There’s nothing better than a good cookie, and these loaded monster cookies definitely fit the bill. They’re packed with tons of chocolate, oatmeal and peanut butter and are adored by both kids and adults alike. Serve them alongside other great dessert recipes like black forest cupcakes, S’mores cookies, funfetti cookies or brownie cookies for a party. I happen to love monster cookies, they’re all of my favorite cookie flavors rolled up into one hand held treat! These monster cookies are the best I’ve ever had. I find that some monster cookies tend to be dry or hard, and my version comes out perfectly soft and chewy every time.
Monster Cookies Ingredients
To make this recipe, you will need butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, a large egg, peanut butter, vanilla extract, all purpose flour, baking soda, rolled oats, M&M candies and semisweet chocolate chips.
How Do You Make Monster Cookies?
Preheat the oven and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat. Place the butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer, and cream until light and fluffy. Add the egg, peanut butter and vanilla to the bowl, and mix again to combine. Next, add the dry ingredients of flour and baking soda. After you mix those in, stir in the oats. Add the M&M’s and chocolate chips to the bowl and fold them into the dough. Place balls of dough on the baking sheet. Press a few M&M’s and chocolate chips into the tops of the cookie dough balls. Bake until browned, then cool on a wire rack. Serve and enjoy!
Tips For The Perfect Cookies
Use a cookie scoop or a tablespoon measure to make sure all of your cookies are the same size The cookie dough can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days before baking. If you’re planning to make your dough ahead of time, you may want to omit the M&M’s and add them just before baking so that the color from the candies doesn’t stain the dough if it’s in the fridge for a while. This recipe works best with rolled oats, which sometimes go by the name old fashioned oats. You can also use quick oats if that is what you have on hand. Be careful to not overbake your cookies! They should just be a light golden brown around the edges. If they’re overbaked, they can get hard. Use a high quality brand of chocolate chips such as Guittard or Ghirardelli for the best results.
Flavor Variations
These cookies are delicious as-is, but you can use other ingredients to customize the flavors to your tastes.
Peanut Butter: You can use almond butter or sunflower butter in place of the peanut butter. Chocolate: Instead of semi sweet chocolate chips, try white chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips, peanut butter chips or butterscotch chips. Add-Ins: You can swap out some of the M&M’s and chocolate chips for other ingredients such as pecans, walnuts, coconut or toffee bits.
My kids request these monster cookies all the time, and I can’t blame them. Between the soft flavorful cookie and tons of chocolate, how could anyone resist?
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