It’d be easy to dismiss this treat as merely a candy enhanced version of its earthy Toll House cousin, the Chocolate Chip cookie. But that would be like saying there isn’t much difference between Shaft and Superfly. Shaft is indeed a chocolate chip cookie, but is he really a baaaad motherfu…? I don’t know, I guess he gets the job done. But he does it in a black turtleneck with a brown leather jacket and zip-up brown leather boots.  He’s kind of two-dimensional; Shaft sure ain’t no Youngblood Priest.  

  To be superfly you can’t be a private dick, you have to be a pimp and a hustler and a drug dealer. Your threads gotta have flash, dig? Your suit can be brown as long as it’s got at least six different shades in the plaid and some red and orange to give it jazz. You can wear white too, as long as we catch the yellow flash of jewelry under the blazer and your cape throws some shadow over your baby blue boots. You gotta have soul and it’s got to be divided into a kaleidescope of variegated identity. In short, you just got to have some M&M’s in you. Introspective and tortured, candy coated chocolates which burn with better intentions, and fail to melt in your hands, as you go for your final take and set the man and his drugs up for a fall…Well, not really. The M&M’s are just crunchy fun in the cookie and have little to do with internal conflict or sociological messaging. 

M&M Cookies

This recipe is actually for Chocolate Chip Cookies – just substitute M&M’s for the chips and skip the nut option. 

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups Chocolate Chips
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

PREHEAT oven to 375° F.

Hint – you’ve got the dough perfect if the chips or M&M’s seem to start having trouble staying IN as you mix them. These are prizes you get for kicking ass!  

BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.