These festive Christmas M&M cookie bars are packed with red and green holiday M&M's, mini chocolate chips, and white chocolate chips! They're a great start to your holiday baking and a delightful treat for cookie swaps and holiday cookie trays!
1 ½cupChristmas M&M's(plus about a handful more for topping)
1cupmini chocolate chips
½cupwhite chocolate chips
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Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350°F (176°C) and line a 9x13 inch pan with parchment paper or aluminum foil leaving a bit overhanging out of the pan to help with removal.
In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and the vanilla extract, and mix in. Stir in the salt and baking soda, then add the all-purpose flour. Mix until well combined.
Fold in the M&M's, mini and white chocolate chips. Hand mix until the candies are evenly distributed throughout the cookie dough.
Transfer the fully combined cookie dough to your prepared 9x13 pan. Use a spatula to spread and press down the dough into an even layer. Add additional candies on top (press them a bit down into the dough).
Place your 9x13 pan onto the middle of your oven's center rack and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top is golden and no longer raw in appearance. Use a toothpick to insert in the center to check for doneness.
Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before removing and cut into squares. Serve and enjoy.
Notes
If using foil for your 9x13 coat with oil, butter, or non-stick spray.
If you don't have a hand mixer, you can use a stand mixer or use good old-fashioned elbow grease to work the cookie dough.