Easter Cookies

The easiest Easter cookies you could ever make – they start with my reader favorite chocolate chip cookie dough and get dressed up with colorful Easter candy! These bake up soft, chewy, and thick – and they’re ready in about 20 minutes!

We love making EASY holiday desserts and they often start with my perfect chocolate chip cookies! That dough is so versatile, easy to make, and it churns out the BEST chocolate chip cookies ever!

Love adding candy to the dough, because the the cookie dough bakes up into these AMAZING, soft, chewy cookies that seriously everyone loves and the candy makes them so festive and fun with practically no extra effort!

This time around we used pastel m&m candies, but the m&m eggs are super fun too! You can use either variety – peanut butter m&ms are obviously also a good choice. 😉

My daughter has this cookie recipe memorized because we make it so often with different mix-ins. 

This dough is infinitely adaptable and I think you’ll love it.

Ingredients:

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Butter – We use melted butter in this recipe. A bit untraditional, but it makes for a chewier cookie and it’s easy because there’s no need to wait for butter to soften.

Sugar – This recipe calls for more brown sugar than white, to give these more depth of flavor.

Vanilla – We like a good quality pure vanilla extract.

Egg

Flour – We only make these with all purpose flour, but I’ve heard from readers that white whole wheat flour works well too.

Baking Soda

Salt

White Chocolate Chips – You could also use regular chocolate chips, if preferred.

Easter Candy – We’re using the pastel m&m candies. You can also use the m&m candies that look like Easter eggs. Robin’s Eggs, peanut butter m&m’s, and sprinkles are all good options here.

How to make Easter cookies:

Butter & Sugar – Add melted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar to a mixing bowl. Stir to combine. Beat in an egg and vanilla extra. You can do this by hand or use an electric mixer – the dough is definitely soft enough to use a wooden spoon, though.

Dry Ingredients – Add your flour, baking soda, and salt and stir things together. Make sure to measure your flour properly – spoon it into the measuring cup and then level it off. Too much flour will make for cookies that don’t spread correctly.

Candy – Stir in the chocolate chips and candy by hand.

Scoop & Bake – Use a large cookie scoop to scoop out 12 cookies and place them on your baking sheet. Pop these in a 350 degree for 10 minutes exactly. Let them set on the hot cookie sheet for at least 5 minutes before digging in.

How to properly measure flour:

Believe it or not, the way you measure your flour will play a big part in how your cookies turn out!

For the best results, fluff your flour in the container and then spoon it out and into a dry measure. Use the back of a butter knife to level it off.

Don’t pack the flour into the measuring cup or your cookies will be more cake-y and won’t spread the way they’re meant to.

As written, this recipe makes for thick, soft cookies that spread just the right amount – they won’t get thin and crispy, but they won’t bake up as little dough balls either.

More Easter recipes to try this holiday: 

Jiffy Corn Casserole: We make this side for every holiday!

Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole: A classic!

Crockpot Green Bean Casserole: A Thanksgiving classic, but it’s good for any holiday if you ask me!

Cucumber Salad: Simple, quick, and the perfect side.

Blackberry Cobbler: This dessert is best with a little ice cream on top!

This recipe was originally published in April 2019. It was updated with new photos in March 2023.