This weekend I went over to my friend, Alexis’ house and we baked some monster cookies together. I’ve been wanting to do a video with Alexis for a while now- she makes even the simplest things taste good. In fact, the sugar cookie recipe I used in one of my videos was introduced to me by her. She’s a bit camera-shy, but don’t let that deceive you. Whenever it is someone’s birthday, Alexis always likes to bring them something special. I remember her bringing a rainbow cake once to school for a friend’s birthday. Alexis is not only a fantastic baker, she’s got a heart of gold and is very helpful. She always shares her American candy with everyone. I don’t think I’d do that.

These cookies are full of different colours and they are so creative! There hundreds of cookies out there- so why not create an amalgamation? These are a blend of peanut butter, M&M, chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies. They are soft, buttery and super delicious. I’ve never used peanut butter chips in a cookie and I had some lying around at home and didn’t know what to do with them- so we decided to use them in this video. I loved how they added a burst of saltiness to each bite.

I don’t think anyone wouldn’t like this monster cookies recipe. Unless you’re allergic to nuts. In that case, don’t add
peanut butter and something else like a chocolate spread. I’d say add Nutella but that has nuts too. Regardless, you can put just about anything into these cookies- we also thought of chopping up Oreo cookies and adding them. You could also do caramel bits. Don’t go too overboard though. Remember to bake the cookies for ONLY 9-10 minutes- they may look underdone, but that’s okay as they will harden as they cool. The last thing you want is a cookie that snaps your braces. Trust me, I’ve done that. My sister was the unfortunate victim. Not going happening again.

I found this recipe on Mrs. Schwartz’s Kitchen, and I also went to Sally’s Baking Addiction. The recipe on both sites was more or less the same, and I’m not sure who the original author is. But I (and I’m sure Alexis does too!) certainly recommend this recipe. The Cookie Monster would definitely approve.

Monster M&M Cookies Recipe

M&M Monster Cookies

Monster Cookies

Take your cookies to the next level... the Monster level!
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Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ cup softened, unsalted butter
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • ¾ cup peanut butter, chunky, smooth, your choice
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup rolled oats, I said oatmeal in the video. I mean the oats before you make ’em into oatmeal
  • ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • ¾ cup M&M’s
  • ¼ cup peanut butter chips, use chunks of peanuts if you don’t have the chips

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F or 180 C and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking soda.
  • In another bowl, cream together the butter and sugars.
  • Add in the peanut butter, vanilla and egg and mix until well-blended.
  • Dump in the flour in three batches and mix after each addition so that it doesn’t explode and cover your face.
  • Fold in the oats, chips, M&M’s and any other bits and pieces you may want to add.
  • Place 2 tbsp sized balls onto the cookie sheet, spread around 2 inches apart. If your dough is too soft to work with, refrigerate for 30 min.
  • Bake for 9-10 minutes, the cookies will appear underdone, but they aren’t. Just trust me. Then let them cool for 10 minutes in the sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Or just eat them warm like you should 🙂
Course: Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookie recipes, cookies
Not quite the cookie recipe you were hoping for? Well, maybe my extreme chocolate chip cookie recipe can do the trick! Or try to resist my delicious fudgy brown cookies recipe…