Description

These Easter Chocolate Chip Cookies are everything you want in a spring treat: buttery, soft-centered, and speckled with cheerful candy-coated chocolates. It’s an easy recipe perfect for Easter dessert tables, springtime bake sales, or fun baking activities with kids. Whether you’re hunting for a quick dessert idea, a festive cookie recipe, or just need a sweet, colorful snack, these are your go-to! Each bite offers a balance of chocolatey goodness and vanilla-scented cookie dough, with a texture that’s both chewy and lightly crisp around the edges. One batch and your kitchen will smell like a bakery in bloom.

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

3/4 cup packed light brown sugar

2 large eggs

2 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 1/2 cups candy-coated chocolate eggs (pastel M&M’s or Cadbury Mini Eggs)

Instructions

Cream the softened butter with both sugars until fluffy.
Beat in the eggs one at a time, then add vanilla.
In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, and salt.
Gradually mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
Stir in chocolate chips and fold in most of the candy eggs.
Scoop dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Chill 30 mins (optional).
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Press remaining candy eggs on top right after baking.
Let cool 5 mins on sheet, then transfer to rack.

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Chill Time: 30 minutes (optional)
Cook Time: 10-12 minutes
Category: Dessert