Football Game Day Cookies

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cookie, football, game day

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 12

Total Time 1 12

Servings cookies

Calories 223kcal

Author Gina Kleinworth

½ cup butter 1 stick - room temperature (salted or unsalted - your preference)
¼ cup margarine
¾ cup brown sugar packed
¼ cup granulated sugar
1½ tsp vanilla extract
1 egg - room temperature
2 cups all-purpose flour scooped lightly - not spooned into your measuring cup
3.4 ounces instant vanilla pudding 1 box - just the powder - don't prepare the pudding. or chocolate flavor - not cook & serve
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp table salt
¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or milk chocolate
1 cup white chocolate chips
1½ cups M&M's Team Colors of Choice - divided

Beat the butter, margarine, sugar, and brown sugar together in the mixer bowl until fluffy.
Beat in the egg and vanilla.
Add the flour, pudding mix, baking soda, and salt - slowly stir first and then increase the speed to beat until all ingredients are completely incorporated.
Slowly stir in the chocolate chips.
Fold in ½ of the M&M's.
Remove the beater, cover, and refrigerate overnight. This is very important.
The next day, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Start with a cold cookie sheet with each batch to ensure that the cookies bake consistently.
Roll the dough into balls - it will be quite firm.
Place the rolled dough on the baking sheet. Bake the cookies for 9-12 minutes (mine were perfect at 11).
Remove and immediately top each cookie with a few white chocolate chips and additional M&M's before they cool.
Cool the cookies on the baking sheet until they reach room temperature.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature.