So proud of my eldest son, AJ (6), who made these cookies! We love being in the kitchen together, and I’m thankful for the opportunity to build memories one-on-one with him.
While I gave him the recipe and managed the oven aspects, he did all of the other steps of baking delicious cookies to take to dinner at GiGi and Pop-Pop’s house!
We thought these were super yummy and extra chocolate-y, so it seems like it might be a recipe worth sharing here.
First, AJ got together these ingredients:
- 1 box dry chocolate cake mix
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 1/3-1/2 cup M&Ms
We preheated the oven to 350F.
AJ stirred together the first 3 ingredients, blending until all of the batter was dark brown. I explained that when the batter is dark, it’s wet, and that means all the parts have come together to make the cookie dough! We don’t want any of the mix to still be lighter, dry cake mix.
Then, AJ added in the M&Ms.
Once the M&Ms were stirred in and evenly distributed, we made ping-pong sized dough balls, set them on baking sheets, and smooshed them down some. (The smooshing step is very scientific – haha – I basically just use my palm to flatten them a little, which helps them not rise into puffy cookies, since they are made with cake mix.)
We baked these in a 350F oven for 12-13 minutes.
Then let them cool, and enjoy! (You may want a big glass of milk, because they sure are chocolate-tastic!)
Kate with a Twang 
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