St. Patrick’s Day Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
St. Patrick’s Day Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies are a tasty treat to enjoy on St. Patrick's Day. Perfect for parties & a favorite of mint chocolate lovers.
Servings 28 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter- room temperature (1/2 cup)
- 1/4 cup margarine
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1-1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg- room temperature
- 2 cups all-purpose flour scooped lightly - not spooned into your measuring cup- just don't pack it in there firmly
- 1 box instant vanilla pudding 3.4 ounce - not cook & serve
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips + more for after baking
- 1 cup white chocolate chips + more for after baking
- 1 cup Mint St. Patrick's Day M&M's - divided
Instructions
- In mixer bowl - beat butter, margarine, sugar & brown sugar together until fluffy.
- Add egg & vanilla - beat well.
- Add in flour, pudding mix, baking soda & salt. Slowly stir at first & then beat until all ingredients are completely incorporated.
- Slowly stir in chocolate & white chocolate chips.
- Fold in 1/2 of the M&M's.
- Remove beater, cover & refrigerate overnight. (4 hours minimum- extremely important that you do this)
- The next day preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Roll dough into balls - it will be firm & you will need to press it all together.
- Place dough balls on the baking sheet & bake for 9-12 minutes. (mine were perfect at 11)
- Remove & immediately top each cookie with a few extra chocolate chips, white chocolate chips & M&M's before they cool.
- Leave cookies on baking sheet to cool.
- Repeat this process with remaining dough.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Notes
I used THREE - 3/4 baking sheets for all these cookies. It's important to not place dough on a hot cookie sheet. Start with a cold cookie sheet with each batch to ensure that the cookies bake consistently.