M&M Cookie Bars

A pantry-friendly crowd-pleaser that bakes up in one pan. Make them the night before and they'll be gone before the first whistle.

Ingredients

  • ½ c brown sugar
  • 1 c butter, melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 t vanilla
  • ½ t baking soda
  • ½ t salt
  • 2 c flour
  • 1 c chocolate chips
  • 1 c M&Ms

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x13 pan.
  2. Whisk brown sugar and butter.
  3. Add eggs, then vanilla, baking soda, and salt.
  4. Fold in flour, chocolate chips, and M&Ms.
  5. Bake 35–40 minutes.
  6. Cool 1 hour before cutting.

Tip: Use whatever you have in your pantry. We like the mini M&Ms best. And we often add PB chips instead of chocolate chips.

For tournaments, we rotate through different cookie bars, preferably ones with fruit or other nutrients like blueberry bars or pumpkin bars.