No holiday season is complete without a few batches of my M&M Christmas Cookie Bars. These cookie bars are loaded with chocolate chips and M&M's and will soon be your family's favorite treat!

These Christmas Cookie Bars are perfect for gift giving too! Whip up a batch, cut into squares and package in cute festive bags for teacher gifts, hostess gifts etc.

These bars are also perfect for bake sales, Christmas dessert tables and because they're easily portable, bring along to all your holiday parties!

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An overhead view of a plate on a wooden background holding prepared cookie bars loaded with red and green m&m candies.

Love all kinds of cookie bars? Be sure to check out my Caramel Cookie Bars!

If you want an actual cookie version instead of a bar, you can hop over to this recipe for Christmas m & m cookies.

Why I love this cookie bar recipe

Buttery and chewy and full of tasty chocolate
Easy to make!
Simple ingredients
No measuring or shaping cookie dough, just spread in pan and bake
Can make ahead and bring along to all your holiday parties
Customizable - add your own stir-ins like pretzels, white chocolate chips, peanut butter M&M's. You name it, you can add it!

You can also customize the colors of the candies to change up for other occasions. For example, I use green and yellow candy for my St. Patrick's Day Cookie Bars.

Looking for more Christmas inspiration? I have an entire Pinterest board dedicated to Christmas treats, meals and crafts!

Cookie bar Ingredients

Ingredients needed for these bars are all the same as a regular chocolate chip cookie recipe plus the addition of M&M's.

You'll notice there is more brown sugar than white granulated sugar. All that brown sugar is what helps these cookie bars stay chewy!

The photo below is the the prepared batter, spread into my baking dish ready for the oven. See how I arranged some of the M&M's on top like that? You don't have to but they look so much better in the end with the bright colors popping on top like that.

Cookie bar batter spread into a glass 9 by 13 baking dish.

And below is how the bars look when they're baked. Barely golden around the edge but the rest still a little soft. The color in this photo is a little off, go for a little bit lighter around the edge.

Overcooking will take away from the chewiness so don't do that!

Cooked cookie bars still in glass baking dish. The baking dish is on a towel on top of a wooden cutting board.

A wooden cutting board is the backdrop and there are six cookie bars cut into squares scattered around. There are also loose m&m candies around all the bars.

What occasions to serve M&M Cookie Bars

perfect for any party you are attending, especially holiday parties
great in goodie bags for a take home treat
gift to a neighbor or friend
kids will love these as a surprise after school treat

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A single m&m cookie bar on a wooden background. There are red and green m&m candies scattered around it.

M&M Christmas Cookie Bars

foodyschmoody

The perfect Christmas dessert, a chocolate chip cookie bar filled with festive christmas m&m candies. Don't forget to leave a few for Santa Cookies.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 27

Total Time 37

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings bars

Calories 259 kcal

Ingredients

2 cup flour all purpose
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
10 tablespoon butter
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup white granulated sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips semi sweet
1 cup m&ms divided (red & green for xmas)
Non-stick spray

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325.
Melt butter. Set aside to cool for a minute or two.
Prepare a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick spray. Set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
Using either a stand mixer or a hand mixer, mix together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar. Add egg and extract. Mix until smooth. Continue to mix, adding the flour mixture in small amounts, until all combined.
Stir in the chocolate chips and ½ C m&ms.
Press the mixture into prepared baking pan evenly. Lightly press the remaining mms onto the surface of the dough. (this will ensure you see the bright colors on top of the bars).
Bake 25-30 minutes until lightly browned and sides begin to pull away from the sides of the pan.
Cool before cutting into squares.

Nutrition

Calories: 259kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 145mgPotassium: 60mgFiber: 1gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 212IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 1mg

Keyword christmas, cookie, dessert, holiday

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M&M Christmas Cookie Bars

Why I love this cookie bar recipe

Cookie bar Ingredients

What occasions to serve M&M Cookie Bars

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