Day 37: Chocolate Cookie with M&M's and Reese's Pieces

I mentioned before that our neighbor had given the boys some left over candy. Even after making the Candy Shop Cookies on day 31, we still had a ton left. Noah suggested we make a chocolate cookie with candy pieces. We had a bag of m&m's and Reese's Pieces that we all mixed together. Rather then pick out one or the other, we used both.

I started to make the cookies when I realized...I'm out of cocoa powder! I usually make the cookies during the day while the boys are at school so this normally would not have been a big deal. However, I made these on a very busy day! My day was packed and after school each boy had about  different places to be. I finally got to baking the cookie after dinner.

Luckily, we live down the street from a wonderful place called Hollywood Market. I am there so often that I know the layout of the store like the back of my hand. I even get greeted by the employees like I'm family. So I ran up there and was back home with in 10 minuted to finish this COD.

Chocolate Cookies with M&M's and Reese's Pieces

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs slightly beaten

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 and 3/4 cup of flour

1 1/4 cups cocoa powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup m&m's

1 cup Reese's Pieces

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift dry ingredients together and set aside. Cream butter and sugars together for about 2 minutes, or until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla, mix well. Slowly add dry ingredients. Once dry ingredients are fully incorporated, stir in m&m's and Reese's's Pieces.

Place teaspoon sized dollop of dough on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheet for one minute then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

These are a great cookie if you love chocolate. Personally, I could have done with out the chocolate candy pieces and stuck with the peanut butter ones. Noah, Dane and Ian however, thought they were prefect the way they were.