These festive cookies are perfect for Valentine’s Day. Butter and sugar are creamed together with an electric mixer. Then vanilla, an egg, water, cocoa powder and chocolate pudding mix are added. Next in a separate bowl flour, baking soda and salt are whisked together. The wet ingredients are added before folding in M&Ms and sprinkles. After refrigerating the dough, the cookies are baked with additional sprinkles and M&Ms.
Course
Dessert
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time15minutes
Chilling Time1hour
Servings24cookies
Ingredients
½cupbuttersoftened
⅔cuppacked brown sugar
¼cupgranulated sugar
1tspvanilla extract
1large egg
1tbspwater
2tbspunsweetened cocoa powder
3ozbox Instant chocolate pudding mix
1 ¼cupAP flour
½tspbaking soda
¼tspsalt
1 ¼cupsValentine’s M&Ms
¼cupValentine sprinkles
Instructions
Line a cookie sheet with silicone mat or parchment paper.
Cream butter and both sugars in a stand mixer. Mix in vanilla, egg and water. Add the cocoa powder and pudding mix and mix until smooth.
Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Stir in the M&Ms and sprinkles.
Scoop ball of dough onto prepared cookie sheet. Press a few M&Ms and sprinkled on top. Cover with plastic wrap and chill the cookies for at least 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare a second cookie sheet and place cookies 2 inches apart. Press each cookie dough ball slightly with the palm of your hand. Bake for 10 to 14 minutes or closer to 11-12 minutes.
Cool cookies on cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 3 months.