Have you tried Pretzel M&M’s? We splurged and bought a bag this weekend. They are the latest addition to the M&M family and they are scrumptious. The M&M’s have a colorful candy shell, like all M&M’s, but inside the milk chocolate there is a crunchy pretzel. Genius! I had to hide the bag from Josh. I wasn’t trying to hog them, I just wanted to save them to bake pretzel M&M cookies.
Last week I couldn’t use our oven because our kitchen was under construction. It still is, but Josh cleaned up the mess so I could cook and bake this week. It is probably the last week I will have access to our kitchen until the kitchen remodel is finished. I am going to make the most of this week. Yesterday, I baked a batch of pretzel M&M cookies. If you have tried the new pretzel M&M’s and are in love, like us, just wait until you taste these cookies. They are amazing!
I added the M&M’s to a chocolate chip cookie dough. I also sprinkled the cookie balls with sea salt to bring out the salty flavor in the pretzels. The cookies have a little crunch from the pretzel M&M’s and there is plenty of chocolate to go around. I love the sweet and salty combination.
I am going to stock up on pretzel M&M’s so I can bake never ending batches of these cookies. Go buy a bag today and get baking!
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Pretzel M&M Cookies
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups pretzel M&M’s
Sea salt, for sprinkling on cookies
1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpats. Set aside.
2. Whisk flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl medium bowl, set aside.
3. Cream butter and sugars together in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until smooth. About two minutes. Add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth.
4. On low speed, slowly add in the flour mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips and pretzel M&M’s.
5. Drop heaping tablespoonfuls of dough on prepared baking sheets 2 inches apart. Sprinkle with sea salt. Bake 10-12 minutes until cookies are slightly golden around the edges. Transfer cookies to a cooling rack and let cool completely.
Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies
If you like these Pretzel M&M cookies, you might also like:
Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookie Bars from Two Peas and Their Pod
Chocolate Caramel Cookies with Sea Salt from Two Peas and Their Pod
Chocolate Dipped Pretzels from Two Peas and Their Pod
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Those look like the perfect kid cookie. I can’t wait to try them!
I haven’t tried these new m&ms. These cookies sound so yummy and fun.
These look great – I’ve already had quite a few bags of pretzel m&m’s. Pretzels are one of my favorite foods so when I heard about the new m&m’s, I bolted to the store.
The question is not if I will make these, but how fast I can get to the store!
Addictive!!!! ;D
These look amazing! Love the salty sweet combo! I must give these a try!!
Aaaaah, I am DYING to try those M&Ms! Now you’ve made my craving even worse… These cookies look absolutely delicious! Good thing I don’t live closer, or else you might have me knocking on your door…
So colourful!
I have been meaning to try those LOL
If you like them, you should try the Compost Cookie recipe from Momofuku [look here- http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2010/02/momofuku_milk_bars_compost_cookie_recipe.html
Our favorite combination for these cookies is milk chocolate chips, potato chips and pretzels . . . heaven!
I laughed over the commercial for these when I saw it the other day. Love those talking m&ms. : ) Your cookies would be a big hit with my kiddos. I bet the m&ms would taste great in brownies too.
Those pretzel m&ms are crazy delicious! I went a little nuts with them on the 4th of July. Bet they are even more dangerous in cookie form. Can’t wait to try the recipe!
T he new pretzel M&Ms are super yummy .Just tried the recipe but the cookies didn’t seem to spread like the ones in your picture.
Can’t figure out why but they still taste pretty good. I think I will lower the oven temp to 350 and skip the sprinking of salt…too salty for me but I use very little salt in cooking and baking so I am very sensitive to the taste.
Sorry you had some issues with the cookies. If you don’t like salt, yes, leave out the sprinkling of sea salt. We like the sweet and salty combo in this cookie. I am not sure why they didn’t flatten. Mine weren’t super thin, but they did flatten!
I have been eyeing those preztel M&M’s and wondering how they were. Now I have to pick up a bag so I can make these. They look super yummy Maria! My girls would love these!
I hope the kitchen remodel is coming along.
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OMG!! I just bought these to make the same cookies! I Love ur sea salt idea!
These are amazing! Have you seen the coconut M&M’s? I am sure you could create something amazing with them!
I haven’t tried the coconut ones, but now I will hunt them down. Thanks!
I need to get my hands on these Pretzel M&Ms!! Great idea for cookies, I love the salty-sweet combination too.
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Perfect cookie recipe. I am going to have to try it.
amazing! i made these a few weeks ago and they are perfect!
This looks delicious! Your photographs are beautiful as well!
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