Chocolate Cookies with Candy Corn M&Ms and Butterscotch Chips

October means that Halloween will be here before we know it. Do you have a costume picked out yet? Every year I always have so many costume ideas, but then I can never find exactly what I had in mind. I never use any of my good ideas and my list continues to grow! I still have a few more weeks to find the perfect costume for this year though. 

Even though I don't have a Halloween costume picked out yet, I already planned out all of the Halloween desserts I want to make throughout the month. Baking with Halloween decorations and all of the seasonal ingredients is so much fun. I wanted to start things off with these chocolate cookies with candy corn M&Ms and butterscotch chips. Have you seen the white chocolate candy corn M&Ms yet? I found them in Target a few weeks ago and they really do taste like candy corn. So much fun!

These cookies are soft and fudgy. Did I mention that they are packed full of M&Ms and butterscotch chips? I cut one open so you could see all of the white chocolate and butterscotch goodness inside. The yellow and orange M&Ms make these the perfect cookies for Halloween! Feel free to use plain M&Ms  instead if you can't find the candy corn ones :)

Chocolate Cookies with Candy Corn M&Ms and Butterscotch Chips

Adapted from Picky Palate

1 stick unsalted butter

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup candy corn M&Ms

1 cup butterscotch chips

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

Using an electric or stand mixer, beat butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. 

Add the egg and vanilla, mixing until well combined. 

Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Mix until fully incorporated. 

Add M&Ms and chips, mixing for another 30 seconds or so.

Use a medium scoop to scoop cookie dough onto the prepared baking sheet. Cookies should be about 1 inch apart. Bake for 12-15 minutes until cookies are baked all the way through.

Allow cookies to cool on pan before transferring to a cooling rack. 

Enjoy :)