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    • Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

      Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

      Posted at 12:00 pm by Rebecca Showalter
      Mar 26th
      Chocolate Chip Cookies

      Almost every family gathering on my husband’s side of the family has to include chocolate chip cookies! This recipe is an adaption of the traditional chocolate chip cookie recipe his grandmother has made for years. It’s amazing how not only the flavor but also the texture can slightly change with a small adjustment of ingredients and adding in some M&Ms. These chocolate chip M&M cookies are now a favorite of my boys to keep in the freezer for dessert or a quick snack.

      Preparation

      It’s important to gather all of your ingredients first.

      To make your dough, start with combining your vegetable shortening, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, and hot water. Combine all of these ingredients to a cream base for your cookie dough, make sure this is mixed well. I find it is easiest to make this recipe with a stand mixer since it is so large, but you can use a hand mixer or mix it by hand as well.

      Continue to make your dough by adding in the flour, salt and baking soda. Mix well. Once the dough is well mixed add in your chocolate chips. You can then either add in your M&Ms to your cookie dough or plan to place them on top of your cookie dough balls later on.

      Refrigerate your cookie dough for at least 1 hour to make it easier to scoop and bake. This will also help your cookies bake more evenly.

      Baking

      Preheat your oven to 350°.

      Once your cookies have cooled for at least an hour in the refrigerator, use a cookie scoop to make even sized dough balls. Place your dough balls approx 2″ apart on your cookie sheet or stone. If you did not put your M&M into your dough, place them on top of your cookies now. I did 3-4 M&Ms on top of each cookie.

      Then bake your cookies for 10-12 minutes. Your cookies should be golden brown when they are fully baked.

      Let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet or stone for approximately 5 minutes prior to moving them to a cooling rack to cool competently. Once your chocolate chip M&M cookies are cooled completely store them in an air tight container.

      This recipe makes approximately 6 dozen cookies. If you are not going to eat these cookies with in 5-7 days I would suggest you freeze them for future use.

      If you enjoy these cookies check out some of our other cookie recipes including our snickerdoodle cookies and oatmeal chocolate chip butterscotch cookies.

      Easter Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies
      To make cookies where the M&Ms color shows through make your cookie dough without the M&Ms and place the M&Ms individually on each cookie dough ball.

      Ingredients For Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

      2 Cups Vegetable Shortening

      1 1/2 Cups Granulated White Sugar

      1 1/2 Cups Brown Sugar

      4 Eggs

      3 Teaspoons Vanilla

      1 Teaspoon Hot Water

      4 1/2 Cups Flour

      2 Teaspoons Salt

      2 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Soda

      2 Cups Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips

      1 Cup Milk Chocolate M&Ms

      Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

      Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies

      A simple chocolate chip M&M cookie recipe that can easily be themed to any holiday by using holiday colored M&Ms.
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      Prep Time 20 mins
      Cook Time 1 hr 30 mins
      Cooling Time 1 hr
      Total Time 2 hrs 50 mins
      Servings 36 Servings
      Calories 237 kcal

      Ingredients
        

      • 2 Cups Vegetable Shortening
      • 1½ Cup Granulated White Sugar
      • 1½ Cup Brown Sugar
      • 4 Eggs
      • 3 tsp Vanilla
      • 1 tsp Hot Water
      • 4½ Cup Flour
      • 2 tsp Salt
      • 2½ tsp Baking Soda
      • 2 Cups Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
      • 1 Cup M&Ms Milk Chocolate

      Instructions
       

      • Begin with gathering all of your ingredients.
      • Start with combining your vegetable shortening, granulated white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and hot water together to make a cream base for your dough. Mix together well.
      • Slowly add in the dry ingredients including the flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix well.
      • Add in the chocolate chips. Then add in the M&Ms if you want them mixed in the dough.
      • Place the dough in the refrigerator for at least one hour to cool.
      • Preheat your oven to 350°.
      • Once the dough has cooled, use a cookie scoop to make evenly sized dough balls and place them on a cookie sheet approx 2" apart.
      • Bake your cookie dough balls for 10-12 minutes or until your chocolate chip M&M cookies are golden brown.
      • Remove your cookies from the oven and let them cool on the cookie sheet for approx 5 minutes. Then transfer them to a cooling rack.
      • Once your cookies are cooled completely store them in an air tight container.

      Notes

      Calories are calculated by a third party website and are based on ingredients used. 
      Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies Pin
      Posted in Dessert | Tagged cookies, Dessert, sweets
    • Puppy Chow

      Puppy Chow to Feed a Crowd

      Posted at 3:49 pm by Rebecca Showalter
      Jan 11th
      Puppy Chow To Feed a Crowd

      A Great Peanut Butter and Chocolate Classic

      I can remember in grade school having a classmate bring in puppy chow as a snack for a special occasion and I had never heard of this amazing dessert and was just a little creeped out by the name— but that went away after my first bite! Fast forward to about 10 years ago and it became a staple for our family Christmas celebrations! I had personally never made it, but set inclined to try since I missed out on our puppy chow amazingness at Christmas this year somehow!

      So I did some research and decided I’m going to make a big batch and take some to someone who’s had a bad week this week along with saving some for some treats for us!

      puppy chow ingredients

      Tips and Tricks

      I have always been a fan of putting extra vanilla in my recipes. Adding extra vanilla to this recipe adds a little smoother flavor than others I’ve had in the past. This is something you could reduce if you want. I also used semi sweet chocolate chips instead of milk chocolate chips to prevent the puppy chow from being overly sweet— the powdered sugar makes it sweet enough for me!

      How To Make The Puppy Chow

      I started with a box of chex mix dumped into a large bowl. Then use a microwave safe glass measuring container and combined the semi sweet chocolate chips, peanut butter, butter, and vanilla. I put this in the microwave to melt on the melt chocolate function for 8oz and it was the perfect amount of time. You can also use melt the chocolate mixture on medium power for one minute intervals stirring in between.

      Adding in the powdered sugar.

      After the chocolate mix is melted I poured it over chex cereal. Then mixed it well until all the cereal was well covered. After the cereal was well covered pour in 1/3 of the powdered sugar and mixed it well before adding in the remaining 2 cups of the powdered sugar. This will coat the chex mixture completely.

      After the mix is well coated in powdered sugar, transfer it out of the mixing bowl to an airtight storage container. Puppy chow will keep for at least a week— if it lasts that long around your house!

      Puppy Chow Ingredients

      12 oz box of chex mix

      2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

      1/2 cup butter

      1 1/4 cup peanut butter

      2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

      3 cups powdered sugar

      Puppy Chow

      Puppy Chow To Feed A Crowd

      A great recipe combining chocolate and peanut butter to make a fantastic party mix.
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      Prep Time 15 mins
      Cooling Time 1 hr
      Total Time 1 hr 15 mins
      Servings 25 servings
      Calories 311 kcal

      Equipment

      • Microwave
      • Large Mixing Bowl
      • Microwave Save Mixing Bowl

      Ingredients
        

      • 12 oz Box of Chex Mix
      • 2 Cups Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
      • 1/2 Cup Butter
      • 1 1/4 Cups Peanut Butter
      • 2 1/2 Teaspoons Vanilla
      • 3 Cups Powdered Sugar

      Instructions
       

      • Combine chocolate chips, butter, peanut butter and vanilla in microwave safe dish.
      • Microwave on melt chocolate setting for 1 minute intervals (or medium power) stirring in between until smooth.
      • Dump Chex cereal into large mixing bowl.
      • Pour melted chocolate mix over cereal, mix until well covered in chocolate.
      • Add in Powdered Sugar in 1 cup increments. Mix well and continue mixing until cereal is well covered.
      • Let cool for 1 hour.
      • Cover and store in an air tight container.

      Notes

      Calories are an estimate by a third party company based on ingredients used. 
      Posted in Dessert | Tagged Dessert, puppychow, yummy
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