Easter M&M Cookie Bars

Make this delicious Easter M&M Cookie Bars recipe for a fun and easy spring dessert loaded with Easter m&ms and pastel sprinkles!

It’s that time of year again! Time to get together with family and friends, celebrate, and enjoy some delicious food. If you’re looking for a recipe that will WOW your guests this Easter, look no further than these Easter M&M Cookie Bars. They are sure to be a hit!

They only require a few simple ingredients so you can easily whip them up in no time. Made with love and lots of colorful M&Ms, these bars are sure to brighten up your day.

These M&M Cookie Bars are perfect for Easter – they’re festive, colourful, and delicious. They’re also really easy to make, so they’re perfect for a last-minute Easter dessert.

So go ahead and give them a try – your taste buds will thank you!

Why You Will LOVE This Recipe

• This is such an easy but festive Easter dessert!
• Tastes like traditional sugar cookies loaded with M&Ms!
• The pastel colours make this treat perfect for any spring celebrations or baby showers!

Tips for the BEST Sugar Cookie Bars

• When measuring out your flour make sure you spoon and level it to avoid dense bars.
• Do not over mix your cookie dough or the bar will be dense.
• Oven temperatures and bake times will vary. They are ready when the sides just start to get a little golden.

How to Store Easter Sugar Cookie Bars

The bars can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to a week. If you need to store them longer, I would recommend freezing.

You can also freeze the dough to bake later. Simply allow the dough to come to room temperature before you bake.

You can also freeze the baked bars. To do this, you want to partially freeze them for about an hour in a single layer on a parchment lined baking sheet. This helps ensure that the bars don’t stick to each other. Wrap each cookie with plastic wrap, then transfer to an airtight freezer bag.

About the Ingredients for M&M Cookie Bars

Butter – Using unsalted butter and then adding salt gives you the best control over the amount of salt in the recipe. You can use salted butter if you prefer but you will want to halve the additional salt.

Sugar – Granulated sugar adds just the right sweetness and brown sugar adds a slightly deeper flavour and a little moisture.

Eggs – It is best if you use room temperature eggs.

Vanilla – Pure vanilla extract will always give you the best results, but you can always use artificial instead if that is what you have on hand.

Salt – Makes all the ingredients shine, if you use salted butter you may want to use only half of the salt.

Flour – Make sure you spoon and level your flour so that the cookies don’t turn out dense. You also want to make sure you don’t over-work your flour when mixing the cookie batter. Only mix until everything is just combined or your cookies won’t be soft and fluffy.

Baking Soda & Baking Powder – To leaven your cookies, so they are nice and fluffy. Make sure they are still active for best results!

M&Ms – I used a mixture of peanut m&ms and regular candy coated chocolate m&ms both in pastel colours.

Sprinkles – Any pastel coloured sprinkles will do.

Looking for More Easy Easter Dessert Recipes?

Check out more of my favourite Easter desserts!

Delicious and fun Easter bunny cinnamon rolls made with canned cinnamon rolls. This easy recipe can be made in a jiffy for Easter brunch!

Mini Egg Rice Krispie Treats are a really easy twist on the classic rice cereal treats that make for a yummy Easter dessert for kids.

From-scratch Easter Brownies are filled with whoppers and topped off with pastel M&Ms, they are perfectly chewy inside with crispy edges.

How to Make Easter Cookie Bars

Yields: 12-16 Servings | Prep time: 10 Minutes | Cook time: 25 Minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 Cup light brown sugar, packed
• ½ Cup sugar
• 2 large egg
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 ½ Cups flour
• 2 Cups Easter M&M’s, a mix of peanut M&M and traditional
• 1 Cup Easter Sprinkles

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and spray a 9×13 baking dish with pam baking spray.

Using a hand mixer, beat together the butter, brown sugar, sugar, egg and vanilla until combined.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt until combined.

Gradually whisk in the dry ingredients into the wet until just combined.

Fold in 1 Cup M&M’s and Sprinkles.

Press the dough into the baking dish.

Sprinkle the remaining M&M’s on top.

Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until lightly brown.

Remove and allow to cool completely before cutting into bars.