's Cookie Bars, or else the chewy texture of these bars would not be that evident once eaten.
- Letting the M&M's Cookie Bars cool down at room temperature before cutting them into bar pieces would prevent them from being too crumbly.
Nutrition
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Olivia
My son loves these m&m cookie bars so much. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Elena
These m&m cookie bars are so fudgy, chocolaty and delicious, and because I am the biggest chocolate fan in the world, I liked them.