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The very BEST Game Day Cookies. Homemade chocolate chip cookies made with oats, shredded coconut, raspberries (optional), and plenty of chocolate chips + chocolate chunks. Each cookie dough ball is hand stuffed with sweet M&M chocolate candies and baked to a doughy perfection. There’s nothing not to love about these sweet chocolate cookies. Each bite is slightly crisp on the edges but soft and gooey in the center with a slight sprinkling of salt.
These yummy game-day cookies work equally well for Valentine’s Day because, hey, it’s the season for both! Are we all excited? The Super Bowl is on Sunday, but it’s closely followed up with some mid-week fun, as Valentine’s Day falls on a Wednesday this year.
It’s going to be such a fun week of celebrations! I am in New York, and New Yorkers love to celebrate! This game is a big deal, so I’m unsure what Sunday night will hold. But I do know it will be fun – and full of yummy food!
What are you all going to make for the game? Did you see our post on The 30 Most Popular Super Bowl Recipes yesterday? So many great options and I’m adding one more with today’s cookies!
I know these look more like Valentine’s Day cookies than a Super Bowl cookie. But it’s the ingredients that we need to focus on. Plus, you can easily personalize these with the M&M colors of your team of choice. Check out this post with an M&M color guide!
These cookies are based on my Cowboy Cookie recipe, which is one of my favorite cookies that I just don’t get time to make enough of. I left out the nuts and pretzels but added in sweet M&Ms and dried raspberries. The raspberries are optional, but they’re pretty darn delicious with all that chocolate.
When I spotted the Valentine’s Day M&M’s at the store, I knew I needed to make a variation of cowboy cookies for the game! These are a must make + serve for Sunday!
Here are the details
Step 1: gather your ingredients
You’ll need the basics: butter, brown sugar, sugar, vanilla, eggs, flour, baking soda, and salt. Simple, nothing fancy, but all good.
For the mix-ins, you’ll need old-fashioned oats, shredded coconut, chocolate chips, and semi-sweet or milk chocolate chunks. If desired, you can add dried raspberries too.
And, of course, M&M’s. You can tailor these cookies to your current needs. For the Super Bowl, simply adjust the M&Ms to match your preferred team. Then swap the colors out for Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, Christmas…you get the idea!
Step 2: mix the wet
Beat the butter with the brown sugar and sugar. Next, add the vanilla and really beat until smooth and creamy.
You should be able to smell the vanilla. Then, beat in the eggs, one at a time.
Step 3: the dry mix
Now add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Beat until just combined.
Step 4: add the mix in…the deliciousness
Mix in the oats, coconut, chocolate chunks, M&Ms, and berries. The dough will be so pretty!
I used a raspberry chocolate bar that someone sent me. It was cute!
Step 5: baking
Flatten the dough balls a bit before baking. You must do this to help your cookies bake evenly and spread.
Then, to get the M&M’s to really pop, I like to add in a few extras just before the cookies finish baking. This way each cookie has a bit of the M&M’s right on top.
These cookies require no chilling. They really are completely no fuss. We love this!
With perfectly crisp edges, soft gooey centers, plus a little sprinkling of salt, these really are the best kind of cookies!
I’m excited to see what you guys decide to bake these up for. The Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day, or maybe just a cozy weekend inside!
Looking for easy desserts? Here are a few ideas:
Vanilla Hot Chocolate Molten Cookies
Chewy Brown Sugar Maple Cookies
Double Strawberry Sugar Cookies
Brown Butter Raspberry Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Blondies
Giant Salted Espresso Hot Fudge Cookies
Lunchroom Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Lastly, if you make these Game Day Cookies be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Game Day Cookies
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories Per Serving: 398 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 3/4 cups + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 1/2 cups shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chunks
- 1 1/3 cups M&Ms
- 1/2 cup freeze dried raspberries (optional)
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.2. In a bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla together until combined. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until combined. Add the flour, baking soda and salt.3. Beat in the oats, coconut, chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, 1 cup of the M&M's, and the dried raspberries, if using.4. Roll the dough into two tablespoons-size balls. Place 3 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.5. Transfer to the oven and bake for 7 minutes. Pull the pan out and push the remaining M&M's into the cookies. Bake for 3-4 minutes. Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool on the baking sheet. They will continue to cook slightly as they sit on the baking sheet.6. Eat or let cool and store in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
This recipe was amazing! We had guests staying with us so I made them. We all devoured them! I found dehydrated strawberries so I used those instead of the raspberry. They were definitely a hit and I will be making them with different colored M&M’s for different holidays!
Hi Dawn,
Happy Sunday!! Thanks a bunch for giving this recipe a try, love to hear that it was enjoyed! xT
These cookies are delish!! Made them for Valentine’s Day. Perfect combo of crispy and chewy with plenty of chocolate in the middle. The coconut is subtle but adds great texture. I may add pecans next time for a little extra crunch.
Love to hear this Colleen! Thanks a lot for making these cookies and your comment:) Have a great day! Xx
Love the recipe but couldn’t find red and pink M&M’s nor Smarties (as we call them in Canada). Still delicious just not “on theme”. I froze 2/3 of the cookie balls to bake later…honestly I was afraid I’d eat all the cookies in a day 😳
Hey Ann,
Lol well thank you so much for trying the cookies:) So glad they were tasty! Have a great day! xT
These taste so good! Mine didn’t flatten at all Like yours in the photo. How much did you squish the balls once you’d rolled them? Thanks!
Hi Nicole,
I am so glad to hear that this recipe turned out well for you, thanks for making it! I give them a nice squish, also banging the baking sheet on the counter gives a flatter cookie. Have a great week:) xT
I had left over mini Christmas nonpareils and dark chocolate chips. So sadly I didn’t get the whole Valentine’s theme.
The batter was delicious and so are the cookies!!! I’m going to have a problem of not eating them…
Hey Bec,
So glad to hear that you enjoyed this recipe, thanks so much for making it and your comment:) xT
Hi! Do you think using peanut M&M’s would be okay? Or half regular / half peanut? 🙂
Hi Mallory,
Totally, as long as you enjoy peanut M&M’s! I hope you love this recipe! xT
Hi! I’m making these now but don’t want to make them all (because I’ll eat them in one day, lol) can I freeze the dough? I’ve never done that before
Hi Jamie,
Yes, of course you can freeze the dough! Please let me know if you have any other questions! xT
Hi! I plan to make these today. I adding have coconut. Will I need to adjust anything to compensate? Also, using freeze dried strawberries because I have them in hand. Thoughts? Thanks!
Meant *don’t have coconut lol
*Update: I was ready to cook and clearly you were out having a life lol so I ran to the store and picked up the coconut. Just baked them. I used three flavors of chocolate: milk chocolate, semi sweet and dark because I omitted the M&M’s. I added strawberries instead of raspberries. And a sprinkle of sea salt on top. Everything else was the same. My 14 yo daughter just tasted them and her eyes popped when she took a bite. She says to tell you they are the Red Bull of cookies They gave her wings 🤣 Also my 19 yo son who is a sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill wanted to cook for his girlfriend last weekend and I recommended a few of your recipes. He made the Tuscan chicken pasta and it was a huge success! He was so proud. So, thanks for all the recipes. I’ve made several from your site after being curious about you since reading a sketchy editorial from the NYT a few weeks ago. So happy to have found you. Keep on keepin on girl.
Hey Pamela,
Wonderful!! Thanks a lot for trying these cookies and your comment, so glad they turned out well! Thanks for your kind message:) Have a great weekend! xT
Hi Pamela,
You can just omit the coconut and keep everything else the same:) I hope you love the cookies! xT
So good! I subbed the m&ms with pecans (just personal preference), and they were delicious!!
Thanks so much for trying this recipe, Jentry!!
Would it work to use frozen raspberries instead of freeze dried, or would there be too much moisture?
Hi Rachel,
So sorry, for this recipe you will need to use the freeze dried raspberries:) Please let me know if you have any other questions! xT