Red, White & Blue M&M’s Cookie Bars

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I stole this recipe for Red, White & Blue M&M’s Cookie Bars from number-2-pencil.com. These cookies are a perfect dessert for 4th of July. First butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar are mixed with eggs and vanilla. Then flour, baking soda and salt are added. Next chocolate chips and red, white & blue M&M’s are folded into the batter. The batter is spread into a baking dish and baked. After cooling the bars are removed from the pan and drizzled with red and blue candy melts for decoration. These cookie bars are a delicious twist on chocolate chip cookies.

The ingredients for this recipe are: 2 sticks butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar, 3 large eggs, 1 ½ tsp vanilla, 3 cups AP flour, ¾ tsp baking soda, ¾ tsp salt, 1 ½ cups red white & blue M&M’s and 1 cup mini chocolate chips

In a bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until fluffy. Then add in eggs and vanilla and continue to beat.

Lower the speed on the electric mixer and then add flour, baking soda and salt and mix until combined.

Next fold in M&M’s and chocolate chips.

Line a 9×13 baking dish with foil, leave some overhang to remove easily. Next spray generously with cooking spray. Then transfer cookie dough to prepared dish.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool completely and remove from pan and cut.

Next melt red and blue candy melts in the microwave and then drizzle over the bar pieces.

Let the decorative drizzle harden and enjoy!

If you liked this recipe for Red, White & Blue M&M’s Cookie Bars then you can also try other patriotic desserts like Fireworks Blondies or Cake Batter Oreo Cookies. Other chocolate chip cookie recipe options are Chocolate Chip Gooey Bars, Large Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies, Doubletree Signature Cookie Recipe or Toll House Brownies.

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Red, White & Blue M&M’s Cookie Bars

These cookies are a perfect dessert for 4th of July. First butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar are mixed with eggs and vanilla. Then flour, baking soda and salt are added. Next chocolate chips and red, white & blue M&M’s are folded into the batter. The batter is spread into a baking dish and baked. After cooling the bars are removed from the pan and drizzled with red and blue candy melts for decoration.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 24 people

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks butter at room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups AP flour
  • ¾ tsp baking soda
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 1 ½ cups red white & blue M&M’s plus more for topping
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips plus more for topping

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
  2. Line a 9×13 baking dish with foil, leave some overhang to remove easily. Spray generously with cooking spray.
  3. In a bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until fluffy.
  4. Add in eggs and vanilla and continue to beat.
  5. Lower speed and add flour, baking soda and salt and mix until combined.
  6. Fold in M&M’s and chocolate chips.
  7. Transfer cookie dough to prepared dish.
  8. Press additional M&M’s and mini chocolate chips into top of dough.
  9. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
  10. Let cool completely and remove from pan and cut.