If your children hit the jackpot while trick-or-treating, you could be swimming in candy for weeks! Put the abundance of M&M’s to good use by making homemade cookies with the kids. You can also teach them about the candy while you bake. Did you know? The M’s printed on M&M’s stand for the last names of their inventors: Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie. These two businessmen teamed up to make M&M’s in 1941 and started by selling their candy exclusively to the U.S. armed services (the candy-coated shells made M&M’s heat resistant and good for travel). M&M Cookies Makes 12 cookies 1 cup (5 ounces) all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup (5 1/4 ounces) sugar 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1 large egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/3 cup M&M’s Adjust the oven rack to the middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees F. …