Football Game Day Cookies (2024)

Celebrate your team & cheer them on with these Football Game Day Cookies that can be made in both vanilla or chocolate. Customize with your team colors!

I sure love my football! How about you? Are you a football fan? We love the games & our weekends revolve around making awesome food & watching the games.

But you know what makes it so much more fun? Having these Football Game Day Cookies! You should see everyone light up when they can enjoy cookies in the favorite team colors. It makes game-day just THAT much more fun!

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Now these cookies- let me tell you….they are truly amazing. Soft, chewy, buttery but with a little bit of cakiness to really make them thick. I can tell you that even when they are 24+ hours old, people are still raving over them.

I made them for a party a couple weeks ago & people wouldn’t get away from the bowl. We then took some extras we had left behind over to another gathering the next day. Still just as good & people devoured them in just a few minutes.

Now- one thing about these cookies- you have to let them chill. I know, it’s a bummer, I totally get it. But let me tell you- it’s so worth it.

Chilling helps them keep their shape when they bake & not spread too much. It also helps bind the flavors & it really does create the most AMAZING cookie!

So what I usually do is whip up the dough after dinner & pop it in the fridge. Then when I get up in the morning I can just heat the oven, scoop them all out on the trays & bake. It actually makes it easier to break it out & then the cookies are nice & fresh for our game day parties! YUUUUMMMM!!

Football Game Day Cookies

HOW DO YOU MAKE Football Game Day Cookies

1. Beat butter, margarine, sugar & brown sugar together until fluffy
2. Add egg & vanilla – beat well
3. Add in flour, pudding mix, baking soda & salt
4. Slowly stir in chocolate chips
5. Fold in 1/2 the M&M’s
6. Remove beater, cover & refrigerate overnight
7. The next day preheat oven to 350 degrees
8. Roll dough into balls
9. Place dough balls on baking sheet & bake
10. Remove & immediately top each cookie with a few white chocolate chips & M&M’s before they cool.
11. Leave cookies on baking sheet to cool
12. Start with a cold cookie sheet with each batch to ensure that the cookies bake consistently.
13. Store in an airtight container at room temperature

These will be the HIT of your tailgating football party- I promise!

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To make this recipe you will need…

• butter
• margarine
• brown sugar
• granulated sugar
• vanilla extract
• egg
• all-purpose flour
• instant vanilla or chocolate pudding
• baking soda
• salt
• semi-sweet chocolate chips
• white chocolate chips
• Team Colors of Choice- M&M’s

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