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Move over, regular round cookies! This season, it's all about the candy-packed cookie bar. To help you get a head start on your festivities, Pinterest recently revealed all of its top holiday pins for 2018, and this year's most buzz-worthy treat is No. 2 Pencil's M&M's Christmas Cookie Bars. The insanely popular recipe has already been saved more than 364,000, times making it a trendy choice for parties and cookie exchanges. A chocolate chip cookie base combined with white chocolate morsels, and — you guessed it — Christmas-colored M&M's candies baked in, these decadent bars look and taste like a festively delicious dream come true. Unlike most other cookie recipes, which are scooped and rolled into balls, this modern take is prepared flat like brownies, which means you can whip up a big batch faster than the traditional method. Simply mix and pour, and then cover your batter with a big handful of candy before throwing it in the oven. Once they're baked to perfection, you can cut the bars up into squares to serve to your guests or pack them in small containers to hand out as homemade gifts. And thanks to this recipe's versatile base, you can make these dessert bars look festive for any holiday you're celebrating just by changing up the candy. Think autumnal hues for Thanksgiving, green for St. Patrick's Day, pastels for Easter and so on. Get the full recipe at No. 2 Pencil. Check out a tutorial on how to create a DIY cookie canister in the related video above.