M&M Pretzel Cookies

Recipe Cost $4.68

Recipe Serving Cost $0.29

M&M Pretzel Cookies are sweet, salty, and a little bit addicting! The browned butter gives these cookies a butterscotch undertone that makes them irresistible!

This recipe makes sixteen cookies and costs about $4.68 to make. That’s just $0.29 per cookie.

Browning butter in your recipes makes your desserts worth the extra effort! It boosts the flavor and gives it a taste that cannot be beaten. For more recipes using this technique, I recommend my Perfect Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies and my Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Browned Butter Cinnamon Icing.

These cookies are the perfect flavor pairing when you do not know if you are in the mood for something sweet like M&M’s or salty like pretzels. You get the best of both worlds in one deliciously soft and chewy cookie with a slight crunch to it.

I took a yummy browned-butter cookie base and added the most colorful chocolate candies out there, M&M’s. I wanted something salty to offset the sweet, so in went salted pretzels, too. Don’t you love the salty and sweet combination?

These pretzel m&m cookies will satisfy all your cravings in one bite! Of course, pretzel cookies alone would be weird. But add in some M&Ms, and bam! We have some off-the-charts yummy cookies, folks!

These pretzel cookies are perfect for parties, bake sales, and potlucks. You look at these M&M Pretzel Cookies, and they make you smile.

They’re so colorful and cheerful. You can easily make them for any holiday by changing the color of M&Ms.

Pretzel Cookies with M&Ms and one of them is broken in half to show what the interior looks like.

Ingredients and Cost

Per Serving Cost: $0.29

Recipe Cost: $4.68

1 ¾ cup unbleached all-purpose flour – $0.34
½ teaspoon baking soda – $0.01
14 Tablespoons unsalted butter – $1.40
½ cup granulated sugar – $0.12
¾ cup packed dark brown sugar – $0.48
1 teaspoon table salt – $0.01
2 teaspoons vanilla extract – $0.62
1 large egg – $0.10
1 large egg yolk – $0.05
1 ¼ cups plain M&M’s – $0.98
1 cup pretzels – $0.57

NOTE: The recipe prices are calculated by using grocery store websites. The actual cost of the recipe will vary depending on what ingredients you already have.

How To Make M&M Pretzel Cookies

First, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Also, line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk the flour and baking soda together. Set this bowl aside.
Next, brown the butter in a skillet over medium-high heat.
Transfer the butter to a heatproof bowl after browning it and add in the remaining butter and stir until it is melted.
Add the sugars, salt, and vanilla to the butter and whisk. Then add the egg and yolk and whisk until no lumps remain.
Let the mixture sit for three minutes and then whisk for thirty seconds. Repeat this process two more times. The batter should be thick, smooth, and shiny.
Stir in the flour with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon and mix until no flour pockets remain
Then add the M&M’s and pretzels and mix until combined.
Scoop out 3-Tablespoon scoops, creating sixteen dough balls.
Finally, bake for ten to fourteen minutes, or until the cookies are golden brown.
Let the cookies cool before serving.

***For complete instructions check out the recipe card below.

Recipe Variations

You can make these M&M Pretzel Cookies for different holidays by changing the colors of the M&Ms.
This recipe works with light brown sugar, but the cookies won’t have as pronounced butterscotch undertones.

Storage Tips

STORE: The cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for about 3 days before they start to get stale.

FREEZE: Place the M&M Pretzel Cookies in a freezer safe container or Ziploc bag and and freeze for 2-3 months.

DEFROST: Thaw at room temperature for 2-3 hours.

An overhead picture of the finished Pretzel M and M cookies on a white serving platter.

Cook’s Tools

Mixing bowls
Whisk
Rubber spatula or wooden spoon
Measuring cups and spoons
Baking sheets
Wire racks
3 Tablespoon scoop
Skillet

Recipe FAQs

What does browning butter do for cookies?

Browning butter in your cookies takes your cookies to the next level! It boosts the flavor and gives it a taste that cannot be beaten.

Do they still make pretzel M&Ms?

Yes, they do! You could head to Walmart and pick up a bag to add to this recipe. But it is probably more cost-effective to make the same concoction on your own with a bag of pretzels and a bag of M&Ms.

A stack of the finished M&M Pretzel Cookies and one with a bite taken out of one of them.

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