These are some of our favorite double chocolate chip cookies you are going to love! My M&M Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are perfect for your upcoming celebrations, parties and sweet tooth cravings!
Be sure to try my Stuffed Peanut Butter Brownies too!
Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
We are always making cookies and cookie bars around our house. So great for transporting to parties or serving for an after dinner dessert. Try topping your cookie bar with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for an added bonus!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Double Chocolate! This cookie bar recipe is oozing with double chocolate and could not be more delicious.
- Colorful. Kids and adults love to see the colorful M&M’s on top of these bars at any dessert table.
- Easy To Make. These bars are easy to make with my step by step instructions.
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What You’ll Need
Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make double chocolate cookies at home. See the recipe card located at the bottom of the post for full details.
- Salted Butter– I use salted butter for most of my cooking and baking. Unsalted butter works great too.
- Brown Sugar, Light or Dark– You’ll notice light and brown sugar when shopping.
- Granulated Sugar– Granulated sugar is a fine sugar commonly used in baking.
- Large Eggs– For consistency I use large eggs.
- Pure Vanilla Extract– For best tasting results be sure to use pure vanilla.
- All-Purpose Flour– All-purpose flour is the main dry ingredient in the brownies.
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, I prefer Hershey’s Special Dark-Find unsweetened cocoa powder in the baking isle of the grocery store.
- Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix– Find instant chocolate pudding in the baking isle. Make sure you look for instant.
- Kosher Salt– Kosher salt is a coarse salt. I prefer using it in my baking and cooking.
- Baking Soda– Baking soda helps the brownies rise.
- Mini Chocolate Chips– Find the chocolate chips in the baking section of the grocery store.
- Mini M&M’s– Find Mini M&M’s in the candy section.
How To Make M&M Cookie Bars
Preheat Oven and Prepare Baking Dish. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with parchment paper.
Cream Butter and Sugars. Place butter, brown sugar and sugar into a large mixing bowl or stand mixer. Beat until well combined.
Eggs and Vanilla. Add eggs and vanilla mixing well.
Dry Ingredients. Add flour, cocoa powder, pudding mix, baking soda and salt, slowly mix until dough forms.
Chocolate. Stir in chocolate chips and 1 1/2 cups mini M&M’s. Stir to combine.
Press Dough Into Baking Dish. Press dough evenly into baking dish. Top evenly with remaining 1 cup of mini M&M’s pressing gently into dough.
Bake. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until baked through. Remove and let cool 1 hour before cutting into squares.
Recipe Tips For Success
- Use Quality Ingredients. For best tasting results use quality ingredients in your cookies.
- Measure Ingredients Before Making Recipe. I like to measure out all of my ingredients before starting the recipe for better organization.
How To Serve M&M Cookie Bars
Cut cookie bars into squares and serve room temperature or warmed with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
How To Store Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Store any leftover cookie bars in an airtight container or large Ziplock bag for up to 3 days room temperature.
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M&M Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Bars
Equipment
- Oven
- Bowl
- 9 x 13 inch baking dish
- parchment paper
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- mixing bowl
- mixing spoon
Ingredients
- 2 sticks salted butter softened
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup dark cocoa powder I use Hershey’s Dark
- 1/4 cup Chocolate Fudge Instant Pudding Mix
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 cups chocolate chips
- 2 1/2 cups mini M&M’s
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with parchment paper.
- Place butter, brown sugar and sugar into a large mixing bowl or stand mixer. Beat until well combined. Add eggs and vanilla mixing well. Add flour, cocoa powder, pudding mix, baking soda and salt, slowly mix until dough forms. Stir in chocolate chips and 1 1/2 cups mini M&M's. Stir to combine then press dough evenly into baking dish. Top evenly with remaining 1 cup of mini M&M's pressing gently into dough. Bake for 30-35 minutes, until baked through. Remove and let cool 1 hour before cutting into squares.
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Do some M&Ms get mixed in and fall to the bottom? Cause in the picture it looks like they’re all perfectly on top…Also have you ever tried this using a boxed brownie mix as a starting point? Don’t mean to insult you lol, just always curious if there’s an easier way sometimes! 😉
I can’t wait to try this out, looks so deliciously sinful! However, I’d like to get your confirmation on the butter though. As our butters are sold/labeled in grams instead of sticks or cups, therefore can you confirm one stick of butter is equal to how many grams? Thanks!
I just googled it and it says 113 grams is equal to one stick of butter 🙂 Hope you enjoy!
Thanks! 🙂
Crisp, and gummy from the chocolate chips. Fabulous cookie bar! My friends were very excited and it! Thanks for the recipe!
My family admit this is the best batch of brownies I have ever made, or tasted. Absolutely yummy! It’s a special treat, just fabulous!
M&M’s are my real love, and you can never have too many chocolate recipes! These bars look amazing!
What if you only have unsalted butter? Do you have a measurement for how much salt to add? Thanks!! ☺️
unsalted butter is just fine. No need to adjust the salt in the recipe. I’ve used both salted and unsalted with no adjustments 🙂
Too good for my throat
Can I use regular m*m and regular chocolate chips?
Yes that works fine too.