Chewy M&M Sugar Cookie Bars

This M&M’s® Red Velvet Sugar Cookie Bars recipe and post has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. 

I love baking up sweet treats to share with my family and friends. With Valentine’s Day coming up in just a few short weeks, there’s no shortage of fun and festive dessert recipes floating around in my head.

The past couple of years since Cakes started preschool, I’ve sent candy with her (usually her favorite – M&M’s®) to share with her classmates, but I’ve never really done anything for her non-school friends. Unless you count last year, where we shared the Valentine’s Day goodie bag among my girls and their BFFs during playtime at the park.

Why are kids the only ones that get to celebrate friendships at Valentine’s Day? I have friends that I love too and this year,I want to share the love with my friends too! A card or gift might not be appropriate for giving your friends, but everyone loves food…especially dessert!

But in creating a dessert recipe, I know that like most moms, my friends will be sharing their sweet treats with their kids. So when I spied the new M&M’s® Red Velvet with the Valentine’s Day candies at Walmart, I knew they’d make a great mom-pleasing and kid-pleasing addition to the sugar cookie bars I wanted to make for my friend.

I was right – the M&M’s® Red Velvet are my new favorite variety! My M&M’s® Red Velvet Sugar Cookie Bars are pretty amazing so I envision many more dessert recipes in the near future featuring M&M’s® Red Velvet!

Before gifting food, I always do a trial run first. Just to ensure the recipe tastes as awesome as I think it’ll be. While I cooked, my impatient little helper couldn’t resist the urge to snack on M&M’s® Red Velvet. As you can see, they’re quite a bit larger than the regular-sized M&M’s® which means more red velvet flavor in every bite!

Ditch the traditional frosted sugar cookie and mix things up with these M&M’s® Red Velvet Sugar Cookie Bars!

M&M’s® Red Velvet Sugar Cookie Bars

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M&M’s Red Velvet Sugar Cookie Bars

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword christmas cookies, cookie bars, m&ms, red velvet

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Servings 16

Calories 394 kcal

Author Live Love Texas

Ingredients

• 2¾ c. all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. baking powder
• 1 c. unsalted butter softened
• 1½ c. white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tbsp. vanilla extract
• 2/3 c. M&M’s Red Velvet

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
2. Lightly spray 8×8 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
3. Mix together flour, baking soda,and baking powder. Set aside.
4. Using a stand or hand mixer, beat softened butter for several minutes until light and fluffy.
5. Gradually combine sugar with butter and cream together until smooth.
6. Add egg and vanilla to wet mix.
7. One half cup at a time, add the dry mix to the wet mix until all ingredients are combined.
8. Pour mix into prepared baking dish.
9. Bake for 10 minutes in preheated oven, then remove from heat and press M&M’s® Red Velvet into the top of the bars.
10. Return dish to the oven and continue cooking for another 20-30 minutes or until sugar cookie bars have turned a golden brown.

Nutrition Facts

M&M's Red Velvet Sugar Cookie Bars

Amount Per Serving

Calories 394 Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Fat 14g22%

Saturated Fat 9g45%

Cholesterol 43mg14%

Sodium 97mg4%

Potassium 66mg2%

Carbohydrates 60g20%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 28g31%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin A 405IU8%

Vitamin C 0.1mg0%

Calcium 29mg3%

Iron 2.1mg12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

These M&M’s® Red Velvet Sugar Cookie Bars are so amazing and I can’t wait to share them with my friends! In less the 24 hours after making this recipe, over half the batch of sugar cookie bars were gone.

More M&M’s recipes:

• Strawberry Pudding Cookies
• M&M’s Carrot Cake Cupcakes
• Hidden M&M’s Filled Cupcakes

Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day with your friends? Regardless if you do or you don’t, what’s your favorite dessert recipe to share with the friends in your life?