What’s more exciting than chocolate chip cookies?  Cookies made with M&Ms and cream cheese.  Yes, you read that right.  In this recipe, you add cream cheese with butter in the beginning.  You also get to use brown sugar.  This would be a fun recipe to do with the kids, because they taste as good as they look.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup butter
• ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 ¼ cups flour
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup plain M&Ms (vary to taste)
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (vary to taste)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Lightly grease cookie sheet.
• Cream your cream cheese, butter, and both sugars.
• Add and mix your egg and vanilla.
• Stir in your dry ingredients except for the chocolate.
• Gently fold in M&Ms and chocolate chips.
• Refrigerate dough for at least 2 hours before placing on cookie sheet. (This will help the cookies not look melted and thin after baking.)
• When ready scoop out dough onto prepared cookie sheet making sure to leave a space for the cookies to spread out.
• Bake for 8-9 minutes. (Be careful not to overbake as they will firm up when cooling. As soon as the edges have set, and the tops are beginning to set, remove from the oven.)