Not too long ago, I discovered that there was a such thing as Carrot Cake M&M’s.
Yeah, you read that correctly! Carrot Cake M&M’s!
I couldn’t find them at Kroger so I scoured Walmart for them (that was a load of fun) because I wanted to make bird’s nest cookies that weren’t frighteningly unhealthy.
I used this recipe for the base (I halved the amount of honey though). To be honest, they taste better without the M&M’s if you put in jam (I think the flavors clashed), so choose either the jam/fruit preserves or the M&M’s!
I’m sorry if you’re sick of seeing this plate, but it’s the only pretty plate I have, so just grin and bear it. :O
Raspberry Almond Bird’s Nest Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups almond meal
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 5 tbsp applesauce
- 2 tbsp honey (sub with maple syrup if vegan)
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
(Topping)
- 1/2 cup raspberry jam/preserves (or fresh raspberries)
OR - 1/2 cup nut butter
- 24 carrot cake M&M’s
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
- In a bowl, combine all ingredients except the raspberry jam
- Drop batter onto parchment paper in 1-tsp size balls.
- Bake cookies for 13-15 minutes or until golden.
- Press in an indentation into the center of each cookie with the back of a teaspoon.
- Top with a little jam or with nut butter with M&M’s.
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Yum!!! These look so good and my mind is totally blown that carrot cake M&M’s exist ;) We never have any fun stuff like that in Canada!!
I’m going to my parents’ for dinner on Sunday night and I have all the ingredients to make these, so if I can find some time to make them tomorrow I totally am! Thanks for sharing :D
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For serious!! I was so happily surprised when I found out about em’! I hope you like them! :D I’d recommend nut butter if you’re using the M&M’s. The jam + M&M’s didn’t go together as well as I thought they would! :O